The spread of the 'reverse only into parking space' rule

[captain nemo1701]

A few years back a new housing development around the corner from me got rid of the pavement and turned it into a long dropped kerb with three spaces per house - 2 for residents, 1 visitor at right-angles to the road. Do visitors reverse park into them?. Of course not, they just drive onto the pavement...er, sorry, former pavement and block it. I have also seen drivers mount the former pavement and drive along it to avoid any other vehicles blocking the road. Thanks South Glos council planning dept, great design you approved.

 

[tyred]

At shopping centres and the like I often park in the quiet end of the car park and avoid the rugby scrum of lazy **&&^&^ queuing to park right outside the door.

But could anyone explain the strange phenomenon of parking a tiny Peugeot on it's own it the middle of probably half an acre of space with no other cars anywhere near and coming back and find some twit in a Discovery has parked so close that I had to get in the through the passenger's side.

If I hadn't been in a hurry, I would have moved my car around to the other side of the Discovery and practised some precision parking to make him/her get in the passenger door

 

[w00hoo_kent]

I once arrived at Sainsburys on my motorbike to find a Disco perfectly parked filling the motorbike enclosure. So I put the Tiger tight next to it, chained it up and went shopping. When I returned about 25 minutes later everything was as I'd left it and as I loaded the bike and unlocked it I shared a jaunty wave with a fellow "grumpy of Tunbridge Wells" in the canteen. As I was filling the tank in the petrol station I looked back to see the guy from the canteen getting in to the Disco, so I guess he'd come back and decided he'd lost this one...

 

[hopless500]

I'm relaxed about supermarket parking. I've had to squeeze into the last available space in a wonky way because everyone else is wonky. By the time I come back out everyone has moved and it looks like I've parked like a twat, with some less than understanding twunt parked so close that I have to get in through the passenger door. I bet they walked off feeling smug

That happens to me. It looks really bad when you're the only vehicle left out there

 

[Katherine]

[QUOTE 3649440, member: 259"]I think rules about reversing into parking spaces should be extended to cyclists.[/QUOTE]

I always reverse my bike into the garage so it's easier to get it out without catching the pedals on anything ie Mr. K's car!

 

[Pale Rider]

When I was on crutches I had a blue badge and parked in a disabled bay in a shop car park.

The crucial bit for me, rather than distance to the shop's door, was being able to get the driver's door of my car fully open.

When I returned, someone had parked within a foot of my car, despite the markings on the road telling them not to.

Nothing for it but to ask a responsible looking passer by if he fancied reversing my car out of the space.

Happily for me, within a few minutes a clean cut young army officer wandered along, and he was happy to assist.

 

[subaqua]

When I was on crutches I had a blue badge and parked in a disabled bay in a shop car park.

The crucial bit for me, rather than distance to the shop's door, was being able to get the driver's door of my car fully open.

When I returned, someone had parked within a foot of my car, despite the markings on the road telling them not to.

Nothing for it but to ask a responsible looking passer by if he fancied reversing my car out of the space.

Happily for me, within a few minutes a clean cut young army officer wandered along, and he was happy to assist.

and you have the opposite effect where my MIL who is more than entitled to her blue badge doesn't like using it as she thinks she takes the space from somebody .

mad bint

 

[screenman]

Perhaps you shouldn't be such a plonker by driving a vehicle that is clearly unsuitable for use on the public road (if it has zero rearward visibility) ?

I think a lot of vans and lorries have very little rear visibility.

I also think parking spaces are too wide.

 

[Pale Rider]

and you have the opposite effect where my MIL who is more than entitled to her blue badge doesn't like using it as she thinks she takes the space from somebody .

mad bint

Being disabled after being able bodied was an interesting experience.

Most people are very kind, although I was conscious of being stared at on a handful of occasions.

One man who tried to help nearly did the opposite.

He saw me coming through the glass doors of a motorway service area, so nipped to the door and opened it.

Little did he know I had it in mind to put my hand on the door handle and use it to replace one crutch.

Just as I reached out for the handle, he whipped it away from the other side.

Caused a little wobble on my part, but I imagine the guy just thought I was a proper raspberry ripple.

 

[screenman]

I cannot believe cyclists would use supermarkets and not support the LSG

 

[albion]

Easy to understand why.

As a pedestrian, if I see a driver in a car that might reverse out of a parking spot, I'm more alert and take a a wider arc.
A sensible rule, even more so on winter nights.

 

[the_mikey]

Odd, and I've not seen it anywhere. Quite a few years ago I did get bolloked in Germany for reversing into a space. Apparently it was rude to blow exhaust against the car in the next row if I understood correctly.

Learn what queue means Germany, then we'll talk manners!

I received a finger waving from numerous French people in Cannes for reverse parking into a parking bay, maybe I didn't dent the car enough, carefully parked cars not welcome here?

 

[the_mikey]

im not so sure there getting smaller tho in some multi story car parks there bloody ridiculous..
the modern car design makes cars wider than they used to be with all the ncap saftey features.
the average space on car parks seems to be 2200mm as a rule but some drivers like to park so you have about 20mm gap to get into your car.. bless em

The Galleries shopping centre car park in Bristol is always catching the oblivious driver of the oversized car/tractor, most of them seem to fail to understand the 2m height restriction on the entry and then find themselves trapped between the road and some lovely concrete.

 

[summerdays]

The Galleries shopping centre car park in Bristol is always catching the oblivious driver of the oversized car/tractor, most of them seem to fail to understand the 2m height restriction on the entry and then find themselves trapped between the road and some lovely concrete.

We once got lost in Central Bristol due to road closures and ended up on that road with the roof box and stuff on the top ( nothing to do with me forgetting that I wasn't on a bike and couldn't use the same shortcuts), ended up having to put the hazards on and reverse much to the irritation of other drivers!

 

[ufkacbln]

Absolutely no good for us....

With a wheelchair and hoist we need to go in forwards or have a space with access at both front and rear

Otherwise there is no room to unload and then if you do manage you are boxed in by the adjoining vehicles