Hows this for a nice bit of parking?

[SteveG]

Just back from walking the dog and passed this lovely bit of parking not far from my house:

No-one in it or around it either! Not only is it completely blocking the pavement it's also right beside the bus stop.

I'll pop out and check again in an hour or so - if it's still there then I'm tempted to report it to the police as surely that's got to be abandoned?

 

[zippy]

Perhaps they ran out of fuel halfway through a 3-point turn ?!

 

[stevec67]

It's not near a student house is it? When I was a student there was a Mini that regularly jumped up an 8" kerb in South Kensington. All 4 wheels, too.

 

[-alan-]

Ah it's not too bad - from the looks of Pic 1, it's directly opposite a junction, so there'll be plenty of room to get by.

 

[SteveG]

It's not near a student house is it? When I was a student there was a Mini that regularly jumped up an 8" kerb in South Kensington. All 4 wheels, too.

Nope - leafy commuter suburb of Edinburgh.

It's a bit chaotic here at the moment as half of the place is being dug up by a company installing fibre cable to each an every house, another one doing a water mains upgrade and finally the council have several vans out upgrading the street lighting (installing sensors). So I'm assuming that there were possibly lorries parked either side of that spot when the car was "parked" but they've moved now (possibly using the bus-stop across the road to head into Edinburgh). Still doesn't excuse it as there are a zillion other places nearby where you could park without doing that.

 

[SteveG]

Ah it's not too bad - from the looks of Pic 1, it's directly opposite a junction, so there'll be plenty of room to get by.

It's across from the entrance into a housing cul de sac and it's not all that busy a road, so no real problem getting past in a car. Not ideal if you're either using the bus stop or walking to the shops though.

 

[-alan-]

^ My feeble attempt at biting sarcasm failed miserably alas Steve..

 

[SteveG]

^ My feeble attempt at biting sarcasm failed miserably alas Steve..

Sorry. Possibly because until recently I was living in London where parking like that would have been fairly normal!

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Report it! Bloody "entitled" "I've got a Merc and I'll park where I like" arseholes!

 

[Martin M]

If it's anything like my old Mercedes, it probably konked-out half way through a manoeuvre...

 

[SteveG]

Report it! Bloody "entitled" "I've got a Merc and I'll park where I like" arseholes!

I was thinking about reporting it but probably won't now - given I have 2 Merc's myself...!

I've just checked and it's gone now.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

I was thinking about reporting it but probably won't now - given I have 2 Merc's myself...!

I've just checked and it's gone now.

Do yours have the working indicators option fitted? Must be a bloody expensive upgrade as I rarely see one with working indicators...

 

[Copperjacket]

upload pics to "you park like a ****.com"?

 

[Joe]

Sorry. Possibly because until recently I was living in London where parking like that would have been fairly normal!

I was going to say... that is normal parking for Sheffield.

 

[scotty38]

Handbrake failed and it's rolled back would be my guess.

 

[SteveG]

Handbrake failed and it's rolled back would be my guess.

Not impossible but unlikely because of the direction of parking in the cul de sac opposite.

 

[Pete MB&D]

Handbrake failed and it's rolled back would be my guess.

+1

I saw this years ago when picking my kids up from school, the car slowly rolled across the road up the kerb and stopped.

You should have seen the look on the woman's face when she came back!

Pete

 

[narabdela]

Do yours have the working indicators option fitted? Must be a bloody expensive upgrade as I rarely see one with working indicators...

What's the point of indicating when you own the road?

 

[Guest432]

Report it! Bloody "entitled" "I've got a Merc and I'll park where I like" arseholes!

You really need to see a counselor.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

You really need to see a counselor.

No my hatred of your type is perfectly healthy... and don't ask what I presume your type to be as it will be profanity filled...