You Park Like An Idiot - Page 3

tater · 05-24-10, 11:55 PM

Bridgepo'?

tater

Reece · 05-25-10, 12:47 AM

This person failed the parking test, the location is handy though!

NeonSamurai · 05-25-10, 09:29 AM

I dunno, I can understand the 2 parking spot thing at times. Lets face it most people are jerks who only give a damn about themselves. As such they have a tendency to open their doors and hit the side of your car in the process. Some cars, like mine don't have that side protection strip and can get dented as a result of these jackasses, and even with that strip it will still get screwed up with some people.

So sometimes I will do the 2 parking space thing, but I generally do it in the back where people aren't parking and when there is lots of space.

PS that septic truck in the first page is parked legally. Trucks of that size have to park like that as they are too long to park straight in over 4 spots. Semi trucks do that all the time in lots that don't have semi sized spaces. Now of course they are suppose to do it in the back of the lot which the septic truck seems to have done.

Jimbuna · 05-25-10, 10:01 AM

HunterICX · 05-25-10, 10:03 AM

^

that's gonna be a hard one to explain to your insurance

HunterICX

Blacklight · 05-25-10, 11:50 AM

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Bridgepo'?

tater

Nope. New Britain !

Weiss Pinguin · 05-25-10, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tater

A key sign for SUVs is backing into spaces. I see many a soccer mom with 3d spacial impairment backing some SUV bus into a space—presumably because they are afraid of backing OUT after they leave. Their ability to stay between the lines seems to be small—doesn't help their truck takes all but a couple inches of the space.

Eh, usually when I back in with our big-arse suburban I don't have a problem, but then again I'm not a girl

My dad is insanely good at backing into any space, probably something to with 20+ years as an aviator...

Subnuts · 09-15-10, 08:06 AM

Some more idiots:

RAMMING SPEED!

Herr-Berbunch · 09-15-10, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ivank

Oh! I have a story!
Last night some friends and I were hanging out at the local massive strip mall/IMAX place near us. We went to Taco Bell(my 1st time) and I parked 1 space away from the nearest car.(Something I always do) When we left Taco Bell like 20mins later some as*hole parked less then 3inches from me!(I know this because I went to Home Depot earlier and had measuring tape in the car. Well one of my friends had to climb on to my hood and in through the sunroof, i have an SUV so i did not care. But my other friend refused too. He wanted to confront the guy.

So we wait like 10 mins, and this guy ~18 comes out and he is dressed like one of those rappers but he is white

what is wrong with todays youth*? Anyway he sees us waiting and notices my door touching his car. So he starting cursing and pretending to be "gangster" my friend and him get into a verbal fight which ending with me yelling at my friend to enter my car. As we pull away, he says "yea thats right, run away you crackers"

Now I am thinking, I drive a close to 3 ton SUV, and he is in this beat up POS old small Honda. I could drive over his car! But what ever, I stopped and thought about it, and drove off.

But what nerve, what is wrong with these people.

*I say this, and I am only 18, I am just more mature I guess

If you do decide to become more immature, then turn your wheels onto full lock and move a few inches - then it's just your tyres v thin metal door and I know which would give in first

, not that I've done it... yet

tater · 09-15-10, 08:43 AM

I get POed about far less than those images. IMO, if you so much as touch the line between spaces, you should have points taken off the license. Make a special cop car that drives around taking pictures like yours, and if the car is not between the lines, they get a ticket.

If you have such a large vehicle you cannot reliably get it between the lines, you're not a good enough driver to deserve it.

If someone parks and touches the line so I have trouble getting in the car, I will intentionally bang them with my door.

frau kaleun · 09-15-10, 09:02 AM

There is someone who works at the office next door to mine who simply cannot pull his/her car into a parking space at the proper angle. This person used to own a biga$$ Caddy, now it's some kind of ginormous SUV.

The parking spaces in our shared lot are spacious enough to allow either vehicle to pull in straight and be completely within all the painted lines but this doofus just doesn't care. Every single time either the front or back end of the vehicle has one wheel/corner over the line into the next space because this person just pulls in at any old angle and then leaves it there. Sometimes a front corner is jutting into one adjoining space and a back corner is jutting into the space on the other side.

Considering that the lot is essentially empty when he/she arrives in the morning, there really is no excuse. It's not like some other vehicle is making it impossible or difficult to maneuver the thing properly into the space.

It's all I can do not to key the thing on my way past every day. What I'd really like to do is get someone else to pull straight into one of the adjoining spaces, as close to the offending portion of the vehicle as possible without hitting it. Then I'd pull into the space on the other side, doing the same to the opposite "corner" of the car. Thus making it impossible for this moron to go either forward or back without hitting one of us. So far it hasn't happened, but I can dream.

Gerald · 09-15-10, 09:25 AM

Sledgehammer427 · 09-15-10, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

Every other day when I go down to the local Dunkin' Donuts, there's this REALLY blinged out DAY-GLO GREEN station wagon (and I mean BLINGED with a capital BLINGED. The thing has shiny rims, tires that look solid and are only about an inch deep, air intake on the hood, tinted windows that look jet black, always super shiny and pristine, etc...) Well, every day I see this piece of work, it's always parked next to the handicapped space ON TOP OF THOSE BLOCKED OFF YELLOW SPACES WITH THE DIAGONAL LINES ON THEM. I'll try to get a pic of it when I go down there next.

I don't think I could get away with dropping off one of those flyers from "YouparklikeanA******.com around here though. In this town that I live in, the urban "thug life" is the "social norm" and what people seem to aspire to be here. And the "thug-lifes" vastly outnumber the "non-thug-lifes". I would probably be shot or something if anyone saw me putting something on their car around here.

I wonder what the chances of seeing that car in New Haven are...I swear I have seen such a vehicle.

Sailor Steve · 09-15-10, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

I wish they were doing this here too. I hate it to see an athletic guy jumping out of his BMW, Mercedes, Porsche etc. which he had just parked on a handicapped spot.

My friend Rocky lost a leg to an infection fifteen years ago. He was formerly athletic. Now he's sixty-two, wears a prosthetic, drives a minivan and...

...absolutely refuses to get a handicapped sticker or use a handicapped parking spot. When one of us asked him why, he replied "Why should I? I can walk. Those spots are for people who really need them!"

frau kaleun · 09-15-10, 11:16 AM

Reminds me of a friend's father - in his early 80s he was still working part-time, as a driver for one of the local medical labs. Going all over town, picking up specimens and dropping off supplies.

His kids were concerned about him spending so much time behind the wheel in heavy traffic areas, on the highways, etc. They gently suggested that maybe he could find another type of job if he still wanted to work. He asked what they had in mind. Someone mentioned applying to be a greeter at the new Wal-Mart opening up nearby.

He was shocked and insulted because, as he said, "that's for old people!"

05-25-10, 12:47 AM	#32
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05-25-10, 09:29 AM	#33
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I dunno, I can understand the 2 parking spot thing at times. Lets face it most people are jerks who only give a damn about themselves. As such they have a tendency to open their doors and hit the side of your car in the process. Some cars, like mine don't have that side protection strip and can get dented as a result of these jackasses, and even with that strip it will still get screwed up with some people. So sometimes I will do the 2 parking space thing, but I generally do it in the back where people aren't parking and when there is lots of space. PS that septic truck in the first page is parked legally. Trucks of that size have to park like that as they are too long to park straight in over 4 spots. Semi trucks do that all the time in lots that don't have semi sized spaces. Now of course they are suppose to do it in the back of the lot which the septic truck seems to have done. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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09-15-10, 08:43 AM	#40
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	I get POed about far less than those images. IMO, if you so much as touch the line between spaces, you should have points taken off the license. Make a special cop car that drives around taking pictures like yours, and if the car is not between the lines, they get a ticket. If you have such a large vehicle you cannot reliably get it between the lines, you're not a good enough driver to deserve it. If someone parks and touches the line so I have trouble getting in the car, I will intentionally bang them with my door.

09-15-10, 09:02 AM	#41
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	There is someone who works at the office next door to mine who simply cannot pull his/her car into a parking space at the proper angle. This person used to own a biga$$ Caddy, now it's some kind of ginormous SUV. The parking spaces in our shared lot are spacious enough to allow either vehicle to pull in straight and be completely within all the painted lines but this doofus just doesn't care. Every single time either the front or back end of the vehicle has one wheel/corner over the line into the next space because this person just pulls in at any old angle and then leaves it there. Sometimes a front corner is jutting into one adjoining space and a back corner is jutting into the space on the other side. Considering that the lot is essentially empty when he/she arrives in the morning, there really is no excuse. It's not like some other vehicle is making it impossible or difficult to maneuver the thing properly into the space. It's all I can do not to key the thing on my way past every day. What I'd really like to do is get someone else to pull straight into one of the adjoining spaces, as close to the offending portion of the vehicle as possible without hitting it. Then I'd pull into the space on the other side, doing the same to the opposite "corner" of the car. Thus making it impossible for this moron to go either forward or back without hitting one of us. So far it hasn't happened, but I can dream.

09-15-10, 09:25 AM	#42
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09-15-10, 11:16 AM	#45
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Reminds me of a friend's father - in his early 80s he was still working part-time, as a driver for one of the local medical labs. Going all over town, picking up specimens and dropping off supplies. His kids were concerned about him spending so much time behind the wheel in heavy traffic areas, on the highways, etc. They gently suggested that maybe he could find another type of job if he still wanted to work. He asked what they had in mind. Someone mentioned applying to be a greeter at the new Wal-Mart opening up nearby. He was shocked and insulted because, as he said, "that's for old people!"