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Speaking of parking....

by onSubie
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Okay I still cannot watch this without rolling with laughter.

I just unfolds so slowly and painfully.

The Calgary police did cite the woman after using the video evidence to find her. She got a few fines but nothing serious.

  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Wow, and I think I look bad sometimes! That person was worse than I have been from the getgo, but after that car moved, she still acted like it was there. If she didn't, she could have easily gotten out.

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  • Profile picture of the author TheWriteOne
    Is this serious? The funny thing is that the car beside hers already left and she did not even notice that. She can afford the repairs since she owns a BMW. On a serious note, I think that drivers like this should not be allowed to drive. It would cause so much traffic if she was on a busy street and accidents can happen.
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    • Profile picture of the author onSubie
      Originally Posted by TheWriteOne View Post

      Is this serious? The funny thing is that the car beside hers already left and she did not even notice that. She can afford the repairs since she owns a BMW. On a serious note, I think that drivers like this should not be allowed to drive. It would cause so much traffic if she was on a busy street and accidents can happen.
      That's what kills me the most. People come and go about their business while she struggles along.

      The guy behind her leaves and instead of backing up into open space she keeps wonking around until she is stuck between the only two cars near her.

      Then another guy comes, enters the store, leaves, talks to his driver and she is still between the two cars. I swear I am crying at this point.

      And yes it's serious. It got the attention of the news and then the cops. The cops did track her down and ticketed her for careless driving or something. I assume they also got her insurance in touch with the driver of the car she hit.
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      • Profile picture of the author TheWriteOne
        Originally Posted by onSubie View Post

        That's what kills me the most. People come and go about their business while she struggles along.

        The guy behind her leaves and instead of backing up into open space she keeps wonking around until she is stuck between the only two cars near her.

        Then another guy comes, enters the store, leaves, talks to his driver and she is still between the two cars. I swear I am crying at this point.

        And yes it's serious. It got the attention of the news and then the cops. The cops did track her down and ticketed her for careless driving or something. I assume they also got her insurance in touch with the driver of the car she hit.
        I just wish that the others would have helped her and she gets some parking lessons or something. Good thing she doesn't live here in the Philippines. That kind of driving won't work here.

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    • Profile picture of the author Cali16
      Ooooohhhh, that was cringe-worthy to say the least...

      Heaven forbid she ever attempts parallel parking!
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      • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
        when I saw this video I emailed it to my best girlfriend with the subject line "Someone who drives worse than me" - she laughed her head off -

        it really was cringe-worthy - the driver must have got her license in a cracker jack box, lol
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  • Profile picture of the author Formal Shorts
    Austin powers exists, and he's hiding in Calgary!
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    • Profile picture of the author discrat
      My wife always says women can't parallel park at all.

      I know this is not parallel parking ( but the angles and hand eye coordination involved are similar) but needless to say this is a woman driver


      P.S. I can honestly say that I have never met a woman who could parallel park.

      Iam not saying woman can't. I just never have met one lol
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      • Profile picture of the author Cali16
        Originally Posted by discrat View Post

        I just never have met one lol
        Allow me to be the first, Robert....

        I'm a woman and I can parallel park! (Yes, I really can - and without doing any damage in the process!)

        Now you've met one.

        (P.S. I hate parallel parking; it's a pain, but I'm glad I learned so I can do it when needed.)
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by discrat View Post

        My wife always says women can't parallel park at all.

        I know this is not parallel parking ( but the angles and hand eye coordination involved are similar) but needless to say this is a woman driver


        P.S. I can honestly say that I have never met a woman who could parallel park.

        Iam not saying woman can't. I just never have met one lol
        Don't get out much do ya? I can park in places that some people can't even get to. Also don't like to -- but some of the 4WD paths I've driven make parking a real moot point. It's not a physical thing at all. It's a matter of how often someone has to do it. People think that women have bad directional sense, too, but I've never had to find a lost woman in a stretch of mountains, either.
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        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
          LOL!

          That was too funny!

          It's like she hits the car behind her and then is to afraid to move more than a couple of inches at a time. And why didn't she cut her wheel more as she was inching back and forth?

          I don't like parallel parking either and am not the best at it, but I can get in and out without hitting another car at least, lol!


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          • Profile picture of the author Kay King
            I don't prefer parallel parking - but I can do it if necessary.

            I admit I'm in LOVE with my son's new Explorer where the gps screen also includes rear cameras and warning sounds if you get close to an obstacle. Anyone who can't park this Explorer shouldn't be driving!
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            • Profile picture of the author HeySal
              Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

              I don't prefer parallel parking - but I can do it if necessary.

              I admit I'm in LOVE with my son's new Explorer where the gps screen also includes rear cameras and warning sounds if you get close to an obstacle. Anyone who can't park this Explorer shouldn't be driving!
              Owwww - I would LOVE rear camera action. There are times I have to turn around where there's only around a foot of space to go back and forward (series of Y turn movements) and when that is at the the edge of a xxxxx foot drop off, it gets real tense. I hate white knuckle turning, but sometimes it has to be done. At least it's better than the times I have to back up downhill because there's no room to turn around. Now you have me wondering how much a rear camera system would cost.
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              • Profile picture of the author discrat
                Great to meet some women who can do it. I figure there would be a few of you inhere

                I keep telling my wife parallel parking is NOT a science but an ART.

                It really is. It is more having to do with 'feel' than anything.

                She always ask me at what point she should start turning, what to look for etc..etc.. and I tell her it is just an intuitive feel you develop after doing it many times.

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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Seriously makes me think cops would be warranted for giving "stupid while driving" tickets.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Yep, it takes practice. And then there's the unparking - which can be a headache and a half because there's always some twit to come along and leave you 3 or 4 inches in front or in back of your car. Out in Oregon, though, they would park next to you - 300 lb women - and leave about 6 inches like they couldn't even see they didn't have enough room to get their humungus bulk out of the small space they left to open their door - and even with you right there in the car they'd whip their door open and bash the side of your car and try to squeeze or just shut their door and bam it open again and hit your car again like it would make a difference in opening their door wider. Serious. I came out of my rig a few times ready to haul butt on women pulling that one - would write down their license - go look at my door from the corner of the car because there wasn't even enough room for skinny little me to get between the cars - and I'd yell to the woman that if she hit my car again I was going to take the extra quarter ton off her that was keeping her from being able to get out of her car. Then they get all pissy and want to fight and I just open my cell phone and act like I'm taking a pic and calling the cops - so they start their car and drive away real careful so not to hit the side mirror (again sometimes) because they think I have cops on the line and am taking pictures. And this is the DRIVERS side of the car - not the passenger side that it's harder to see what your doing from the driver's seat.

    That happened to be around 5 times in Central Oregon -- because that's how a lot of women drive in central oregon. Old men will stop in the middle of the road and look around like there's no traffic to hold up - but for some reason those women up there drive like they're on drugs that are so strong they have absolutely not 1 inch of depth perception.

    And yes, if I sounded like I was about to get offended by "women driver" comments -- I wasn't. There's too many that should not be issued car keys under any circumstances on the road. A lot of em shop at walmart.

    </rant> oouuu - that felt good.
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    Banned
    Seriously? LOL
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