This annoys me

"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee)
08/30/2017 at 14:10 • Filed to: None

Sure it’s only $7.50, but thats more than had I just gotten a ticket for not paying for parking. The dumb lot has a rule that you can’t back into spots. But as I was driving through one spot into another at about 9pm last night, that didn’t cross my mind. I could have bought beer with that $7.50

DISCUSSION (45)

Nothing > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:15

No front plate state, right? Gotta be able to read those license plates!

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:15

Officer W34 can GTFAC.

EL_ULY > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:16

14 Jack in the Box tacos

Scary__goongala! > Nothing
08/30/2017 at 14:17

Wow that’s really the reasoning for it?

Lazy bastards

Chariotoflove > EL_ULY
08/30/2017 at 14:18

When you put in those terms, it makes me weep.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Nothing
08/30/2017 at 14:19

I remember being in IL and seeing a lot with that rule. IL has front plates.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:20

Can’t BACK IN??????????????? Backing in is the only way to go (unless you can find a pull-through spot, which accomplishes the same thing). Way safer.

Scary__goongala! > EL_ULY
08/30/2017 at 14:20

Ohhhhh man, now I really feel robbed. I did just have a burrito for lunch though.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:21

That nuts, I ONLY back into spots. It would be totally unnatural for me to pull into a spot.

fintail > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:22

It’s about safety, not money. Definitely not money.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:23

Wha ... wha...what? You can’t back into a space. WTF kind of bullshit is this?

Scary__goongala! > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/30/2017 at 14:23

Seriously, a campus full of terrible college drivers/parkers, and I get a ticket for parking well. Its sorta a tight lot so if everyone backed in, manuvering it would be much easier.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > fintail
08/30/2017 at 14:24

Oh wait.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:24

Fuck them that’s ridiculous.

jonny11quest > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:24

If the statute is worded that you can’t “back” into a spot, then you could argue that you never backed in. You pulled through. Not worth it in my opinion.

Scary__goongala! > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/30/2017 at 14:24

Yeah I only pull into a spot if other drivers are nearby.

Nothing > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
08/30/2017 at 14:25

I just imagined it had something to do with being able to easily, consistently read plates. I’d imagine it’s a common rule/law where no front plates are required, but I could be wrong.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:25

Yeah, my apartment complex doesn’t allow back ins. Which I hate!

crowmolly > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:25

Typically, yeah.

Nibbles > jonny11quest
08/30/2017 at 14:27

If he could provide proof of pulling in, the pedant in me says DO IT

Scary__goongala! > Nibbles
08/30/2017 at 14:29

I would totally take time out of my day to fight it if I had proof haha. Stuff like this bothers the hell out of me.

BeaterGT > jonny11quest
08/30/2017 at 14:29

WORTH IT

jonny11quest > Nibbles
08/30/2017 at 14:31

Yeah I think for minor stuff like this, burden of proof is on you to prove you were innocent. With proof, it would be an awesome way to win $7.50 and waste a few hours.

Svend > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:33

WHAT? Parking violation for reversing into a parking space?

But then again your in a country where some can’t park outside the front of their house on the street, some places where when you do park on the street, it has to be in the direction of travel for that side of the road, etc...

What’s crazy is surely it’s more hazardous to reverse out of a parking space than to reverse into a space and pull out a space forwards.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:34

It’s football season soon, they’ll be more concerned with burning couches than parking tickets for the next few months :P

Scary__goongala! > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
08/30/2017 at 14:37

People find creative ways to park for the football games, so I wouldn’t be so sure haha. And you’ll get expelled for burning a couch now.

Stapleface > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:38

Wow, screw that shit. I only ever back in/pull through spots.

I don’t like backing out of spots, especially with people who drive giant SUVs and are completely distracted.

That is one of the dumbest parking lot rules I’ve ever seen.

Scary__goongala! > Svend
08/30/2017 at 14:38

This particular lot would be better off if everyone backed into the spots.

Svend > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:45

You can’t cure stupid mate.

Till they do, there is beer.

Kinja'd!!!

TheRealBicycleBuck > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:46

If the spaces aren’t angled, then backing in is safer. http://www.automotive-fleet.com/channel/safety-accident-management/news/story/2015/12/aaa-warns-against-pull-forward-parking.aspx

I’d fight the ticket and provide evidence that might lead to the law being vacated.

Scary__goongala! > Svend
08/30/2017 at 14:47

There is always beer indeed.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 14:51

Boo. No respect for tradition.

Kinja'd!!!

fourvalleys > Svend
08/30/2017 at 14:51

I used to park next to a lady whose kids dinged the absolute crap out of my doors. These were spaces perpendicular to the road, so you either had to back into traffic or back in from the road. I chose to back in.

One day I asked her to have her kids be more careful about how they opened their doors. Her response? “If you didn’t back into your space, there would be more room. It’s illegal to back in anyway.”

Somehow the direction my car is facing makes it larger or smaller? Who knows.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > fourvalleys
08/30/2017 at 14:58

Kinja'd!!!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 15:05

Good point. My reverse is annoying to engage in a hurry so I tend to do that as well. I assume nobody will stop for me ever so I avoid being run into. Annoying as hell backing out again though later.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > EL_ULY
08/30/2017 at 15:06

That is not something to cry over.

The fact that it’ll get you a Chipotle burrito, including tax, is a real travesty.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > fourvalleys
08/30/2017 at 15:07

Idk how you arent in jail right now for murder.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Stapleface
08/30/2017 at 15:07

Codifying stupidity is the height of stupidity.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > TheRealBicycleBuck
08/30/2017 at 15:10

I hate angled spots with a passion because of this.

fourvalleys > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
08/30/2017 at 15:10

I was considering taking her to small claims court (partially because she was obnoxious in general), but the car was totaled in a hit & run before I could do much. Oh well.

Scary__goongala! > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever
08/30/2017 at 15:15

Stuff still gets lit on fire occasionally, but no wheres close to the levels achieved in the past. The funniest thing to me now is how much the school spends on activities for students, anything to try and keep us from drinking.

EL_ULY > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/30/2017 at 15:23

oooooo fancy with a “starbucks version” of a burrito

lol j/k :]

arl > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 15:41

Yea, I did that at beach town in Delaware this summer. Cost me $30.00

wafflesnfalafel > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 15:57

The underground lot at one of my client offices has a “garage meister” that will ticket folks for parking over the line, sneeze the wrong direction, etc. My client gave me the heads up in advance so at least I have been able to avoid getting nailed...

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Scary__goongala!
08/30/2017 at 16:14

I’d pay that only in pennies.