The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

[dinkel]

rohrl said:

Saw a girl - sorry ladies - park 'head to toe' and smashed her head into the toe ... which was a towing hook. Oops, and yes, the front bumper was cracked. A slip of the clutch my #$@!

[HTP99]

fatboy18 said:

Cliftonite said:

AlexHat said:

romeogolf said:

Outside my flat this morning. This car is often parked either like this or across two bays or just half way into a bay.

Parking as in the picture isn't terrible IMO. Across both bays/half in half out is though. Parking as they have means they have space to open their doors AND the car next to them also has space to do the same.

Yes. Paintwork preservation scheme, innit?

Yet another classic picture of parking spaces being too small for larger cars.

Looks to me like a classic case of someone parking like a prick; there is plenty of space for that car, just look at the position of the o/s/r wheel, its well within the first half of the space.

Edited by HTP99 on Tuesday 21st April 14:18

[Vipers]

fatboy18 said:

Cliftonite said:

AlexHat said:

romeogolf said:

Outside my flat this morning. This car is often parked either like this or across two bays or just half way into a bay.

Parking as in the picture isn't terrible IMO. Across both bays/half in half out is though. Parking as they have means they have space to open their doors AND the car next to them also has space to do the same.

Yes. Paintwork preservation scheme, innit?

Yet another classic picture of parking spaces being too small for larger cars.

If you couldn't reverse park there, leaving sufficient room give up driving.

[irocfan]

Vipers said:

fatboy18 said:

Cliftonite said:

AlexHat said:

romeogolf said:

Outside my flat this morning. This car is often parked either like this or across two bays or just half way into a bay.

Parking as in the picture isn't terrible IMO. Across both bays/half in half out is though. Parking as they have means they have space to open their doors AND the car next to them also has space to do the same.

Yes. Paintwork preservation scheme, innit?

Yet another classic picture of parking spaces being too small for larger cars.

If you couldn't reverse park there, leaving sufficient room give up driving.

nope that works for me - leaves the other idiots free to open their doors as wide and as violently as they like

[fatboy18]

irocfan said:

Vipers said:

fatboy18 said:

Cliftonite said:

AlexHat said:

romeogolf said:

Outside my flat this morning. This car is often parked either like this or across two bays or just half way into a bay.

Parking as in the picture isn't terrible IMO. Across both bays/half in half out is though. Parking as they have means they have space to open their doors AND the car next to them also has space to do the same.

Yes. Paintwork preservation scheme, innit?

Yet another classic picture of parking spaces being too small for larger cars.

If you couldn't reverse park there, leaving sufficient room give up driving.

nope that works for me - leaves the other idiots free to open their doors as wide and as violently as they like

Its not that the car will not fit in the space, its when you want to get out of the car that you have the problems, that's why Citroen now produce that thing called a cactus with rubber sides so the paintwork does not get damaged. IF THE SPACES WERE BIGGER this would not be a problem would it

[Vipers]

fatboy18 said:

Its not that the car will not fit in the space, its when you want to get out of the car that you have the problems, that's why Citroen now produce that thing called a cactus with rubber sides so the paintwork does not get damaged. IF THE SPACES WERE BIGGER this would not be a problem would it

That we all agree on, but the car on the right looks parked away from the kerb, and the spaces look adequate to me.

They are probably the same as spaces in supermarkets and drivers manage to park OK. Basically some just can't park.

Today in Duthie park in Aberdeen, you parallel park with white lines to indicate the length of the bay. I watched some guy park his smallish car at the end of the bay next to the gates, leaving about 4ft in front of him to the end of the bay, and the rear end about 3 ft into the bay behind him.

Later as the park filled up, the bay plus one behind him was occupied well parked, I witnessed someone try and gave up reversing in between that car and the smallish one, because 3 ft was taken by the smallish car in front.

Didn't have the camera, but is it so difficult to get out of your car, (as I do), and check if your in the bay or not.

[herewego]

Vipers said:

fatboy18 said:

Its not that the car will not fit in the space, its when you want to get out of the car that you have the problems, that's why Citroen now produce that thing called a cactus with rubber sides so the paintwork does not get damaged. IF THE SPACES WERE BIGGER this would not be a problem would it

That we all agree on, but the car on the right looks parked away from the kerb, and the spaces look adequate to me.

They are probably the same as spaces in supermarkets and drivers manage to park OK. Basically some just can't park.

Today in Duthie park in Aberdeen, you parallel park with white lines to indicate the length of the bay. I watched some guy park his smallish car at the end of the bay next to the gates, leaving about 4ft in front of him to the end of the bay, and the rear end about 3 ft into the bay behind him.

Later as the park filled up, the bay plus one behind him was occupied well parked, I witnessed someone try and gave up reversing in between that car and the smallish one, because 3 ft was taken by the smallish car in front.

Didn't have the camera, but is it so difficult to get out of your car, (as I do), and check if your in the bay or not.

I would consider it a bit pedantic to get out of the car to check it's position. We should be able to check it's near enough from inside the car. I've seen fat people struggle to get out of a car and hold the door at the same time. So maybe the problem is a fat person has bought has a fat car but wants to park in the most convenient spot to avoid exercise and that spot is only really suitable for an average size car.

[fatboy18]

Forget the cars for a minute in the above pic, but why go to all the trouble of the nicely rounded kerb stones and gravel when really they could of reduced that wasted ground and made two spaces another couple of feet wider!

[Cliftonite]

fatboy18 said:

Forget the cars for a minute in the above pic, but why go to all the trouble of the nicely rounded kerb stones and gravel when really they could of reduced that wasted ground and made two spaces another couple of feet wider!

Aesthetics, innit?

[fatboy18]

Cliftonite said:

fatboy18 said:

Forget the cars for a minute in the above pic, but why go to all the trouble of the nicely rounded kerb stones and gravel when really they could of reduced that wasted ground and made two spaces another couple of feet wider!

Aesthetics, innit?

More like st planning

[Vipers]

herewego said:

I would consider it a bit pedantic to get out of the car to check it's position. We should be able to check it's near enough from inside the car..

The only time I do this is when the bay's have dividing lines in front and back as in Duthie Park.

Or when I back into a bay in a supermarket with a bay behind me, that's why you will never see me straying into another bay.

Pedantic, I suppose I am, and considerate. If you can reverse into a bay and stop without going into the bay behind you, you are a better driver than I am.

Bays in Duthie Park by the way are all along one side of the road, with adequate spaces between each bay, with a white line marking the ends of the bay. If cars park within the bay's, no problem, when one uses one and a bit, the one behind them is too small for anyone to use, if you get my drift..

Example





A quick check would have, or should have resulted in the driver moving forward a bit out of the bay behind them.

This is not Duthie Park by the way, just our local supermarket.

Edited by Vipers on Tuesday 21st April 22:51

[herewego]

Vipers said:

herewego said:

I would consider it a bit pedantic to get out of the car to check it's position. We should be able to check it's near enough from inside the car..

The only time I do this is when the bay's have dividing lines in front and back as in Duthie Park.

Or when I back into a bay in a supermarket with a bay behind me, that's why you will never see me straying into another bay.

Pedantic, I suppose I am, and considerate. If you can reverse into a bay and stop without going into the bay behind you, you are a better driver than I am.

Bays in Duthie Park by the way are all along one side of the road, with adequate spaces between each bay, with a white line marking the ends of the bay. If cars park within the bay's, no problem, when one uses one and a bit, the one behind them is too small for anyone to use, if you get my drift..

Example


A quick check would have, or should have resulted in the driver moving forward a bit out of the bay behind them.

This is not Duthie Park by the way, just our local supermarket.

Edited by Vipers on Tuesday 21st April 22:51

You only need to know where the front is, the back usually follows.

[romeogolf]

fatboy18 said:

Forget the cars for a minute in the above pic, but why go to all the trouble of the nicely rounded kerb stones and gravel when really they could of reduced that wasted ground and made two spaces another couple of feet wider!

It's infuriating, especially as we only have 4 visitor bays. Could easily have another 2 using the gravel area in this photo and another one further along.

[Vipers]

herewego said:

You only need to know where the front is, the back usually follows.

This thread clearly shows on numerous occasions some drivers have absolutely no idea where the back of the car is when they park. Does it hurt to have a look before abandoning it.

[fatboy18]

romeogolf said:

fatboy18 said:

Forget the cars for a minute in the above pic, but why go to all the trouble of the nicely rounded kerb stones and gravel when really they could of reduced that wasted ground and made two spaces another couple of feet wider!

It's infuriating, especially as we only have 4 visitor bays. Could easily have another 2 using the gravel area in this photo and another one further along.

No, you have just missed the point. Yes you could probably could add another bay either side of the tree, BUT the Point is they could have made the spaces bigger so that if you decided to buy a Hummer, Aston, Bentley, Large car, Van, people carrier, you would have no problem opening the doors.

[Munter]

fatboy18 said:

Cliftonite said:

fatboy18 said:

Forget the cars for a minute in the above pic, but why go to all the trouble of the nicely rounded kerb stones and gravel when really they could of reduced that wasted ground and made two spaces another couple of feet wider!

Aesthetics, innit?

More like st planning

Planning would be right. Based on the size of the building and the number of expected workers/residents. Along with the size of the paved area and the need for a certain percentage of porous surfaces to avoid flooding. Your local planning department, and the national guidelines will have dictated that this or something like it, would have to exist for the development of that building to go ahead.

[romeogolf]

fatboy18 said:

No, you have just missed the point. Yes you could probably could add another bay either side of the tree, BUT the Point is they could have made the spaces bigger so that if you decided to buy a Hummer, Aston, Bentley, Large car, Van, people carrier, you would have no problem opening the doors.

No, I got your point, the bays could be wider, but there could also be more of them as there are two of these gravel areas which could be used as additional parking spaces, each of which are larger than a single parking bay. We could have wider and more plentiful parking, but no, we have gravel instead.

[anonymous-user]

Vipers said:

This thread clearly shows on numerous occasions some drivers have absolutely no idea where the back of the car is when they park. Does it hurt to have a look before abandoning it.

TBH - I bet they do look but just cannot be bothered to move the car.

[Vipers]

garyhun said:

TBH - I bet they do look but just cannot be bothered to move the car.

Yup, you could well be right.

[Ahimoth]

Wasn't a quick drop-off, was there for at least four hours.