Scooter? I'll just take half your parking spot.....

[humanshield]

I have this happen a bit too often.

I park perfectly inside my parking spot and some Jackass will come in while I'm in the store and park WAY into my parking space like right up against my scooter.  Taking up their parking space and half of mine.  And let me add, it's not just the scooter.   It even happens sometimes when I'm on my bigger bikes.

This crap doesn't ride well with me.   Someone did that with a mercedes SUV at Autozone lately and I went back in the store asking who owns the silver mercedes....no answer...

If you park perpendicular across the spot about halfway it seems to help discourage this rude behavior.
I also park on the walkway up against the store often times..but there are people walking by who will do nasty things when noone is watching. 

For those who rudely park in my space I want to come up with a gooey sticker or something that is really difficult to remove that I can slap on their car.

Does this happen to you and if so, how do you park to avoid it?

[90GTVert]

I carry a large inflatable raft to fill my spot. It can double as a sun shade if you ever break down on a hot day.


Seriously, I'd say try parking in spots that no one wants... like the ones far from the door. It sounds good on paper, but I know when I did that with my Mustang someone would park in the spot right next to me with 20 open surrounding me anyway for some reason. For auto parts stores, around here they often have a side area where mostly employees park. That seems to be the one area that people aren't trying to park in.

[milly]

Going off topic a bit but car park based. My mate who is disabled and in a wheelchair, paralised from waist down and suffering with MS pulled into the disabled bay, sat awhile to get his breath back. A able bodied person walked up to his truck knocked the window and told him to shove off out the disabled bay. My mate said why? Bloke said you dont look disabled, my mate said thats funny you dont look stupid, As my mate leant over and popped his wheelchair out of the side door.

[humanshield]

Jan 26, 2017 17:31:21 GMT -5 milly said:

Going off topic a bit but car park based. My mate who is disabled and in a wheelchair, paralised from waist down and suffering with MS pulled into the disabled bay, sat awhile to get his breath back. A able bodied person walked up to his truck knocked the window and told him to shove off out the disabled bay. My mate said why? Bloke said you dont look disabled, my mate said thats funny you dont look stupid, As my mate leant over and popped his wheelchair out of the side door.

You mean to tell me an actual disabled person was actually able to get the vehicle in a handicapped spot?

Miracle on 42nd St.

Usually all I see is people that can walk, run and even carry heavy goods back to the car just fine parking there.  I'm sure they are using someone elses car much of the time (or their placard)

I came up with an idea where handicap spots are numbered where 1 is the closest to the destination and placards issued to the handicapped are also numbered.   So if there are 5 handicapped spots they are numbered 1 - 5.  If you have a slight handicap, you get a 5 card.   That means you MUST use the 5 handicap spot first and go to lower numbers ONLY if a higher number is unavailable.
If you have a 5 card and all spaces are available, you are "supposed" to use the 5 spot first.  It's not perfect...but maybe a start?

That would theoretically leave the closest spots for the truly disabled.  As it is now I often see truly handicapped people not getting a space at all.

[Elektrey]

if you have a gloves with armor in them, just give their mirror a good whack before you go

[FrankenMech]

^^^ Or stick that handlebar with the spike on the end or the foot peg out and give the offending vehicle a nice scratch down the side...

Seriously, I think people do that so they will have more room to swing their door wide if a vehicle parks in the next spot. So if you see someone park over the line like that, and you are driving an old beater car or truck, just park over the line next to them to crowd them real good so they can't even get to their door.

[spaz12]

Scooters I park on the sidewalk if I can. If I park in a space, I park near the begging of the space because I'm afraid someone will whip in and hit it if its between two cars and they don't see it right away. I park my cars way away from other peoples cars.

[hmiwb]

Jan 26, 2017 18:36:11 GMT -5 humanshield said:

Jan 26, 2017 17:31:21 GMT -5 milly said:

Going off topic a bit but car park based. My mate who is disabled and in a wheelchair, paralised from waist down and suffering with MS pulled into the disabled bay, sat awhile to get his breath back. A able bodied person walked up to his truck knocked the window and told him to shove off out the disabled bay. My mate said why? Bloke said you dont look disabled, my mate said thats funny you dont look stupid, As my mate leant over and popped his wheelchair out of the side door.

You mean to tell me an actual disabled person was actually able to get the vehicle in a handicapped spot?

Miracle on 42nd St.

Usually all I see is people that can walk, run and even carry heavy goods back to the car just fine parking there.  I'm sure they are using someone elses car much of the time (or their placard)

I came up with an idea where handicap spots are numbered where 1 is the closest to the destination and placards issued to the handicapped are also numbered.   So if there are 5 handicapped spots they are numbered 1 - 5.  If you have a slight handicap, you get a 5 card.   That means you MUST use the 5 handicap spot first and go to lower numbers ONLY if a higher number is unavailable.
If you have a 5 card and all spaces are available, you are "supposed" to use the 5 spot first.  It's not perfect...but maybe a start?

That would theoretically leave the closest spots for the truly disabled.  As it is now I often see truly handicapped people not getting a space at all.

Just be careful about that judgement call. I have peripheral artery disease and diabetic neuropathy (numbness) in both legs and feet. I can walk, but only about 25 feet or so before my legs start cramping up. It's painful but nobody can see that. I have an electric wheelchair and a walker but I don't use them any more than I have to. The doctors tell me that the more I can walk, the longer I can keep circulation going to my feet and avoid amputation. Not a pretty picture but I do the best that I can. I had to give up motorcycles because I couldn't feel the gear changes anymore but have discovered that I can ride a scooter (yea!) since I only need to use my legs as outriggers when I stop and start. Yes I have a handicapped tag and I use it. Don't feel sorry for me, just be careful of those snap judgments about who is and isn't handicapped. Ride safe guys!

[bluegoatwoods]

Yup....some disabilities are not obvious on the surface. And for that reason I doubt if I'll ever chew on someone who has a card or plate but doesn't look disabled to me.

But you gotta wonder if some of these folks really aren't all that disadvantaged. Did they go to the doctor and say, "I've got a hole in my head" and the doc just wrote a scrip giving them the 'documentation' they needed to get the plate? Personally, I think it happens. But I'll always wonder. I'll never challenge for fear of being wrong.

And I've known, and heard of, people who were surprised to learn, plus a bit reluctant to accept the fact, that the mere fact that the family member's car they're borrowing, with the handicap plate, does not entitle them to use a handicap parking spot. This is kinda hard to believe. But it happens.

One of the things that makes me sad about this world is the pure selfishness I see out there. I expect some, of course. But I see more than I think I ought to. And it's especially bad in traffic and parking.

I've often used the fact that so many people out there in traffic are so grim about it as an argument against becoming too dependent on an automobile. You can easily see that they're not having a good time. But I don't use that argument as often as I used to because no one wants to hear it and no one wants to ponder the idea. It's futile.

And the guy who takes up half of your scooter parking space? He's taking space from you so that he can have more for himself. Or maybe he's just grabbing a good excuse from having enough self-discipline to park between the lines. It' easier that way. In either case he doesn't really gain anything. It's just more selfishness.

I also park at the 'beginning' of a space and I also park diagonally. And, whether four wheels or two, I park out in the boonies where no one else really wants to be. It drives my kids nuts. But have you ever tried to navigate up toward the front of a Wal-Mart parking lot? Of course. We all have. Man, that'll drive you nuts as well. But they don't get it.

If you park at the back, then you just pull in, shut it off and get out. You don't have to wait for one car after another to quit screwing around.

[humanshield]

I think you nailed it. This is the age of selfishness.

[hmiwb]

Yes there are a lot of selfish people out there. I try to keep it light and friendly to just set a good example. You might laugh but seriously acting like they do or flipping them off in traffic is only going to fuel the fire. Smile, shrug it off and go on. Life is too short to get caught up in all the baggage that the haters are carrying around. Karma will get them eventually... :-) Just my philosophy and or my $ .02 worth. Ride safe!

[stoneforth]

Never had this problem. When I'm not parking right next to the door of where im shopping, I park horizontally at the start of the carpark