Entitled by Make - ?

[simongt]

Odd isn't it that folk who own certain makes of car - a Merc in this instance - believe they have the right to park completely straddling a clearly defined cycle path with double yellow lines along the outside so they can 'just pop into the nearby shop.'

Discuss.

 

[vickster]

Take a photo, report

Van drivers are also bad for just stopping, not to mention speeding and close passes doesn't seem to be confined to one type of brand, livery vs not...

 

[mjr]

https://www.norfolk.police.uk/contact-us/report-something/dashboard-camera-report-form if in Nowich.

 

[gavroche]

Odd isn't it that folk who own certain makes of car - a Merc in this instance - believe they have the right to park completely straddling a clearly defined cycle path with double yellow lines along the outside so they can 'just pop into the nearby shop.'

Discuss.

Makes a change from BMWs and Audis.

 

[Slick]

Nothing to do with vehicle type where I am.

 

[Mrs M]

Nothing to do with vehicle make.
People who feel entitled will do as they please.

 

[jefmcg]

Nothing to do with vehicle type where I am.

Nothing to do with vehicle make.
People who feel entitled will do as they please.

+1 to both.

I've often seen cars parked here at peak time, causing jams back onto the M4, because otherwise they would have to go a mile out of their way and spend 10 minutes to get milk or bread or whatever/ But it's ok, they put on their emergency lights, so those people lucky enough to pass them will know that .... sorry, I have no idea what those lights mean when you have chosen to park your car in a traffic lane at peak hour.

But it doesn't seem to have anything to do with marque of the car, or the nature of the traffic they are blocking. Toyotas as much as Mercs, and mechanically propelled vehicles as often as anything else.

 

[AndyRM]

There is a guy who pulls up daily on Whitley Bay high street on a double yellow to nip into Greggs. I hope he burns his mouth on his sausage roll.

Drives a Honda I think.

 

[DCBassman]

I run a (very old) Merc, and don't feel the slightest bit entitled. It's a car, and I use it for my needs and don't abuse it or the law or parking bays. In the distant past, as a Volvo driver, I was actually stopped in a car park and asked why I had indicated, as no ther Volvo drivers did...
So it's hardly anything new.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

It's not unique to expensive brands in my experience:

 

[DCBassman]

That makes me very angry. Or sad. Not sure which.

 

[Biff600]

I drive a Mercedes and I don't feel 'entitled'

Just because ONE Mercedes driving clown decides to park on a cycle way, then all other MB owners are tarred with the same brush, what a very narrow minded approach to life you have

 

[Drago]

I'd bunny hop onto the bonnet and continue my journey across the car.

 

[adamhearn]

The problem [with society] is that every is conditioned to judge everyone by [examples only] driving cars of a higher cost, houses with double garages, clothes with brand labels, etc. Why can't we just look past what anyone drives, where they live, what their job is or what they dress and just focus in what is the problem?

The driver is disrespecting the purpose of the cycle lane/double yellows BUT I'm sure we've all done stupid things like that just because we thought we wouldn't be long/cause a nuisance/be caught out. I'll await the high and mighty to tell me I'm wrong :|

Guess you have options... 1) moan on an internet forum where you'll likely get a lot agreeing with you and fuelling your desire to have him burn in hell for his transgression 2) report him to an organisation of choice who will likely just blink and ask you to fill in a form 3) educate the person yourself. Having written all those I believe you've taken the most useful course of action

 

[Drago]

I've never done owt like that.