The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

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Martin_Hx

3,955 posts

198 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Bumping this back to the top with this effort, little C1 decides to park in the middle of a 2 spacer near a shop, i parked up behind them but was still a few foot over the corners of the bay/someones drive! Luckily i was only there for around 30 seconds.

Why don't these people just park at the end of a bay smash


Fastdruid

8,644 posts

152 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Martin_Hx said:
Bumping this back to the top with this effort, little C1 decides to park in the middle of a 2 spacer near a shop, i parked up behind them but was still a few foot over the corners of the bay/someones drive! Luckily i was only there for around 30 seconds.

Why don't these people just park at the end of a bay smash

There is always the possibility they parked up behind someone who has now gone...

The more annoying one though is when they park about 1-2m from the end, then there isn't enough room for a full car at the other end and you *know* it's just bad parking.

Kiltie

7,504 posts

246 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Vipers said:
An empty space on our local hospital car park is as rare as rocking horse st.





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I know the place.

Recently, empty when I arrived and ... oh bugger ...



Managed to get in the passenger side without touching the Focus.

Martin_Hx

3,955 posts

198 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Fastdruid said:
Martin_Hx said:
Bumping this back to the top with this effort, little C1 decides to park in the middle of a 2 spacer near a shop, i parked up behind them but was still a few foot over the corners of the bay/someones drive! Luckily i was only there for around 30 seconds.

Why don't these people just park at the end of a bay smash

There is always the possibility they parked up behind someone who has now gone...

The more annoying one though is when they park about 1-2m from the end, then there isn't enough room for a full car at the other end and you *know* it's just bad parking.
Possibly, but if i had arrived with a car parked right to the front of the bay i would have parked to the back of the bay not right up the cars chuff! Defiantly shoddy parking

Hol

8,419 posts

200 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Fastdruid said:
Martin_Hx said:
Bumping this back to the top with this effort, little C1 decides to park in the middle of a 2 spacer near a shop, i parked up behind them but was still a few foot over the corners of the bay/someones drive! Luckily i was only there for around 30 seconds.

Why don't these people just park at the end of a bay smash

There is always the possibility they parked up behind someone who has now gone...

The more annoying one though is when they park about 1-2m from the end, then there isn't enough room for a full car at the other end and you *know* it's just bad parking.
It looks too deliberate to me.

Why they would feel the need? is what I find irksome.




Fastdruid

8,644 posts

152 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Martin_Hx said:
Fastdruid said:
Martin_Hx said:
Bumping this back to the top with this effort, little C1 decides to park in the middle of a 2 spacer near a shop, i parked up behind them but was still a few foot over the corners of the bay/someones drive! Luckily i was only there for around 30 seconds.

Why don't these people just park at the end of a bay smash

There is always the possibility they parked up behind someone who has now gone...

The more annoying one though is when they park about 1-2m from the end, then there isn't enough room for a full car at the other end and you *know* it's just bad parking.
Possibly, but if i had arrived with a car parked right to the front of the bay i would have parked to the back of the bay not right up the cars chuff! Defiantly shoddy parking
I disagree, I'd have parked up their chuff (well with enough room to get out if someone parked inches behind). When they're at the front of the bay they can easily drive off and someone can easily park behind rather than parallel park and run the risk of hitting my car doing it.




Fastdruid

8,644 posts

152 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Kiltie said:
Vipers said:
An empty space on our local hospital car park is as rare as rocking horse st.





tt.



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I know the place.

Recently, empty when I arrived and ... oh bugger ...



Managed to get in the passenger side without touching the Focus.
To be fair it's perfectly fine parking just not considering how difficult it might be to get into something different to a "normal" car.

When it's eventually finished I'm dreading trying to park my GT40 in a normal car park.

wibble cb

3,608 posts

207 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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This fantastic piece of dumping (in no way should it be considered 'parked') was on a 90 degree bend, and as you can see, virtually opposite another parked car, thereby cutting the width of the street to about 30% of its original size.Its about a metre from the kerb!




Edited by wibble cb on Friday 3rd July 15:26

Vipers

32,890 posts

228 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Made me chuckle as well. Parked on the apex of a bend, on approach from the rear I dropped to a snails pace as forward vision was almost zero, but what made me laugh was the name on the side of the van, "Wiseman", our local dairy.

He was parked up to visit his pal.



Wiseman, maybe not..............




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StuTheGrouch

5,735 posts

162 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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wibble cb said:
This fantastic piece of dumping (in no way should it be considered 'parked') was on a 90 degree bend, and as you can see, virtually opposite another parked car, thereby cutting the width of the street to about 30% of its original size.Its about a metre from the kerb!




Edited by wibble cb on Friday 3rd July 15:25
I refuse to believe that silver car is parked! FFS!!!

Hackney

6,844 posts

208 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Two outside Argos / Currys Enfield last night



wibble cb

3,608 posts

207 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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StuTheGrouch said:
wibble cb said:
This fantastic piece of dumping (in no way should it be considered 'parked') was on a 90 degree bend, and as you can see, virtually opposite another parked car, thereby cutting the width of the street to about 30% of its original size.Its about a metre from the kerb!




Edited by wibble cb on Friday 3rd July 15:25
I refuse to believe that silver car is parked! FFS!!!
Parked and the driver promptly got into another car and was driven off ...

Mr10secs

383 posts

235 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Fastdruid said:
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When it's eventually finished I'm dreading trying to park my GT40 in a normal car park.
Dude, its quite simple, you wont be able to, we do a few GT40's at work and you will never get back in it if you park in a normal space! so you will prob be featured in this thread !!!


ewand

775 posts

214 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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Kiltie said:
I know the place.

Recently, empty when I arrived and ... oh bugger ...



Managed to get in the passenger side without touching the Focus.
Just shows you how stupidly narrow the parking spaces are - the Lotus is hardly a wide car, is it?

The spaces should be at least as wide as the average car + 20% to allow for door swingage on at least one side. And at hospitals, what's the chance of visitors arriving who need a bit more help, need the doors opening wider to get out etc?

AstonZagato

12,705 posts

210 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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Cliftonite

8,410 posts

138 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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AstonZagato said:

It IS an off-roader, though!


barker22

1,037 posts

167 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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I almost have some sympathy for that defender driver.
It must have the worst turning circle in the history of any car. It is ridiculous, Really quite hard to manoeuvre in a tight car park

rohrl

8,738 posts

145 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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^ He's probably just parking as far under the tree as possible to shade the car on a very hot day.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

167 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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rohrl said:
^ He's probably just parking as far under the tree as possible to shade the car on a very hot day.
He's probably broke down

Vipers

32,890 posts

228 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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barker22 said:
I almost have some sympathy for that defender driver.
It must have the worst turning circle in the history of any car. It is ridiculous, Really quite hard to manoeuvre in a tight car park
Well I have to say I don't believe they couldn't have reversed into that gap, almost get a tank in there.




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