Bad Parking Pictures

[Geoff.D]

I've been lucky up to now, with my previous car I had lots of marks. My current car has none. If I get one this weekend I will be blaming you by the way. Last year I said I haven't received a speeding fine in close to 3 years, then I received three in succession.

Its called tempting fate .....

 

[f2wohf]

Got one two days ago on a less than one month old car at the supermarket, probably door knock from a backie).

Hopefully it got repaired yesterday.

 

[Creag]

Enough said...

Still trying to figure out how or why the driver parked it there.

 

[Agent_Smith]

^^Because it's Randpark Ridge...?

EDIT: Sarcasm possibly noted in McT's post. I'll leave now...

 

[Creag]

^^Because it's Randpark Ridge...?

EDIT: Sarcasm possibly noted in McT's post. I'll leave now...

Aye. A healthy smattering of sarcasm and all passing by also wanted to figure out how, which lead to immense traffic snarl.

 

[Geoff.D]

easy. The car hit the robot pole, rode up the pole until the pole collapsed dumping the car on top of the concrete bin. The why is more difficult to postulate about. Could be anything from sneezing to texting to avoiding a pedestrian in the road or some or other reason.

Looking for a photo that should be around from years back where a car ended up vertical in Potgieter Street in PTA after driving up a stay wire for a pole and then tottering back on to its rear end absolutely vertical. The pole and the stay wire remained intact.

 

[Venomous]

I've been lucky up to now, with my previous car I had lots of marks. My current car has none. If I get one this weekend I will be blaming you by the way. Last year I said I haven't received a speeding fine in close to 3 years, then I received three in succession.

/uses a baseball bat like a club

 

[Venomous]

because of the inherent risk of mugging (dronkie or some other guy wanting money) on the way to the car...

There is that too.

Though I try avoid such places during quieter times, or at least when I'm alone.

 

[PhireSide]

HTW 002 EC decided to make his or her own parking

 

[BeatBot]

Fully parked.

 

[PhireSide]

My old gym

 

[morkhans]

Fully parked.

Noone wants to be on the wet spot

 

[Geoff.D]

Here is the problem with these small cars coupled with bucket seats and short people who drive by peeping through the steering wheel.
They have no idea where the front of their car is. The fancy term is "Spatial awareness".

Next time you get into one these cars ( typically a hire car) try an experiment for yourself and see where you stop based on your perception of where the front of the car is. Get out and then measure how far you are from the curve. You may be quite surprised as to the outcome.

 

[j4ck455]

Here is the problem with these small cars coupled with bucket seats and short people who drive by peeping through the steering wheel.

There are also people that have the driver's seat in a reclined position as if they believe they are in bed and are prepared to fall asleep at any time, this position means they cannot possibly see over the steering wheel.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Here is the problem with these small cars coupled with bucket seats and short people who drive by peeping through the steering wheel.
They have no idea where the front of their car is. The fancy term is "Spatial awareness".

Next time you get into one these cars ( typically a hire car) try an experiment for yourself and see where you stop based on your perception of where the front of the car is. Get out and then measure how far you are from the curve. You may be quite surprised as to the outcome.

Spatial awareness is a developed trait.

If you grew up riding in the family car/practising your epee lunges/having at least one eye to the telescope every night, you will probably have great depth perception.

If, on the other hand, you have only ever ridden in public transport/breathed fumes from burning tyres, you will most likely have poor depth perception.

 

[Craig_]

Spatial awareness is a developed trait.

If you grew up riding in the family car/practising your epee lunges/having at least one eye to the telescope every night, you will probably have great depth perception.

If, on the other hand, you have only ever ridden in public transport/breathed fumes from burning tyres, you will most likely have poor depth perception.

I can tell you now, South Africans of all denominations drives badly, sometime very badly. Whether they are blue, purple or yellow. Doesn't matter what kind of car, sometimes cheap, sometimes expensive. Mostly taxis.

 

[Geoff.D]

I can tell you now, South Africans of all denominations drives badly, sometime very badly. Whether they are blue, purple or yellow. Doesn't matter what kind of car, sometimes cheap, sometimes expensive. Mostly taxis.

Ironically, at the moment the opinion is that the most "spatially aware" drivers on our roads (as a group) are the much maligned "taxi drivers".

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

FM34MSGP

Got this from Roadhogs. The text said "Old man takes two mommy parking spots to make a point"

Apparently at the Waterfront.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Ironically, at the moment the opinion is that the most "spatially aware" drivers on our roads (as a group) are the much maligned "taxi drivers".

Actually, I doubt it.
They may be more inclined to take huge risks, but their accident rate alone tends to lend credence to the idea that they're just not all that.

 

[scudsucker]

FM34MSGP

Got this from Roadhogs. The text said "Old man takes two mommy parking spots to make a point"

Apparently at the Waterfront.

Would have parked my big bakkie (complete with babyseat and actual baby usually travelling in it) in front of that car... "to make a point".. then taken an uber home.