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bratboy wrote:

People in my complex routinely park their enormous gas guzzlers in compact car spots, usually well over one of the lines.  One individual has the audacity to often park their Mercedes right in front of the building smack in the middle of two spots.  I always park far away to avoid these idiots  because my car is brand new, but my boyfriend's car has plenty of dents and scrapes in the doors from people parking too close and hitting his car when they get out.

If I had a junker car I would be tempted to park it real close to that Mercedes on its driver side just to be annoying.

I checked and found that there is no city or county law, but it is against Illinois state law. 
Maybe I'll print our copies to leave on windshields...

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1303) wrote:

Sec. 11‑1303. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places. directions of a police officer or official traffic‑control device, no person shall:

    * 1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
          o a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
          o b. On a sidewalk;
          o c. Within an intersection;
          o d. On a crosswalk;
          o e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately
                opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
          o f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would
                obstruct traffic;
          o g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
          o h. On any railroad tracks. A violation of any part of this subparagraph h. shall result in a mandatory
                fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.
          o i. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
          o j. On any controlled‑access highway;
          o k. In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;
          o l. In a public parking area if the vehicle does not display a current annual registration sticker or
               current temporary permit pending registration.
    * 2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge
           passengers:
          o a. In front of a public or private driveway;
          o b. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
          o c. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
          o d. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal
                 located at the side of a roadway;
          o e. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the
                 entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of such entrance (when properly sign‑posted);
          o f. At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
    * 3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually
           engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
          o a. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
          o b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
          o c No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away
                from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

mebbe there's a cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey parked there, next time try walking up and touching the space, maybe something is parked there

Last edited by kamizuno (2008-08-29 1:11 am)

Jdude wrote:

D'Eyncourt wrote:

If I had a junker car I would be tempted to park it real close to that Mercedes on its driver side just to be annoying.

This is a major irritation of mine and I fight it wherever I see it.
If a person parks their car straight, perfectly between two spots like a jerk  there is just enough space in a standard American parking lot to squish a jeep in there. The tires opposite the offender will be touching the white line, but not over it. The mirror must be squashed flat to do this. If you can find a buddy who also has a jeep to do the other side, you can keep people from getting into their car unless they go through the trunk.

Oh, and if you are the jerk in the middle spot please, oh please call the police on me. I loved the result the last time it happened. I would love to see another person get a ticket for double parking.

I hope one day you come out to find your car flipped, keyed, kicked in or gone.

justine wrote:

See if it's illegal where you are. It is here. They can be ticketed for that here. It's illegal to block a sidewalk so pedestrians have to go out into the street to get by.

I can guarantee it is illegal since it blocks wheelchair access to the sidewalk.

There's a difference in saying speeders are more likely to buy red cars and people who buy red cars are more apt to speed. However, it would be a fascinating sociology experiment as you put it.

wellfleation wrote:

ScifiterX wrote:

I suspect there are smurfs out there who because they are smurfs buy SUV and/or Minivans as a status symbol rather than an actual need for that type of vehicle and they are typically the sort of jerk whom drives like everyone else is in their way, can't get off the phone to drive properly, and can't be bother to park properly.

Sounds like a fascinating sociology experiment. Kinda like saying people with red cars are more apt to speed. Are they?

Yes.

I work in insurance, it's quite fascinating what data has been mined on stuff like that, over the years. If two twin brothers, eighteen years old, both buy the same make and model sports car, one red, one white, the brother with the red car will pay more for insurance than his twin in the white car.

.tsooJ

iSeamas wrote:

A couple months ago there was a glitzy white Cadillac (I forget their stupid vanity plate, meant to remember if for all time, but it was something denoting the owner's Italian heritage), that was parked at the cross point of FOUR parking spots at the Coney Island Aquarium. Yea, this is a parking douchebag X2, and he is no-doubt proud of his douchebag ways.

We reported the car to the parking lot operators (it isn't a free lot), I was praying that action would be taken, but highly doubt it.

Wonder if they could have charged him for all four spaces?