14 October 2013

Parking returns to Monday

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It feels like it has been forever since I did a Monday Parking post on an actual Monday.

Is it odd that I feel vaguely nostalgic about it?

It is, right?

Damn.

At any rate we have a bunch of terrible parks for your to frown at this week, and also a surprising amount of free publicity for the circus.

If you’ve got any parking photos you’d like to see grace the pages of this site, send them to images@the-riotact.com, and be sure to let us now what name you would like to be credited with and use the word “parking” in the subject line.


1. BlueTongie starts us off right with a classic find:

These photos were taken in Moore St, Civic on Thursday morning. Several riders turned up in the short time I was there to glare at the car, before roaring off to find another park.

Perhaps the sign isn’t clear enough.

Image egamI Iemga

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2. An anonymous Rioter gave us this:

Parked at the Jamieson car park on Sunday. Came back to the car to find a rav 4 “parked” next to me. Well played Sir.

Back Front

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3. Goggles13 caught this effort:

Spotted in the hellenic club carpark woden.

Shiny But ugly.

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4. Gen would up in a bit of a bind:

On Saturday afternoon I parked in the car park next to the Canberra Theatre and went off to have lunch and do some shopping (Including perishables). To my disgust I returned to find this parked behind me making it extremely difficult to get out (Reversing straight out I would have hit their rear passenger door).

It's a trap!

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5. D poses a simple question:

Why bother with one parking space when you can take two?

Why not both?

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6. Tony was paid to submit these:

Couple if shots of circus car parked right on intersection of Gungahlin and Gubdaroo Drive today.

Blatant advertising but surely some laws about parking on intersection? I got fined for parking a car for sale on path at Yerrabi Pond a few months ago!!

FREE ADVERTISING

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7. CC knows lazy when he sees it:

In the taxi rank, just after finishing a trip to Woolies judging by the bags. A quick stop at the ATM this wasn’t, with heaps of free spots nearby. Lazy.

Lazy like me.

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8. Grant collected these:

First near ha ha bar, the other two in dickson. The cars in the actual disabled spots have permits, the taxi that was parked for some time, not so much.

I can't take Ha Ha Bar seriously, for obvious reasons. Photos! Many photos!

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9. Helen double checked just for you:

Photo taken at Kippax. Car was parked (I double checked that there was no one in the car) in a no parking zone. Must’ve been karma that made them leave their lights on.

Kippax

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10. Matt describes the timeline here:

Bike wasn’t there beforehand.

TImeline

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11. The ghost of Jack Lang returns to bring these images to you:

Here’s one from the Treasury car park on Langton Crescent. Small car, big overhang.

WwwooOOooOOOOOoooohhh!

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12. Johnboy spotted a blue BMW preventing access:

He had to tell me which car was a BMW.

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13. Holden Caulfield is also getting money from the circus:

I spotted this clown parking just off Canberra Avenue in Fyshwick last week.

MONEY!

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14. Rafe takes a break from mooching to send us this picture

Thanks Lomo!

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15. Davo101 has done the maths:

Tanah Rata, Pahang, Malaysia.

Not the best or worst parked car in Malaysia but perhaps average.

Is that in the ACT? I dunno, better post it anyways.

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16. Tim_C has numbered his points:

But I know you want more….
The driver of this HDM Metal ute had committed at least four traffic offences, and would have had to commit at least one more to drive it away.
1- driving on wrong side of road
2- parked facing oncoming traffic
3- parked on footpath
4- parked blocking pedestrian crossing
And to drive away:
5- driving on wrong side of road

Last...

The “No Stopping” zone at the pedestrian crossing outside the Kingston Family Surgery seems to be as reliable as the discount chemist in Woden. This week is a double.

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I’m thoroughly baffled at how #14 came to be. I can’t see any damage to the rear of the vehicle, is it possible that they just drove straightover the island and into the traffic light?

Solidarity said :

Also the blue Volvo is in two spaces (It’s faint, but look just in front of the rear wheel)

Ok, now I see the barely existent line markings it makes sense.

Also the blue Volvo is in two spaces (It’s faint, but look just in front of the rear wheel)

#10 both cars are obstructing the path access

What’s the deal with #10? Is it no parking (no signs shown in pic)?

#12 – where you see preventing access, I see a minor obstacle. Most of that front body work unclips easy enough.

detached_dingleberry2:46 pm 14 Oct 13

#4 – On Saturday afternoon I parked in the car park next to the Canberra Theatre and went off to have lunch and do some shopping (Including perishables). To my disgust I returned to find this parked behind me making it extremely difficult to get out (Reversing straight out I would have hit their rear passenger door)

“Including perishables”. This made me LOL.

Oh, and LRN2DRV.

#2 is just so bad they deserve to get a scratch to their car down the side.
Selfish, lazy, bad parking.

#13 – those clowns look so evil particularly poised over the cars like that. and they have been very aggressive with their advertising. there must be many free tickets being given out as incentive to host the signage on private property (despite this probably breaching your crown lease with the Gov)

Holden Caulfield12:25 pm 14 Oct 13

Thanks for the latest edition of Canberra’s parking woes.

#7 – you should have jumped in his passenger-side door and demand to be taken to the airport?
“Well, this is</I< a taxi isn't it?!"

Queen_of_the_Bun12:23 pm 14 Oct 13

I’m confused by #4. I can’t work out how that illegal park made it impossible for any of the other cars in shot to move off. (And no, I do not drive a blue car.)

My flatmate went to the Press Club the other night to discover that the last two parks in the members’ carpark had been taken up by a single convertible Mercedes. Oh how I wish he had taken photos. Anyway, the said driver got into heated conversations within the club while he defended his right not to get dings in his door because they cost so much more in a “quality car”. Apparently they all started chanting “Mr Two-Space” to him.

Re: #8

The HaHa / Zambrero’s carpark is so frustrating.

I was there on Friday night and was shocked to see 2 carparks next to each other, I was coming from one direction with another car coming from the other direction and slightly closer to the vacant spots so they beat me to parking in there first… They pulled in, to the middle of both spots and spent the next 5 mins reversing and trying to straighten up. In the end when I walked passed, they still hadn’t quite straighten up enough and no one would have been able to park next to them. I will have to also note that to drive into said carparks, they were almost driving straight in.

The 2 extra long carparks pictured had one car over the white line. Maybe they didn’t realise it was no longer 3 spots and had been turned into 2.

I was too hungry to stop and take a picture.

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