The BAD PARKING thread [vol4]
Discussion
Vipers said:
Munter said:
SkodaIan said:
you don't need a vehicle the width of a Transit van unless either you want to carry large amounts of tools in it or have three seats across the front.
What about 3 seats across in the rear?
Vipers said:
Can’t say that I have seen a three seater in the front for a while, pre seat belt time some had a bench seat in the front.
Not that recent but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_FR-VShaw Tarse said:
Vipers said:
Can’t say that I have seen a three seater in the front for a while, pre seat belt time some had a bench seat in the front.
Not that recent but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_FR-V
SkodaIan said:
Almost, it actually sums up pretty well what's wrong with most EVs.
The spaces would be perfectly wide enough if all the cars were Corsas. The Corsa is perfectly wide enough for two people to sit comfortably in the front seats, so there's no need for any car to be any wider than it is. The back seats are a bit tight but that could be resolved by making it longer. The Tesla model 3 effectively does that. It is a little bit wider but not excessively so. Almost every other EV is unnecessarily wide - you don't need a vehicle the width of a Transit van unless either you want to carry large amounts of tools in it or have three seats across the front.
Not sure the issue is confined to EVs. I have a 4 Series BMW which I reckon would fill that space. A Corsa wouldn't really suit our family (2 growing teenagers). Those kind of spaces are designed without much thought for getting in and out of the car.The spaces would be perfectly wide enough if all the cars were Corsas. The Corsa is perfectly wide enough for two people to sit comfortably in the front seats, so there's no need for any car to be any wider than it is. The back seats are a bit tight but that could be resolved by making it longer. The Tesla model 3 effectively does that. It is a little bit wider but not excessively so. Almost every other EV is unnecessarily wide - you don't need a vehicle the width of a Transit van unless either you want to carry large amounts of tools in it or have three seats across the front.
(I realise that's EV parking in photo but assume rest of the car park is like it as well)
boyse7en said:
thetapeworm said:
I parked like that last week on a visit to a garden centre. As I walked away i glanced back and though "you made a right pig's ear of that!" and returned to move it back a foot or two. 
Checked the rear end of the car, and that was hanging out of the back of the parking space too... so the space was about 2ft shorter than my Saab convertible (not a long car by most standards).
Basically, anything bigger than a corsa wouldn't fit. I think they must have measured it out when everyone was driving Austin 1100s and Anglias and have never thought to change.
Teebs said:
MXRod said:
Almost every day
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FatboyKim said:
trails said:
Yeah, the workman there have been a nightmare in the last week or so, and that side road (Bruce Grove) is horrible at the best of times. Crap visibility, cars edge out and give you no choice but to stop dead in a line of traffic to let them out.
It's a challenging junction, particularly when turning right with the vast majority of traffic exceeding the 30 limit...and never letting you out.
ZesPak said:
On the one hand I feel for them, what can they do? Still, this looks like the worst solution. Why do people think it's ok to just block the pavement but not a lane?
He was in one of the houses on Wood St, his initial parking wasn't blocking the entire pavement, just the whole corner as there were cars parked (legally) on the other side, whilst he was on double yellows. I know all of this as I was walking to Tesco when he ran out of the house to move because a Transit was leaning on his horn as the road was blocked.I called 101 as he was still there over 40mins later, having moved onto the kerb as well as the double yellows. So not a fleeting visit and the bark-muncher on the trailer was just taking the Michael.
trails said:
Did you see the broken-down flatbed with the Luton van on it a few weeks ago...tailbacks all the way down Princes rd, absolutely screwed Tesco nobody could get in or out, it was there for three hours
It's a challenging junction, particularly when turning right with the vast majority of traffic exceeding the 30 limit...and never letting you out.
Wouldn't know, I'm usually on this so traffic is a thing of the past It's a challenging junction, particularly when turning right with the vast majority of traffic exceeding the 30 limit...and never letting you out.
but it only takes one delivery lorry or incident there and that whole roundabout and all surrounding roads become gridlocked. 'Twas a daily thing at the Miami roundabout when the petrol buying fad was in full swing. (FYI, the Tesco petrol station is closed for 3 months for 'improvements')
There are always half a dozen or so cars parked on the yellow diagonal lines outside the school on Princes Road every morning, despite there being a very generous drop-off loop area inside the gates
FatboyKim said:
Wouldn't know, I'm usually on this so traffic is a thing of the past but it only takes one delivery lorry or incident there and that whole roundabout and all surrounding roads become gridlocked. 'Twas a daily thing at the Miami roundabout when the petrol buying fad was in full swing. (FYI, the Tesco petrol station is closed for 3 months for 'improvements')
There are always half a dozen or so cars parked on the yellow diagonal lines outside the school on Princes Road every morning, despite there being a very generous drop-off loop area inside the gates
Nice toy but it only takes one delivery lorry or incident there and that whole roundabout and all surrounding roads become gridlocked. 'Twas a daily thing at the Miami roundabout when the petrol buying fad was in full swing. (FYI, the Tesco petrol station is closed for 3 months for 'improvements')There are always half a dozen or so cars parked on the yellow diagonal lines outside the school on Princes Road every morning, despite there being a very generous drop-off loop area inside the gates
School bell brings the kids and the knobbers out, knobbers are usually there about 10mins before though
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