Let me put this simply.

I went to night class and parked in the back of the lot, lots of empty space.

The situation

| Ford explorer | empty 1 | empty 2 | Mustang|

I double parked in the empty space head first, with most of my car in the empty 2 space.

I came back, and some Corolla manage to squeeze into the empty 1 space, millimeters from touching my car, I checked my car from top to bottom and I was amazed at how the Corolla didn't hit me.

The result?

I had to climb into my car from the passenger seat

I was so mad I wanted to vandalize the other car, but it was also my fault so I took a deep breath, check my car for scratches, and drove home.

 

lol good story

and why I never double park

 

Sorry to say, but you deserved it. Don't do stuff that attract some attention and double parking will surely get some attention 100% of the time.

 

i feel like double parking is just seriously asking for it...


All I remember is the Rolls Royce Phantom parked at the local Costco, with the driver asleep with his mouth open waiting for whoever was inside--parked in a single spot, just like everybody else.

 

tsk tsk Mike...tsk tsk.

 

tsk tsk some evo double parks all the time and i just want to take a pos car and park next to him lol

 

I usually get away with it because I "own" the back of the lots since no one parks there, a couple of other nicer cars along with mine double and triple park everywhere. Today I was like "......"

Haha.. funny stuff

I am just glad no one vandalized my car.

 

Cant stand it when people double park and park in handicapped zones (w/o tag or plate). But you did say the lot was empty and you parked in the back...

 

That's a good story. Thanks for sharing!

 

I would never had the guts to double park.

 

I disagree that he deserved it......or anyone else under the same circumstances. IMO, it's apples and oranges. Double-parking across a center line to protect your doors and paint, unless it impacts a marked handicapped space without a permit or a space reserved for emergency vehicles, is NOT a crime. A nuisance, maybe, or taking up part of two spaces, but, in most cases, not a crime. Retribution by vandalism (keying, glass-breaking, scratching, etc...), however, IS a crime.....whether one is double-parked or not.

And, in this case, the Corolla driver next to him should have had more sense than to park like that. He or she (apparantly) was in a hurry.

 

corolla drivers are usually pretty sketchy. pretty much all corollas have some sort of paint transfer or dent on their bumpers. civics too.

here's my rant: why does my car attract mini-vans? everytime i park in the most empty area with no cars around(usually farthest corner), a mini-van mysteriously parks beside me. whether i am somewhere for 5 mins or 1 hour. happens most often at walmarts, superstore.

i don't double park but i try to find corner spaces where i can get as close to the corner as possible. or a spot that's surrounded by pillars on both sides.

 

I agree w/ you that it's not a crime since it's on private property. Though, the school might have a separate policy that can still elicit a citation issued by their private patrol or on-campus patrol. You can't fault the Corolla driver for picking that spot since you don't really know their situation. May be it was a safer spot to be in or may be it was just convenient. Or may be just parked their to be a rude since it was an obvious decision to indicate their intention. In the end, you can't expect other people to use common sense, but it sure doesn't hurt to apply it to yourself.

As for the OP, I hope you learned your lesson and quit double parking because next time, you might not be so lucky. As the saying goes, "wrong place at the wrong time..."

 

I park over two spots all of the time but I park as far away from the entrance as possible. I have had no issues but even if I have to take only one spot I will still park away from everyone else

 

That's my technique