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While vehicles partially on the sidewalk are a nuisance, they do provide a barrier between pedestrians and vehicles, and do have a traffic calming effect by nar
by drozycki 2y ago
While vehicles partially on the sidewalk are a nuisance, they do provide a barrier between pedestrians and vehicles, and do have a traffic calming effect by narrowing the travel lane.
- sleepybrett 2y agoVehicles partially on a sidewalk probably shouldn't be surprised if they are found with broken headlights, taillights and scratched paint.
- kube-system 2y agoIn the places where this practice is common, it is also accepted.
- komali2 2y agoNot true in Taiwan, nearly every sidewalk is overflowing with cars and scooters illegally parked. I started closing mirrors and opening windshield wipers on cars that do this to try to get the zeitgeist moving and someone threatened to kill me for it recently.
- kube-system 2y ago“Accepted” is a generality. There are individuals with beliefs counter to the norm in every city.
- CydeWeys 2y agoAnd they're excellent barriers for preventing people in wheelchairs or using walkers to get through at all.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoThat's why you have road markings (e.g. double / broken-single yellow line) to prohibit parking in front of curb cuts. Since curb cuts are frequently-spaced, it's not too hard to find a gap.
- CydeWeys 2y agoIn my experience people don't care about those markings at all. They'll park anywhere the car can physically fit into that won't unreasonably block other car traffic (and sometimes even then ...).