Are you bothered by cars parked against the flow of traffic?

hairysasquatch · 07-06-2025, 05:29 AM

This is starting to happen with greater frequency in my neighborhood. How do you feel about it?

ifish73 · 07-06-2025, 07:24 AM

It is illegal in a lot of areas to do it. Happens in front of my office all the time and it is dangerous.

JosieD · 07-06-2025, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

This is starting to happen with greater frequency in my neighborhood. How do you feel about it?

Not a fan. They ticket around here for that.

glen87 · 07-06-2025, 07:31 AM

hairy...is that really you?????

this is surprisingly not horrible

BostonNut · 07-06-2025, 07:39 AM

I don’t understand the question. We park in our driveways.

Bosoxfan5990 · 07-06-2025, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BostonNut

I don’t understand the question. We park in our driveways.

It's a very simple question.

glen87 · 07-06-2025, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

It's a very simple question.

...from a very simple OP

ssbledsoe · 07-06-2025, 10:05 AM

Annoys me

Not to the point of irrational anger that would lead to confrontation (or the chicken poo alternative of anonymously reporting them to the police)

Just makes me roll my eyes and automatically assume the people in my neighborhood that I see doing it are lazy, stupid, or both.

oldgoldy97 · 07-06-2025, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ssbledsoe

Annoys me

Not to the point of irrational anger that would lead to confrontation (or the chicken poo alternative of anonymously reporting them to the police)

Just makes me roll my eyes and automatically assume the people in my neighborhood that I see doing it are lazy, stupid, or both.

I wonder if they don’t understand the question

ssbledsoe · 07-06-2025, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I wonder if they don’t understand the question

*parks with windshield wipers on high, radio full blast, and rims with more scuffs than a Joe Niekro game used ball*

Bosoxfan5990 · 07-06-2025, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I wonder if they don’t understand the question

hairysasquatch · 07-06-2025, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

I wonder if they don’t understand the question

That's entirely possible. Of course, not all of us live where streets are paved and have names.

BostonNut · 07-06-2025, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Bosoxfan5990

It's a very simple question.

If you weren't such a NN you would understand I was subtly expressing my disappointment in the poll options.

dodgerfanjohn · 07-06-2025, 12:25 PM

The neighborhood I live in is odd with 2-5 residences per property. The place I live in is accessible from the alley…both the garage and the yard entrance is there. The mail box of course is on the street address. When I come home from work I pick up the mail. The street is narrow with parking only on one side, and I am always entering from the north while parking also faces that way. So I park against traffic to pick up my mail.

I have gotten bewildered looks as well as some angry looks for doing this. Makes no sense as I am not causing any issue. Of course this is the same neighborhood where nits put letters on your windshield when people park in front of their house. Morons really. They knew how dense the neighborhood was when they moved here(the place I live in was built in 1906).

The irrationally angry need to get over their irrationality.

asujbl · 07-06-2025, 12:29 PM

What neighborhoods do you people live in? This is straight to jail if you did it around me

Boo · 07-06-2025, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

What neighborhoods do you people live in? This is straight to jail if you did it around me

Bunch of poors

asujbl · 07-06-2025, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Boo

Bunch of poors

Seems that way

jlzinck · 07-06-2025, 02:48 PM

Good pole. 1 star

BostonNut · 07-06-2025, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by asujbl

Seems that way

Everyone but us I guess.

eastbayak · 07-06-2025, 06:34 PM

I don't care. As long as they don't hit me, my family, my car and other possessions, I'm fine with it.

TheHeel · 07-07-2025, 01:22 PM

I actually saw it the other day down the block. Odd? Yes. Does it bother me? IDGAF

Siberian13 · 07-07-2025, 04:21 PM

What about those that back into parking spots? Always feels like it’s their first time doing it. So much fun

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View Poll Results: Opinion on cars parked against the flow of traffic?
It makes me irrationally angry	5	25.00%
It annoys me	7	35.00%
It does not bother me	4	20.00%
I park my car against the flow of traffic	1	5.00%
Express antagonism toward the author of the poll here	3	15.00%
Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll

07-06-2025, 05:29 AM	#1
hairysasquatch Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the Woods, Central NY Posts: 34,865	Are you bothered by cars parked against the flow of traffic? This is starting to happen with greater frequency in my neighborhood. How do you feel about it? __________________ I am going signature-free

07-06-2025, 07:24 AM	#2
ifish73 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: S. New Jersey Posts: 16,833 ifish73	It is illegal in a lot of areas to do it. Happens in front of my office all the time and it is dangerous. __________________ Click below to be notified when I post a new break https://mailchi.mp/d6af07d2852b/ifish73

07-06-2025, 07:31 AM	#4
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07-06-2025, 07:39 AM	#5
BostonNut Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 59,729	I don’t understand the question. We park in our driveways. __________________ HairySasquatch

07-06-2025, 10:05 AM	#8
ssbledsoe Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: At least 500 feet from DB11 Posts: 28,143 ssbledsoe ssbledsoe	Annoys me Not to the point of irrational anger that would lead to confrontation (or the chicken poo alternative of anonymously reporting them to the police) Just makes me roll my eyes and automatically assume the people in my neighborhood that I see doing it are lazy, stupid, or both. __________________ Drew Bledsoe is a better QB than Patrick Mahomes

07-06-2025, 12:25 PM	#14
dodgerfanjohn Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 5,000 sternroolz	The neighborhood I live in is odd with 2-5 residences per property. The place I live in is accessible from the alley…both the garage and the yard entrance is there. The mail box of course is on the street address. When I come home from work I pick up the mail. The street is narrow with parking only on one side, and I am always entering from the north while parking also faces that way. So I park against traffic to pick up my mail. I have gotten bewildered looks as well as some angry looks for doing this. Makes no sense as I am not causing any issue. Of course this is the same neighborhood where nits put letters on your windshield when people park in front of their house. Morons really. They knew how dense the neighborhood was when they moved here(the place I live in was built in 1906). The irrationally angry need to get over their irrationality.

07-06-2025, 12:29 PM	#15
asujbl Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 61,824 ohiosundevils	What neighborhoods do you people live in? This is straight to jail if you did it around me __________________ https://ohiosundevils.smugmug.com/ Browns/Cavs/Tribe/Buckeyes/Jackets/Devils TheFrenzy - “Blowout ain't a place for normies”

07-06-2025, 02:48 PM	#18
jlzinck Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA Posts: 35,450 jlzinck jl_zinck	Good pole. 1 star __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/jonzinck

07-06-2025, 06:34 PM	#20
eastbayak Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 15,392 eastbayak	I don't care. As long as they don't hit me, my family, my car and other possessions, I'm fine with it.

07-07-2025, 01:22 PM	#21
TheHeel Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 15,340	I actually saw it the other day down the block. Odd? Yes. Does it bother me? IDGAF __________________ 48,230, 52,879, 40,400, 4,780 Pending Deals:

07-07-2025, 04:21 PM	#22
Siberian13 Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 75,874 shiller13	What about those that back into parking spots? Always feels like it’s their first time doing it. So much fun . __________________ O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave