The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

[Bristol spark]

Im reporting myself here, after the 3rd attempt at parking a yank SUV!
You just cant see the lines from inside.

[Hoofy]

Trevatanus said:

Hoofy said:

Are you big boned? Can't see the problem.

I'm not small, no, but even if not, the door would not open enough for anyone to get out

Oh right, probably hard to appreciate via a photograph of the wing mirror!

[Hoofy]

Bristol spark said:

Im reporting myself here, after the 3rd attempt at parking a yank SUV!
You just cant see the lines from inside.

Can't you use the mirror?

[AMG Merc]

Hoofy said:

Bristol spark said:

Im reporting myself here, after the 3rd attempt at parking a yank SUV!
You just cant see the lines from inside.

Can't you use the mirror?

Revese in, then you can see the lines in your mirrors

[techguyone]

indigostr said:

Empty space to the right and nicely blocked off the disabled bays.
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If it was still legal I'd fking clamp assholes like that. boils my piss.

Better still get them towed to a compound and charge extortionate fees for removal - bet they wouldn't do it more than once.

[AMG Merc]

techguyone said:

boils my piss.

never heard that one!

[RammyMP]

AMG Merc said:

Hoofy said:

Bristol spark said:

Im reporting myself here, after the 3rd attempt at parking a yank SUV!
You just cant see the lines from inside.

Can't you use the mirror?

Revese in, then you can see the lines in your mirrors

It's frowned upon in the US. They don't have number plates on the front of cars therefore the law won't be able to see your plate when they drive round the car park.

[Vipers]

Bristol spark said:

Im reporting myself here, after the 3rd attempt at parking a yank SUV!
You just cant see the lines from inside.

Bearing there seems to be no line on the right hand side, thats absolutely shocking, you have missed it by a whole parking space width

[Centurion07]

RammyMP said:

AMG Merc said:

Hoofy said:

Bristol spark said:

Im reporting myself here, after the 3rd attempt at parking a yank SUV!
You just cant see the lines from inside.

Can't you use the mirror?

Revese in, then you can see the lines in your mirrors

It's frowned upon in the US. They don't have number plates on the front of cars therefore the law won't be able to see your plate when they drive round the car park.

[lowdrag]

Out of curiosity is it becoming the same in the UK as here in France? Due to ever-wider cars people are deliberately parking astride the white lines in car parks to avoid dings.

[Lowtimer]

Yep. Plus the ever-popular cascading use of 1.2x the width, usually starting when someone starting on the end of a row can't be bothered positioning in the centre of the first space, and so you end up with about eight cars in ten spaces.

[nonsequitur]

AMG Merc said:

techguyone said:

boils my piss.

never heard that one!

'Heats my urine' is used by us more sensitive types.

[Vipers]

lowdrag said:

Out of curiosity is it becoming the same in the UK as here in France? Due to ever-wider cars people are deliberately parking astride the white lines in car parks to avoid dings.

Indeed, wider cars and wider people.

[danllama]

I drive a tiny toyota mr2. I find an end space and stick it on the outside line! Every ding takes £500 off the value! It's currently worth -£1500

[Vipers]

RammyMP said:

AMG Merc said:

Hoofy said:

Bristol spark said:

Im reporting myself here, after the 3rd attempt at parking a yank SUV!
You just cant see the lines from inside.

Can't you use the mirror?

Revese in, then you can see the lines in your mirrors

It's frowned upon in the US. They don't have number plates on the front of cars therefore the law won't be able to see your plate when they drive round the car park.

Being curious, I asked my pal in Texas about front plates, this is his response.:-

A few states don't require number plates in the front but most do. I think only one or two don't. I always back into parking spaces. The reason people don't back in is because they can't drive. When I first moved back to the States, I quickly backed into a space and passing MAN commented how good the car handled because I was able to back in.

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Seems they have the same problem there about being able to reverse.

[Europa1]

rfsteel said:

purveyors of the local greasy spoon and their acceptable standards for parking their sign written company vehicles;






There is also a bus depot on the road behind where this van has parked, so not sure how the driver is expecting them to exit this junction.

Surely it's customers, not purveyors?

[BigLion]

Seems people think it's ok to park on fire station forecourts

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/shameful-dri...

[Fastdruid]

BigLion said:

Seems people think it's ok to park on fire station forecourts

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/shameful-dri...

If I was them I'd haul it into the yard and chop the roof off.

"Sorry, we thought it was a scrap car for training use"

One article in the paper later and I doubt many people would do it again.

[Vipers]

Not so much bad parking, but "Precision" parking, been there all night, how on earth can you not know one wheel is on the kerb, obviously some either don't check, or don't care.

[Vipers]

Fastdruid said:

BigLion said:

Seems people think it's ok to park on fire station forecourts

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/shameful-dri...

If I was them I'd haul it into the yard and chop the roof off.

"Sorry, we thought it was a scrap car for training use"

One article in the paper later and I doubt many people would do it again.

No question, hike/pull/shove out of the way, and heavy fines.