Parking in bushes

bainbridge · 2 Sep 2023 at 07:48

Why on earth is this a thing?

There are little clumps of bushes surrounding our office car park. I often see cars parked with their nose or tail fully pushed into these bushes, with many feet of empty space at the other end of their parking space.

Do people just think "it's just a bush" so feel they car crash into them when parking?

Or do people have trouble judging distance to objects without a clear definition?

These are decent cars too, not bangers, which people apparently keep fairly clean and tidy, yet they feel the need to ram raid the shrubbery?

Someone please tell me why!

I gots to know!

Hagar · 2 Sep 2023 at 08:04

Dogging.

JonRGV250 · 2 Sep 2023 at 08:28

bainbridge said:
yet they feel the need to ram raid the shrubbery?

This guy gonna be mad as hell..

Littlenose · 2 Sep 2023 at 08:28

Autopilot… drive into the space until they feel the bump of the kerb… I don’t think they see the bushes.

sigma · 2 Sep 2023 at 08:30

You're assuming that people actually think about driving when they're driving.

BUDFORCE · 2 Sep 2023 at 08:35

No.

It's because the closer you are or further in the bush you are, the further away you are from the potential path of other drivers, and therefore (in theory?) less likely to have your car driven into or door slammed in to you car.

Mujja · 2 Sep 2023 at 08:36

First car arrives in an empty car park, has no other parked car to use as a guide and keeps reversing until wheels hit the kerb. Other cars arrive and use this car as a guide.

Most drivers don't know how to use their mirrors or reverse cameras to check they are in the box so just pull up to another parked car, usually leaving the driver of the other car little room to get in their car.

theone8181 · 2 Sep 2023 at 09:04

Mujja said:
First car arrives in an empty car park, has no other parked car to use as a guide and keeps reversing until wheels hit the kerb. Other cars arrive and use this car as a guide.

Most drivers don't know how to use their mirrors or reverse cameras to check they are in the box so just pull up to another parked car, usually leaving the driver of the other car little room to get in their car.

I think this is most likely, I treat hitting the kurb as failing as its rare that I need to pull in that far (although previous cars, the bumper caught long before the tyres touched). It's the same type of drivers who don't seem to realise they've mounted a kurb, and half the tyre is hanging off (lack of spatial awareness imo).

Littlenose · 2 Sep 2023 at 09:33

I think it’s more often a lack of care, but agreed if they did care, would they have the special awareness?
Arriving at work in the morning, they’re probably more worried about their coffee cup than the bushes.

Dis86 · 2 Sep 2023 at 09:53

Incompetence.

peterwalkley · 2 Sep 2023 at 10:37

Hagar said:
Dogging.

and also:

sigma said:
You're assuming that people actually think about driving when they're driving.

^^ Best answers ^^

My just made up theory is they're trolling people arriving late. As those beta non-workaholic peasants desperately drive along the row hunting for a space one appears ... only for hopes to be dashed when they draw alongside and see there is a car in there after all, just 3 feet back from the neighbours.

LuckyBenski · 2 Sep 2023 at 11:16

peterwalkley said:
and also:

^^ Best answers ^^

My just made up theory is they're trolling people arriving late. As those beta non-workaholic peasants desperately drive along the row hunting for a space one appears ... only for hopes to be dashed when they draw alongside and see there is a car in there after all, just 3 feet back from the neighbours.

Great fun in a Smart. Can confirm I did this at every opportunity.

Trifid · 2 Sep 2023 at 11:57

Dis86 said:
Incompetence.

I think it is beyond that, apathy. Too many people see driving as the only option to get anywhere and so many people driving every journey no matter how small makes the experience worse for everyone so we are all miserable when we need to drive somewhere. People no longer care for it, there is no novelty to it. A car is essentially a washing machine to the average driver, you chuck your washing in and hit go and let it do its thing as quickly as possible as you just want to get on and do the next thing. I guess we should be thankful that a few people have upgraded their car to handbag territory.

dacads · 2 Sep 2023 at 12:35

Nothing like parking in a bush

Hagar · 2 Sep 2023 at 12:37

Trifid said:
I think it is beyond that, apathy. Too many people see driving as the only option to get anywhere and so many people driving every journey no matter how small makes the experience worse for everyone so we are all miserable when we need to drive somewhere. People no longer care for it, there is no novelty to it. A car is essentially a washing machine to the average driver, you chuck your washing in and hit go and let it do its thing as quickly as possible as you just want to get on and do the next thing. I guess we should be thankful that a few people have upgraded their car to handbag territory.

Cars are so 20th century but until we have alternatives we are stuck with them. I have gone from enthusiast to meh. Mainly down to volumes of traffic and constant regulation changes. Driving is literally a pain in the backside and cars very vanilla.

DXP55 · 2 Sep 2023 at 19:35

dacads said:
Nothing like parking in a bush

That was my dream when I was a teenager.