Would you call parking enforcement on these neighbors?

[Anonymous]

Why don't you go park in front of their house and leave your car there for a while?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean by double park?

She means the car is parked in a way that it takes up what could be used as two parking spaces. I know exactly what she means because I live a rowhouse neighborhood where parking is precious too and you quickly learn how many cars can reasonably fit this stretch of the block or side street and when someone, usually a visitor, parks in a way that takes up two potential spots. Say there's a side street and you can park five cars along one side. Middle of the day three people leave for work. Meanwhile a person pulls in and parks inefficiently meaning there's not enough room for another car between it and the corner but also behind it and another parked car. So only four cars can park there instead of five. When you live in a rowhouse neighborhood these do become important issues

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Normally I wouldn’t care, but on my busy street where parking can be difficult? It would annoy the crap out of me. I’d call.

+1 We are considering doing the same for neighbors who have no driveway and four cars, one of which is a classic that hasn’t been moved in months and has a cover on it. We’re not in DC but in a town that does have a need to move your car after 72 hours rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally I wouldn’t care, but on my busy street where parking can be difficult? It would annoy the crap out of me. I’d call.

+1 We are considering doing the same for neighbors who have no driveway and four cars, one of which is a classic that hasn’t been moved in months and has a cover on it. We’re not in DC but in a town that does have a need to move your car after 72 hours rule.

There are exceptions for covered vehicles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless I needed the spot, no, I wouldn't do anything. I try not to create unnecessary drama because I've seen it escalate into crazy turfwars. The one who wins is always the craziest person, not the one who is technically right.

This. Starting a Karen war is a good way for someone to get attacked, have vandalism or arson done to them, or worse.

Never start a grudge match.

[Anonymous]

Have you tried leaving a nice note on the car asking them to be mindful of the extra space they are taking up? I’d start with that.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Yes, by "double parked" mean that they're taking a space that could comfortably fit 2 cars, but they park right in the middle of it. There are no lines, but... it's common sense.

I learned that another neighbor left a note asking them to move their car up a few feet. I also did the same about a year ago. It was not aggressive or hostile at all. After learning that a different neighbor actually *spoke* to the owner, and they said "no"... well, that just means the person is a selfish jerk. The fact that they intentionally do this in front of OTHER peoples homes instead of their own block, is really rude. I know it's street parking and no one owns the street. But when parking is tight, common shared courtesy is essential.

I'm going to call 311 today. I just want to be anonymous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yes, by "double parked" mean that they're taking a space that could comfortably fit 2 cars, but they park right in the middle of it. There are no lines, but... it's common sense.

I learned that another neighbor left a note asking them to move their car up a few feet. I also did the same about a year ago. It was not aggressive or hostile at all. After learning that a different neighbor actually *spoke* to the owner, and they said "no"... well, that just means the person is a selfish jerk. The fact that they intentionally do this in front of OTHER peoples homes instead of their own block, is really rude. I know it's street parking and no one owns the street. But when parking is tight, common shared courtesy is essential.

I'm going to call 311 today. I just want to be anonymous.

1) that is NOT what “double parking” means. Doesn’t matter how many times you try to explain it - we get it. You’re using the wrong term.

2) just start vandalizing the car a little at a time. Break a tail light this week, a headlight next week, a side window after that, then cut a tire. Keep damaging it until they move it. You will NOT be caught, cops don’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Setting: busy street, with only street parking

Neighbors (don't know them) live on adjacent street. They have 3 cars. They have one "vintage" car they never ever drive. Instead of parking it in front of their house on their street, they park on our block - which is busier than their block. They leave their car parked for weeks (or more) then move it. Worse, they double park, taking a spot that could fit 2 vehicles.

I just find it so selfish and rude. A neighbor on our block once asked them to move their car up a few feet so as to not double park, and the owner said "no."

It is technically against the law in our city to leave a car parked for days, unmoved. Street parking is precious and is not meant for storing vehicles. My thoughts are... these people do not care about being considerate of others, so why should we?

Yes, you should call.

[Anonymous]

They are probably intentionally taking up two spots and unwilling to open up to another spot to avoid the car getting dinged. Regardless, yes, call

[Anonymous]

Wikipedia can help us out on the definition: ""Double parking" means standing or parking a vehicle on the roadway side of a vehicle already stopped, standing or parked at the curb.[1] This often prevents some of the vehicles in the first row from departing and always obstructs a traffic lane or bike lane (to the extent of often making the street impassable in one-way single-lane situations)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_parking

Taking up two spaces is different than double parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are probably intentionally taking up two spots and unwilling to open up to another spot to avoid the car getting dinged. Regardless, yes, call

This and yes report them.

We also live in a busy street and have enough room in front of our house to park two cars. Drives me crazy when someone, usually our neighbors' weekend visitors, park right in the middle so DH and I both have to find parking way down the block. It's flat out rude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yes, by "double parked" mean that they're taking a space that could comfortably fit 2 cars, but they park right in the middle of it. There are no lines, but... it's common sense.

I learned that another neighbor left a note asking them to move their car up a few feet. I also did the same about a year ago. It was not aggressive or hostile at all. After learning that a different neighbor actually *spoke* to the owner, and they said "no"... well, that just means the person is a selfish jerk. The fact that they intentionally do this in front of OTHER peoples homes instead of their own block, is really rude. I know it's street parking and no one owns the street. But when parking is tight, common shared courtesy is essential.

I'm going to call 311 today. I just want to be anonymous.

If there are no lines, how are they taking "a space that could fit 2 cars?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yes, by "double parked" mean that they're taking a space that could comfortably fit 2 cars, but they park right in the middle of it. There are no lines, but... it's common sense.

I learned that another neighbor left a note asking them to move their car up a few feet. I also did the same about a year ago. It was not aggressive or hostile at all. After learning that a different neighbor actually *spoke* to the owner, and they said "no"... well, that just means the person is a selfish jerk. The fact that they intentionally do this in front of OTHER peoples homes instead of their own block, is really rude. I know it's street parking and no one owns the street. But when parking is tight, common shared courtesy is essential.

I'm going to call 311 today. I just want to be anonymous.

If there are no lines, how are they taking "a space that could fit 2 cars?"

Do you lack spacial perception? If you’ve lived on a block like this you know to put the end of your car close enough to the crosswalk/driveway etc. if it looks like someone else can fit another car in front of or behind you. Agree that “double park” isn’t the correct term but there should be a word for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yes, by "double parked" mean that they're taking a space that could comfortably fit 2 cars, but they park right in the middle of it. There are no lines, but... it's common sense.

I learned that another neighbor left a note asking them to move their car up a few feet. I also did the same about a year ago. It was not aggressive or hostile at all. After learning that a different neighbor actually *spoke* to the owner, and they said "no"... well, that just means the person is a selfish jerk. The fact that they intentionally do this in front of OTHER peoples homes instead of their own block, is really rude. I know it's street parking and no one owns the street. But when parking is tight, common shared courtesy is essential.

I'm going to call 311 today. I just want to be anonymous.

If there are no lines, how are they taking "a space that could fit 2 cars?"

Do you lack spacial perception? If you’ve lived on a block like this you know to put the end of your car close enough to the crosswalk/driveway etc. if it looks like someone else can fit another car in front of or behind you. Agree that “double park” isn’t the correct term but there should be a word for it.

+1. The fact that so many people on every thread hyper focus on exact word choices or “citations” illustrate just how poor the common sensibility and social skills are these days.

Whether OP used the term double parked, rudely parked, poorly parked is irrelevant. For most people, the situation described is obvious. There’s no need to be the wordsmith police.