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If I ran a mall or other buisness that included a private parking lot,
I'd have a tow truck on stand-by. Illegal parkers woul dbe towed before they got in the fornt door. At the local coliseum, which has assigned parking for some events, they have several tow trucks waiting to move illegally parked cars. I've seen a guy with the low arm style tow device back under a front wheel drive car and move it without ever getting out of the truck. When I saw it, I wondered two things - 1) what would have happened if the driver had set the emergency brake, 2) how did he handle cars when he did not have access to the drive wheels? Ed |
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"Ed White" > wrote in message oups.com... > If I ran a mall or other buisness that included a private parking lot, > I'd have a tow truck on stand-by. Illegal parkers woul dbe towed before > they got in the fornt door. At the local coliseum, which has assigned > parking for some events, they have several tow trucks waiting to move > illegally parked cars. I've seen a guy with the low arm style tow > device back under a front wheel drive car and move it without ever > getting out of the truck. When I saw it, I wondered two things - 1) > what would have happened if the driver had set the emergency brake, 2) > how did he handle cars when he did not have access to the drive wheels? > > Ed > I can answer that one. The car is pulled into a position where it can be towed away. Yes, that sometimes means that black marks are left in the parking lot. -Dave |
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Ed White wrote: > It is not just SUV drivers that take up two spots, or park in the "fire > lane" or park in the handicap spaces. Rude and tohoughless people drive > all sorts of vehicles. How many times have you seen a BMW, Merceedes or > even a COrvellt taking up two spaces? I see pickups and SUVs in these positions more often than any other type of vehicle. The last two infractions something resembling their percentage of population 'round these parts. But the first? Overwhelmingly trucks and SUVs. And not on purpose, either. They skip the wider spots to park in the "compact" spaces. I love pulling up on the left side of those vehicles in my beater compact and parking my passenger door an inch away from their driver door, all while remaining fully in my own spot. E.P. |
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Hi All, When I'm trying to find a parking spot and one of these cars (not always an SUV) are parked like this, I take GREAT pleasure in squeezing my rusty, dented 1981 Honda Civic next door - passenger side otherwise I can't get out. I give a 'few' inches space. It's even better if I can get my passenger door next to the other driver door! I live in France, so am not particularly worried about getting shot by some gun nut. On one occasion I explained (ahem, in French) to the irate Suisse Madame (who parked one of those Cayenne idiot-mobiles across two spots) that it was not my bad parking causing the problem and that I won't be back to my car for at least half an hour... On a similar theme, while walking past a supermarket car park in West London (England) I observed a very angry couple gaining entry to their Mercedes M-class via the rear boot. The Merc wasn't badly parked, the cars on either side were parked just fine, but it was FAR too big for the parking spot. I shoulda taken a pic, but they really weren't happy about all the people smirking at them. Cheers, John. |
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> wrote in message ern.ch... > > Hi All, > > When I'm trying to find a parking spot and one of these cars (not > always an SUV) are parked like this, I take GREAT pleasure in squeezing my > rusty, dented 1981 Honda Civic next door - passenger side otherwise I > can't get out. I give a 'few' inches space. It's even better if I can get > my passenger door next to the other driver door! I live in France, so am > not particularly worried about getting shot by some gun nut. On one > occasion I explained (ahem, in French) to the irate Suisse Madame (who > parked one of those Cayenne idiot-mobiles across two spots) that it was > not my bad parking causing the problem and that I won't be back to my car > for at least half an hour... On a similar theme, while walking past a > supermarket car park in West London (England) I observed a very angry > couple gaining entry to their Mercedes M-class via the rear boot. The Merc > wasn't badly parked, the cars on either side were parked just fine, but it > was FAR too big for the parking spot. I shoulda taken a pic, but they > really weren't happy about all the people smirking at them. So would people had smirked at people driving a Honda Accord (71.5" wide), Toyota Camry (70.7" wide), or VW Passat (68.7" wide)? All of the vehicles are within 3.5" of the width of a Merceedes M-Class (72.4")? I can't imagine the difference in width between an Accord and an M-Class would have been the make or break difference in being able to get in the car. And at least with the M-Class you could go in through the rear hatch. Regards, Ed White |
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Rozo wrote:
> For those who wish to see evidences of SUV drivers' attitude problem: > > http://www.geocities.com/digitallfun/ The city of Palo Alto, California has a policy for parking cars larger than 72 inches wide or 15 feet long in compact spaces. The article also mentions the lot where I used to park in Berkeley every day. The lot was often full: "Berkeley's two city garages and two city lots are managed by Ampco parking, where manager Rex Barrios said oversize parking in compact spots has not been brought to his attention as a problem. Tickets are issued and cars are towed, however, when people purposely take two spaces to park one car to avoid dings, Barrios said." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...02/MN55782.DTL Recently I saw a large van in my office complex garage that was two feet into the next space. A violation notice was attached, with the threat of revokation of parking privileges. |
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"C. E. White" > wrote
> > wrote ... On a similar theme, while walking past a >> supermarket car park in West London (England) I observed a very angry >> couple gaining entry to their Mercedes M-class via the rear boot. The >> Merc >> wasn't badly parked, the cars on either side were parked just fine, but >> it >> was FAR too big for the parking spot. I shoulda taken a pic, but they >> really weren't happy about all the people smirking at them. > > So would people had smirked at people driving a Honda Accord (71.5" wide), > Toyota Camry (70.7" wide), or VW Passat (68.7" wide)? All of the vehicles > are within 3.5" of the width of a Merceedes M-Class (72.4")? I can't > imagine the difference in width between an Accord and an M-Class would > have been the make or break difference in being able to get in the car. > And at least with the M-Class you could go in through the rear hatch. Except, Ed, that the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry sold in EUROPE is a different and smaller car than those sold in the US. You need to compare an Acura TSX - sold as the Accord in Europe - which is 2" narrower than the US's Accord - much the same as the Passat. Floyd |
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"fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message ... > "C. E. White" > wrote >> > wrote ... On a similar theme, while walking past a >>> supermarket car park in West London (England) I observed a very angry >>> couple gaining entry to their Mercedes M-class via the rear boot. The >>> Merc >>> wasn't badly parked, the cars on either side were parked just fine, but >>> it >>> was FAR too big for the parking spot. I shoulda taken a pic, but they >>> really weren't happy about all the people smirking at them. >> >> So would people had smirked at people driving a Honda Accord (71.5" >> wide), Toyota Camry (70.7" wide), or VW Passat (68.7" wide)? All of the >> vehicles are within 3.5" of the width of a Merceedes M-Class (72.4")? I >> can't imagine the difference in width between an Accord and an M-Class >> would have been the make or break difference in being able to get in the >> car. And at least with the M-Class you could go in through the rear >> hatch. > > Except, Ed, that the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry sold in EUROPE > is a different and smaller car than those sold in the US. You need to > compare an Acura TSX - sold as the Accord in Europe - which is 2" > narrower than the US's Accord - much the same as the Passat. OK, assuming the cars were properly centered as you suggested, do you think 1.8" will make much of a difference? Your story is a cute anti-SUV piece, but like a lot of the anti-SUV tales, it is mostly hyperbole. The most common US SUV, the Ford Explorer has about the same footprint as a US Toyota Camry, yet based on the horror stories people like to concoct, you would think it was the size of an ocean liner. Ed |
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On 21 Jul 2005 11:46:32 -0700, "Ed White" > wrote:
>If I ran a mall or other buisness that included a private parking lot, >I'd have a tow truck on stand-by. Illegal parkers woul dbe towed before >they got in the fornt door. I'd shop at your store. |
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