Parking, was I wrong? (1 Viewer)

[CAB96]

I think you missed a trick there.

After being informed he wasn't going to move his brand new car, in your most polite voice:

"oh, congratulations, lovely car!

" this motor home is new to me, to. I've just picked it up, I've never driven anything this size! I'm not too confident on maneuvering out of tight spaces, but we all have to learn sometime!

"do give me a shout if I get too close, but make it loud, the engine is rather noisy!"

A bit of kangaroo-ing backwards and forwards would soon get him moving.!!

 

[Littlewheels]

I've discovered if there's a space and you don't want someone to park in it then you have to make it impossible for them to park in it.

A few arsecrumpets will still try mind you but I'd have left half a car space in front not a full one .

Absolutely, if you park at an awkward angle people are scared to park anywhere near you as they are seriously worried you can’t drive and can hit anything.

 

[PaddyM]

I've discovered if there's a space and you don't want someone to park in it then you have to make it impossible for them to park in it.

A few arsecrumpets will still try mind you but I'd have left half a car space in front not a full one .

As I said yonks ago

 

[Littlewheels]

To cut a long and sometimes heated conversation short, he had a new car, didn’t know how it worked, didn’t want to park where it might get scratched, and yes he’d parked there deliberately because I shouldn’t park like that etc. Anyhow I had just enough room to manoeuvre out.

Interestingly, if you had given him a little nudge (not condoned) but there would have been nothing he could do as you were parked on private matter and it then becomes a civil matter that would have gone nowhere, obviously you have to have a pair in order to tell him your apologies and drive off.

 

[Lusky]

Agreed. Why cause issues by parking across several car spaces when you could park up in just 2 that are end to end and be able to drive out.I think I would have blocked you in similarly if you had been a car doing that also .

What issues is he causing ? ,
The car park is quite empty !
You would have blocked him in ?

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[PeterCarole29]

You should have issued a ticket….

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I need one of those as we live next to a Doctors Surgery and park halfway or all the way over my dropped Kirb driveway
However whilst waiting at the Euro tunnel who were putting down parking bay white line and asking where can I buy these rolls of white line
He said how many rolls would you like and wouldn’t take anything for them Top man

 

[PlacidoD]

For good measure my two pet hates:
(a) People who park up on yellow lines in supermarkets to use the cashcard machine rather than parking in marked spaces and walking maybe 10 yards thus restricting traffic flow past them.
(b) Cars parking in clearly marked motorcycle bays leaving no space for me.

Both arise from a sense of entitlement and lack of social opprobrium to give rise to any sort of social control of such behaviour.

Chris

 

[tinkertaylor]

Just relax, he never did it to aggravate you he just wanted to protect his new asset.

People seem to running at 6500 rpm and it only takes one perceived act of aggravation to tip people over the edge of reason. If your that stressed then you need to understand why and try and reduce it. Otherwise it leads to more stress when 'the bloke in the car' is a wrong un, and there's loads about.

 

[VXman]

Sorry to go against the flow here but a large Motorhome parking sideways along 8 parking spaces just smacks of ‘Entitled Motorhomer’ who doesn’t care about anyone else. Other users of the car park don’t know that you are only going to be there for 10 minutes, just consider how it looks.
On Most Motorway services there will be space at the side of the Petrol station just to stop quickly.
I have to admit I get hot under the collar when I see this on any carpark, also too, cars parking in the caravan/Motorhome bays, ‘entitled drivers’ thinking that their vehicles are more precious than others.
So to answer your title I think Yes

I'd say it depends. I will park across several spaces in a supermarket but I only if there is plenty of space and I do it at the furthest spaces away from the shop as most shoppers can't be bothered to go there as they don't like walking.

 

[SpeedyDux]

I presume you didnt empty your grey and black waste whilst you were waiting ?

Or, spread small pieces of bread on his roof to feed those hungry local pigeons and gulls.

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[seasideBill]

Or, spread small pieces of bread on his roof to feed those hungry local pigeons and gulls.

Doesn’t work…… pesky birds pick it up and scarper, then shite on your car a bit later having processed their free meal.

 

[Plumb]

A lot of pent up anger out there ! Was waiting for blue badge space at hospital appointment for my wife, wanted one and half hours . Space became vacant went in to the space to the sound of horn blowing! Bloke in a car travelling the wrong way towards me shouted that he said he could park there ,and he’s had been waiting a long time, no idea whom he was , that told him he could have the space . I told him I’d also been waiting a long time , and he was travelling the wrong way! He tod me I was a pain in the arse ! I thanked him and said he was the same , all ended well I kept the space !

 

[busby]

We had a 5.4m Ducato. It was pretty cosy inside. We called it the crampervan. But it could be parked into a standard supermarket space in amongst the cars near the door... As long as the cars either side were smaller (although more fur their sake than ours, sliding doors mean easy access). Parallel parking on-street where you had to park between the lines was easy. I even got it into an underground car park in a city centre once because the entry level had a 2.6m restriction. There are SUVs that are pretty much the same size as a L2H2 Ducato, so it could be treated like a big car. I miss that flexibility.

Same size as mine..and I don't fall out with folk now because at 79 next I am past fighting...BUSBY

 

[seasideBill]

Same size as mine..and I don't fall out with folk now because at 79 next I am past fighting...BUSBY

You just need the right weapon

 

[gus-lopez]

but his first words were that he’d done it deliberately,

I'd have had him by the throat instantly and kept squeezing.

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[busby]

You just need the right weapon

Still got my head...Doesn't take much effort..BUSBY.

 

[Teedubyaa]

In a similar vein, it has been annoying calling at Tebay Services which have very well marked long bays for caravans/camper/motorhomes and to find them half full of cars (no trailer or caravan attached), with standard car spaces still available. I have had to drive off several times

 

[scotjimland]

with standard car spaces still available

is it not possible there were no car parking places available when they arrived, so they used what was available.. then when cars left, car spaces became vacant ..

 

[CAB96]

In a similar vein, it has been annoying calling at Tebay Services which have very well marked long bays for caravans/camper/motorhomes and to find them half full of cars (no trailer or caravan attached), with standard car spaces still available. I have had to drive off several times

Just park right up their arse. Or reverse in front until you are 'almost' touching.

Assuming there is (almost) enough space front or back.