Parking Rage

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This is a spin off from the gender and violence thread. Blue posted this
http://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-beaten-coma-parking-lot-rage/story?id=13082308

Which brings to mind that parking has really been pissing me off lately. What gets me are the people who pick out a spot that they want and then set a car length back waiting for who ever is in the spot to leave. The problem is that everyone in back of them also must wait because there is no way to not wait unless the line starts backing up. If the person waiting for the spot will not give up and if even one of the cars behind you does not choose to back up I am stuck. I also know that I am almost certainly not getting a space in the aisle that I am in so I waiting fruitlessly.

It never used to be this way, there was once an unwritten rule that unless a space was empty or a person was actively trying to back out of a space everyone keeps moving. But now people have no problem inconveniencing others so that they can get a spot closer to the door than they can by being considerate.

A related problem is people who have no problem clogging up the aisle in the store as they talk or look for stuff, not caring much if no once can pass. It used to happen by accident and people would be appologetic once they realized that they were part of the problem, but now often people are more like "take a chill pill asshole" when others object to their aisle hogging behavior.

Thoughts??

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@hawkeye10,

Hey, all you drivers are crazy, as far as I'm concerned.

Do what I do - don't drive. I rarely have a hard time parking my bicycle.

Cycloptichorn

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@Cycloptichorn,

I presently park far away from the store. I like getting out easily. I like the bit of exercise, the transition from store to driving.
Here in Abq, the laws like people parking through, at least re seniors (haven't read them lately).

I've designed a few parking lots in my time, maybe a dozen, but none as large as a supermarket's. One shopping center, but a small one. Back in california, we cared about drainage and adding trees, at least back then.

I like the bicycle idea (Dobbins + Pasadena) but it isn't useful for some of us. I'd be suicidal to cross Coors on a bicycle. Better waving a cane with a white flag, maybe with scarlet dots. The answer is re city planning and engineering, whatever that department is called in what city. Moving to abq for me was like moving to 1963.

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