The BAD PARKING thread [vol4]
Discussion
mac96 said:
The emergency dash to A & E must be more common than some people imagine. I have done it when my wife collapsed in so much pain that she could only lie on the floor moaning. Happily next door neighbour was a lot larger than me so we were able to get her in the car.
Hospital was only half a mile away so no point in any fast driving, but had it been a longer run speed limits would have been irrelevant.
Parking was just as close to A &E door as possible. Move it once she was in triage.
Happily she was fine in a shortish time.
Yup been there, done that and dumped the car where it stopped.Hospital was only half a mile away so no point in any fast driving, but had it been a longer run speed limits would have been irrelevant.
Parking was just as close to A &E door as possible. Move it once she was in triage.
Happily she was fine in a shortish time.
Moot point though, if the person was on their own and just bad at parking.
Isnt that the point of the thread?
Or, do we now need to find excuses for every picture?
Every day a journey said:
Clearly the driver is not a city dweller - everyone knows that this only becomes acceptable if you engage the amber flashers of immunity. This signalling aids with keeping tabs on where the car is in relation to any parking wardens. Only parking wardens of course, because lord knows you won't move it to let anyone in or out. They can't give you a ticket so sod em.- premium #theyrejustjealous #butiamthemaincharacter!!!
Tommo87 said:
mac96 said:
The emergency dash to A & E must be more common than some people imagine. I have done it when my wife collapsed in so much pain that she could only lie on the floor moaning. Happily next door neighbour was a lot larger than me so we were able to get her in the car.
Hospital was only half a mile away so no point in any fast driving, but had it been a longer run speed limits would have been irrelevant.
Parking was just as close to A &E door as possible. Move it once she was in triage.
Happily she was fine in a shortish time.
Yup been there, done that and dumped the car where it stopped.Hospital was only half a mile away so no point in any fast driving, but had it been a longer run speed limits would have been irrelevant.
Parking was just as close to A &E door as possible. Move it once she was in triage.
Happily she was fine in a shortish time.
Moot point though, if the person was on their own and just bad at parking.
Isnt that the point of the thread?
Or, do we now need to find excuses for every picture?
It's nothing new, we've long been saying things like "I wonder if he's parked like that because someone else had parked badly first, but has since left". Cars parked badly outside emergency healthcare facilities, funeral parlours, rub-and-tug shops get a bit of leeway.
Great story 5s Alive - something I love about our forums are the memories of personal stories that are triggered by cars.
One of mine was from when we had a Rover 800 as a SOTW. I recalled the story of when I had one at the same time I was a football coach and I somehow managed to sell it for £200, forgetting that there was £400 worth of footballs & team kit in the boot. oops!
One of mine was from when we had a Rover 800 as a SOTW. I recalled the story of when I had one at the same time I was a football coach and I somehow managed to sell it for £200, forgetting that there was £400 worth of footballs & team kit in the boot. oops!
5s Alive said:
I was the subject of such a mercy dash when I was 8 years old. I'd gone sledging with friends and was dared to take on a particularly steep descent between trees, a slalom if you like. I hit a bump that knocked me off course and into a tree and the longer outside strut of the wooden sledge went straight through the inside of my thigh, causing massive trauma. Shocked and numb, I tried to walk the mile home but became weak from loss of blood, so my friends dragged me back on another sledge.
My gran, who was looking after me that day, raised our next door neighbour, who put me straight into the back of his MG Magnette and put the fast and furious to shame on the way to the hospital. No idea how he parked it because I was unconscious by then. I still remember the smell of the leather seats.
Blood transfusions and nearly two months in hospital followed.
I wasn't exactly risk averse then, or now for that matter.
My gran, who was looking after me that day, raised our next door neighbour, who put me straight into the back of his MG Magnette and put the fast and furious to shame on the way to the hospital. No idea how he parked it because I was unconscious by then. I still remember the smell of the leather seats.
Blood transfusions and nearly two months in hospital followed.
I wasn't exactly risk averse then, or now for that matter.
Matt_T said:
Great story 5s Alive - something I love about our forums are the memories of personal stories that are triggered by cars.
One of mine was from when we had a Rover 800 as a SOTW. I recalled the story of when I had one at the same time I was a football coach and I somehow managed to sell it for £200, forgetting that there was £400 worth of footballs & team kit in the boot. oops!
I have more! (as do others no doubt)One of mine was from when we had a Rover 800 as a SOTW. I recalled the story of when I had one at the same time I was a football coach and I somehow managed to sell it for £200, forgetting that there was £400 worth of footballs & team kit in the boot. oops!
Is that a collective groan I hear!
I should start a separate thread - 'car related memories from childhood', from say, the pre teen years. I'll bet there are some crackers.
Vipers said:
Maybe I am a trend setter, as always I reverse park, this is ASDA, seems to be catching on, I always park in this row strangely enough it seems only this row has max cars reverse parked.
Ah yes, another one with senseI would've been hit by an idiot in a Golf who had driven in to one of the parking spaces just by the entrance. Thankfully I saw enough of the start of the manoeuvre to know he was more of a bashful type than cautious. Not hard to reverse in!
Parked just over the line as they have advertising boards there often - and lines are faded.
BenS94 said:
Vipers said:
Maybe I am a trend setter, as always I reverse park, this is ASDA, seems to be catching on, I always park in this row strangely enough it seems only this row has max cars reverse parked.
Ah yes, another one with senseI would've been hit by an idiot in a Golf who had driven in to one of the parking spaces just by the entrance. Thankfully I saw enough of the start of the manoeuvre to know he was more of a bashful type than cautious. Not hard to reverse in!
Parked just over the line as they have advertising boards there often - and lines are faded.
Jimjimhim said:
BenS94 said:
Vipers said:
Maybe I am a trend setter, as always I reverse park, this is ASDA, seems to be catching on, I always park in this row strangely enough it seems only this row has max cars reverse parked.
Ah yes, another one with senseI would've been hit by an idiot in a Golf who had driven in to one of the parking spaces just by the entrance. Thankfully I saw enough of the start of the manoeuvre to know he was more of a bashful type than cautious. Not hard to reverse in!
Parked just over the line as they have advertising boards there often - and lines are faded.
BenS94 said:
Jimjimhim said:
BenS94 said:
Vipers said:
Maybe I am a trend setter, as always I reverse park, this is ASDA, seems to be catching on, I always park in this row strangely enough it seems only this row has max cars reverse parked.
Ah yes, another one with senseI would've been hit by an idiot in a Golf who had driven in to one of the parking spaces just by the entrance. Thankfully I saw enough of the start of the manoeuvre to know he was more of a bashful type than cautious. Not hard to reverse in!
Parked just over the line as they have advertising boards there often - and lines are faded.
Skyedriver said:
Ultra Sound Guy said:
So they reverse out and drag your rear bumper with them. Then they drive off with the same carefree attitude with which they parked?Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff