I wonder who would get taken out first if the car decides to get out.
I feel for ppl that get thier motorcycles "felled" curbside, but this is just asking for it.
Bravo .. great job on parking here
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I wonder who would get taken out first if the car decides to get out.
I feel for ppl that get thier motorcycles "felled" curbside, but this is just asking for it.
Thats tight but doable, that car is tiny and probably has a very tight turning radius... I drive a lifted full size 4x4 pickup and have to squeeze into and out of small spots like that all the time...Generally people need to learn how to park better, I havent been driving that long and I see some people out there that are just terrible at parallel parking...
It's true though, as crummy as it is to have our bikes tipped over by cagers not knowing how to park properly, some riders need to know when it's a good spot to park or not to avoid putting themselves in this predicament.
I dont know the full story of this picture, but if it's either of the 2 bikes that parked last, it's their fault for squeezing in the Toyota.
And honestly, i think that's what happened.
I dont know the full story of this picture, but if it's either of the 2 bikes that parked last, it's their fault for squeezing in the Toyota.
And honestly, i think that's what happened.
Might be doable, but they're giving a lot of credit to the driver here. Even if they were good ( and patient), who can blame someone for being ****** off at having move the steering wheel a hundred times ,and in the end out of sheer frustration of too many tries ends up kissing the front tire (hopefully not intentionally)....and down she goes.
The other possibility is that all three of those people (the two riders and the cager) are together...
lol .. could be. Didn't think of that one!!
I'm not saying that's the case, but its a definite possibility.. I wouldn't squeeze my bike that close to a car unless I knew who's it was, and we mutually decided to 'share' the space.. ie, we where leaving at the same time..
Indeed that's a possibility. Although it would make more sense to have the 2 bikes side by side and the car on either side of the pair.
I find it funny how a single picture can be turned into a thousand different stories based on every single person's different perception of things.
Push the rear bike straight out into the street so you have room to back the car up and leave. As for the bike you pushed out into the street, leave it there. The rider might get the point that way.
Not sure if it would be the rear bike's at fault here unless the rider came in and parked between two cars.
If not then it's the one who parked in front who's at fault. Notice that the "legal" parking ends right where the bike in front (the blue one) is. It looks like the bike at the rear of the Toyota actually left enough room between him and the car behind him.
The scenario can play out both ways but I'm not so sure that you can tag the rear bike for certain as being at fault.
If that's right, that toyota has all the right to plough thru
I find it funny how a single picture can be turned into a thousand different stories based on every single person's different perception of things.
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words
The owner of the Toyota would know if there was a bike behind him when he arrived. Either way works though. Push the back at the rear out on the street and leave it there, or do so with the bike in front. Either way the Toyota gets the room needed to get out of that spot.
I had to face a similar situation today. Spent 20 mins hunting for a spot and found a couple that I could've squeezed in and would only find myself to blame if it got knocked down. I did however find an empty car spot at the very beginning of the zone and decided that it was best to park closer to the car behind me and give another car a chance to park ahead of me at their own risk. However, if a car did park in that space that I left in front and had another bike pull in front of that car, I would've been looking at an identical situation. Makes me wonder from now on if it makes more sense to park right in the middle of a spot and not allow any legal room for another 4 wheeled vehicle to park. It would allow spots for maybe 2 or 3 other fellow bikers though. I'm sure that I'd be cussed by every car that passed looking for a spot, if I did that.
Well, look at the choices. You're trying to be considerate by leaving room for the next car to arrive (if one does), but in doing so you're being an absolute prick to the car already there that you've parked up so close to it that you're now impeding its exit. On a scale of net "good and bad", in my opinion you've tipped over onto the "bad" side by doing so.
Also, in doing so you've now exposed your bike to be knocked over by the existing car when it goes to leave, or at the very least moved. Neither is a very appealing option from where I sit. Ordinarily I'd say that it's bad form to go and move another person's bike to, say, be able to get into a parking spot. However, to get out of a parking spot, if a bike has gone and blocked me in, all bets are off. It may be bad form to move another's bike, but it's also really bad form to block a person into a parking spot.
I always try to park so that there is a reasonable gap between me and the car(s) already there. That's simple courtesy, and its also bike self-preservation. If that means there is no longer room for another vehicle to fit in, so be it.
[wagging my finger at turbodish]
You'll need to read my prior post above once again.
I said "Closer", as in closer towards the car vs. closer to the parking sign at the start of the zone, which does not necessarily mean impeding it's exit. I guess I'm not that much of a ******
... That would be pretty stupid on my part, considering I ****** on another fellow biker by displaying his parking habits in a public forum.
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[wagging my finger at turbodish]
You'll need to read my post above again.
I said "Closer", as in closer towards the car vs. closer to the parking sign at the start of the zone, which does not necessarily mean impeding it's exit. I guess I'm not that much of a ******
Ah, I see. I read "closer" as in possibly impeding exit, but ok. Still, my point stands when it comes to leaving adequate room for others to leave, both from a consideration for others point of view, and from a bike self-preservation point of view.
point taken 
