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Parking Signs

Posted on September 17, 2011 by eidolon

For strange and complicated writing reasons, I’ve been doing Google image searches on “confusing parking signs”.  The results have been OK, but not spectacular.  I haven’t yet found something that makes me sit up and make strange noises.   

And, frankly, if I don’t find something confusing, it has to be pretty straightforward.   I’m easily confused.  It’s my curse.

Have you ever seen one of those light poles with half a dozen parking signs attached to it, each announcing a different admonition?  Where figuring out what is allowed, and when, is harder than parallel parking?

(Yes.  I’m terrible at parallel parking.  I admit it.  I was quite good at it during the two weeks prior to my drivers test.)

 

2 thoughts on “Parking Signs”

  1. Alex Brown says:
    September 18, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Drive in a major city for long enough and you learn to ignore any and all signs. I park wherever I damn well please and just assume that it’s peachy.

    In San Francisco, the general rule is 4am-6pm you’ll get a ticket regardless of where you park, unless it’s in crazy expensive garage. From 6pm-4am it’s a free for all and chaos ensues – it’s simply a matter of deciding that something is a parking space and going for it while ignoring all laws of physics, civility, and sanity.

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  2. DMS says:
    September 19, 2011 at 8:22 am

    There is an episode of Top Gear where James May talks to a lady who designs confusing road signs. I can’t remember if there were parking specific ones.

    We did see one in Beijing that was confusing enough for us to take a picture of and ask the hotel staff about. They didn’t know. I’ve decided it means no exploding cars. If I run across the image, I’ll send it to you.

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