Fair Double Parking
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I used to do the same when I had to use a public car park when working away from home. Picked an end bay plus one, two tickets displayed.
Parking attendant was ok with it..
Parking attendant was ok with it..
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I recently read an article on this. The owner got a parking ticket for not parking within the designated area (within the lines).
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It depends on the circumstances.
If there is a shortage of spaces then the driver is a selfish nob.
It's not about income but being a decent person.
If there is a shortage of spaces then the driver is a selfish nob.
It's not about income but being a decent person.
It's not about being a decent person either, it's about not getting your car scratched or dented by one of all the other less-than-decent persons out there.
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Parking like that is almost an invitation to scratch or dent the car.
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Someone parked like this in the local PC World carpark. I made sure to park my crappy Saab nice and close to it. When I came out of the shop the car was gone and I looked like the inconsiderate nob parked in two bays.
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He was well within the lines of the two bays he had paid for! In fact, there was room for a motorbike either side. Quite generous, when you think about it!!
It's a pity people have to resort to stuff like this though.
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It has been discussed on this site before; I believe that the 'standard' parking space minimum, width & length has not changed since the 1960's where car doors were considerably shorter in length and the pivot point was not just behind the front wheel. This makes it difficult for "larger" people to exit the car without the door exceeding the width of the space on either side = DING!! This is before we get into selfish thoughtless folk, who just do not bother to try and stop clouting the car next door, however much space they have. It is a blight, with insurers paying out millions every year on "car park dings".
Hempsted Valley shopping Center in Kent, have just applied to build more large shops, on their existing notoriously tight parking land (you have to breathe in, just to get out the car) and I am being serious. To achieve this feat, they are proposing to reduce their current car parking space allocation by 30+ spaces having consumed some 300+ spaces for the new shops. They hide behind the 'rules' stating (once again) that they use, the 'standard' width spaces, as dictated in the 1960's so are not the cause of all the dings that their customers suffer while visiting their premises.
I see more & more people straddling two bays now. If they have paid for two bays? Then what is the issue? I suspect, the council work on the basis that they may have sold one of these bays more times than they did, by only having one car parked there? Petty in the extreme.
I hate parking my cars in public car parks. It can spoil a trip out as it starts to worry me what I will return too? Why? Well like many, I have returned to find lumps out of my paint and dents in my doors. I also know many people who will use two bays in an attempt to avoid the almost inevitable dings.
It is (to me) like bird poo. The cleaner the car the more bird poo it will attract. I could park, on a two mile long deserted airport runway only, to find on my return, people have parked either side of me, making entry to my car, the work of a contortionist. The rest of the runway will still be deserted. Somebody on here suggested that it is some kind of inbuilt safety mechanism that makes drivers feel better if they park next to another car and ignore the acres of empty spaces around them?
It is a blight!!
Hempsted Valley shopping Center in Kent, have just applied to build more large shops, on their existing notoriously tight parking land (you have to breathe in, just to get out the car) and I am being serious. To achieve this feat, they are proposing to reduce their current car parking space allocation by 30+ spaces having consumed some 300+ spaces for the new shops. They hide behind the 'rules' stating (once again) that they use, the 'standard' width spaces, as dictated in the 1960's so are not the cause of all the dings that their customers suffer while visiting their premises.
I see more & more people straddling two bays now. If they have paid for two bays? Then what is the issue? I suspect, the council work on the basis that they may have sold one of these bays more times than they did, by only having one car parked there? Petty in the extreme.
I hate parking my cars in public car parks. It can spoil a trip out as it starts to worry me what I will return too? Why? Well like many, I have returned to find lumps out of my paint and dents in my doors. I also know many people who will use two bays in an attempt to avoid the almost inevitable dings.
It is (to me) like bird poo. The cleaner the car the more bird poo it will attract. I could park, on a two mile long deserted airport runway only, to find on my return, people have parked either side of me, making entry to my car, the work of a contortionist. The rest of the runway will still be deserted. Somebody on here suggested that it is some kind of inbuilt safety mechanism that makes drivers feel better if they park next to another car and ignore the acres of empty spaces around them?
It is a blight!!
Perhaps if manufacturers got together and standardised a height for the vinyl rub strips seen on some cars and made that part of all car designs that might solve the door ding problem
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The Asda store in Gloucester has recently enlarged the car park and interestingly there are 2 lines, about 800mm apart, between the bays. this should give most people sufficient room to easily enter and leave their cars. Not all locations have sufficient space for this of course.
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I was parked up waiting for Mrs M, when a young lady in a white people carrier parked 'alongside' me. Boy was I impressed when both front doors followed by the rear doors, silently slid backwards along the side of her car. Not only was the functionally cool and looked cool, it also allowed a vast amount of space for her and her passengers to get in and out, without any contortions required.
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The guy in the photo needs two spaces because he reversed in and needs to be able to get his shopping trolley down the side without scratching his, or others, cars.
See? He's only being considerate.
See? He's only being considerate.
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Few years ago my bro purchased a brand new bmw 330d with every conceivable extra. Got delivery on a Wednesday afternoon. Friday evening he went to tesco for the weekly shopping. Parked the car with consideration to give space for all. Came out an hour later to find someone had scratched the complete drivers side to the metal. We have some lovely people in the world
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If all supermarkets took Costco's lead and had wide parking bays, less of this would happen.
Yes the parking at Costco is fantastic. Doesn't stop nobs in SUVs parking in the roadway to get 20 yds closer to the front door though.
The downside to Costco is that every customer is treated as a potential thief on the way out...
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Makro used to do the same, in fact they were so busy looking inside some suitcases we bought there that they forgot to charge for one of them.
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[QUOTE=" Friday evening he went to tesco for the weekly shopping. Parked the car with consideration to give space for all. Came out an hour later to find someone had scratched the complete drivers side to the metal. We have some lovely people in the world[/QUOTE]
This MAY be a "Tesco Thing" A few years ago I had a Renault, it was two days old when I parked in the big Tesco Car Park in Peterborough, I placed my car miles from anyone else's car. Came back to find a scratch and dent in the Drivers door, with a Shopping Trolley sittign against it! now you could assume that it was an Accident, Wind blew trolley!, but the Slot I was parked in was sheltered from the wind by a fence and was effectively UP A HILL, the Self Propelled Trolley just hit my car all on it's lonesome!
This MAY be a "Tesco Thing" A few years ago I had a Renault, it was two days old when I parked in the big Tesco Car Park in Peterborough, I placed my car miles from anyone else's car. Came back to find a scratch and dent in the Drivers door, with a Shopping Trolley sittign against it! now you could assume that it was an Accident, Wind blew trolley!, but the Slot I was parked in was sheltered from the wind by a fence and was effectively UP A HILL, the Self Propelled Trolley just hit my car all on it's lonesome!
This MAY be a "Tesco Thing" A few years ago I had a Renault, it was two days old when I parked in the big Tesco Car Park in Peterborough, I placed my car miles from anyone else's car. Came back to find a scratch and dent in the Drivers door, with a Shopping Trolley sittign against it! now you could assume that it was an Accident, Wind blew trolley!, but the Slot I was parked in was sheltered from the wind by a fence and was effectively UP A HILL, the Self Propelled Trolley just hit my car all on it's lonesome!
[/QUOTE]I wish all supermarkets started using the £1 for the trolley locks, it is a common occurrence to see shopping trolleys being left leaning against someone else's car, because some individuals are just too lazy to take it back where it belongs.
