[melliott]

Hi all. I know car parking is a perennial topic, but I thought I’d share this especially interesting example I noted on my way to work yesterday morning, presumably left there overnight.

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[antigee]

very common…out of state

very common…out of state plates but still suburban Melbourne….$155 but once out from the centre a bit don’t think enforcement on radar 

[Philh68]

All too common. Is the fine

All too common. Is the fine for that still $155?

[Philh68]

I think it’s more just smug

I think it’s more just smug rich people hating cyclists for having the temerity to be there at all, than cyclists having done anything to deserve it. It’s just council using a passive aggressive means of telling them they aren’t welcome.

[Philh68]

They want cyclists to be

They want cyclists to be quiet, the sign says nothing about the bike 

[antigee]

Down under … suburban

Down under … suburban Melbourne

[RobSC]

If it means that large groups

If it means that large groups don’t yell at each other when they pass through at 6am on a Sunday morning then that seems like a perfectly reasonable request to me.

[brooksby]

ktache wrote:

I understand that on tonights Ch5 Parking Hell:At War with the Law (notice, not with the motorist?) Brum’s PC Mark “RoboCop” Hodson “has his sights set on reckless parkers clogging up cycle lanes.”

I started watching it, and gave up because i could feel my blood pressure rising  The sense of entitlement on display…  The kid who said, “I pay road tax, I pay insurance, and I spent £26K on this car – why should I have to pay £3 to leave my car for an hour in the town centre?”…  Who then went on to show the tricks he uses to try and leave his car around his town centre while he goes to work without paying to do so.  Like, any bit of unwatched tarmac that isn’t explicitly marked as no parking.  Horrible programme.

[ktache]

Hope freehubs?

Hope freehubs?

[Hirsute]

Is it becasue they have

Is it becasue they have squeaky brakes?

[Philh68]

The area in Perth they’re in

The area in Perth they’re in is full of rich a-holes in their Chelsea tractors. The signs were only erected in November, to my knowledge without main roads approval. The mayor is anti-cyclist, calling cyclists the problem and having suggested on tv news that residents may resort to road blocks to deal with them. An utter tool.

Don’t let the pavement colour fool you, the section of road where the truck is parked isn’t actually a cycle lane despite appearances. It’s signposted so cars can park there 9am to 4pm Mon to Sat, over-riding the bike lane symbols painted there. Everywhere else I went in Perth was great. It’s just Nedlands that’s shite.

[brooksby]

Philh68 wrote:

Just visited Perth, Australia and had a similar encounter on Victoria Ave, near where the Nedlands council put up its ridiculous anti-cyclist signs:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0iZam_SDSz7xfEAP46eqPm9dA

That first one – “Cyclists please be quiet in residential areas” – has come up on local newspapers here in the UK from time to time, usually in chocolate box villages with no facilities full of retired stockbrokers…

[brooksby]

ktache wrote:

Or that by putting your hazards on then it’s alright…

But…  You mean that you’re NOT allowed to park wherever you want so long as your hazards are flashing?  I am shocked.  Somebody needs to tell the general public about this new law.

[Philh68]

Just visited Perth, Australia

Just visited Perth, Australia and had a similar encounter on Victoria Ave, near where the Nedlands council put up its ridiculous anti-cyclist signs:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0iZam_SDSz7xfEAP46eqPm9dA

[melliott]

I did wonder about the
I did wonder about the handbrake, but I checked. It was parked there on purpose. The parking on that side road is perpendicular to where the car is now. My guess it’s someone who’s arrived quite late, leaving again early and thought they’d leave the car out of the road (mostly).

[Tom_77]

Looks like the handbrake has

Looks like the handbrake has failed and the car has rolled out of the driveway into the road. Easily avoided by parking the car in gear.

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