Parking and Driving the Cheeses me off!

[99_FGT]

Another one - as soon as there are no marked spots, the gap between two parked cars = X-10cm, where X is the space required to park a car. Doesn't matter if it is a cruiser or a smart roadster, is always 10cm too small..

[wai]

Another one - as soon as there are no marked spots, the gap between two parked cars = X-10cm, where X is the space required to park a car. Doesn't matter if it is a cruiser or a smart roadster, is always 10cm too small..

And council rangers can do nothing about it because they have to establish the order in which vehicles parked there because the law is that when you park, you must leave a gap of at least 1 metre between your vehicle and any vehicle in front of or behind you. What makes things worse is the new automatic parking systems on cars where it will park in a space that is as little as 800 mm longer than the vehicle itself. The problem is that the law says that you need a space of 2 m more than the length of your vehicle to park there legally. The next problem is "how many drivers actually know how long their vehicle is, or how high it is for that matter"?

[Arnold]

Thoughtless Parking - How to Park More Considerately

I often wondered how it might be possible to educate drivers about parking in ways that make life easier for other motorists but with no downside for them . . . the win-win.

Among my pet hates are motorists who park well inside the parking zone, leaving no useful space between them and the signpost but diminishing the space for other cars, often leading to a loss of a parking space, like this:



or this:



(it seems even more egregious when owners of small cars defeat one of their benefits!)

or this:



Why does this happen? A significant cause is parallax error that makes the corners of the car appear considerably closer to the object in front of, or behind, them than they actually are. The few motorists who compensate adequately for parallax error, by manoeuvering their car until they appear to be parked well past the signpost by as much as 80cm - 100cm in some instances, manage to place their axle where it should be; ie adjacent to the signpost, some overhang being permissible providing the axle is not beyond the signpost, like this, for instance:



while being mindful of driveways where approach angles have to be taken into account, but not too much, mind!

PS - one other tip. When parking in a space way to big for my car but not big enough for two average cars, I used to wonder next to which car I should park closest when the cars on each side were of unequal size. The larger car I concluded so a larger car could park when the smaller car leaves. Definitely not in the middle!

[JustCruisn]

Hey Arnold
Why are you posting this again ? You did the same thing more than 2 years ago, same photos and all.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f40/parking-driving-cheeses-me-off-81976.html

[brad]

Because another mod locked his other thread that had drifted into a parking conversation?

[sillyboy]

Gosh...

[AdamD]

You did the same thing more than 2 years ago, same photos and all.

Threads merged; we can do without multiple threads on this topic!

[Transporter]

Because another mod locked his other thread that had drifted into a parking conversation?

Actually I've locked it because the OP started this thread with basically the same discussion.

[brad]

Actually I've locked it because the OP started this thread with basically the same discussion.

No arguments from me - I was just hypothesising - hence the question mark.

[blutopless2]

hate it when on a single lane highway with a speed limit of 100kmh people will do 90 - 95.... an overtaking lane comes along and suddenly they speed up to 110kmh making it impossible to overtake them without hitting warp factor 9!

[Arnold]

hate it when on a single lane highway with a speed limit of 100kmh people will do 90 - 95.... an overtaking lane comes along and suddenly they speed up to 110kmh making it impossible to overtake them without hitting warp factor 9!

They like to race, don't they?!

I hate it when the slower car(s) in the left hand lane merge into the continuing, overtaking lane well before they have to.

Only rarely do I see a motorist doing as I do: Sticking to the solid white line on the left and merging naturally into the continuing lane. No need to change course or take any other action. Leaves faster cars the maximum amount of time to overtake. Always makes me think of a sensible and considerate driver when I see it.

I'll be surprised if I see that technique three times on a return trip to the snow and multiple trips to the ski tube.

Like considerate parking, it is simply a function of driving to accommodate the needs of other motorists.

[Idle]

Sometimes I even see another motorist driving to accommodate my needs.

[sillyboy]

hate it when on a single lane highway with a speed limit of 100kmh people will do 90 - 95.... an overtaking lane comes along and suddenly they speed up to 110kmh making it impossible to overtake them without hitting warp factor 9!

I don't know about VIC, but this kind of behavior is actually illegal in NSW.(well, people still do it)

[Eaglen00b]

He either knew he wasn't going to sell it to you, or is never gonna cut it as a car salesman!

Always thought those batteries must be expensive suckers!

Not to mention, they aren't very "green" when you consider what it takes to manufacture/dispose/recycle them!!!