Great places to park a car

[enitharmon]

I took this back in April in Roose Road (A5087), Barrow-in-Furness.


Parking in cycle lane by Swan of Kennet, on Flickr

Any other choice parking locations we can share?

 

[ianrauk]

All cycle lanes should be removed anyway.
Would rather be part of the normal traffic flow not shoved to the side on a silly bit of coloured tarmac with crappy drains and rubbish.

 

[400bhp]

^^THIS^^

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Waterloo Bridge on a Sunday is pretty epic. The cycle lane becomes invisible.

 

[MichaelO]

Waterloo Bridge on a Sunday is pretty epic. The cycle lane becomes invisible.

The bridge over the M25 at Mertsham is even better - I'm sure the cycle lane is actually parking bays (I've never seen it empty, so no idea what the signs say...)

 

[MichaelO]

Here you go - and this is usually taken at 25-30 mph having come down the 1 mile hill from Hooley. Not enjoyable - certainly when you have to avoid being doored on the way through...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=mer...zQp4G5V6I7BqVDQyvcI1WQ&cbp=12,197.33,,0,15.36

 

[classic33]

Blocking a bus stop, not your average choice of vehicle

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but he did drive it to work though.

 

[TheDoctor]

If you want bad parking, may I commend this somewhat sweary site to you?
I can't say I approve of the language, but it is full of people who park like absolute idiots.

 

[Kelvin_C-J]

Here you go - and this is usually taken at 25-30 mph having come down the 1 mile hill from Hooley. Not enjoyable - certainly when you have to avoid being doored on the way through...

I am so sorry you have to experience that kind of human ignorance and laziness on your cycle rides.

I believed it was bad when the odd residential car or two was blocking a small area of a cycle lane... never again will I complain, as it is nothing when compared to your example.

Kudos to you.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Here you go - and this is usually taken at 25-30 mph having come down the 1 mile hill from Hooley. Not enjoyable - certainly when you have to avoid being doored on the way through...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=merstham&hl=en&ll=51.267185,-0.150987&spn=0.004759,0.011362&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=9.415909,23.269043&t=h&hnear=Merstham, Surrey, United Kingdom&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.267278,-0.150972&panoid=zQp4G5V6I7BqVDQyvcI1WQ&cbp=12,197.33,,0,15.36

Oh my! That trumps Waterloo Bridge. Is there a nearby train station?

 

[MichaelO]

Yes, just round the corner (near the pub the other end of the bridge) - why the council have put in a cycle lane AND left it as allowed parking is beyond me. I'm sure there's quite a few CC members who cycle through there regularly.

Probably helps the council score some better "cycle friendly" stats or something

 

[davefb]

If you want bad parking, may I commend this somewhat sweary site to you?
I can't say I approve of the language, but it is full of people who park like absolute idiots.

sweet mother of god, that's got me fair rankled... numpties

especially the idiot from mansfield moaning about his ticket , after he had parked partly into a marked off disabled bay...

 

[enitharmon]

I can't say I approve of the language, but it is full of people who park like absolute idiots.

I love that part of my anatomy and to apply its name to the dickheads featured therein is a travesty. Very enjoyable site though

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

You could always stock up with these, although poor Michael might get through a few books.

Some of the parking that goes on at the gym I go to in Stirling has to be seen to be believed. People park on the pavement, at dropped kerbs, work vans in disabled bays, cars in motorbike bays, parked on corners, left in the middle of the road ... all whilst there are parking spaces a couple of minutes walk away. The lazy, inconsiderate sods can't be arsed with a two minute walk to the f'n gym for f**k's sake.


I would of course say something, but some of them are big buggers

 

[sabian92]

If you want bad parking, may I commend this somewhat sweary site to you?
I can't say I approve of the language, but it is full of people who park like absolute idiots.

I was going to recommend that site too. Some shockers on there!

If you want bad parking, go to Nice in France. I went in July and on every crossroads there were cars parked on every corner. French Police could make a killing if they weren't so lazy.