WTF Inconsiderate Parking

thedazman67 · 7 Mar 2011 at 22:58

Evening,

Was just intending to go out an fill up before work tommorow but no I couldn't because I couldn't get out due to two people blocking me in.

I am so annoyed at the parking on my street it seems that you get the odd ones that are so in considerate.

When arrived home at 7pm there was a van in front of me in which I left enough room for me to get out again, there was no vehicle behind me at the time.

What is worse is the car infront of me could easily move back a bit more just enough so I can still get out without blocking the exit/entrance to the small back alley

If they haven't moved by tommorow morning I'll be banging on a few doors.

4T5 · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:01

RAMMING SPEEEED !!!

snowdog · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:04

Why don't you go around a few doors now ? If it wasn't so late what I'd do is a couple of short beeps on the horn, and if it doesn't help beep until someone got out and moved his car. Unacceptable, you want to drive somewhere, someone blocked you in, do something about it ( and I don't mean scratch their cars/ puncture their tyres, then you're worse than those idiots).

I'd be tempted to push their car if they haven't left it on the hb or in gear.

justintime2001 · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:06

Obviously 2 villages are missing their idiot's tonight

thedazman67 · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:07

I was going to but I am not entirely sure which houses own the cars and most of the houses on the street are in darkness. I guess I just am too conisderate.

Overlag · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:10

this is what bumpers are for.

snowdog · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:10

I guess the best sensible thing you can do is a note on the windscreen of both of em.

You could ask the neighbors who are still awake if they know whose car it is ? Waking them (who locked ya in) is not being inconsiderate.

These types of things should be fined harshly imho.

this is what bumpers are for.

In the old days perhaps, these days? Nah, wouldn't you be fuming to find bumper damage on your car ?

grudas · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:13

sit in the car and hoooooonk it till someone notices..

kip02 · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:19

Wow its unbelievable how inconsiderate/stupid some people can be.
Depends on how tight parking spaces are on your street but would have thought common courtesy/un spoken rule is to leave about 1.5-2 foot each side of the car in-front and behind.

PardonTheWait · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:23

My car's a bit crap so I'd be sorely tempted to bomp bomp bomp bomp bomp my way out to be honest.

Locky · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:24

Lend a trolly jack from someone and move it

mike66uk · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:40

That's not so bad. I know plenty of streets where double parking in the norm, literally T-packing cars in parked on the street.

Burned_Alive · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:44

To be honest, although its a pain, you can get that out.

mjt · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:48

Burned_Alive said:
To be honest, although its a pain, you can get that out.

This. There's actually a decent amount of room. I parked into a space about that much bigger than my Lolvo the other month. Did it first time and I was quite chuffed

I appreciate that the S60 with it's longitudinal engine has the turning circle of the Jahre Viking, but man up.

If someone woke me up in the morning to whinge about that I'd be livid.

Rroff · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:54

mjt said:
This. There's actually a decent amount of room. I parked into a space about that much bigger than my Lolvo the other month. Did it first time and I was quite chuffed
I appreciate that the S60 with it's longitudinal engine has the turning circle of the Jahre Viking, but man up.

If someone woke me up in the morning to whinge about that I'd be livid.

^^ I see we have one of the culprits wonder who the other is...

Very difficult to get out without scraping one or other of them I'd imagine... if I came out to find someone(s) had done that I'm afraid they'd wake up the next morning to find their car parked somewhere quite different...

whitecrook · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:55

Nothing much wrong with that. You can still get out.. If the people round here parked like that there'd maybe be enough space for me to actually park on my street.

AmDaMan · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:57

I can't believe people think that's a decent amount of room to maneuver in?

mjt · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:58

Rroff said:
^^ I see we have one of the culprits wonder who the other is...

FWIW, I actually make sure I leave enough room when I parallel park (as long as it's physically possible). That's for so that if one of the cars goes then I'm not screwed if the other person parks 2in from my bumper.

Rroff said:
Very difficult to get out without scraping one or other of them I'd imagine...

Of course it is, but that's not to say it isn't possible.

Rroff said:
if I came out to find someone(s) had done that I'm afraid they'd wake up the next morning to find their car parked somewhere quite different...

Rroff · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:59

AmDaMan said:
I can't believe people think that's a decent amount of room to maneuver in?

Its not

mjt · 7 Mar 2011 at 23:59

AmDaMan said:
I can't believe people think that's a decent amount of room to maneuver in?

I wouldn't call it 'decent', but it's certainly not impossible to escape without damaging anything.