Bad Parking Pictures

[Ho3n3r]

Is it a national offence or municipal offence to park against the traffic?

Ask Patricia de Lille, sounds like something she'll know.

 

[Voicy]

Is it illegal to park facing oncoming traffic?

JPSA: Yes it is illegal. The law prohibits it and I would hazard a guess that the reason for this has something to do with the fact that we drive on the left of the roadway and therefore, pulling off from such a parking would cause the driver to drive facing oncoming traffic.

http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Guid...affic-legal-vs-illegal-parking-in-sa-20161011

Only ever parking ticket I've received in SA was for this very offense. I was offloading truck batteries from my pickup's loadbed and had it parked with the loadbed closest to the shop entrance. Cop ticketed me while I was busy offloading - and rightly so.

The risk with this type of parking is crossing traffic with obstructed view as you have to cross 2 lanes. It's not illegal here in Norway but it should be, because idiots.

 

[Sinbad]

Is it a national offence or municipal offence to park against the traffic?

National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)
Regulations
National Road Traffic Regulations, 1999
Chapter X : Rules of the road and matters relating thereto
Part I : Rules of the road
304. Stopping of vehicles
1) Except in order to avoid an accident, or in compliance with a road traffic sign or with a direction given by a traffic officer, or for any cause beyond the control of the driver, no person shall stop a vehicle on the roadway of a public road –
a) alongside or opposite an excavation or obstruction on the public road if other traffic would be obstructed or endangered by such stopping;
b) within any tunnel or subway or on any bridge or within six metres of any tunnel, subway or bridge;
c) on, or within six metres from the beginning or end of, any part of such roadway where the normal width thereof has for any reason been constricted;
d) in contravention of any road traffic sign;
e) on the right-hand side of such roadway facing oncoming traffic;
f) alongside or opposite any other vehicle on such roadway where such roadway is less than nine metres wide;
g) within the railway reserve at a level crossing;
h) within nine metres of his or her approaching side of a pedestrian crossing demarcated by appropriate road traffic signs; or
i) in any other place where the stopping of a vehicle would or would be likely to constitute a danger or an obstruction to other traffic.

 

[Venomous]

Is it illegal to park facing oncoming traffic?

JPSA: Yes it is illegal. The law prohibits it and I would hazard a guess that the reason for this has something to do with the fact that we drive on the left of the roadway and therefore, pulling off from such a parking would cause the driver to drive facing oncoming traffic.

http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Guid...affic-legal-vs-illegal-parking-in-sa-20161011

Insurance companies also enjoy declining claims from accidents that happen when parked facing the oncoming traffic.

 

[mubeend]

Yowza, knowledge is power. Insurance companies would love to use a technical point to avoid rendering you the service that you generously paid them for.

 

[Craig_]

I have no idea how anyone can think parking like this is ok, AT the shop entrance.

 

[chickenbeef]

I have no idea how anyone can think parking like this is ok, AT the shop entrance.

Well that is a liquor store, it's kind of expected

 

[PhireSide]

Tops, his parking is definitely not

 

[Rouxenator]

People park very badly there, the one bay next to it with the yellow cross is where I spotted that Polo the other time.

 

[Craig_]

Well that is a liquor store, it's kind of expected

It was early morning and the bottle store was still closed.

 

[Craig_]

People park very badly there, the one bay next to it with the yellow cross is where I spotted that Polo the other time.

And that parking are so big it's almost more effort to park like that rather than parking properly.

 

[BeatBot]

FMZ 993 EC

Grown man with no balls i presume.

 

[NiTeD]

How do you know it's a man, just for interest?

 

[BeatBot]

How do you know it's a man, just for interest?

Saw him get out with dumb looking face.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Saw him get out with dumb looking face.

How dare you assume the person's gender?

 

[Rouxenator]

Those special local folks

 

[GarethY]

HRR 565 EC

 

[Craig_]

HRR 565 EC

That's not even trying to park properly.

 

[Binary_Bark]

 

[Romito]

What is it with big cars!