Bigger parking spaces for women.

12-07-2012 06:27PM

hondasam wrote: »

No one's perfect and I'm sure we have all made a mess of parking on more than one occasion.
If you want a big car take the time to get to know it and learn how to park it, practise makes perfect no point in going to a busy shopping centre the first day you have it trying to park it.

Meh, if you have to spend a lot of time practicing parking a new car you're not a natural driver, buy a yaris.

Chuck Stone · 12-07-2012 06:28PM

Yay! WhoopsyDD's name doesn't screw up the page anymore!

hondasam · 12-07-2012 06:29PM

whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »

Meh, if you have to spend a lot of time practicing parking a new car you're not a natural driver, buy a yaris.

What a yaris give me some credit

You got to get a feel for a new car, it takes a few days to get to know it.

biko · 12-07-2012 06:53PM

I first assumed it was for the perception they need to get babies and shopping it and out if the rear seats but no, it was just a stunt he claims now.

Btw, he's also designating difficult spots as "men only".
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sexist-german-mayor-creates-parking-spaces-for-men-only/

Ficheall · 12-07-2012 07:06PM

biko wrote: »

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sexist-german-mayor-creates-parking-spaces-for-men-only/

First comment there:
"Oh like any real woman cares what some German dude does…..has anyone seen a typical German porn movie? They spend more time eating waste material from each others hinterlands than actually having relations of one contorted sort or another. The last such German movie title I saw plastered on a blue movie theater marquee was when I was walking down a street in Munich looking for a restaurant that served something actually edible…….so as I was sitting there in a Kentucky Fried Chicken…….across the street they were playing a movie called “Haste Makes Waste”…..I supposed then as I do now…that Haste is some German fellows first name…..and what little German I do know language wise….I don’t think it rhymes with waste."
:pac:

12-07-2012 07:09PM

hondasam wrote: »

What a yaris give me some credit

You got to get a feel for a new car, it takes a few days to get to know it.

Well I wasn't referring to you, but if the boot fits

the groutch · 12-07-2012 07:39PM

Funglegunk wrote: »

I thought it would be more to with providing space for getting very small children in and out of the car.

if the children are so small, then surely they'd need less space to get in/out of the car

Abi · 12-07-2012 08:00PM

the groutch wrote: »

if the children are so small, then surely they'd need less space to get in/out of the car

Remember this the next time you come out of the shop to find body damage to your car.

The amount of times I've been still in my car and watch a kid swing open and bounce their door off one of mine is unreal. Unless I'm in a spot that has door swinging space from my car, I'd rather park as far away from the shop as I can get.

Lando Griffin · 12-07-2012 08:15PM

Over the years the standard width of a car has got much wider while at the same time throw standard width of a parking space has stayed the same.

Eoin247 · 12-07-2012 09:29PM

whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »

Meh, if you have to spend a lot of time practicing parking a new car you're not a natural driver, buy a yaris.

Surely if the new car has a decent bit of size difference, there is no shame in practicing for a bit.

12-07-2012 09:34PM

Eoin247 wrote: »

Surely if the new car has a decent bit of size difference, there is no shame in practicing for a bit.

Shame? Nah, no shame.

I've just never had that issue with cars, or with parking, you can see how big the car is and you can see how big the space is, if the space is the right size, getting it into that space shouldn't be that difficult to do.

Laura_lolly87 · 12-07-2012 09:49PM

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

I have know men and women who can't park but I really hate those people who buy a new car and then decide to park it in the middle of two parking spots so it won't get scratched.

They do that on purpose??

:eek:

cynder · 12-07-2012 09:50PM

Passes my test in a Toyota verso (7seater) I find reversing into a spot easier than driving in, when I have the little yaris I can park into the smallest spots, spots where no verso would fit. That being said I very rarely give up on a car parking spot when driving the verso ( once every 6 months if that), never gave up a spot in the yaris.

Tbh I do think some car parking spots are tiny, you can't open the doors wide enough to get the kids out and some idiots park right over the white line.

Capt'n Midnight · 12-07-2012 10:04PM

paint a double line about 50cm wide between each space to stop parking right up against the line

you'd think that it would be easy for an engineer to design a car park - flat tarmac - but judging by the results it's either beyond them or they have peculiar ideas of how real people behave

12-07-2012 10:06PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

you'd think that it would be easy for an engineer to design a car park - flat tarmac - but judging by the results it's either beyond them or they have peculiar ideas of how real people behave

maybe they get women to design them :eek:

jos28 · 13-07-2012 12:10AM

There is an argument that women have trouble judging distance apparently due to the fact that men have continuously told us that something measures 9 inches when it is really only 6

Seriously though, I agree with Hondasam in that the size of the car does not matter so long as you can drive properly. I park in a busy car park for work everyday and I swear someday I will take the keys from some drivers one of these days while they attempt to park. It's not just the stupid bints in jeeps but I have seen oulfellas swing into a space and don't even look to see where they end up. Parking is not rocket science, if you are unsure then get someone to teach you and practice !

Kev.OC · 13-07-2012 12:48AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

you'd think that it would be easy for an engineer to design a car park - flat tarmac - but judging by the results it's either beyond them or they have peculiar ideas of how real people behave

I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here to be honest, but if you have a completely flat slab of tarmac and it rains, where is all the water going to do?

Then you'll be blaming the engineers for not designing a car park with adequate run-off, when your car is essentially parked in the middle of a lake.

flyswatter · 13-07-2012 03:29AM

Seems legit.

fortwilliam · 13-07-2012 04:14AM

They all have lovely bottoms...

pickarooney · 13-07-2012 10:21AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I wasn't referring to you, but if the boot fits

If the boot fits, the rest of the car probably will too. Just mind the wing mirrors.

13-07-2012 10:43AM

my grandfather is always amazed how little space the family cars need to leave for me to reverse into
easy enough like

was a bit of a shock going from my little starter micra to my current car though for the first day or two

Bad Panda · 13-07-2012 10:50AM

Vicar in a tutu wrote: »

Are you sure it's not just for our big arses:(

Baby got back....

13-07-2012 10:54AM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Yay! WhoopsyDD's name doesn't screw up the page anymore!

<_<
>_>

The Big Red Button · 13-07-2012 11:06AM

I'm female, I have no problem whatsoever with parking, but I still always prefer to go for bigger spaces. Less chance of getting dinges in the side of my car! :cool:

Jester252 · 13-07-2012 12:01PM

When I got my LP the only time I got to drive was when my mum had to park

Kolido · 13-07-2012 12:22PM

Capt'n Midnight · 13-07-2012 12:22PM

Kev.OC wrote: »

I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here to be honest, but if you have a completely flat slab of tarmac and it rains, where is all the water going to do?

>_<

I was referring to the layout. And yes there are usually sloped.

But as we've seen all too often large puddles and localised flooding during heavy rain are far too common on our roads and paths , and some car parks

haminka · 13-07-2012 12:28PM

the groutch wrote: »

if the children are so small, then surely they'd need less space to get in/out of the car

I don't think you ever had to take out a small child out of a car

starbelgrade · 13-07-2012 12:36PM

haminka wrote: »

I don't think you ever had to take out a small child out of a car

I parked in a parent & child spot in the supermarket the other day as I had my little girl in car seat in the back, only to be told by a woman that "these spaces are for mothers and children only".

Dopey bitch.

Daveysil15 · 13-07-2012 06:16PM

Ficheall wrote: »

First comment there:
"Oh like any real woman cares what some German dude does…..has anyone seen a typical German porn movie? They spend more time eating waste material from each others hinterlands than actually having relations of one contorted sort or another. The last such German movie title I saw plastered on a blue movie theater marquee was when I was walking down a street in Munich looking for a restaurant that served something actually edible…….so as I was sitting there in a Kentucky Fried Chicken…….across the street they were playing a movie called “Haste Makes Waste”…..I supposed then as I do now…that Haste is some German fellows first name…..and what little German I do know language wise….I don’t think it rhymes with waste."
:pac:

How did a discussion about women's parking spaces turn into a discussion about porn?

Bigger parking spaces for women.

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