Thread: Careful how you park

Originally Posted by Homestar

I drive a Hilux with bull bar on it and find myself in the city quite a bit - I park in multi story car parks regularly and always back in - the revering camera shows exactly where the back of the vehicle is and I put it as far back as I can but the front always sticks out around 600mm in front of the front line. So far no one that I know of has cleaned up the bull bar on the way past.

I wonder if said Bull Bar scares the **** out of passing drivers so they give you a wide berth?

I think you would know if they had.


OF. Disabled Spaces seem to be fair game for lazy inconsiderate sods. Sometimes they hang a Permit from the Mirror & sometimes not.
When I have a moan, 'er indoors always tells me that a disability is not always visible. Inevitably she is probably right.

Originally Posted by Old Farang

I was not going to post this, but as there are other comments:

Where I am in Bangkok most of the shopping center carparks have disabled bays. But it does not deter these ignorant ******! On several occasions I have come back to my car(and I have a disabled sticker and am 74 years old) only to find that I cannot open ANY door enough to get in the car. Then there are the ones that park their car across in front of a car in the disabled bay. They usually leave the car out of gear and the handbrake off, but not always.

Several months ago I was attacked in a disabled bay by a 30 something year old Chinese woman driving a Mini Cooper that she literally side slid into the disabled bay while I was putting my shopping in my car. I chipped her about it but she just ignored me and stalked off. After unloading the shopping trolley I put it near too, but NOT touching her drivers side door. She came back just as I was hobbling back to my car, grabbed the shopping trolley and rammed it into me! But that was not the end of it. She then attacked me as I tried to get into the Land Rover, reached inside the drivers door and grabbed the keys out of the ignition.

The useless police were called and eventually we had to go to the local police station, where one of senior cops virtually told her to **** off. My hand was cut when she grabbed the keys and had to have first aid treatment, but that was overlooked. She was demanding 50,000 Baht(about $225) to "repair" the unmarked door paint that only she could see!

Not fun. At least it wasn't a tuk tuk driver high on ya ba. Did the cops seek a bribe?

Not fun. At least it wasn't a tuk tuk driver high on ya ba. Did the cops seek a bribe?

I'm sure that they had it well in mind! Fortunately one of the lady managers that speaks perfect English would not let them near me. She also came to the police station with me to make sure they did not try and force me.

That was good of her.

I suspect those that design parking spaces, design multi story apartments in Sydney in their of days.

If this draft standard was implemented, it would address most issues
Its 10 years old, so maybe it has been, but ignored.http___www.aphref.aph.gov.au_house_committee_laca_disabilitystandards_exhibits_exhibit11 (1).pdf