Bad Parking Pictures

[Geoff.D]

I dropped my 94 year old mother in law at Park and Shop in Meadowridge. I stopped in a disabled bay. Despite the cop watching me assist her out the car, get her stick and safely onto the pavement and into Clicks Stores, she was writing a ticket when I got back less than 2 mins later and presented it to me with a flourish. I asked her why she had not come forward to assist this old lady and she just walked off

I would fight it if I were you. The cops have a discretionary allowance and she should have used it. I think you will find the CT authorities will be quite sympathetic to your case. The long term solution is to get a disabled parking permit for your mom registered in her name. Actually quite easy in the Cape. My Mom has one and we always use it when taking her anywhere.

 

[Slootvreter]

Unfortunately if you need to use the reserved bays you must have a permit visible in your car, if I remember correctly

That is true. But I'd just ignore the ticket if I was him.

 

[Geoff.D]

So I spent 5 weeks in CT over the holidays and I have drawn some conclusions about you lot regarding this pre-occupation for vigilantism with specific reference to "bad parking".

One of the issues you have generally is that in many places in the Brackenfell area, the parking bays and the aisle widths available for turning into a parking bay do not comply with regulations, making it quite difficult for anyone to park properly without having to reverse back and forth.

The minimum stall width is supposed to 2.5 m and the length 5. 0m. I found bays as narrow as 2.2 m and the length 4.2m with the aisle widths down to 6.0 m.


Now anyone with a relatively large SUV or a bakkie as I have battles to get into one of those bays and then my bakkie sticks out at the back by almost 1 metre! So what is better? Sticking out into an already inadequate aisle or encroaching a little bit on the bay in front of you or over the pavement?

There have been moves made to try and get the dimensions increased in size to cater for the increase in larger vehicles but as far as I know nothing has transpired yet. The new recommended dimensions for a parking bay are 5.48 m long and 2.77m wide. Taking that into account it may be a very good idea for you lot to go and get the authorities in your area to start adhering to the existing dimensions at least.

Many shopping centres build their parking areas to their own standards which do not comply with the existing regulations. The minimum dimensions I found in the Brackenfell area were: Length: 2.2m and width 4.2m with aisle widths of 6.0 m.

Makes you think does it not?

With an average turning circle for most larger vehicles being about 12 m, the current aisle dimensions are already barely adequate. So any parking area that does not adhere to that standard is just looking for and encouraging bad parking habits.

 

[PhireSide]

Eish...I don't really have words

 

[pinball wizard]

Vigilantism? Geoff? Really? Posting some pics of twats parking like muppets hardly meets the criteria.

 

[crackersa]

So I spent 5 weeks in CT over the holidays and I have drawn some conclusions about you lot regarding this pre-occupation for vigilantism with specific reference to "bad parking".

One of the issues you have generally is that in many places in the Brackenfell area, the parking bays and the aisle widths available for turning into a parking bay do not comply with regulations, making it quite difficult for anyone to park properly without having to reverse back and forth.

The minimum stall width is supposed to 2.5 m and the length 5. 0m. I found bays as narrow as 2.2 m and the length 4.2m with the aisle widths down to 6.0 m.


Now anyone with a relatively large SUV or a bakkie as I have battles to get into one of those bays and then my bakkie sticks out at the back by almost 1 metre! So what is better? Sticking out into an already inadequate aisle or encroaching a little bit on the bay in front of you or over the pavement?

There have been moves made to try and get the dimensions increased in size to cater for the increase in larger vehicles but as far as I know nothing has transpired yet. The new recommended dimensions for a parking bay are 5.48 m long and 2.77m wide. Taking that into account it may be a very good idea for you lot to go and get the authorities in your area to start adhering to the existing dimensions at least.

Many shopping centres build their parking areas to their own standards which do not comply with the existing regulations. The minimum dimensions I found in the Brackenfell area were: Length: 2.2m and width 4.2m with aisle widths of 6.0 m.

Makes you think does it not?

With an average turning circle for most larger vehicles being about 12 m, the current aisle dimensions are already barely adequate. So any parking area that does not adhere to that standard is just looking for and encouraging bad parking habits.

Lol...so you don't want to reverse and straighten out?

And did you actually get out and measure? Lol

These regs you mentioned does it say private property has to adhere to it?

Where in brackenfell? I'll like to check it out.

 

[f2wohf]

So I spent 5 weeks in CT over the holidays and I have drawn some conclusions about you lot regarding this pre-occupation for vigilantism with specific reference to "bad parking".

One of the issues you have generally is that in many places in the Brackenfell area, the parking bays and the aisle widths available for turning into a parking bay do not comply with regulations, making it quite difficult for anyone to park properly without having to reverse back and forth.

The minimum stall width is supposed to 2.5 m and the length 5. 0m. I found bays as narrow as 2.2 m and the length 4.2m with the aisle widths down to 6.0 m.


Now anyone with a relatively large SUV or a bakkie as I have battles to get into one of those bays and then my bakkie sticks out at the back by almost 1 metre! So what is better? Sticking out into an already inadequate aisle or encroaching a little bit on the bay in front of you or over the pavement?

There have been moves made to try and get the dimensions increased in size to cater for the increase in larger vehicles but as far as I know nothing has transpired yet. The new recommended dimensions for a parking bay are 5.48 m long and 2.77m wide. Taking that into account it may be a very good idea for you lot to go and get the authorities in your area to start adhering to the existing dimensions at least.

Many shopping centres build their parking areas to their own standards which do not comply with the existing regulations. The minimum dimensions I found in the Brackenfell area were: Length: 2.2m and width 4.2m with aisle widths of 6.0 m.

Makes you think does it not?

With an average turning circle for most larger vehicles being about 12 m, the current aisle dimensions are already barely adequate. So any parking area that does not adhere to that standard is just looking for and encouraging bad parking habits.

Try to park in NY, London, Paris or Madrid.

You park between two cars whichever is the space, even if you have to push them a bit and make bumper contact.

Every bumper there is scratched because you have a 10cm margin with the other cars, and nobody repairs their bumpers or expects to keep them virgin, you just won't park anywhere !

 

[Geoff.D]

No I did not say I was not prepared to reverse back and forth until parked properly.
Yes I did because I was trying to understand this pre-occupation people have with parking issues in CT.
Look them up for yourself.
BTW, the only centre that has bays of the right size I visited was Cape Gate, for all sorts of vehicles including well marked bays for use by disabled persons.

 

[Geoff.D]

Try to park in NY, London, Paris or Madrid.

You park between two cars whichever is the space, even if you have to push them a bit and make bumper contact.

Every bumper there is scratched because you have a 10cm margin with the other cars, and nobody repairs their bumpers or expects to keep them virgin, you just won't park anywhere !

Precisely the point. Anyone who has travelled a bit into those cities knows that what the lot on this thread are moaning about is nothing compared to other places in the World.

Some would argue that that is why cars and vehicles are fitted with bumpers.

 

[Slootvreter]

No I did not say I was not prepared to reverse back and forth until parked properly.
Yes I did because I was trying to understand this pre-occupation people have with parking issues in CT.
Look them up for yourself.
BTW, the only centre that has bays of the right size I visited was Cape Gate others for all sorts of vehicles including well marked bays for use by disabled persons.

Ok, if you say so :erm:

 

[pinball wizard]

Precisely the point. Anyone who has travelled a bit into those cities knows that what the lot on this thread are moaning about is nothing compared to other places in the World.

Some would argue that that is why cars and vehicles are fitted with bumpers.

Geez. Take all the fun out of a harmless thread why don't you.

Hope your oversized poorly parked bakkie ends up here one day.

 

[marioat1]

No I did not say I was not prepared to reverse back and forth until parked properly.
Yes I did because I was trying to understand this pre-occupation people have with parking issues in CT.
Look them up for yourself.
BTW, the only centre that has bays of the right size I visited was Cape Gate, for all sorts of vehicles including well marked bays for use by disabled persons.

Sounds like you failed your drivers licence and need to drive a super mini with reverse assist cameras so you can get into a parking bay.

 

[Colin62]

Geez. Take all the fun out of a harmless thread why don't you.

Hope your oversized poorly parked bakkie ends up here one day.

It probably has already. That would explain the level of butt-hurt.

 

[Geoff.D]

Nope you will not catch me. I am not that stupid to allow myself to ever be caught by this bunch.

But I know someone who "suffered under this", with all sorts of rubbish written on her car and pasted on the windscreen. The incident is what made me look at this thread in the first place. The hurt caused to the individual affected was not minimal.

If only it was harmless. There are many examples in this thread where the whole issue became vindictive.

 

[Craig_]

Nope you will not catch me. I am not that stupid to allow myself to ever be caught by this bunch.

But I know someone who "suffered under this", with all sorts of rubbish written on her car and pasted on the windscreen. The incident is what made me look at this thread in the first place. The hurt caused to the individual affected was not minimal.

If only it was harmless. There are many examples in this thread where the whole issue became vindictive.

There is a very easy solution to this, just park properly. I've also been annoyed many times when I get to my car with my kids in tow and somebody parked so badly next to me that I have to struggle to get my kids in. And most of the time these morons drive small mini cars.

 

[pinball wizard]

Nope you will not catch me. I am not that stupid to allow myself to ever be caught by this bunch.

But I know someone who "suffered under this", with all sorts of rubbish written on her car and pasted on the windscreen. The incident is what made me look at this thread in the first place. The hurt caused to the individual affected was not minimal.

If only it was harmless. There are many examples in this thread where the whole issue became vindictive.

MYBB members wrote on someone's car and posted the pics here? I agree that should be reported to the police and the forum admins. Oh, wait, you are talking garbage.

Show us these examples where this became vindictive? I mean if you are referring to the ones where someone parks illegally in a disabled bay in a branded vehicle and guys here posted that on FB, then I still don't get your level of pain.

 

[Rouxenator]

 

[FiestaST]

This thread is getting as heated a Kuga/Laser/Ikon/Focus/Figo.

 

[Craig_]

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This guy is an ******* of note, it's difficult enough finding parking in the boord as it is, without idiots parking like this.

 

[Rouxenator]

That's why I park at the back where my post box is. It's a bit of a walk, but easy to get in and out of. The back. LOL.