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Maybe if there was a wall there instead of a sidewalk they would all just crash into the wall 😂
That’s why some parking lots put a cement curb a few feet away from the sidewalk, where the tires should stop.
Cause we own the roads and the platforms.
Whatdya mean you wanna walk
Practical answer: because they haven’t installed concrete wheel stops on the ground in that parking lot. If that’s a used walkway, they should.
I know, people are assholes, etc. I’m just mentioning a solution that is actually available, where unassholing everyone isn’t.
While we can’t unasshole everyone we can start ticketing ppl who park outside the lines. In most cities there’s traffic wardens anyways, so that should be cheaper than installing bumpers on every parking spot.
Yes, though the other reason to have bumpers is physical safety. This is a walkway. If someone is just a little bit negligent, they could run over someone. Ticketing them doesn’t help at that point. And the cost of that life is more than a million bumpers. So again, as much as I’d like to punish bad parkers too, as emotionally satisfying as that would be for me, the practical solution that will just work is to add the bumpers.
I have never seen these things in my life. Apparently they are not a thing where I live. But it’s sad that we need something like that so that idiots learn to park.
We also use them to stop ppl getting run over.
I’m just mentioning a solution that is actually available, where unassholing everyone isn’t.
Beautifully put. So often there are simple solutions to these problems.
Ive started to see these more and more, and imo they are a good thing! They really prevent this b/s from happening!
Though sometimes i feel they are placed a bit much too the front for my hatchback, but i understand this is so family cars dont go too far either
I have poor spatial awareness and learning to drive later in life - plus still getting to know my car. With a long, low nose, these bumpers are so handy, particularly the lower ones and/or made of rubber, so I don’t scrape my car’s poor snout!
After a while you just get used to the fact that your license plate is going to be bent at the very bottom if it doesn’t have a plastic holder behind it.
I don’t know, man, I’m still routing for having a bulldozer drive over random walkways throughout the day.
Bad at parking or got a car that just won’t fit into parking lots? → Enjoy a newly shortened car.
I’m just mentioning a solution that is actually available, where unassholing everyone isn’t.
Not with that attitude. Just need enough superglue and some determination…
I don’t think, in this case, it’s due to people being assholes. More like, people are dumb and completely oblivious to their surroundings.
Tomato / tomato
Meh, one implies intent the other ignorance.
Strictly true, but most people’s oblivious stupidity is carefully cultivated and defended.
Agreed. And if politely pointed out, I’d safely argue that most would double-down and tell you to fuck off
That’s what I mean by “defended.” So there is intent, to my mind.
I get that this is obnoxious, but I would probably make the same mistake. It’s just a habit to pull my car up to the “front” of a parking spot. Most curb parking that I’m familiar with includes spacing for car overhang that is apart from the sidewalk or parking blocks, so this seems like understandably thoughtless parking, but it’s also really poor parking/sidewalk design.
It’s much easier to pull fully into a spot then it is to try to guess how far back from the front to park to leave enough space for the sidewalk but also not have your ass hanging out in the way of through traffic. The simple solution here is to put down parking blocks a few feet away from the sidewalk, and I have no idea why they haven’t done that. The cobblestone parking area even extends directly to the sidewalk, which is also where (and probably why) the most egregious parking is occurring. This is just really poor parking-location design all around.
What on earth are parking blocks? Are they like stabilisers for American drivers?
Basically floating curbs. Think a car-width length of curb that is placed at the front of the parking spot that prevents you from pulling this far forward.
But couldn’t drivers just, you know, moved back out a little if they realized they overshot it? Doesn’t take them that long to get down to check, and get back in to move the car a bit.
They could. How does that seem to be working out?
Idiots that can’t drive properly maybe drive until their wheels touch the kerb? I very rarely see this in the UK, that’s madness.
Fun fact, when I visited the USA I was very confused by these weird concrete slabs they had in their car parks along each parking space.
Turns out, enough of their drivers are incompetent enough at driving that they’re put there for them to bump up against as they’re parking, because they aren’t able to figure out how to park properly by themselves xD amazing.
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The US doesn’t have compulsory drivers education to obtain a drivers license, so most people have a broad set of bad practices while driving. No one teaches people in the US how to drive safely and with etiquette.
Cool story. You’ll note that both the plates on the cars and the signage in the image show that this isn’t the US in the picture.
Considering that this picture wasn’t taken in the USA, I’d say that’s a success on the Americans’ part to anticipate stupidity.
So, the Americans came up with a solution to a problem that clearly occurs in Europe as well?
Hahaha so funny
es una simple pero evidente prueba si saben manejar, y que tipo carro están manejando
It is a simple but obvious test if they know how to drive, and what type car they are driving
Those people are idiots. Glad I don’t live there
Where do you lice?
I hate this weird behavior, just as much as when I crossing at a intersection and all the cars have their tires right up on the white line. FYI you should see the white line at an intersection on your dash when looking through the windshield.
I have the opposite problem when I park. I totally underestimate the amount of room I have in front of me and end up at the very back of the parking space, almost sticking out into the road/parking lot aisle. I don’t stick out completely, but there’s often a huge gap between me and the curb or the other space or whatever.
It’s often because people line up their car according to the car next to them. If one person does a lousy job and the next person copies them it begins to spread like a virus.
Yeah this is probably it. Would explain why people with small cars always pull in waaaaaay to the front. Everytime I think I see a space I’m bamboozled by small cars.
I do that too, but I also tend to check where the front of that car is…
A good rule of thumb is to look just below the side mirrors. The average height person seated correctly will see the stop line appear just below the side mirrors when the front bumper is at the line.
Easy way to know with yourself in your own car is to park right at the line, then sit in the drivers seat and compare where the line is in relation to the mirrors when seated normally.
What is “the” average height person?
That’s good there. I think that’s my mistake when I park. I align with the neighboring car’s sideview mirrors.
My whole neighborhood looks like this and I fucking hate it. Sometimes I fantasize about having a giant Flex and cut every car where the sidewalk begins
Time for a janitor to squeeze by with a huge set of keys hanging by his belt
You don’t need to be a janitor. Just walk past with your keys dangling from your hand and accidentally slide them across the hood. Or the hammer you’re holding in your hand that you just happen to be carrying for a legitimate reason.
A lot of places need those metal rods
Complain to the owner of the parking lot. Whoever they are. Public or private.
This is why parking spaces have the yellow fucking things in the front.
I know what you meant, but now I am imagining a giant yellow dildo in each space to stop the car.
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As a wheelchair user I absolutely hate when people do this! I ended up forced to go around the back of the car which is way less safe.
Yeah I’m fairly sure parking like this would earn you tickets where I live…
