If you park on the wrong side of the street... where did you learn to drive?

[Anonymous]

We don’t do this, but it’s really common in the Philly burbs where my husband’s grandmother lived. There is one car in our block that parks backwards every single day next to their own driveway. Like they cannot be bothered to use their own driveway to turn around and face in the direction of traffic.

[Anonymous]

Funny that people care … is this a “cars and driving” thread or an OCD support group? (I’m looking at you, Virginia people …)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm seeing this increasingly more often - people are parked on the left side of the street. I'm not talking about a delivery person who's parked for a minute max, but cars parked for 10, 30, 60+ minutes or even overnight. Where on earth did you people learn to drive? How hard is it to take a few seconds and turn around to park normally?

It's not hard to turn around. The problem is if it's a busy street, that parking space may not be there if you have to turn around to park in it. Sometimes you've just to grab it while you can.

+1000

I don’t like doing it, but if there aren’t many spots I’m not taking the chance of losing the spot to go turn around.

[Anonymous]

My husband got a ticket in front of our house for parking the wrong direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been parking the “wrong” way in front of my house for years. Didn’t know you can get a ticket for that. Why does it matter, traffic wise? What is so bad about it?

It doesn't particularly bother me, but I always assumed it was because you have to cross a lane of traffic when you pull out of the space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny that people care … is this a “cars and driving” thread or an OCD support group? (I’m looking at you, Virginia people …)

It’s just wrong! (Former California driver)

[Anonymous]

This is done in London all the time.

[Anonymous]

I see this sometimes - it's so trashy and low class. You've got to be insanely lazy to not take 4 extra seconds to turn around.

[Anonymous]

My neighbor pulled out of he driveway and hit a car parked across the street facing the wrong way.

Parked car was found at fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see this sometimes - it's so trashy and low class. You've got to be insanely lazy to not take 4 extra seconds to turn around.

You pulled up a year old thread to post this?? What’s wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

I learned to drive in the uk where it is legal to do what you describe.
Who cares? Why do you care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been parking the “wrong” way in front of my house for years. Didn’t know you can get a ticket for that. Why does it matter, traffic wise? What is so bad about it?

It doesn't particularly bother me, but I always assumed it was because you have to cross a lane of traffic when you pull out of the space.

Not on my street. There basically one lane for driving.

[Anonymous]

Main issue is that in most jurisdictions, it is a ticketable offense. I lived in a neighborhood where the police would come through 3-4 times a year and ticket all the cars. The other problem is if you have a neighbor who doesn't like it as they can call the non-emergency police line and ask them to come out and ticket the cars. Why not avoid the problem altogether and just park correctly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor pulled out of he driveway and hit a car parked across the street facing the wrong way.

Parked car was found at fault.

Why though? If the car was in the same spot but facing the other direction wouldn’t the result be the same?

[Anonymous]

It's legal and common practice in other countries. I did it all the time when I lived in London. It causes less traffic because people don't have to do a U turn in order to park on the other side of the street. I wish it was legal in the US.