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Tell me a story about the US without telling me it's about the US.
I have seen this shit quite a lot in cities regardless of country but yeah that's the US lol.
Sure happens in more places but afaik there aren't many other places where the police cares that little. Maybe in the city, but not in suburbs at least.
Carbrains are stupid everywhere.
This happens all over the UK too. In the area I live, it's not uncommon for people to park their entire car on the footpath.
it just needs to be made illegal country wide amd enforced with fines. The council by council rule changes on curb parking is confusing. As for those who will complain that there isn't enough room for parking on both sides of the road, tough shit
Just this afternoon I saw a guy park across a dropped kerb, jump out of his car and walk off. So my partner had to roll their chair further down the road in order to cross.
I'm also in the UK.
Scratch the shit out of the car. Take a photo and license plate. Go to cops, say it was parkd across the footpath and you damaged it wirh your chair and feel bad about it.
Cops will fine it and since the damage is on record due to driver illegality insurance won't cover repairs.
This could easily be in Australia too.
Honestly I would say parking on the sidewalk is actually more common in Europe than in the US. But obviously depends on the local area as much as anything.
Exactly, I‘m German and it happens here a lot. My street is particularly bad because there’s not enough street parking - which would be a good thing if they actually punished people parking on the sidewalk.
Yeah I think this is the reason. There is so much parking and road space available in the US that there's almost never any incentive to park on the sidewalk.
I've probably never been there, but I bet there's enough, or even more then enough, street parking. But it's way too many cars.
There would be if every vehicle wasn't a small tank, and cities so poorly designed that everyone always drives everywhere.
For it to be the US, there wouldn't be a sidewalk
yeah also because we have much more sidewalk than in the US
I think it's also because the US is obsessed with parking and wide roads so there's rarely an incentive to park on the sidewalk. Plenty of space elsewhere designated to that purpose.
"Here in Houston, walking is considered an extreme sport" - random youtuber