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HI all!

Came acrsoss this classic example of bad parking. You really couldn't make it up.

www.cardivision.co.uk/content/worst-parking-ever

It's a common fault with ALL 4x4s



Here the parking spaces in front of the bike warehouse are extra long to accommodate vehicles with bike racks on - a thoughtful provision thwarted by the distorted view from a 4x4s screen!

Well not JUST 4x4s...



Do you want to forward these to Car Division, or should I?

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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=768257&mid=142450&nmt=The%20BAD%20PARKING%20thread

69 pages of crackers here.

Actually it is pretty obvious what happened here.

In the first photo the black car to the right of the image has parked "overshooting" the end of his marked space by about a yard. Clearly when the 4x4 arrived there was somebody parked in the, now vacant space, to the left of the 4x4 leaving insufficent space for a paralel park.

The 4x4 driver, realising that parking at an angle would not really obstruct the main thouroughfare and not expecting to be there long, took the decision to park at an angle

Subsiquently the vehice to the left departed allowing some wag the oppertunity to take a smart-ass picture!

In the second picture clearly much the same has happened only that this time the "Obstructing" vehicle that was parked behind the Vauxhall has since departed with somebody else arriving who has (for whatever reason) been able to park within his marked bay. Again, allowing further oppertunity for smart-ass photography!

Ho Humm!

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"The road to a police state is paved with public safety legislation"

You may well be right, but that's no excuse for the parking on/blocking of the pavement.

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Perhaps, but the implication that the drivers concerned are "Incapable" is likly to be incorrect and unfair (And it doesnt look as if the Vauxhall driver is on the pavement anyway)

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"The road to a police state is paved with public safety legislation"

That could be an unfair description of the Vauxhall driver, but we cannot dismiss the possibility that one couldn't be bothered to parallel park properly. That park is obviously a forward-in manoeuvre, there must have been a fair amount of space behind. However, that park didn't result with an unreasonable obstruction.

However, I would say the implication probably is apt for the 4x4 driver. Even if the space was tight, there's no excuse for blocking the pavement like that. That's an offence too - mounting a pavement without dropped kerbs (not modified to withstand vehicles).

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Yet again the lengths to which some "Safespeeders" will go to defend thoughtless, obstructive, inconsiderate, damaging and potentially dangerous use of cars is extraordinary.

In neither picture is it possible to see whether the car is actually parked or is in the throes of being parked.

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When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

It's obvious from the pictures what the problem is.

They are both visiting a cycle shop and we all know cyclists have no consideration for others.

[hides from the bricks being thrown]

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Malcolm W.
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I get to watch these clowns park from my window, and believe me - they were under NO pressure from other vehicles! The Vauxhall driver simply nosed into the space, stopped, and got out and left it - for well over an hour.

The 4x4 driver DID have a car in front to the left when he arrived - but as you can see the space is huge, and it was well forward, behind the black estate to the left of the picture. Again there was NO attempt to parallel park, or reverse back off the pavement!
It too wasn't just abandoned for a few minutes, it was left for a considerable time.

I didn't have time to snap it, but last year, a BMW came the wrong way up the road (it's one way right to left), stopped in the middle of the road, in front of two of the herring bone spaces at the bottom of the picture, and got out, locked it, and went off around the corner to the bakery. He was gone around 10 minutes, during which time traffic was forced to go the wrong way around the system to get out of what is quite a busy industrial/commercial estate!

Just outside the estate is a SPAR shop, and many drivers abandon their vehicles in the entrance, reducing the width. One habitual "offender", a local man from 1/2 a mile away was reminded by the landlord that he should park further in, or outside where he would not obstruct the entrance - but responded that it was OK, as he was only going to be a few minutes in the shop!
When he got back, two pallets of breeze blocks were left 4 inches in front of and behind his Mercedes - and the landlord refused to remove them! The driver walked off home, expecting his car to be released later in the day.
The Mercedes was there for 5 days before the driver relented, apologised, and asked for his vehicle to be released.

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I guess the other, and more numerous, "Safespeeders" who felt feel the parking shown was not acceptable, must more than redress that balance!

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Or maybe in the throws in that case dcb

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You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

I was waiting for that

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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells
When I see a youth in a motor car I do d.c.brown

My submission. The guy with the bald spot is the owner of that car who used to complain if I parked my manky old Passat too close to his house as he said it devauled it.



Note the car parked on the other side of the road opposite and the fact that the road is barely 3 car widths wide, thus his parking is blocking any vehicular access to any of the garages that are out of shot to the top/right of the image. To the left of the image is the route to the main road.

Also note that the car to the right is parked with it's wheels touching the curb, and by examining the shadows you can see that the car out of shot to the left if half parked on the curb to make it easier to pass.

I thought so

That reminds me of a case where a traff pol, armed with a scamera, got a guy for speeding. I believe it was a genuine case...

Traf Pol, (feeling smug about getting a 'dangerous' speeder)

"I've been waiting for someone like you all day".


Mr Speeder:

"Well I got here as fast as I could".

If you can believe anything you get off the Internet, the officer laughed his nads off and let Mr Speed go.


I'm sure some here will think that the Traffic Policeman did the wrong thing but I think in all likelihood he did much to heal the rift between the public and police and at the same time augment the respect I used to know for law and order; just like what happened to me over Easter...

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Don't want to seem like I'm on the side of bad parking ,but ( and I'm not sure other 4X4 firms do likewise ) Land rover had a policy ( on early Landies certainly,and from observation also on more modern ones) of fitting stops to curtail the steering lock .From what I am led to believe ( whether it was to prevent or after ,an accident ,I know not) this was to prevent those not accustomed to driving off road overturning the vehicle on an incline by applying too much lock .Possibly an early attempt of safety intervention by other means than education . Doesn't stop the driver making more attempts to park properly -I've seen an elderly gent in a more modern Landy take the trouble to park .He was also oblivious to why his vehicle had a poor steering lock .

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Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Not condoning this idiot but I can tell you from experience that X5s have very poor steering lock (especially with the very big wheel options).

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Malcolm W.
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As I suggested ,Malcolm , on road - turning -no problem ,but there's a need to protect the ignorant from themselves - get off road ,climb a moderate hill ,then decide you want to go back - some drivers wouldn't consider the danger of an overturn with lock on and the angle of the vehicle on the hill .I've felt a vehicle on an incline ,and judged it unsafe to apply more lock - but I'd had considerable off road experience -I can appreciate how the overturn can be misjudged .Abroad ,a lot of our Landies had the lock stops ground off - as we had the experience to know when to use lock off road (added to which - get in trouble in the bush - you get out of it without help - there's no AA on the jungle ) ,and if the truck overturns -you get it up or go for help ---something our 4x4 fraternity wouldn't cope with .Give them a good lock and you'd have 4x4 parked sideways as a daily option

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Having watched both these drivers park up, while under no pressure from other vehicles, or sudden change in the situation, I have to ask if they are in fact competent enough to manage the vehicles they are driving on the road.

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