Supra_UK_
Well-Known Member
I see what you mean, me and my wife were debating this but as far as we could tell the parking line is there but just very faded (if you zoom in a little in my photo you'll see I am in a space) so we thought it would be ok - I also always judge the corner of the space area i.e. whether I feel like it's tight and someone could get it wrong, fortunately this car park's road was wide enoughNot sure how it is in other countries, but in the US, this is just asking for it. People cut all corners too close, park too close, and generally ding things. I would even say that people who do this in the US are "asking for" a purposely imposed ding or scratch. I'm not condoning that, just saying what people would view as an entitled person parking in a non space.
I totally agree and would not risk parking it in a non-space as I know people would key it out of envy and/or I will get a parking ticket (UK is bad for this stuff). Also to be clear this place in the photo is a bit of a "posh" area and it's a paid car park, so it wasn't like some grubby supermarket car park, the people are also slightly more careful (on average). It's insane to think how much thought goes into a parking spot as I'm writing this lol at the end of the day we just try to minimize risk but we can't avoid it all together.
The real life saver is checking for child seats when you park next to a car, that's a 100% no-go for me lol