Mildly infuriating to see the car suffering from having to park crooked like this

  • dhork@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I bet OP is from the US. In Europe people park their cars anywhere they fit, on any side of the road or sidewalk. So many of their cities were built before personal cars became a thing, after all.

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        1 year ago

        Where is “here” for you? I totally understand how it can vary by country. I was most recently in the UK, and I saw cars parked anywhere they could fit.

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          1 year ago

          In the Nordic.

          Europe is a big and diverse region. One can’t make these claims on an anecdote from just a single European country.

          Saying “EU” instead of “Europe” would narrow it down quite a bit but often not enough.

        • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk
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          It’s only illegal in the UK in London (wierd exception, imo). On other places it’s down to local byelaws (our local council states that a car must allow enough space for a wheelchair to pass for example, although it’s rarely enforced).

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      1 year ago

      This is in Europe, but the mildly infuriating part isn’t about the sidewalk, it’s about the car being crooked. If it were US these would probably all be SUVs.