Shit parking

[bigstraight6]

Here's a couple from the last week, in the height of the summer season Cornwalls tourist magnet fishing village Looe attracts LOTS of visitors, so a cock driving this VW type 2 taking up 2 spaces went down well....

The stupid bint driver of this Peugeot found it far too much of an inconvenience to paralell park while on a quest for a sandwich, I was hoping for a large passing HGV to tear it in half

[eddyramrod]

I'll just say this: I live in Cyprus...

[Lankytim]

To be fair I sometimes park the Volvo over two spaces in the supermarket as im fed up of people opening their doors into it and causing damage.

[eddyramrod]

I used to park my Cadillacs on the cross of four spaces, for obvious reasons, but I always chose the furthest and least populated corner of the car park. UK parking spaces are designed for a 1973 Fiat 127. There's nothing that small being sold now, except for sub-600cc motorbikes. Even a Smart Fortwo is a good foot wider than you would want in these spaces, and it has big doors. Reminds me, there's a Grump I want to get off my chest about parking....

[CreepingJesus]

Agreed, Tim. I'm sick of knob'eads using our 'old' cars as trolley stops. Thankfully, I have kid seats in them, so I bag the nice wide 'parent + child' spaces. Or just walk from the empty end of the car park!

If a truck did modify the 306, the owner probly wouldn't get far with their claim. The police view anything over about a 1' away from the kerb as unreasonable. Or so I understand from my mate, who took the edge of his tail-lift right down the side of a Merc, because of just such parking.

When the police turned up, they took one look, and told the Merc owner 'tough luck'. And my mate's company's insurance did roughly the same!

Anyone care to clarify that law for me, just so I know

[Guest]

I once parked diagonally across two disabled spaces outside work, just for a laugh.

 

I was only loading/unloading so I was out in 10 minutes, though.

[Tayne]

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[Quintus]

Seeing all those cars parked miles away from the kerb reminds me of the movie 'Annie Hall'. There's a scene in that where Diane Keaton parks badly and Wood Allen gets out and says 'That's OK, we can walk to the kerb from here'.

[Louise2cv]

Its very childish and naughty, but when I had the 2cv, which is fairly narrow and was covered in dents anyway... I used to squeeze right up to people who'd gone just in to the next space. Anywhere I could get between the offending vehicle and the white line.

 

Edit: But thats not to say I'm a perfect-parker... I even managed to park in a trolley park once, I only realised when I came out of the supermarket

[dollywobbler]

Its very childish and naughty, but when I had the 2cv, which is fairly narrow and was covered in dents anyway... I used to squeeze right up to people who'd gone just in to the next space. Anywhere I could get between the offending vehicle and the white line.

 

Edit: But thats not to say I'm a perfect-parker... I even managed to park in a trolley park once, I only realised when I came out of the supermarket

That's ok. Done that many times myself, and my wife is expert at finding small spots to squeeze her Mini in.

[Angrydicky]

Its very childish and naughty, but when I had the 2cv, which is fairly narrow and was covered in dents anyway... I used to squeeze right up to people who'd gone just in to the next space. Anywhere I could get between the offending vehicle and the white line.

Haha, I do that in the A35!

 

I seem to remember Station posting an amusing photo of his Astra squeezed into a tiny gap next to a huge Merc that was right over the line and him explaining how the fat bastard took ten minutes to squeeze into the car. Still makes my LOL whenever I think about that

[pompei]

Good on ya, Louise

[dollywobbler]

Severn Trent Water's head office in Sheldon, Brum has the stupidest car park I've ever seen. The spaces are almost Mini-small, yet everyone had Ford Mondeos (second, large generation). I know some people ended up using the sunroof as an escape method at times. It was horrendous.

[ProgRocker]

Some parking restrictions are a little too specific though...

 

 

[Volksy]

I seem to be spending half my life in Heathrow at the moment. Terminal 1's short stay parking is ridiculous, unless you have a small car. I'm bombing about in a new Galaxy which only just squeezes in the spaces. I see a scrape an hour in there.

[retrogeezer]

I thought this was a particularly impressive example of shit parking:

 

[Louise2cv]

^ that is exactly the kind of space I'd sqeeze into, even if there were spaces either side.

[ChinaTom]

St Giles Street car park in Norwich causes a lot of people problems. Not only the parking spaces, but also the ramps between levels. I saw a Q7 need a 7 point turn to negotiate them. I have often seen people (usually older or larger proportioned folks) waiting by their car until their neighour returns so they can open the door enough to squeeze themselves in.

[chaseracer]

I thought this was a particularly impressive example of shit parking:

 

Recently, the only space I could find at Birmingham Snow Hill was next to a similarly parked CashCow. Obviously, the most reasonable course of action was to squeeze the Blingo very close to the Datsun, so as to be central in the space.

 

So I did. 'Please park prettily', as the sign says outside a pub near me.

 

The CashCow owner returned as I walked to the exit. I didn't move my car, but neither did I stay to watch her struggle into hers. I do have a heart, y'know...

[VWPowered]

i live in france they park anywhere they like

[CIH]

I thought this was a particularly impressive example of shit parking:

 

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak- ... 1154_n.jpg

Recently, the only space I could find at Birmingham Snow Hill was next to a similarly parked CashCow. Obviously, the most reasonable course of action was to squeeze the Blingo very close to the Datsun, so as to be central in the space.

 

So I did. 'Please park prettily', as the sign says outside a pub near me.

 

The CashCow owner returned as I walked to the exit. I didn't move my car, but neither did I stay to watch her struggle into hers. I do have a heart, y'know...

but...to put in the effort........and then not reap the rewards.......?