Omaha's Worst Parkers

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:29 am

Now, I can almost understand a Mercedes or a Ferrari wanting to protect itself by taking up two spaces, but this has to be the worst parking, at a West O Hy-Vee, so I ask you, have you seen a worse parking attempt than this?

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:33 am

I saw a YUKON Denali XXXXXXXXLLLLLLLLLV park across two handicapped spots at a Walmart in West O.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:07 am

Saw a 2006ish malibu take up four parking spaces at my school. On a separate occasion, I saw the same car parked in such a way that left the |expletive| 1/3 of it hanging out in the lane.

People's talents at parking in this city truly are something to behold. Weird thing is whenever I'm dowtown, i almost never see anything weird but west omaha is another story.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:29 am

Both were taken in September. The top one kind of makes sense because it was hot out and it was pointed towards the sun for their reflective sun visor thing, but it still makes them look like an idiot.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:51 am

Ah come on guys these parking shots are clearly of a man trying to get condoms real quick!! :lafcry:

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:47 pm

Doesn't make much sense to find a spot and point your car to maximize the sun hitting the windshield....just so the reflective visor can do it's thing. They probably could have found a spot in the shade!

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:09 pm

Two of the three photos have a Buick in them. Decaying senior citizens most likely.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:08 pm

That red Buick appears to have a handicap tag on the rear view mirror, clearly it was someone too handicapped to drive.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:28 pm

How about we agree that when we see people parking in a way that denies handicap parking access to others who need it (like this), we call the non-emergency police number and report them.

If they are drunk or impaired, they are a danger.
If they are too old to get their car into 1 stall, then they are a danger
If their disability prevents them from getting their car into a stall, then they are a danger.

They need a ticket. This may be the warning sign needed to get someone off the street before they hurt someone.

If they are doing it just to be lazy, then they are a jerk and need a ticket as karma.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:11 pm

bigredmed wrote:
They need a ticket. This may be the warning sign needed to get someone off the street before they hurt someone.

Exactly!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:19 am

bigredmed wrote:How about we agree that when we see people parking in a way that denies handicap parking access to others who need it (like this), we call the non-emergency police number and report them.

Wheelchair users found an original way to protest the abuse of disabled parking bays in Lisbon, Portugal. Weekenders that day (November 11) who attempted to park their car in a normal parking space outdoor Saldanha, Lisbon, saw all the usual places occupied by a wheelchair.

Wheelchairs had written messages on the back with messages like "I'll be back in 10 minutes", "I won't be long" or "I'm just having a coffee", the usual justifications for those not experiencing any physical limitation, who park their cars in places reserved for persons with disabilities.

Similar initiatives were carried out in the city of Vila Real (Portugal, in photographs) as well as in Boa Vista on Avenida Jaime Brazil, the National Day of Struggle for the Disabled.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:49 pm

Coyote wrote:
bigredmed wrote:How about we agree that when we see people parking in a way that denies handicap parking access to others who need it (like this), we call the non-emergency police number and report them.

Wheelchair users found an original way to protest the abuse of disabled parking bays in Lisbon, Portugal. Weekenders that day (November 11) who attempted to park their car in a normal parking space outdoor Saldanha, Lisbon, saw all the usual places occupied by a wheelchair.

Wheelchairs had written messages on the back with messages like "I'll be back in 10 minutes", "I won't be long" or "I'm just having a coffee", the usual justifications for those not experiencing any physical limitation, who park their cars in places reserved for persons with disabilities.

Similar initiatives were carried out in the city of Vila Real (Portugal, in photographs) as well as in Boa Vista on Avenida Jaime Brazil, the National Day of Struggle for the Disabled.

This is amazing. I need to coordinate this here in Omaha.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:58 pm

Hilarious one of the pics is the Hyvee on 96th and Q, i have seen such horrible elderly parking there.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:05 pm

Linkin5 wrote:Hilarious one of the pics is the Hyvee on 96th and Q, i have seen such horrible elderly parking there.

One of my clients tells the story of one of their former employees who drove a bright yellow Corvette and thought it was soooooo valuable that he would park diagonally taking four regular parking places. Two of the guys then took "two ratty old pickup trucks" and parked them a few inches away on both sides of him. (The number of inches gets less and less each time he tells the story.) The guy apparently complained to HR about it. They (HR) told him to quit b*ching and park properly.

The guy has told this story several times at the bar now, and laugh just as hard each time he tells it!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:45 pm

Hy-Vee must be the Mother Lot for bad parking

S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:49 am

definitely a woman driver.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:59 am

you know, there's enough room for another car behind them. I would have loved to see their reaction had someone used that space.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:12 am

RNcyanide wrote:you know, there's enough room for another car behind them. I would have loved to see their reaction had someone used that space.

I actually thought about that.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:21 am

Coyote wrote:
RNcyanide wrote:you know, there's enough room for another car behind them. I would have loved to see their reaction had someone used that space.
I actually thought about that.

OH GOD YOU SHOULD HAVE YOU SHOULD HAVE!!!!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:25 am

RNcyanide wrote:
Coyote wrote:
RNcyanide wrote:you know, there's enough room for another car behind them. I would have loved to see their reaction had someone used that space.
I actually thought about that.
OH GOD YOU SHOULD HAVE YOU SHOULD HAVE!!!!

I was afraid it was Evelyn Couch (Fried Green Tomatoes)

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:33 am

Snow makes people extra stupid when it comes to parking. I have seen it get three deep at one of the local grocery stores because nobody knew what to do without lines...

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:54 pm

S33 wrote:definitely a woman driver.

My observations of the Omaha drivers over the past 30 years speaks to the contrary!

Post by **Brad** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:01 pm

Omababe wrote:
S33 wrote:definitely a woman driver.
My observations of the Omaha drivers over the past 30 years speaks to the contrary!

The "I don't give a _________ about anyone but myself club" and "I am total oblivious to my surroundings club" accept both men and women...

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:17 pm

There is also a sizable club of people who don't understand how to drive Escalades, Yukons, and Suburbans. They drive them like a Civic or a cargo ship.

cdub · Post by **cdub** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:46 pm

If I could ever get a pic to post here anyway I would have taken one last night at Clarkson. A little wannabe souped up hatchback trying to take up two stalls but so small that someone with a crapper should have definitely nestled themselves in beside! Oh if I had a car I just did not care about dings and dents on. Not seeing the reaction would take away some of the joy, however.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:49 pm

From peopleofwalmart today:

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 11:55 pm

Chicago drivers as worse, or, at least, 20 times more aggressive.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:21 am

Axel wrote:Chicago drivers as worse, or, at least, 20 times more aggressive.

Kinda have to be or you'd never get anywhere.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:35 pm

I didn't know whether to post this here or the vanity plate thread. 144th and Center.

jag42 · Post by **jag42** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 2:04 am

youparklikeanasshole.com

Post by **BRoss** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 2:16 am

jessep28 wrote:I didn't know whether to post this here or the vanity plate thread. 144th and Center.

I've driven behind this car before. I remember the license plate. From what I remember, they weren't a good driver either.

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