The BAD PARKING Thread [Vol 2]
Discussion
This thread gives me a little hope... I'm quite a new driver and the first time I went to park in a bay by myself the car ended up on the diagonal. Still within the lines though, so no harm done!
How long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
How long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
GeordieInExile said:
This thread gives me a little hope... I'm quite a new driver and the first time I went to park in a bay by myself the car ended up on the diagonal. Still within the lines though, so no harm done!
How long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
The mere fact that you care puts you above most of the parkers in the photos. They will not have considered the inconvenience or sheer tHow long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
ttishness of their actions. Better parking will come with practise but until then check your parking and if it's no good then adjust it.williredale said:
GeordieInExile said:
This thread gives me a little hope... I'm quite a new driver and the first time I went to park in a bay by myself the car ended up on the diagonal. Still within the lines though, so no harm done!
How long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
The mere fact that you care puts you above most of the parkers in the photos. They will not have considered the inconvenience or sheer tHow long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
ttishness of their actions. Better parking will come with practise but until then check your parking and if it's no good then adjust it.Seriously, it comes with practice, a little tip when reversing to park alongside the kerb, if you are outside a shop window, look at the reflection of the back of your car in the window.
james_tigerwoods said:
Vipers said:
Blib said:
thetapeworm said:
Nursery car park - Corsa driver couldn't be bothered to pull forward into the empty space so just abandoned it in the middle at a jaunty angle.
I'm not agreeing with the parking in this photo, but it does look from the angle the photo was taken that if the Corsa had pulled in to the space it would have been tight for getting out.
Saleen836 said:
thetapeworm said:
Nursery car park - Corsa driver couldn't be bothered to pull forward into the empty space so just abandoned it in the middle at a jaunty angle.
I'm not agreeing with the parking in this photo, but it does look from the angle the photo was taken that if the Corsa had pulled in to the space it would have been tight for getting out.Vipers said:
Saleen836 said:
thetapeworm said:
Nursery car park - Corsa driver couldn't be bothered to pull forward into the empty space so just abandoned it in the middle at a jaunty angle.
I'm not agreeing with the parking in this photo, but it does look from the angle the photo was taken that if the Corsa had pulled in to the space it would have been tight for getting out.
Picture taken primarily of the Volvo, which swung in as I walked back to my car. Driver was too far away to hear my contemptuous "really?" when I got back to mine (the one on the right)...
Mine is a Mondeo (fairly large car), and parked more or less central in a bay. It's slightly over to the right as you look at it, because a woman in an Insignia was closer to the line than the Volvo when I arrived, but well within the realms of 'properly parked'.
I snapped the Volvo because of the sheer idleness of him not bothering to straighten it up, and there were two empty spaces to his left. What struck me on uploading the picture was the fact that, out of the other five cars in the image, not one seems to be anywhere near "straight and central" in their bay. Sadly, it's typical parking for Waitrose in Frimley, though.
Mine is a Mondeo (fairly large car), and parked more or less central in a bay. It's slightly over to the right as you look at it, because a woman in an Insignia was closer to the line than the Volvo when I arrived, but well within the realms of 'properly parked'.
I snapped the Volvo because of the sheer idleness of him not bothering to straighten it up, and there were two empty spaces to his left. What struck me on uploading the picture was the fact that, out of the other five cars in the image, not one seems to be anywhere near "straight and central" in their bay. Sadly, it's typical parking for Waitrose in Frimley, though.
yellowjack said:
Picture taken primarily of the Volvo, which swung in as I walked back to my car. Driver was too far away to hear my contemptuous "really?" when I got back to mine (the one on the right)...
Mine is a Mondeo (fairly large car), and parked more or less central in a bay. It's slightly over to the right as you look at it, because a woman in an Insignia was closer to the line than the Volvo when I arrived, but well within the realms of 'properly parked'.
I snapped the Volvo because of the sheer idleness of him not bothering to straighten it up, and there were two empty spaces to his left. What struck me on uploading the picture was the fact that, out of the other five cars in the image, not one seems to be anywhere near "straight and central" in their bay. Sadly, it's typical parking for Waitrose in Frimley, though.
Mine is a Mondeo (fairly large car), and parked more or less central in a bay. It's slightly over to the right as you look at it, because a woman in an Insignia was closer to the line than the Volvo when I arrived, but well within the realms of 'properly parked'.
I snapped the Volvo because of the sheer idleness of him not bothering to straighten it up, and there were two empty spaces to his left. What struck me on uploading the picture was the fact that, out of the other five cars in the image, not one seems to be anywhere near "straight and central" in their bay. Sadly, it's typical parking for Waitrose in Frimley, though.
I do hope a whoosh parrot is coming in my direction momentarily...
The Moose said:
I do hope a whoosh parrot is coming in my direction momentarily...
If it was me parking any of them, I'd have got back in and straightened it up on getting out and seeing how it was parked. To be fair, I'm expecting better/higher standards because it's Waitrose, but the "aspirational middle classes" are generally just as selfish/idle as the "workshy welfare dependent", perhaps even more so when it comes to this 'defensive parking' nonsense.
If everyone just parked straight and central in a marked bay, there'd be room for everyone to access their car without risk of 'door dings' etc. I've had to give up on parking in the past, where two people either side of an empty bay have parked so close to the lines that there's barely enough space to get a car between them, and absolutely no hope of getting out of it, even if it would fit in the space. Selfish arrogance. It's not rare, either. And the moment one person decides that they need two bays, the knock on effect begins, and the capacity of the car park is reduced for the rest of the day.
Also, there's another reason why I detest people who park without straightening their wheels...
I pulled in to a car park in Fleet (behind Sainsbury's) alongside a 'Jewish Racing Gold' Mercedes estate. No problem so far. The old fella had only just parked, and it was the red painted '20 minutes max - free parking' bays, as I was just running in for a few bits and bobs. On returning to my car, I found a dent and a scrape of paint missing from my front nearside wheel arch. Evidently, the doddering old f
k had just put his auto box into 'R' and put his foot right down. The wheels where pointing left, just as he'd left it on the way in, and he'd hit my car. Then he just drove away, no note, nothing. He looked like just the sort to be a professional NIMBY and to mutter about the poor standards of 'young folk these days' too. Stupid doddering hypocritical old halfwit. TL;DR? To summarise: if he'd have bothered to straighten his wheels when he arrived, he wouldn't have damaged my car when he left.
GeordieInExile said:
This thread gives me a little hope... I'm quite a new driver and the first time I went to park in a bay by myself the car ended up on the diagonal. Still within the lines though, so no harm done!
How long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
I'm still a young driver, I'm 21 but have been driving over 3 years. I still remember my first night getting my car home and having to parallel park and thinking I had no hope. Now I drive a fairly large car with ease. It's not so much that you get better at parking, you just gain a better understanding of the car, feeling more at ease with the size and control of it, and part of that is the parking. How long'd it take you all to get used to judging parking - I still tend to park way too far out from the kerb but my bay parking is way better than it has been.
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