Thread: What would you do in this situation?

Saw that on FB.
Had something very similar happen in Rockingham a few weeks ago.
We had been circling around looking for a car park for about 15 mins. Pulled back into a car park area and another car waiting for a car park for a car to pull out, fair enough I thought he has got that one. As coming around the other side a car further back pulls out so circled round to pull in, this **** runs in front of us and stands in the car park carrying on that they had been looking for a car park for ages ahead of us (I called BS as they had not been in the area any more than 5 mins). I should have just run the idiot down, got another car park a few mins later, but the point was we had just gone ok to the first park as he was in front of us, but the second. Made my blood boil, the arrogance, pretty lucky he was not in the same cafe we went to as i would have likely shirt fronted the retard. I know not the done thing, but complete arrogance to do that and want both parks as an option.
Interesting to know how one would legally stand if I hit him with the car as he was impeding traffic.
If he had been in the carpark before we turned back in I might get it, but he ran up when he saw us pulling in to it.

Geez is a parking spot worth all this handwringing ?

Originally Posted by Grumbles

If I encountered that situation I would be out of there quick smart to find another vacant spot. Why? Because any intimidating action by a driver in his car would fall into the criminal behavior of "road rage/assault with a motor car etc" type incident with the police.

Surely you jest!
Law & Order is STUFFED.

Originally Posted by pop058

It occurred in New York

You saying it doesn't happen here, Paul? It does, often.

Originally Posted by tact

In some of the places (overseas) I have lived you DO NOT **** off anyone over a parking spot. Lets say a bit of relatively mild scolding achieved your aim and you could enter the spot and park - come back a while later and find the pay-back is a real bitch!

There is that, of course. Still, there are cameras I guess. What good they are is another matter.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Or the tyres

Maybe Eevo is American.....?

Originally Posted by Tombie

Except for one catch... Car Park

Dunno about SA, but here in Vic most, if not all, car parks apply the road rules. Of course, as Paul points out, this particular incident was in NYC, but here certainly all council operated car parks, and many privately owned ones such as in shopping malls, have legally enforceable rules identical to those that apply on the roads themselves.

Originally Posted by Stuck

My question is, If old mate was already halfway into the spot, why didn't the two women take the spot offered by the other motorist ?.

Might have been the wrong colour?