Idk if people are aware, but this is the original concept for the car. It was designed to be short enough to fit into parking spots sideways deliberately.
I know in my city it's not legal. Someone did this and a police officer walked up to them and told them to park it sideways. I was really pissed at the cop. They weren't blocking the street.
True, but depending on the city there's basically no real way to dispute a parking ticket. Most of the time a judge will just automatically side with the city
Where I'm from the legal infraction is that the right side wheels are more than half a meter from the curb (I learned this from the ticket I got for parking on the wrong side of the street)
We have something similar, it's not half a metre though, more like twenty centimetres. The reason being that it must allow for the cleaning of the gutter. It's not really enforced though.
At least in my area where the rules are the sane, motorbikes just exist outside the law. You park them wherever, but nobody gets in trouble when someone on a motorbike dies.
Oh I misread it as front right/passenger wheel, my bad. Yeah that doesn't leave much alternative.
Which is kinda stupid since that car's front wheels are probably closer to the curb than many trucks' driver side wheels are even when parked properly...
I agree that it probably should be legal-ish. I think maximum curb gaps are a great idea, and minimum curb gaps are probably a good idea in areas where curb cleaning might frequently overlap with parking. But smarts and cycles should almost always be allowed to double-up within the same F-150-sized space.
Oh yeah definitely, fun fact you can easily get two smarts comfortably into a standard US parking spot I have a friend that also has a smart and when we go somewhere together we will use a single parking spot because it's funny
I got one eventually in a small city for doing the same. I didn’t bother fighting it because court would’ve taken all day and it was $20, which I assume is what they bank on, but I did want to go to court to have them clarify just what exact law did I break
There are laws that specify wheels within a specific distance from the curb when parking on the side of a road like this. Some are vague and just 'wheels', but some do specify front wheels or back wheels and this could technically be in violation.
It should be. That's exactly why those cars exist. I just got back from NYC, and I always admire the people that drive them there. You can always find a parking place. You often find them at the end of street, just barely squeezed in before the crosswalk. No other car can do that.
Thinking of the van and ute that have been both been parked outside my apartment with 3/4 of a car length between them for over a month now. I miss my old Yaris.
They can exit either left or right easily but I wonder what the visibility of oncoming traffic would be given the drivers position seems a little more set back from the lane of traffic versus a traditional park where the driver is directly adjacent the moving traffic lane with mirrors also giving them a clear view.
If I couldn't pull out because some little Urkel car did that, I'd be pissed. Pissed enough to call a buddy to help me pick it up and move it onto the sidewalk. 😅
Years ago I dated a woman who owned an Innocenti, an import that made the Mini look like a monster truck. Having that thing moved onto a sidewalk or spun sideways, backwards etc was a regular feature of our weekends.
Someone can park perfectly in the morning, but then with everyone else moving their cars during the day, it can easily appear as a shit parking later on.
Yeah I only accept bad parking jobs from oversized pickups. The hell does it matter what type of vehicle did the pinning? Close is close whether the other car is parallel to the curb or not.
Blame yourself for being to close to the front car then. Or blame that car too. Hurr durr funny small car bad.
I'm going to guess based off of the fact that the grass is yellowing and the sidewalks have obvious damage from weathering that this is going to be some place in a much more temperate area I've seen guys park like that in Utah.
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potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 166 pts · 212d
Idk if people are aware, but this is the original concept for the car. It was designed to be short enough to fit into parking spots sideways deliberately.
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 69 pts · 212d
I was about to say, I'm pretty sure I remember TV adverts demonstrating exactly this.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 212d
And in most areas of NA, it’s illegal to park like that.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 126 pts · 212d
Good thing nobody lives in Not Available.
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 51 pts · 212d
What about the guy with the NULL registration plate?
MintyFresh@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 212d
He lives just down the street at 404
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 212d
Is that next to
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 212d
The grassy null?
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 212d
That doesn't exist
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 212d
He gets all the parking tickets for NA citizens parking like that
HowAbt2day@futurology.today · 6 pts · 212d
I think they were referring to Not Acceptable.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 212d
Clearly they meant Non-Alcoholic
Agent641@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 212d
No it's Narcotics Anonymous
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 212d
no, it's naturally aspirated
Anivia@feddit.org · 6 pts · 212d
Same in the country where it was engineered and built
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 212d
That seems like an oversight.
KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz · 36 pts · 212d
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 212d
Picture taken in America... The American mind cannot comprehend this....
Inflo@sopuli.xyz · -2 pts · 212d
considering american mind not comprehending this posted the original picture...
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 212d
They comprehend it. They just ask if it's legal. Because it's not always legal.
Inflo@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 200d
comprehension of the legality is what i mean
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 199d
Sure. Considering in some places it is legal in some places not legal it's a pretty valid question overall.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 33 pts · 212d
I know in my city it's not legal. Someone did this and a police officer walked up to them and told them to park it sideways. I was really pissed at the cop. They weren't blocking the street.
Cenotaph@mander.xyz · 64 pts · 212d
Just because a cop tells you not to do it doesn't mean it's illegal. They're known for throwing their weight around over very little.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 5 pts · 212d
Oh I don't doubt that for a second.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 212d
True, but depending on the city there's basically no real way to dispute a parking ticket. Most of the time a judge will just automatically side with the city
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 212d
In many places the passenger side of the vehicle is legally required to be at curbside.
Cenotaph@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 212d
Most definitely, my point was only that you shouldn't assume something is illegal because a cop told you not to do it.
Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 212d
Where I'm from the legal infraction is that the right side wheels are more than half a meter from the curb (I learned this from the ticket I got for parking on the wrong side of the street)
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 212d
We have something similar, it's not half a metre though, more like twenty centimetres. The reason being that it must allow for the cleaning of the gutter. It's not really enforced though.
GladiusB@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 212d
I don't see why. I would park my motorcycles in the same way on busy streets.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 30 pts · 212d
Not in my area. You have to park in the same direction as the flow of traffic or get a ticket.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 212d
What about motorbikes?
HK65@sopuli.xyz · 26 pts · 212d
At least in my area where the rules are the sane, motorbikes just exist outside the law. You park them wherever, but nobody gets in trouble when someone on a motorbike dies.
N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 212d
Fair trade.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 212d
Isn't that always the case when someone is killed by a car? Unless they were also in a car then they are clearly at fault.
JordanZ@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 212d
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
OP could park nose first into the curb. Checkmate.
bss03@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 212d
rear passenger wheel still more than 12" from curb -> ticket.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
Oh I misread it as front right/passenger wheel, my bad. Yeah that doesn't leave much alternative.
Which is kinda stupid since that car's front wheels are probably closer to the curb than many trucks' driver side wheels are even when parked properly...
bss03@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 211d
I agree that it probably should be legal-ish. I think maximum curb gaps are a great idea, and minimum curb gaps are probably a good idea in areas where curb cleaning might frequently overlap with parking. But smarts and cycles should almost always be allowed to double-up within the same F-150-sized space.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 212d
I have one of these cars (in the US no less) and i absolutely do that sometimes. No tickets yet
Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 212d
I would bet that a lot of trucks are larger than the Smart is long.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 212d
Oh yeah definitely, fun fact you can easily get two smarts comfortably into a standard US parking spot I have a friend that also has a smart and when we go somewhere together we will use a single parking spot because it's funny
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 212d
not in stock form. close, but not quite
of course, their inability to parallel park close to the curb means that they would in fact stick out just as much to the street
ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 212d
I got one eventually in a small city for doing the same. I didn’t bother fighting it because court would’ve taken all day and it was $20, which I assume is what they bank on, but I did want to go to court to have them clarify just what exact law did I break
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 212d
As long as it's not blocking the travel lane or the sidewalk, pretty sure it passes the smell test.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 212d
There are laws that specify wheels within a specific distance from the curb when parking on the side of a road like this. Some are vague and just 'wheels', but some do specify front wheels or back wheels and this could technically be in violation.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 212d
It should be. That's exactly why those cars exist. I just got back from NYC, and I always admire the people that drive them there. You can always find a parking place. You often find them at the end of street, just barely squeezed in before the crosswalk. No other car can do that.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 212d
Thinking of the van and ute that have been both been parked outside my apartment with 3/4 of a car length between them for over a month now. I miss my old Yaris.
ApeNo1@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 212d
They can exit either left or right easily but I wonder what the visibility of oncoming traffic would be given the drivers position seems a little more set back from the lane of traffic versus a traditional park where the driver is directly adjacent the moving traffic lane with mirrors also giving them a clear view.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 212d
More set back, behind cars a meter taller than they need to be. They can’t see shit
FishFace@piefed.social · 3 pts · 212d
No worse than parking on the opposite side of the road though
ApeNo1@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 212d
True, and both potentially illegal depending on where in the world you live.
FishFace@piefed.social · 1 pts · 212d
Huh. Certainly not where I am (though it's advised against).
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 212d
Pretty sure in my state your supposed to be about 6 inches away from the curb.
Dont get me wrong its never enforced cause then all the oversized small peeney trucks would be in the lane of traffic...
But yea wonder how ppa would handle it
RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 212d
6 inches away from the curb? Fuck that. Tyres going in the gutter.
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 212d
Agreed. I know it's not the "right" way to park but I'd rather risk the ticket than replace my driver's side mirror.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 212d
Yall got gutters?
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 212d
Way better than a SUV truck using one and a half parking spaces at least.
ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 212d
I have a smart car and parked like that a few times years ago after seeing a picture like this and got a ticket eventually
rumba@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 212d
I just looked up my state laws, and yeah, it specifically states parallel.
C1pher@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 212d
Yes, since youre NOT obstructing and are within the defined space for parking.
hitwright@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 212d
Depends on the situation/country. There are signs that dictate how you must park. Under those signs it would be illegal
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 212d
I'm sorry, I thought this was America!
penaz@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 212d
In Rome, If you own a smart, you are obligated by law to park like that 🤣
crozilla@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 212d
I mean, it probably could’ve fit in that space normally, too. Tiny cars, ftw!
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 3 pts · 212d
If I couldn't pull out because some little Urkel car did that, I'd be pissed. Pissed enough to call a buddy to help me pick it up and move it onto the sidewalk. 😅
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 212d
Years ago I dated a woman who owned an Innocenti, an import that made the Mini look like a monster truck. Having that thing moved onto a sidewalk or spun sideways, backwards etc was a regular feature of our weekends.
Edited for two separate autocorrect fails.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 212d
That car looks awesome, I want it
tidderuuf@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 212d
Gonna be funny to see it bottom out trying to go over those curbs.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio · 6 pts · 212d
Short wheelbase, it will be fine. Also you missed the part where a couple dudes are gonna pick the lil' fucker up lmao.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 212d
At least one of those two people either side of the tiny car parked like an asshole, unless they parked in order from front to back.
bstix@feddit.dk · 1 pts · 212d
Without marked spaces it's impossible to say.
Someone can park perfectly in the morning, but then with everyone else moving their cars during the day, it can easily appear as a shit parking later on.
axexrx@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 212d
With the hatchback model, you can just lift the front bumper, and roll the car into a vertical position.
m4ylame0wecm@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 212d
Yeah I only accept bad parking jobs from oversized pickups. The hell does it matter what type of vehicle did the pinning? Close is close whether the other car is parallel to the curb or not.
Blame yourself for being to close to the front car then. Or blame that car too. Hurr durr funny small car bad.
python@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 212d
I'm 99% sure this is France. Any Geoguesser pro around to confirm or dispute that?
makingrain@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 212d
Spezi@feddit.org · 4 pts · 212d
Looks like California judging from the grass and the variety of cars. Probably a suburb of LA or San Francisco.
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 212d
I'm going to guess based off of the fact that the grass is yellowing and the sidewalks have obvious damage from weathering that this is going to be some place in a much more temperate area I've seen guys park like that in Utah.