16 September 2013

Hey parkers, it's Monday!

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So have any of you ever spotted your own car on here?

I wonder what that would be like? You’ve wandered in to have a good Monday laugh at some poor parking then you are suddenly faced with your own shortcomings as a parker.

Would you laugh?

Would you cry?

Would you swear never to park poorly again?

If you’ve got any pictures of other people (perhaps ever Rioters) parking badly, send them to images@the-riotact.com and get them before they get you!

Be sure to include the work “parking” in the subject and let us know what name you would like to be credited with.


1. An anonymous Rioter kicks us off this week with some classic examples of the poor parking artform:

Alpha! Front Back

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2. Another anonymous Rioter discovered some car-park hoarding at the Erindale Shops:

No badly parked cars, but the attached photos were taken outside Lucky Price Asian Grocery (Gartside St, Wanniassa; a.k.a the restaurant/takeaway strip at the Erindale Shops) where the proprietor has decided to lay claim to the two car spaces out the front of the shop. Nice try mate, but you don’t own the carpark.

Pic Pic

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3. Dom has a story of redemption in Hume:

Car 1 and 2 are from Hume, where on a daily basis it was the same. When I rang the owner of the business where these guys work I didn’t even have to explain anything and he’s asked his guys to park differently, which they have – thank you!

Wheel More.

Car 3 is from a couple of years ago, but still makes me giggle: taken at EPIC at the time of the Arts & Craft show; very arty and crafty parking indeed 🙂

EPIC

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4. Busbooster thinks poorly of this parker:

This execrable park was in a ‘No Stopping Zone’ out the front of Me and Mrs Jones in Kingston on Tuesday night. Hopefully not the restaurant’s owner?

This car was so far out of bounds, it was almost on Giles Street. Idiot.

Jones

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5. Gregory has a treat for us:

This car has no regard to the law, or the plight of the grass it scours on its to its favourite ‘park’. While the bush lawyer responsible might think they’ve got this one nailed, they might want to reconsider the fact that it’s not just road legislation that controls where you can park (Unleased Public Lands Act comes to mind). I can’t wait for the towing to commence! (You can’t fight city hall.)

Gregory
Click for a larger version.

Transcriptions of the handwritten notices:
Dear Parking Office,
Please refer to the attached P/N.
Note my vehicle which is parked outside the “off street parking area” that is clearly marked by the large grey concrete bollards, the exact location where I parked yesterday, 8/8/13. Therefore, the issuing of the offence description code 361 and 360 cannot be served. Despite the efforts of authorised person “21” yesterday.
I would also like to draw to your attention both:
1) The distance from the kerb to “The Shore”. This is nature strip/footpath and you will clearly note this distance continues from “The Shore past the “Off Street Parking Area”. My vehicle is past this distance and the issuing of the P/N cannot be served for this offence. The code escapes me at this time and I cannot assist you further.
2) To Make it clear, my vehicle is parked adjacent to the footpath and is not obstructed in any way. Again, issuing of the P/N cannot be served for this offence either.
Please refer to the “Australian Road Rules Act” and the “Road Transport Act” for further information and clarity. I would appreciate this information to be passed onto your colleagues to prevent further embarrasment to your department and the inappropriate use of time by all involved. Thank you for your time and am happy to be contact to discuss this matter further.

Stupid but wordy

And the City Ranger’s (restrained) response:
Please cease parking your vehicle on Urban Open Space as off immediate. Further complaints will lead to rangers having your vehicle towed away and you paying for any restoration required of the Urban Open Space. Thank you.

Snap!

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6. No idea dislikes numpties:

Belconnen numpties , use the footpath to avoid paying for parking , they park like this even when there are free spaces on the road!

Numpties

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7. AmarooStu is a fan of Wayne’s World, which is a good thing:

Sterling effort under the Ernst and Young Building – THU 12/9/2013. “We are not worthy…..”

Party on

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8. Mothy gives us the deets:

Bonner shops, 5:30pm Thurs 12th Sep

Deets More deets

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9. Tim send us these seven spots:

Daepoo on the lawn.

ONE

Illegally parked, or waiting for the bus – park’n’ride perhaps.

TWO

Bachelor of Arts Degree car – the car you get when you want a car but don’t know which one.

THREE

Suzuki Swift – I think I once saw one of these being driven within the speed limit.

FOUR

Utes are for carrying tools around.

FIVE

Security guard – supposed to discouraging law breakers.

SIX

Another one…

SEVEN

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10. Joss serves up a double:

Double Trouble

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11. Queen_of_the_Bun is impressed:

Saw this possibly broken down car on Hindmarsh Drive on Friday the 13th. Still not sure how it was even possible to get onto the left turn median strip facing that way, but where there’s a NSW plate, there’s a way.

Left

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12. Mtb_rider fished this one up at the pool (I’m sorry about that):

As seen at Tuggeranong Pool this morning!

Ugh

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13. Loxmyf delivers up a fine selection:

Out and about today (Saturday) and saw a myriad cars left in good examples of how and where not to park.

The first 3 were Jamison. Where 2 and 3 were taken, there’s legitimate parallel parking on the right, but the centre line is well offset to allow that. Those oxygen-theives larking on the left side of the shot are parked in the through lane.

1 2 3

4 and 5 were at Westfield Belconnen.

4 5

6 was at Bunnings Belconnen.

6

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14. Rebecca gifted us this:

At the Neptune parking centre at Woden Westfield.

Woden

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15. Joshua is always on the job:

Taken in civic on friday night.

Crossover

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16. Sheep Groper is still hiding outside the chemist:

Two cars can almost but not quite share a loading zone, and the cheap chemist doesn’t
disappoint.

Outside Chemist

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17. Rock hit us with this:

KPMG Paid car park Civic
While that fancy Audi does at first glance, appear to be a ‘small car’, maybe it, or the driver, is a bit wide for these spots. I hope they paid for two tickets!

ROLL

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Harold finishes this week off:

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BenMac said :

IrishPete said :

I must get around to setting up my dash camera.

This afternoon I watched two ACT police cars (marked Australian Federal Police but with ACT number plates, so I presume they were ACT police) speeding through roadworks (two different sets), crossing solid white lines, and no lights or sirens. I am guessing there was an All Points Bulletin that Dunkin’ Donuts Civic branch were discounting the remainder of today’s stock.

IP

Were they red?

No, normal police livery.

IP

IrishPete said :

I must get around to setting up my dash camera.

This afternoon I watched two ACT police cars (marked Australian Federal Police but with ACT number plates, so I presume they were ACT police) speeding through roadworks (two different sets), crossing solid white lines, and no lights or sirens. I am guessing there was an All Points Bulletin that Dunkin’ Donuts Civic branch were discounting the remainder of today’s stock.

IP

Were they red?

I must get around to setting up my dash camera.

This afternoon I watched two ACT police cars (marked Australian Federal Police but with ACT number plates, so I presume they were ACT police) speeding through roadworks (two different sets), crossing solid white lines, and no lights or sirens. I am guessing there was an All Points Bulletin that Dunkin’ Donuts Civic branch were discounting the remainder of today’s stock.

IP

I wish i had a camera with me on Wednesday night.

Kambah Village Woolworths where there are 3 or 4 disabled parking spots outside. Black (or other dark coloured) 4wd with the number plate Mrsingh (sans le disability parking permit) had 3 big burly lads lumber on out of woolies with a load of goods and load up.

Given none of them looked particularlly mobility impaired, and there was no pass in the window, they were probably just another bunch of selfish mongrels…

poetix said :

I just have to share a parking anecdote. Parked in Dickson. At gym. Stuffed. Get out of gym. Walk to where parked. Use keyless entry: beep beep. Get into silver car. Note that is has become an automatic! Realise that this is not my car. Jump out. My car is parked two cars away. I think they had left their car unlocked.

So if anyone saw a woman in a daggy track suit apparently trying to steal their car, she wasn’t at all. It was just my classic poet moment of the day.

I obviously like spreading the humiliation.

I must say, I rarely bother locking my silver car, although if it ever turned up parked outside a gym, you would know that it had already been stolen.

I just have to share a parking anecdote. Parked in Dickson. At gym. Stuffed. Get out of gym. Walk to where parked. Use keyless entry: beep beep. Get into silver car. Note that is has become an automatic! Realise that this is not my car. Jump out. My car is parked two cars away. I think they had left their car unlocked.

So if anyone saw a woman in a daggy track suit apparently trying to steal their car, she wasn’t at all. It was just my classic poet moment of the day.

I obviously like spreading the humiliation.

Probably don’t have enough parking for everyone who lives there, as they expect everyone who lives there to be using the busses and therefore not to have cars. At best there is probably only one space per appartment but if two people live together and both have a car…isn’t rocket science

But many of the valid parking spots there are empty. It’s just that they’re not right outside the closest bit of concrete to individual residents’ flats.

eily said :

carnardly said :

If somebody wants to score the mother load of photos for next week’s parking – get yourselves down to the new flats between the Woden police station and Hindmarsh Drive (just east of the stormwater drain).

I guess the ressies there don’t believe in parking according to the signs as every night there are dozens of cars parked in various no stopping or no parking areas. I just don’t have a digital camera (or enough time to film all of them).

TAMS parking people – if you’re reading this – go and look at those flats – you’ll erase the national debt in one try if you did.

Probably don’t have enough parking for everyone who lives there, as they expect everyone who lives there to be using the busses and therefore not to have cars. At best there is probably only one space per appartment but if two people live together and both have a car…isn’t rocket science.

Not having enough allocated spaces isnt an excuse for parking illegally.

It’s not rocket science to consider if you have adequate room to safely and legally garage your cars when you intend to purchase or rent a property.

Mike Bessenger1:24 pm 17 Sep 13

magiccar9 said :

Felix the Cat said :

Have you seen the new-fangled gizmo called the interweb where it takes meer seconds to report things rather than 20 minutes on the phone?

https://www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/1146/~/fix-my-street

Indeed I have, seems though that Canberra Connect struggle with it considering either they don’t check it (or they simply don’t give a crap). Nothing I’ve logged through that useless page ever gets fixed, or even followed up on.
Maybe they’re all just too busy doing… well, whatever Canberra Connect does these days.

Keep reporting it, request the updates too.
Some things I’ve reported once and within a week it’s been fixed.

It doesn’t always work thought, I know a guy that’s been reporting something for close to 3 years now. Tams have come out 2 or 3 times, acknowledged the issue, but still nothing has happened.

Felix the Cat said :

Have you seen the new-fangled gizmo called the interweb where it takes meer seconds to report things rather than 20 minutes on the phone?

https://www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/1146/~/fix-my-street

Indeed I have, seems though that Canberra Connect struggle with it considering either they don’t check it (or they simply don’t give a crap). Nothing I’ve logged through that useless page ever gets fixed, or even followed up on.
Maybe they’re all just too busy doing… well, whatever Canberra Connect does these days.

Felix the Cat12:12 pm 17 Sep 13

magiccar9 said :

#11 has been sitting on the concrete island for over a week and a half now. Curious to see how many Police/Gov officials drive past it and don’t even blink an eye. Surely they’d be concerned about an abandoned car sitting at one of the busiest intersections in Canberra. Tried to call Canberra Connect to report it – was on hold for 20 mins so gave up.

Have you seen the new-fangled gizmo called the interweb where it takes meer seconds to report things rather than 20 minutes on the phone?

https://www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/1146/~/fix-my-street

Mike Bessenger11:10 am 17 Sep 13

dph said :

Mike Bessenger said :

I don’t see a problem of 5 of 13. I see that as winning!
That’s one of the best parking spots and the mall.

Yep, being a bogan & writing a moronic letter to the parking inspectors, when you’re totally in the wrong… winning!

I’ll make this easier.
Image 5 of page 13. http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZIxv5MxWiJM/UjZVnsXy6jI/AAAAAAAAIfU/yrTKXAmPyvc/s600/31-oekccfjIMG_2053.JPG

Mike Bessenger said :

I don’t see a problem of 5 of 13. I see that as winning!
That’s one of the best parking spots and the mall.

Yep, being a bogan & writing a moronic letter to the parking inspectors, when you’re totally in the wrong… winning!

Mike Bessenger9:55 am 17 Sep 13

I don’t see a problem of 5 of 13. I see that as winning!
That’s one of the best parking spots and the mall.

If Busbooster was a few minutes earlier he would have scored a triple Merc ! There was a Mercedes parked in the loading zone, a Mercedes half in the loading zone and half in half out, and then the Mercedes you see in the pic !!

Although no one likes Audi drivers (#7), mostly because they smell like strong cheese (this is a scientific FACT), the winner this week has to be the sheer outrage of Mtb_rider (#12). Scratchy scratchy muggafugga!

carnardly said :

If somebody wants to score the mother load of photos for next week’s parking – get yourselves down to the new flats between the Woden police station and Hindmarsh Drive (just east of the stormwater drain).

I guess the ressies there don’t believe in parking according to the signs as every night there are dozens of cars parked in various no stopping or no parking areas. I just don’t have a digital camera (or enough time to film all of them).

TAMS parking people – if you’re reading this – go and look at those flats – you’ll erase the national debt in one try if you did.

Probably don’t have enough parking for everyone who lives there, as they expect everyone who lives there to be using the busses and therefore not to have cars. At best there is probably only one space per appartment but if two people live together and both have a car…isn’t rocket science.

carnardly said :

If somebody wants to score the mother load of photos for next week’s parking – get yourselves down to the new flats between the Woden police station and Hindmarsh Drive (just east of the stormwater drain).

I guess the ressies there don’t believe in parking according to the signs as every night there are dozens of cars parked in various no stopping or no parking areas. I just don’t have a digital camera (or enough time to film all of them).

TAMS parking people – if you’re reading this – go and look at those flats – you’ll erase the national debt in one try if you did.

I think the term you are referring to is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_lode
I apologise for being a grammar fascist …

#11 I noticed this morning had the remnants of police tape sticking out of the driver’s side window.

If somebody wants to score the mother load of photos for next week’s parking – get yourselves down to the new flats between the Woden police station and Hindmarsh Drive (just east of the stormwater drain). I guess the ressies there don’t believe in parking according to the signs as every night there are dozens of cars parked in various no stopping or no parking areas. I just don’t have a digital camera (or enough time to film all of them).

TAMS parking people – if you’re reading this – go and look at those flats – you’ll erase the national debt in one try if you did.

#9a – while technically illegal, this is a bit harsh.

BTW Barcham, I laughed.

#4 – Busbooster – “execrable” – excellent word, much under-utilised. Well done.

#11 has been sitting on the concrete island for over a week and a half now. Curious to see how many Police/Gov officials drive past it and don’t even blink an eye. Surely they’d be concerned about an abandoned car sitting at one of the busiest intersections in Canberra. Tried to call Canberra Connect to report it – was on hold for 20 mins so gave up.

excession said :

All the images are broken links?

A lot of you are looking at these pictures and my account is suffering because of it.

You may just have to wait a bit sorry.

excession said :

All the images are broken links?

Most of them not showing up for me in any browser.

Any chance of getting those photos uploaded again? I can only see about five of them.

The images are having a load issue, which considering it’s google’s image hosting is quite a thing.

Your Mileage Will Vary and come back later if pain persists.

All the images are broken links?

#5 What an absolute moron. I really hope the car gets towed.

Mothy said :

7 and 17 are one and the same? Is it an Ernst and Young or KPMG building?

Ernst & Young

Holden Caulfield12:12 pm 16 Sep 13

Spotto #5.

Well someone has to start: Spotto #5a

No badly parked cars in #2???
What do you call the moron in the silver (Falcon?)

7 and 17 are one and the same? Is it an Ernst and Young or KPMG building?

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