Entries from March 2008

March 14, 2008

Ramp blocker

Carpinteria, CA
Kjaere says, “I first noticed this guy was blocking the driveway that I was trying to get out of, then I realized he had just created his own space. That’s not a curb he’s parked next to, the car in front of him had taken the last available curb spot, but this guy has [...]

March 13, 2008

Big green bus

 

Austin, TX
Adam says, “I think the other tenants in our office complex really appreciate our giant green school bus that is always parked across four spaces. Apparently we’re better at vehicle shipping than vehicle parking. The bus goes with us to UT football games and trade shows and is no doubt poorly parked there as well. [...]

March 12, 2008

Seven

San Diego, CA 
From Jeff: “What we have here are seven vehicles parked where there are no marked spaces. Which is inexcusable because there were a huge number of empty marked spaces on the same level of the garage structure that is immediately to the right in this photo.”
Jeff says this is at a mall. I’m [...]

March 12, 2008

Itty bitty

Wilmington, DE
“Always looking” asks us to excuse the low budget picture as it was taken with a very old cell phone. No problem, a picture is a picture.
Explanation: “This street typically has very easy and open street parking available. But this guy/gal must have been in some hurry. As you can see there is clearly [...]

March 11, 2008

Somber example

Pompano Beach,  FL
This extreme example of bad parking comes from reybo who says it was caused by Hurricane Wilma in October 2005. “People who track these things say Wilma was the third costliest storm to hit the US. This parking lot saw more than 15 cars wrecked, nearly all of them luxury cars 1 to 2 years [...]

March 10, 2008

Close up

Redmond, WA
Sylvia saw this in the parking garage where she works, and says, “There’s no way the Audi did it, because the other car is farther out into the driving lane, blocking the Audi, and the Audi is parked correctly in his spot.”

March 7, 2008

Law breaking

 
Camarillo, CA
Chertles works for a police union and says, “this CHP officer parked across the street in an area that is a) right in front of the hydrant, and b) posted a ‘no parking’ area.” And adds, “Sorry for the fuzziness, but I took it with my camera phone! I have nothing against cops whatsoever, just thought [...]

March 6, 2008

Quadruple parked

Mission Viejo, CA
Here’s the story from Philip: “I pulled into a parking lot for Ralph’s grocery store only to see this van practically taking up four parking spaces. It was fairly busy and right in front of the store. The driver’s side door is open with the driver lounging with her feet up. I am parked [...]

March 5, 2008

Blame it on the rain

Escondido, CA
Tim blames this one on the weather: “A little rain in California is often like a class 5 hurricane in Florida—it doesn’t take much. This is a fairly nice lot with lots of room for swinging wide to get into your space well. The guy on the right made it (that’s me!), but the [...]

March 4, 2008

Deceived

Escondido, CA
Tim says, “Sometimes you have to wonder if it is the parking that is bad, or the painting of the parking lot itself! It wasn’t until about the third time I looked at this shot that I noticed this person actually did a pretty good job of parking…if you only look at the right [...]