Do You Think Parking 3 Feet in Front of a Driveway Is OK?
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I tried to take this photo at an angle that would really do it justice. Alas, I’m foiled once again by two dimensions. Anyway, I’m standing against a brick and concrete border to a sloping driveway that leads to an underground garage on Goshen in Brentwood. I saw the driver of this Mitsubishi Montero try to park in this spot when I was already thinking there’s no way this guy could fit. Regardless, he parked and jumped into a friend’s vehicle, completely content with leaving the entire ass of his red SUV sticking out in front of the driveway. Contrary to popular belief in this town, you are not allowed to park in front of the driveway apron when you parallel park. Psst…that’s the slope of the curb between the sidewalk and lowest point of the driveway. Unfortunately, law enforcement doesn’t do a great job in citing vehicles that do this. Though I’m not a stickler about this issue, this jackass actually has his vehicle sticking out over 3 feet past the driveway apron. When I left work a few hours later and walked back to my car, this SUV was still obstructing the driveway–and there was no ticket on the windshield, either. Seriously, the dude monitoring the Ralph’s parking lot for illegal parkers is more attentive than parking enforcement in these parts.
Filed under: observation, parking
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I have a simple- yet amazingly effective response to these kinds of drivers (…er…parkers); I’ve replaced one of my car’s tire valve-stem caps with a `valve-stem wrench’ (it’s a cap with a little slotted extension on the top) – so I have it with me at all times.
When someone inconveniences me to this extent, I remove one of their valve-stem caps and unscrew the internal seal-spring…all of the air escapes, and they now have the extra inconvenience of having to change the tire themselves – or of calling a tow-truck.
Revenge is a bitch…