Leaving Parking Instruction Leaflets on Cars

[Anonymous]

OP you are nuts. Cars vary wildly in length. There aren’t TWO spaces on street parking unless it’s metered and lined.

Get a smaller car, that’s the real problem.

[Anonymous]

FTW

[Anonymous]

I would never ever ever ever live somewhere where street parking was my only option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never ever ever ever live somewhere where street parking was my only option.

Enjoy the burbs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, insane. Plus people will pull those off the car and toss onto the ground, so you are contributing to littering. People understand they are supposed to park in one space, so lack of information isn't what is preventing them from doing it. What difference does it make they are renters? You lose credibility by posting a detail like that.

Puhlease. Renters do not have the same vested interest as owners. Renters come and go much more frequently than owners.

I'd just go nuclear on the frequent offenders. I'd get those big orange stickers with commercial adhesive that say "PARKING FAILURE" and slap it right on the windshield.

Try that and let us know how it goes.

[Anonymous]

This is petty and hilarious. It will for sure end up on Popville, and we will all be greatly entertained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you are nuts. Cars vary wildly in length. There aren’t TWO spaces on street parking unless it’s metered and lined.

Get a smaller car, that’s the real problem.

DP. I agree that people with absurdly large vehicles (looking at you, 3 row SUVs, pickup trucks) have no business being used for street parking as they're empty 99% of the time. But people can and do park right in the middle of 2 spaces - or a spot that could easily fit 2 averaged sized cars, even though there are no lines. No matter how big or small your car is, you should still try to park efficiently and pull up (or back) closer to another car.

[Anonymous]

I’d do it. You can buy cards on Amazon btw.

[Anonymous]

Dude, bring a renter isn’t a character flaw. I am bothered by bad parkers too, l think it’s lack of common sense in some cases. And that’s hard to fix, even with a brochure. I did leave a note on a windshield once on a car that had really screwed me / blocked me in. I had to do like a hundred point turn to get out. So l get the temptation about leaving the brochures, but it won’t help so why bother?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Say you live in an area with a mix of THs and low rise apartment buildings. Parking is just street parking (no driveways or parking lots). Say some of the renters new to the area fail to park efficiently, routinely taking two spaces. They will pull into a spot for two cars and park right in the middle of it.

How insane would it be to draw up a simple leaflet and stick it on the cars that do this? Would it be better to place one on every car?

Just get those ignorants towed. That'll teach them a lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, insane. Plus people will pull those off the car and toss onto the ground, so you are contributing to littering. People understand they are supposed to park in one space, so lack of information isn't what is preventing them from doing it. What difference does it make they are renters? You lose credibility by posting a detail like that.

Puhlease. Renters do not have the same vested interest as owners. Renters come and go much more frequently than owners.

I'd just go nuclear on the frequent offenders. I'd get those big orange stickers with commercial adhesive that say "PARKING FAILURE" and slap it right on the windshield.

You sound ridiculous. Renters go in and out of their house and move their cars more because....they rent. Beyond ignorant. And as for your "orange sticker" advice...I have a feeling that you'd really do nothing like that but if you did - you'd be liable for car damage and destruction of personal property. And out of spite, as the renter I'd keep taking up ALL the spaces. Kick rocks.

OP - maybe just ask them nicely if they can pull up, etc. They may be totally oblivious - bad parkers, not necessarily bad neighbors.

Did I touch a nerve, poor renter?

The only person looking bad with this comment is you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol I had to explain this to my husband after years of living in an urban area with street parking. Mid block it could be that the cars around them moved, but if you’re at the end of the block park at the very end, no exceptions. Don’t leave a half car space between you and the end of the zone.

I digress - a leaflet would be crazy, but I get it.

Even at the ends of parking lanes we always have people (usually out of state plates) who park illegally over the end line making the next car park not fully at the end. Then they leave before the parking enforcement arrives, but the parking on the block is screwed up from them.