[Closed] Am I just being all righteous or is this terrible, terrible parking??

That's dangerous!
Nearly as good as this..
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Parked there for over 30 mins!

I'd have put the hazards on

Hazards on = park where you like.

Park slightly out of line near me and all hell gets released:

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next day:

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NB Nothing to do with me, I just walk past this every day.....

what winds me up more is people parking over 2 or more parking spots in the supermarket, to stop people opening doors on their Audi. I generally try and squeeze the van right up against the door handles so they have to climb in from the other side

I was in a hurry, Greggs was about to stop serving the breakfast meal deal. Do you want me to go without bacon, do you?

Hmmm - yes he's wrong to park there, but half the problem with multi drop drivers is that they are under huge pressure from their employers to get through their round. So APC saying "we'll deal with it" is a bit rich.

[quote=porter_jamie ]what winds me up more is people parking over 2 or more parking spots in the supermarket, to stop people opening doors on their Audi. I generally try and squeeze the van right up against the door handles so they have to climb in from the other side

I see more badly parked vans than audi's....

Kings Lynn has a Prezzo? It's changed since when I grew up there!!!

Would appreciate some retweets to push the point home...

This shouldn't be seen as acceptable.

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Rachel

I see more badly parked vans than audi's....

Am I just being picky or would anyone here think parking like this was okay?

If you're not sure, pick up a copy of the Highway Code or call a police.

I had a note left on my car last week by an anonymous neighbour...

My Polish colleague at work says Brits are a passive aggressive bunch. I think she has a point...

I had a note left on my car last week by an anonymous neighbour...

What did the note say? 'Thanks for coming'?

or call a police

I have

[quote=mikewsmith ]I see more badly parked vans than audi's....
Is that from your Audi?

no, i take the van to the supermarket...

It's bad parking, but you risk coming across a bit 'grrrr' by getting the police involved.

Just let APC know, as you have done, and if it happens again then kick off propa nawty.

but you risk coming across a bit 'grrrr' by getting the police involved

Not sure the mother of the 3 year old that was killed on that very spot would agree with you.

Rachel

I once parked my car on an early morning deserted dirt covered countryside carpark and had a note left on it with moan that I was a moron who had parked at the wrong angle. I may be a moron but the angle was fine.

get some proper bellendery near our house, couple of corner shops so get a lot of just idiotic/crap parking which presumably the drivers just aren't aware of what tools they're being/how dangerous they are - some really comical displays of car parking "technique" too.
Also get the arrogant beggars who will just abandon their cars in the carriageway, saunter into the shop, saunter back out and get all stroppy if anyone comments (the shop owner does this alot). Plenty leave their engine running and car empty while they're inside aswell.

had a note left on it with moan that I was a moron who had parked at the wrong angle

Meh, this woman got a ticket for parking at a right angle. Badum tish!

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You'd literally not believe some of the stuff in this thread over on PH: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1412996&mid=180094&nmt=The+BAD+PARKING+thread+%5Bvol3%5D

Is it urban myth or can you get banned for parking on the wavy line thingys?

cokie - Member
That's dangerous!
Nearly as good as this..

That's Colchester isn't it Cokie?

You'd literally not believe some of the stuff in this thread over on PH

3 points, apparently.

Is it urban myth or can you get banned for parking on the wavy line thingys?

A source of irritation in my village are the ****s who insist on parking outside the local co-op, as there a perfectly good/free car park at the back of the store. These idiots usually make it impossible to get out of said car park.. ****wits the lot of them.
... then there was my g/f's old neighbours who would only park directly outside there own houses, with no consideration for anyone elses parking, so you'd regularly end up with 1/2 car spaces either side of their cars (tight parking on a terraced st).

Nothing wrong with this post/tweet, I'd retweeted if I did that twitter shite.. and don't be fobbed off my APC saying they'll talk to the driver, it the managements fault for pushing the drivers into the position where they have to speed/park illegally to meet the targets (admittedly there is also idiots, who don't see this as wrong).

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I'd say go to the police. Its not too grrr at all. Either he doesn't know he can't park there, in which case, he shouldn't have a license. Or he does know but thinks the rules don't apply to him. In which case, he doesn't deserve a license.

Or he does know but thinks the rules don't apply to him. In which case, he doesn't deserve a license.

This applies to about 80% of drivers....

It does, and I'd say the same about those. Instant solution to triffic issues would be to remove those who don't show the task the respect it deserves.

I think 80% is very optimistic actually.

There was a 10 year old Saab parked taking up two spaces at my local supermarket on Sunday 😆 just made me shake my head 😆

Couriers are notorious for it, I saw one parking so badly the other day the 2-3 cars behind it actually tucked in behind him thinking he was waiting for traffic to clear or something.

I can't condemn the whole industry but all evidence points towards the whole 'self-employed driver' thing works, they have to complete a stupid amount of deliveries a day to make money and parking somewhere safe/legal/moral/socially responsible every time can make it impossible - so I'm told.

Rachel - have retweeted. I'm sure you are aware already but what makes that even worse is that directly in front of that van is 200+ metres of 30min parking spaces. There are always several free.

Hope the Police take action.

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I saw this piece of parking genius in a very busy hospital car park last year.

I blame the Audi as clearly it's only Audi drivers who park badly.

I live on the street where the picture was taken. Far too often we see parking like this by commercial vehicles. At least McDonalds park there about 5am not the middle of the day!

Police just called to ask whether a ticking off by his employer was enough. I must be turning all Citizen or something but I've just insisted they go ahead an prosecute. They actually seemed very happy I did and will let me know if they need a statement. They think the pictures will be enough.

Rachel

I swear the zigzags outside the school I pass on the ride to work actually says 'park here' in one or more foreign languages

As a van-driving multi-drop* driver myself I can safely say that parking is atrocious! Nothing can justify parking like that on zig-zags, recent death there or not.

There is huge pressure on the drivers to get round impossible routes, parking anywhere and racing around is pretty much the only way they can do the job and make any meaningful money out of it. The fact that councils are making towns pedestrianised with ridiculous times for deliveries (0000-0800 when the places open at 9 for example), removing loading bays, putting what bays there are a long way away from shops, finding any bays full of cars etc just makes the problem worse. I daren't think about having to deal with residential deliveries where you have to find the place, hope someone's in, leave with neighbours and still park considerately. Some companies are good (UPS and TNT seem to be the ones that listen to the drivers) but most are abysmal for loading work on the drivers who just want to get the work done and get home to their families.

If we were happy as consumers to pay a decent amount for delivery then this problem [i]may[/i] go away. I very much doubt it but you can live in hope.

* not self-employed, not parcels. Business-business contracts only. Straight hourly wage.

The town I live in has lots of sheltered housing for old people and the company that maintains the housing is awful at parking. Usually blocking half the path, and sometime fully parked on the pavement forcing their wheel chair bound end clients on to the road.

Some years ago I failed my second driving test on Lynn market square after a the lorry in front of me stopped to unload without indicating boxing me in (I was probably a little close to it).

The town I live in has lots of sheltered housing for old people and the company that maintains the housing is awful at parking. Usually blocking half the path,

Have you ever encountered home help staffs parking??!!!

There used to be an old codger near me who'd abandon his car at 45deg to the kerb, one wheel on the kerb, on double yellows, pretty much blocking traffic and the pavement.

But thats OK, he has a blue badge.

Didn't see him for a while so presume either:
* The police listnened to his argument that he was dissabled and therefore incapable of driving and parking correctly anymore so should be allowed to do as he wished. And took his licence off him.
* He steped out of his abandoned car and got squished by someone trying to get past.

I saw this belter in Whitby and got it submitted to everyone's favourite rudely named parking website. No, the Citroen isn't driving towards us. It's parked.

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Munro, we get parking like that on the small street leading to our car park all the time. At least 2-3 times a week when I'm coming home from work. muppets. They look at you like you've just pissed on their shoes when you ask them politely to move because they are totally blocking the road.

It is terrible parking and you were absolutely right to report it. We all have to abide by the Highway Code, no exceptions.

I've just reported some aggressive driving to the company whose truck was involved. How my car escaped unscathed I don't know but definitely felt intimidated and won't have been the only one. Fortunately I'd written down the reg no. and time and suggested they check the tacho as he exceeded the speed limit several times. Company were very concerned, thanked me for reporting this and assured me they would be speaking to the driver.

We shouldn't have to tolerate this behaviour.

I must be turning all Citizen or something but I've just insisted they go ahead an prosecute

Yay - that particular driver getting a ticking off is unlikely to make any difference to the behaviour of all the other drivers. A few prosecutions just might.

pour encourager les autres

I've just reported some aggressive driving to the company whose truck was involved. How my car escaped unscathed I don't know but definitely felt intimidated and won't have been the only one. Fortunately I'd written down the reg no. and time and suggested they check the tacho as he exceeded the speed limit several times. Company were very concerned, thanked me for reporting this and assured me they would be speaking to the driver.

Done that a few times. Whether anything actually happens I don't know (I don't chase up after initial moan) but I feel that I've done something to make the culprit actually think a little more about their actions.

Whoever posted that PH page, thanks, I'll be entertained for quite a while now!

Definitely the right thing to do to report to the police.

Parking a Smart Car at 90 degrees is allowed IMO, the car fits into the width of normal cars and is certainly narrower than the van for examply

There used to be an old codger near me who'd abandon his car at 45deg to the kerb, one wheel on the kerb, on double yellows, pretty much blocking traffic and the pavement.

But thats OK, he has a blue badge.

It wasn't a green MB Civic in Largs by any chance was it? I can tell you that exact same story word for word.

It's almost farcical the way cars are just getting bigger and bigger, and space to put them is getting... 😀

At least once a week pass the same cars parked on a cycle lane thats busy with kids going to school. For a whole 2 weeks a builder's van was forcing them out into the road. The owners couldn't give a flying F. One of these days I'm gonna take a screwdriver with me.

The PH thread is outstanding, I stopped at p10, but I'll keep going back. I'm rather inclined now to carry a big fat permanent marker, and draw a nice big comedy cock on the windscreen of offenders like these, right in the driver's line of vision. A big yellow one, for all to see. 😉

Done that a few times. Whether anything actually happens I don't know (I don't chase up after initial moan) but I feel that I've done something to make the culprit actually think a little more about their actions.

Good news is that this particular company will soon be installing cameras in that size of truck, they're already installed in their other vehicles.

We all need a wake-up call, mine came with a speeding fine. 😳

Need to make up some very sticky A4 posters with 'You park like a twunt' on them and stick them to the windscreen of badly parked cars.....

Crap parking but it appears to have been at 05:24 this morning - how many people around at that time of day? Don't know the area though... Is it even light at that time of day at the moment? Or was that just the tweet at 05:24?

We all need a wake-up call, mine came with a speeding fine.

Oh I see. You're annoyed that you got busted so you're taking it out on other minor infractors by grassing them up 😀

Woman parked in disabled bay in tesco - not as bad as some of what you see but it boils my p155, So follow her, give her 15 minuntes or so to load up on shopping then approach
"Excuse me, are you parked in the disabled bay right at the front door"
"Yes but.."
"Well I think that's pretty selfish but thought you should know I just saw someone putting what looked like superglue in your door locks"
Then, to show what a jolly decent person I am I replaced some of the contents of her trolley with some much nicer things. In my opinion.

Need to make up some very sticky A4 posters with 'You park like a twunt' on them and stick them to the windscreen of badly parked cars.....

Today...whos gives a shit.

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Note waste going into the drain 😉

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Nope you did the right thing, the zigzags are for protection and should be enforced. It baffles me why you had any say in the dude getting prosecuted for it though, surely the cops can make that decision themselves?

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I would fire all those photos of the wagons on the path to the local traffic police (if your force have them). Those are all points on the licence offences if my old memory is not playing tricks on me.

The double yellow line is a restriction from the middle of the carriageway to the back of the footway. All of those can be done against the "no waiting at any time" restriction.

Police just called. They're coming around tomorrow to take a statement. Looks like they intend to prosecute, not issue a fixed penalty...

Rachel

Oh I see. You're annoyed that you got busted so you're taking it out on other minor infractors by grassing them up

😆 I can ignore one or two dumb-ass manoeuvres but this bloke (it had to be a bloke right?) repeatedly drove in a reckless manner thinking he was invincible. Am the last person to be self-righteous!

So, a policeman came round last night and spent 45 minutes telling me how busy they were and it would take up too much time to take a statement. Of course, in that time he could have taken the statement…

They rang again earlier to tell me they have decided not to prosecute the driver in the OP. Too much paperwork. :-/

Rachel

Twitter Bomb them @APCovernight

Big companies don't like it. 😀

The time will come when HD video and photography will be easily admisable in a court of law. Then we might see a general raising of driving standards across the board.
Everyone knows the police do nothing unless they happen to be an eye witness , so the majority of people drive how they like.

I used to think it was an empowerment thing . " Look at me in charge of my ego - chariot. I'm in the drivers seat , I'm making the big decisions here "

On reflection , and nowt to do with parking ,I have changed my mind.

I now think its the race mentality. The veiwing figs for F1, BTCC and rallying ( when it was good ) are huge . Everyone wants to be a racing car driver , alot of women like going fast , and being driven fast and being in very fast cars. Too many men like going fast and everyone wanted to be / thinks they could have been a F1 driver ..

But , they're not . Oh what a let down . Now the only way they get to be Lewis or Jenson is on the way home from work , racing the other people around them in a 'If i overtake you I am winning ' race .
When the sad fact is the only race they are in is the one to empty their fuel tank.

Not alot to do with parking , just a little pondering .

Sandwich - Member
I would fire all those photos of the wagons on the path to the local traffic police (if your force have them). Those are all points on the licence offences if my old memory is not playing tricks on me.

I was mortified today, I squeezed inbetween 2 horribly parked tossers in the work car park, when I came back they'd gone and [i]I[/i] was the horribly parked tosser. Couldn't have looked worse without having a nun trapped underneath or something.

Ah parking. Where civil society fails.

Today I was sitting in Tesco Haddington waiting for my wife while the sleepy market town went about it's business.

Old boy pulls up next to me in honda civic. Respectably dressed, retired gentleman.

Dunts my car with his door (I watched him do it from 60cm away).

I get out and say "Going to not do that"

He says "I never touched it"

"You did, I watched you do it"

"F*** off I don't care what you were watching"

"Away and trouble the undertakers you old c888"

"I'll batter you"

"No you won't. You're 75. Away and do your shopping and I'll watch your car"

What I don't understand is why do other drivers have to park next to me in a car park where there are plenty of empty spaces? I mean the car park is almost empty apart from my car. Worst still they don't park properly ... bloody ZMs!