Close Parkers

Death would have been a bit severe, but dinging seems to moderate. A broken limb, perhaps? Applied vigorously about the head and shoulders of the offending driver.

The only excuse for close parking is when all of the spaces are marked "compact car only," all of the handicapped spaces are taken, and the only consecutively free spaces are more than half the lot away.

Have you ever gone out to your car and had some huge vehicle park so close to you, you couldn't get in? What is the protocol in such a situation? Last night, I stopped at the store on the way home. I found a parking spot next to those cart corral sort of things. When I am alone, I like parking next to them as I do not need to open the passenger door (and there is no one on that side to ding your door), but the downside is you tend to need to park a bit closer to the white line. Well, it wasn't an issue as the space next to it was empty and there weren't many cars in the parking lot any way.

So imagine my horror when I walked out and some huge vehicle parked so close (I was within the parking line) to me that I there was only room for a small person to be able to squeeze into the car. Fortunately for me I am a small person, however, had I been average size, I wouldn't be able to get in my car. I figured the only way for me to get in was to open my car door so that it hit the vehicle next to me so I did. Normally I am careful not to ding other cars with my door, but this person was obviously an inconsiderate a$$ so I was well within my rights to ding him.

DrewDad wrote:

Death would have been a bit severe, but dinging seems to moderate. A broken limb, perhaps? Applied vigorously about the head and shoulders of the offending driver.

The only excuse for close parking is when all of the spaces are marked "compact car only," all of the handicapped spaces are taken, and the only consecutively free spaces are more than half the lot away.

Had I known that it would have been appropriate to do more harm, I would have waited for the culpert right next to his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive.

Linkat wrote:

Have you ever gone out to your car and had some huge vehicle park so close to you, you couldn't get in? What is the protocol in such a situation? Last night, I stopped at the store on the way home. I found a parking spot next to those cart corral sort of things. When I am alone, I like parking next to them as I do not need to open the passenger door (and there is no one on that side to ding your door), but the downside is you tend to need to park a bit closer to the white line. Well, it wasn't an issue as the space next to it was empty and there weren't many cars in the parking lot any way.

So imagine my horror when I walked out and some huge vehicle parked so close (I was within the parking line) to me that I there was only room for a small person to be able to squeeze into the car. Fortunately for me I am a small person, however, had I been average size, I wouldn't be able to get in my car. I figured the only way for me to get in was to open my car door so that it hit the vehicle next to me so I did. Normally I am careful not to ding other cars with my door, but this person was obviously an inconsiderate a$$ so I was well within my rights to ding him.

???

You parked within your space and, by your own admission, you parked "close to the line".

Was the other vehicle parked within the lines of their space?

If so, how is it that they were the inconsiderate a$$?

I got littlek these sticky notes - saw them in Harvard sq, but must exist elsewhere- they have preformulated messages that you can stick on the windshield. They are polite, if rather firm, informing the driver of what he has done and what consequences that has for others. Civic education.

I got littlek these sticky notes - saw them in Harvard sq, but must exist elsewhere- they have preformulated messages that you can stick on the windshield. They are polite, if rather firm, informing the driver of what he has done and what consequences that has for others. Civic education.