This is why parking spaces tend to have those horizontal blocks. It’s to stop dumbass drivers like those depicted in the picture from blocking the sidewalk.
Unfortunately, with the rise in insecurity compensators (“sports” utility vehicles and light duty trucks). Those measures are quickly defeated.
I live in the southern states of America and the amount of dOdGe RaM 1500 hD/f150s and “luxury” SUVs just blatantly blocking the sidewalks in urban settings (downtown) is too fucking high. If you are visually impaired expect to run into many of these idiot’s cars/trucks.
Fuck cars.
Most people aren't doing terribly here really. It's not ideal but it's not horrific, until you get to the light blue/turquoise SUV 3 or 4 cars down. That fucker has clearly mounted the kerb and without the car there this picture looks pretty normal.
Also I don't think these pictures are of the same line of cars, should be able to see the roof box on both pictures but you can't.
My whole neighborhood looks like this and I fucking hate it. Sometimes I fantasize about having a giant Flex and cut every car where the sidewalk begins
Idiots that can't drive properly maybe drive until their wheels touch the kerb? I very rarely see this in the UK, that's madness.
Fun fact, when I visited the USA I was very confused by these weird concrete slabs they had in their car parks along each parking space.
Turns out, enough of their drivers are incompetent enough at driving that they're put there for them to bump up against as they're parking, because they aren't able to figure out how to park properly by themselves xD amazing.
I get that this is obnoxious, but I would probably make the same mistake. It's just a habit to pull my car up to the "front" of a parking spot. Most curb parking that I'm familiar with includes spacing for car overhang that is apart from the sidewalk or parking blocks, so this seems like understandably thoughtless parking, but it's also really poor parking/sidewalk design.
It's much easier to pull fully into a spot then it is to try to guess how far back from the front to park to leave enough space for the sidewalk but also not have your ass hanging out in the way of through traffic. The simple solution here is to put down parking blocks a few feet away from the sidewalk, and I have no idea why they haven't done that. The cobblestone parking area even extends directly to the sidewalk, which is also where (and probably why) the most egregious parking is occurring. This is just really poor parking-location design all around.
A distraction for sure, doesn't excuse for the inconvenience of course, but if you ask why is then is because:
- People are buying increasingly stupid ass huge cars
- The ability of the average driver to actually drive well is decreasing as much more automation/aiding systems are injected into the driving experience
- It follows that then people will often graze the cars parked just aside theirs, when manoeuvring into or out from a parking slot, especially on the corners of the bumpers
- Any owner will then try to avoid this by moving his car outside of the possible trajectory of the driver who parked/will park the car just aside theirs and who most likely can't park a car, while yet choosing to buy a stupid huge ass car, and they do this by moving the farthest away from the rear parking line.
Of course they could have bought a small car instead and avoid invading the walkway, a small car surely also would have paired well with the smallness of their brains and/or appendages, but the lack of taste is since long time well past endemicity levels.
Yeah cos fuck pedestrians, that's why. /s
Fucking piece of shit drivers.
Cause we own the roads and the platforms.
Whatdya mean you wanna walk
Because fuck people in wheelchairs I guess...
You just have to take your place with force, jump on the cars to stay in a straight line and the owners will think twice next time! ;)
See that kid on a bike back there? Well FUCK them, you little asshole! Serves them right. Just sayin...
I'd be willing to be that at least one out of ten people who park this way would say it's because walking outdoors is only for poor people and if they wanted to walk somewhere they'll get on their $4000 Peloton treadmill at home, and that sidewalks are no longer relevant. Maybe I'm just getting jaded though
I hate this weird behavior, just as much as when I crossing at a intersection and all the cars have their tires right up on the white line. FYI you should see the white line at an intersection on your dash when looking through the windshield.
I have the opposite problem when I park. I totally underestimate the amount of room I have in front of me and end up at the very back of the parking space, almost sticking out into the road/parking lot aisle. I don't stick out completely, but there's often a huge gap between me and the curb or the other space or whatever.
Time to put some not too visible bricks right onto the curb.
A lot of places need those metal rods
Complain to the owner of the parking lot. Whoever they are. Public or private.
fuckcars
People have very tiny brains
es una simple pero evidente prueba si saben manejar, y que tipo carro están manejando
It is a simple but obvious test if they know how to drive, and what type car they are driving
Because they can!
Wheel chair with ground up spark plugs on the tyres
Bad brakes.
