Angle Parking

[Andydodge]

Thought I'd start another thread, Don C mentioned he hadn't seen angled rear to curb parking......its quite common here in Oz, in fact where I live, Grafton, in the Clarence Valley here in NSW, Oz its the standard thing.........heres pic of some cars in front of my shop, Scale Automobilia/Big River Book Exchange.......yeh, I know theres an old car there in the pic, someone dumped it there, the council didn't come to pick it up & the scappers didn't want it so I took it home..........lol.....andyd

[Big_John]

There's a few towns around here that have angled curb parking. Auburn, NY comes to mind as the closest to me.

[Don Coatney]

Thought I'd start another thread, Don C mentioned he hadn't seen angled rear to curb parking......its quite common here in Oz,

So is the backwards swirl on a south of the equator flush:D

I know that is not true so all snoop cops can relax:rolleyes:

[T120]

..Interesting,"angle rear parking".Angle parking, front towards the curb is common here in Alberta.After seeing poor attempts at parallel parking which is also common here,I would hate to see another alternative introduced.I can imagine the auto insurance rates would increase dramatically

[49roadster]

Rear to curb parking is very common in Seattle.

[T120]

That's interesting - new to me.Sorry if this sounds silly,but are vehicles restricted to parking rear towards the curb only, on some streets?

[BobT-47P15]

We had angle parking in the town where I grew up......front end first.

The only time they back to the curb here nowadays is during a

local car show or cruise-in.

[thrashingcows]

Other then a few select streets, everything is parallel or standard grid parking.

[Andydodge]

Don, forgive me but I have no idea what you are talking about.......lol.......and rear to curb parking is the norm here in the Clarence Valley, signposted every 80-100 foot, tho' its easy to see the tourists who park nose in.........lol......have also attached another pic showing the main street of Grafton.........more dumped cars......wheres the scrap guy?...........lol......andyd

[Plymouthy Adams]

Don is making reference to the direction of the waterwhirl when you pull the chain on the ole flusher..(dunny)

[Andydodge]

Oh..........have never checked.........lol.........andyd

[Don Coatney]

Don is making reference to the direction of the waterwhirl when you pull the chain on the ole flusher..(dunny)

Tim sure knows his sh er stuff:D

[cwcars88]

I live in Longview,WA and they do nose in first angle parking in the old part of down town ( main street ). During cars shows they do rear in first.

I also worked at Longview Fibre Co. for a few years If I remember correctly

that company started in 1929, they have done rear in first all these years because cars come in at different times. But when they leave the whole shift leaves at the same time and there is less confusion if people can just pull out

forward and not have to back out.

Wayne

[47heaven]

Don, forgive me but I have no idea what you are talking about.......lol.......and rear to curb parking is the norm here in the Clarence Valley, signposted every 80-100 foot, tho' its easy to see the tourists who park nose in.........lol......have also attached another pic showing the main street of Grafton.........more dumped cars......wheres the scrap guy?...........lol......andyd

Man, I hate when they do this to the old downtown main street. Meaning, making it one way traffic, adding curbs that protrude into the street, creating planter boxes...etc. I think the downtown district loses it's old charm when they try to modenize it.

[louie the fly]

Angle parking (rear end to the footpath) used to be common in Adelaide, but I can't think of anywhere where it is done now. We still have some angle parking in the city but it's angled so you drive in. Mostly now it's 90° to the gutter. Do we call that perpendicular parking, as opposed to parallel parking?

Bathwater goes down clockwise when viewed from the top last time I took a bath. But that was a while ago. And no, I'm not a pom. Showers are more convenient!