Comments on: Today’s Parking Tard of the Day found at the Observatory http://blogging.la/2008/08/07/todays-parking-tard-of-the-day-found-at-the-observatory/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: katiepoche http://blogging.la/2008/08/07/todays-parking-tard-of-the-day-found-at-the-observatory/comment-page-1/#comment-5018 katiepoche Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:46:49 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=13609#comment-5018 iparklikeanidiot.com has bumper stickers for sale. youparklikeanasshole has citation fliers for download. iparklikeanidiot.com has bumper stickers for sale.

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]]> By: hpcc http://blogging.la/2008/08/07/todays-parking-tard-of-the-day-found-at-the-observatory/comment-page-1/#comment-5017 hpcc Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:41:19 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=13609#comment-5017 Granted that's a bad parking job... but the other thing is... compact parking has also seemed to me like some kind of weird zoning scam based on utopian transpo policy. If compact spaces really need to exist, they should be enforceable, and you should also have 'non-compact' spots where compact cars can't park (waste of space). In other words, compact spaces seem like throwing a sticker on the problem, rather than designing a decent parking infrastructure with space for cars, bikes, motorcycles (<--way overlooked in LA parking infrastructure), and larger vehicles. Granted that’s a bad parking job… but the other thing is… compact parking has also seemed to me like some kind of weird zoning scam based on utopian transpo policy. If compact spaces really need to exist, they should be enforceable, and you should also have ‘non-compact’ spots where compact cars can’t park (waste of space). In other words, compact spaces seem like throwing a sticker on the problem, rather than designing a decent parking infrastructure with space for cars, bikes, motorcycles (<–way overlooked in LA parking infrastructure), and larger vehicles.

]]> By: davidt http://blogging.la/2008/08/07/todays-parking-tard-of-the-day-found-at-the-observatory/comment-page-1/#comment-5016 davidt Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:47:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=13609#comment-5016 No, I didn't miss that -- but from the photo, it looks to me like it would fit in one space. And since you said the observatory parking lot was tight, it's possible there were no larger spaces available. In our office lot, people driving larger vehicles often have no choice but to park in spaces marked for compact cars, because the larger spaces are quickly filled -- often by compact cars whose drivers refuse to use the compact spaces. So maybe the driver's a jerk, or maybe there's more to the story. No, I didn’t miss that — but from the photo, it looks to me like it would fit in one space. And since you said the observatory parking lot was tight, it’s possible there were no larger spaces available. In our office lot, people driving larger vehicles often have no choice but to park in spaces marked for compact cars, because the larger spaces are quickly filled — often by compact cars whose drivers refuse to use the compact spaces. So maybe the driver’s a jerk, or maybe there’s more to the story.

]]> By: frazgo http://blogging.la/2008/08/07/todays-parking-tard-of-the-day-found-at-the-observatory/comment-page-1/#comment-5015 frazgo Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:50:35 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=13609#comment-5015 I guess davidt missed the part it was a monster SUV going into a compact space and even if he tried it wouldn't have fit in the lines. I guess davidt missed the part it was a monster SUV going into a compact space and even if he tried it wouldn’t have fit in the lines.

]]> By: davidt http://blogging.la/2008/08/07/todays-parking-tard-of-the-day-found-at-the-observatory/comment-page-1/#comment-5014 davidt Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:34:42 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=13609#comment-5014 Another reason to refrain from keying badly-parked cars is that sometimes the driver is compensating for another badly parked car, which later leaves, leaving the second car looking ridiculous. In the picture above, for instance, who's to say there was not originally a motorcycle against the fence on the right, and a car parked way over the line on the left. If so, this person did the best they could. Or they may just be a jerk. Who knows? Another reason to refrain from keying badly-parked cars is that sometimes the driver is compensating for another badly parked car, which later leaves, leaving the second car looking ridiculous. In the picture above, for instance, who’s to say there was not originally a motorcycle against the fence on the right, and a car parked way over the line on the left. If so, this person did the best they could. Or they may just be a jerk. Who knows?

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