The BAD PARKING thread [vol4]
Discussion
Square Leg said:
No one leaves their car like that without realising that they've blocked the road - so quite deliberate?Even if there is some dispute with the Mercedes owner it still affects everyone else.
The actions of a complete knob.
Square Leg said:
If the merc always parks like that, isn’t that an offence - no idea on the details, but I always thought you were not supposed to park facing the flow of traffic overnight. If the Toyota was there first, merc driver is in the wrong even if he thinks he owns that part of the public highway.
Flumpo said:
Square Leg said:
If the merc always parks like that, isn’t that an offence - no idea on the details, but I always thought you were not supposed to park facing the flow of traffic overnight. If the Toyota was there first, merc driver is in the wrong even if he thinks he owns that part of the public highway.
donkmeister said:
Hackney said:
Is it "inherited" bad parking due to a car that has since left? That Focus is at a very jaunty angle hence my wondering. Google maps view of the car park please, so we can decide the magnitude of our tutting.It’s just about possible to see the marking for the spaces if you zoom in. But I’ve cleared it up below.
Yellow line next to my car filled the line marking.
And I’ve put an arrow indicating where the next line is. Just below the Mini’s tailpipe. Easily space for three cars even if the perspective is a little distorted in the image.
The double line of red bricks in the foreground marks the start of the ramp up to the doors and indicates a no parking area.
I hate it when they use slightly different coloured bricks for parking lines instead of actual painted lines.
My local train station has done that for their short stay and drop-off parking. Lots of people don't even notice the "lines", and it's virtually impossible to see the spaces at night. The disabled spots are also marked by a small but stylish grey emblem on the bricks, also very difficult to see. I've taken to just ignoring it all and parking wherever seems reasonable.
My local train station has done that for their short stay and drop-off parking. Lots of people don't even notice the "lines", and it's virtually impossible to see the spaces at night. The disabled spots are also marked by a small but stylish grey emblem on the bricks, also very difficult to see. I've taken to just ignoring it all and parking wherever seems reasonable.
5s Alive said:
Square Leg said:
No one leaves their car like that without realising that they've blocked the road - so quite deliberate?Even if there is some dispute with the Mercedes owner it still affects everyone else.
The actions of a complete knob.
I can just as easily picture a scenario where the Toyota parked first and the Merc blocked the road subsequently because ‘they always park there’ and ‘everyone should know and revolve around them’.
Hol said:
Depends who parked first.
I can just as easily picture a scenario where the Toyota parked first and the Merc blocked the road subsequently because ‘they always park there’ and ‘everyone should know and revolve around them’.
You're probably correct, it does seem more likely than the visitor creating a problem. I can just as easily picture a scenario where the Toyota parked first and the Merc blocked the road subsequently because ‘they always park there’ and ‘everyone should know and revolve around them’.
5s Alive said:
Hol said:
Depends who parked first.
I can just as easily picture a scenario where the Toyota parked first and the Merc blocked the road subsequently because ‘they always park there’ and ‘everyone should know and revolve around them’.
You're probably correct, it does seem more likely than the visitor creating a problem. I can just as easily picture a scenario where the Toyota parked first and the Merc blocked the road subsequently because ‘they always park there’ and ‘everyone should know and revolve around them’.
jamei303 said:
I hate it when they use slightly different coloured bricks for parking lines instead of actual painted lines.
Me too. When you stand back and look at a freshly laid car park in the daytime the lines might be clear. But, a wet car park, at night, when you are trying to avoid squashing tired fraught commuters who've yet to disengage "London stride" mode, no chance.You can get really quite permeable tarmac for SUDS purposes now, and a bit of thermoset line marking onto existing blocks hardly affects things either.
Flumpo said:
Square Leg said:
If the merc always parks like that, isn’t that an offence - no idea on the details, but I always thought you were not supposed to park facing the flow of traffic overnight. If the Toyota was there first, merc driver is in the wrong even if he thinks he owns that part of the public highway.
Rich Boy Spanner said:
Flumpo said:
Square Leg said:
If the merc always parks like that, isn’t that an offence - no idea on the details, but I always thought you were not supposed to park facing the flow of traffic overnight. If the Toyota was there first, merc driver is in the wrong even if he thinks he owns that part of the public highway.
I'd gone to collect a takeaway, and due to a one way system the only sensible route puts the parking on the opposite side of a two way road. The parking bays were empty save for one other car, there was no traffic so I pulled over and then fine tuned to get myself an inch from the kerb almost underneath one of the many streetlights on that slow, town centre street. Whilst doing so matey came along flashing his lights and honking angrily.
The alternative would have been a three/five point turn that he would have come into view just after beginning, so would have held him up. I'm looking out for "maniac wrong side parker incinerated my eyeballs with his 16 year old HID lamps!" in the knob thread but maybe the SAGA forum would be a better bet.
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