I live on a blind corner. Cars speed round it terrifyingly fast and often. Parking here is a bit of a lottery — and daft since there’s a long strait just ahead. Parking like this (if you can call it parking) is just mental. I watched in dismay this afternoon as one car after another swerved to avoid this stupidly parked vehicle; and am still shaken by how narrowly a neighbour avoided a head-on collision.
Inconsiderate driving behaviour seems to be on the increase — a sign of a wider malaise perhaps?
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I imagine after they stopped they must have got a taxi to take them to the kerb!
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I agree ππ
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Could it be a stolen car that was just dumped there after someone took a joyride?
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No, it really was a rubbish bit of parking. After about two hours, a young guy drove off in it.
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Eek.
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Stupid.
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I think of this as ‘centre of the universe syndrome’. It seems to me that there is a growing tendency towards behaviour that implies the world revolves around them and everyone else needs to accommodate what’s convenient for them … even if it’s inconsiderate to others or outright stupid.
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I couldn’t agree more, sadly π¦
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Appalling! I never guessed it was parked.
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Some humans π€. It’s a relief no one got hurt from this negligence.
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What an idiot! Inconsiderate driving is definitely on the increase…..
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Definitely horrifying. And hahaha to the comment about getting a taxi to the kerb π
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Crikey! Such a dangerous place, and badly parked in itself. Itβs not as if he had to manoeuvre in between other cars to get straight. Very thoughtless.
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Thatβs what really got me. There were no other cars around, so it was just βooh, Iβm here, Iβll stop the car.β
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It would be better to park on the sidewalk than to cause a serious accident with this idiotic parking. It looks like you drive on the left side in NZ. It sure looks strange. Perhaps your photo will help raise awareness of the problem, Su.
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We do drive on the left β one of the few countries where that happens. People do post photos of othersβ bad road behaviour to raise awareness, but I donβt think it works, because I think that people know what they are doing and genuinely just donβt care. Sadly.
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Hah… you should come to Cornwall when it is school holiday time (like now). Drivers crawl along the roads causing tail backs (and frustrated drivers who then take risks trying to overtake) and then make stupid turns directly in front of traffic! I saw that happen the other day. And no-one seems to know how to use roundabouts or their indicator these days. [I am becoming a very grumpy old woman]
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Sadly, thatβs fairly βnormalβ Auckland traffic and weβre seeing the same behaviour. Red in traffic lights seem to have become no more than a suggestion to stop, and the really scary thing Iβm seeing more and more is someone in the right-hand lane of the motorway seeing their off-ramp ahead and just cutting across the other lanes to take it. Iβve seen a couple of very near misses, been in one off them, and heard of two horrible incidents where people have been injured because of this. I too am a grumpy old woman!!
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I agree! Why does someone overtake in the outside lane only to leave the motorway at the next (very close) junction? Total idiots.I had a Beemer up my arse yesterday even though he could see I was overtaking a slower vehicle. I was doing 75mph, after I moved over and he sped away I reckon he was doing at least 100.
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I hate tail-gating!! T slows right down when it happens so he creating the βcorrectβ following distance for the speed. Iβm not brave enough, and tend to pull over so they can pass. π€¨
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Thatβs the same thing we deal with on our street. We are in a residential area but a busy through street. Drivers drive through as if they are on a highway…so idiotic.
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Itβs scary huh. We have lots of little kids in our street who ride their bikes and skateboards around and Iβm in a state of constant anxiety waiting for something awful to happen.
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Well, I can neither drive nor park (though I own a driving licence), but not even I would park this badly…
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It looks like really poor impulse control. Like βoh, Iβm here, Iβll just stop the car and get out.β Last weekend some guy parked over my driveway because it had t occurred to him to drive a bit further along the road β actually towards the driveway of the person he was visiting. Aaaaagh.
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Looks like they’re asking for it Su. Is it an insurance scam?
Leslie
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Could be I guess, but itβs a pretty new car. I think the driver really is just an idiot.
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That’s a big possibility.
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Did you look on the floor in the car? Surely, the driver had a malaise and fainted to the floor? (I know itβs not the case).
Sadly, I see this situation and WORSE daily in the Paris region. Cars βparkedβ any which way, in 90Β° curves, you canβt even get around, 3 3/4 wheels 1m from the kerb, OR literally stuck fender to fender, touching. We once had 6 men LIFTING the parked Smart from such a βparkingβ place because the owner, a friend of ours, had to drive to the hospital!!!!! And when we try to talk to Parisians about their parking anywhere impossible/totally forbidden/stupidly dangerous, the regular answer we get is: Thatβs alright, if I get a fine every 2-3 months, itβs far cheaper than going into a parking, AND itβs closer to where I want to go, too….
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In the city here itβs pretty much as you describe; Iβve also seen people having to lift cars out of the way; and cars parked straddling two spaces β including once, two disabled parking spaces. The driver wasnβt disabled in case youβre wondering.
But I live in right on the edge of the city, so there was no pressure to squeeze into overcrowded parking. The whole street was free and they chose to do that!! Sigh.
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Wow awful!
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I think it’s reflective of how distracted we all are these days.
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And disengaged from the everyday world around us β including consequences.
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Good grief! There’s so much thoughtlessness and just plain rudeness in driving these days. Not just in driving, unfortunately.
janet
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I agree. I despair for the future of society when itβs members display such disregard for basic good behaviour. On the flip side, Iβm more vocally appreciative of good manners than I used to be, on the basis that a little praise can go a long way.
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I agree! Positive reinforcement is always the best.
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We had a neighbor who parked like this on a curve. He stopped doing it—I wonder if his car was smashed and he finally realized how stupid it was to park that way.
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Perhaps! Yesterday, it was other cars that came close to being damaged trying to avoid this one and traffic coming the other way. Sigh.
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Definitely a wider malaise. And the not worst part of it, either.
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Sadly far from the worst part. π¦
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That is not parking. That is… I don’t know what that is. I get frustrated with people who park in the street outside work and can’t be bothered reversing to leave a small gap between themselves and the car behind them. They pull in, leaving 3/4 of a car length gap and just leave it. Get a couple doing that and you only get four cars into a space that should fit six.
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That bugs me too. And the people who straddle two spaces, park in the Disabled spaces, stop on yellow lines βcos itβs just for a minuteβ … Iβd better not go on, my blood pressure is rising.
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There is always “one” in the crowd to annoy the hell out of us π Yes, that is not what I call parking!
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Sadly, I don’t think it’s wider malaise, nor distractedness. I think it’s just plain, “I’m the only one who’s important and I don’t give a fig if I inconvenience you.”
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I think that is part of the wider malaise. People have lost the bonds of family and community that help regulate behaviour, and self-interest is all they can see.
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Definitely a sign of a wider malaise! People just get more and more inconsiderate of their surroundings. π―
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