"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
08/16/2016 at 22:16 • Filed to: Parking
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"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
08/16/2016 at 22:16 • Filed to: Parking | 1
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I know I was parked legally, because my tires were fully inside the lines of my spot. The question I have is, did I park like a jerk? I know my side view mirror was hanging over the handicapped spot a bit. I couldn’t go over more, or the person on my right wouldn’t have been able to get into their car. The spots are really narrow. Answer honestly, because if this is a jerk move, I won’t do it again.
wafflesnfalafel
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 22:23 |
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nope - I do that all the time since the handi spots are only used a a few hours every month and I’ve got a tinier rig than you.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 22:24 |
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i’m pretty sure parking in the H.C. would be the dick move. I think the H.C. and striped zone are 16', way more than enough room.
fitting in ADA clearances can be a challenge some times. Just think ramps can be 1:12 max. so every inch up is 1 foot over. a 10' story would require a ramp 120' long and that doesn’t even include all the required level areas for resting or turning.
dogisbadob
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 22:25 |
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You’re fine
Urambo Tauro
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 22:30 |
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I couldn’t go over more, or the person on my right wouldn’t have been able to get into their car.
How come? Was the car partly in your spot?
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shop-teacher
> OPPOsaurus WRX
08/16/2016 at 22:31 |
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No doubt, parking in the HC spot is clearly not ok.
Yeah, ramps take up a massive amount of space. Back in architecture school, we had a design studio project which mandated no elevators or wheelchair lifts for ... Reasons ... I guess. I had a compelling reason to have a second story, so I modeled the wheelchair ramp and the building around it. It was MASSIVE, a full 1/3 of the volume of he building. My prof took one look at that model and said, “Oh screw that! Just put in a lift.”
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shop-teacher
> Urambo Tauro
08/16/2016 at 22:33 |
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No, but the spots are narrow, and they were at the far left side of their spot, much like me.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 22:36 |
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Frank Lloyd Wright Laughs at your Ramp : Floor Area ratio
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shop-teacher
> OPPOsaurus WRX
08/16/2016 at 22:37 |
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Frank cares nothing about any of us or our thoughts :)
Tom McParland
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 22:41 |
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I don’t see anything wrong with this. You are clearly within the borders of your own spot. Yeah it’s a little tight, but the handicapped spot here is pretty generous, so even if a rampvan had to slide a little in the lines there would be plenty of room to deploy the ramp and get out easily.
I very much appreciate your consideration though. :)
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shop-teacher
> Tom McParland
08/16/2016 at 23:18 |
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Good to know! Thanks for weighing in :)
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Urambo Tauro
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 23:28 |
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If the spots are super narrow, you can only do the best you can.
I went to a salvage yard the other day that forced me to get uncomfortably close to the line, but when I got out, I found that I was equally close to the other line, and was actually pretty well centered. It was like an unmarked compact spot... at a business that ought to be expecting a high percentage of patrons with pickup trucks.
HammerheadFistpunch
> shop-teacher
08/16/2016 at 23:29 |
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Drove a ramp van like Toms for a while, I wouldn’t take issue with it
JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
> Urambo Tauro
08/17/2016 at 06:37 |
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The Home Depot in my town has some of the smallest spaces ever. They barely are wide or long enough for my accord coupe. At a home improvement store...
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shop-teacher
> JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
08/17/2016 at 07:08 |
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Home Depots are pretty much all that way, it’s rediculous.
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shop-teacher
> Urambo Tauro
08/17/2016 at 07:11 |
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I certainly did what I could do in that spot, but I could’ve gone to another spot farther away. That’s why I wanted to check with Tom to see if the way I parked could cause any trouble. Fortunately he said it was fine.
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shop-teacher
> HammerheadFistpunch
08/17/2016 at 07:12 |
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That’s what Tom said as well. I was glad to hear that.