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

[Anonymous]

People do it all the time where I live. Doesn't bother me at all. We barely have traffic laws (and they are never enforced). Parking laws are non existant.

[Anonymous]

Greece. Didn't even know it was illegal here until I got a ticket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's legal in most countries in Europe. Not legal in MD.

Legal in several US states…and rarely enforced outside a major city.

[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.

Bullsh!t.

[Anonymous]

I learned to drive in DC and have assumed for the last 40 years that parking on the wrong side was legal in Maryland, not least because I see it All. The. Time. on the Maryland side of the line. I knew it was illegal in DC, and before everybody just gave up on enforcing anything ever, I very rarely saw anybody do it in DC. Shocked to learn it's actually illegal in Maryland, too, though apparently honored more in the breach etc. "Except as otherwise provided in this section, a vehicle that is stopped or parked on a two-way roadway shall be stopped or parked parallel to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway, with its right hand wheels within 12 inches of that curb or edge of the roadway." https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/transportation/title-21/subtitle-10/section-21-1004/

[Anonymous]

Oregon. It’s completely normal in Oregon…and infuriating.

[Anonymous]

They ticket for this in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

There’s no wrong side of the street in Maryland and where we park has never killed anyone

[Anonymous]

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?

I learned in London.

[Anonymous]

Its so bizarre that people do this. They have to cross oncoming traffic to do so AND cross oncoming traffic to get out of the space. Completely illogical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

First wrong person is at fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you care?

I'm not OP but interested as well b/c driving in this area is getting weirder and weirder. I'm curious why all of the sudden it's so bad.

[Anonymous]

Its a bad as backward parkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its so bizarre that people do this. They have to cross oncoming traffic to do so AND cross oncoming traffic to get out of the space. Completely illogical.

Unless you live on a very narrow, quiet street where there's essentially one lane for driving. So you're not "crossing" oncoming traffic - 1) because it doesn't exist and 2) because you're just pulling into the same lane you'd pull into from the other side of the road or if you were parked in the different direction.

Lots of streets like that in the DMV area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s no wrong side of the street in Maryland and where we park has never killed anyone

Well driving is basically anarchy in Maryland, so I wouldn't exactly use that as your standard.