People Blocking Street Parking Spots?

Big-Smoke23 on 07/12/2022 - 14:47
Last edited 07/12/2022 - 15:30 by 1 other user

What's the go with people physically blocking street parking spots?

I've seen videos of them online in the past but it actually happened to me this morning. Was at Hurstville trying to find a street park for like over 15 minutes before I finally spotted one on the other side of the road. Did a U-turn few meters down and as I pull up to this spot to reverse in, this man brings out a traffic cone to place on the spot while he's on the phone.

Asked him what he was thinking and he said someone's just walking and will be here to park in 2 minutes. Was about to knock over his cone to park and then an older lady comes out with another bloody traffic cone and they body block the STREET park. Didn't think arguing was gonna go anywhere so I just left and found another park like 5 mins later.

What do you think of people who do this? Can they be fined if reported?

Automotive Parking

Comments

  • Xistn on 07/12/2022 - 14:50
    +41

    Go back and take the cones.

    Do it

    • AndyC1 on 07/12/2022 - 14:52
      +3

      To light up?

    • Big-Smoke23 on 07/12/2022 - 15:02

      If these people don't have cones, pretty sure they will just body block the park.

      • Nugs on 07/12/2022 - 15:05
        +2

        Tackle them
        .

        • Xistn on 07/12/2022 - 15:06
          +4

          Make sure to drop the shoulder too

        • Doyen on 07/12/2022 - 15:17
          +2

          Bikies

    • bigbadboogieman on 09/12/2022 - 00:44
      +1

      Yep. Free cones. Post an OzB deal for us to go pickup free cones.

  • AndyC1 on 07/12/2022 - 14:52
    +5

    Ring the council and give them the address of where the people came out from and the photo showing the cones. If you do not have a photo then how does the council know it's a true report and not a revenge complaint?

    • katykat on 07/12/2022 - 16:09
      +3

      Sad to say but even with a photo it's unlikely Council would do anything. They way those types of enforcement matters work, the responsible officer needs to be present and catch the person in the act to issue the fine. They usually can't issue after a report, even with photo evidence.

    • pharkurnell on 07/12/2022 - 16:18

      Its Hurstville… Cash talks…

  • mapax on 07/12/2022 - 14:59
    +10

    Scumbags

    • CrowReally on 07/12/2022 - 15:07
      +13

      low quality bait

      • Ghost47 on 07/12/2022 - 15:19
        -2

        ☹️

        • CrowReally on 07/12/2022 - 15:21
          +2

          It was the 'good on them' that lost you the points. It's okay.

    • smartazz104 on 09/12/2022 - 07:40

      That's a funny way of saying they are twats.

      • Ghost47 on 09/12/2022 - 11:46

        Are property investors twats too though? They have the means to invest in property, these people have the means to claim/hold parking spots. I don’t see many people on OzBargain finding much issue with property investing though, despite the poor social outcomes that result from individuals owning 20+ properties, which I would say are far more detrimental to where our society is headed compared to some people holding some parking spots.

        The fact it’s public property doesn’t mean anything, do people ask other people to stop using the bbq at a park because they got there late? Do people get mad at others for buying 20 packs of toilet paper during the pandemic? If they don’t, they can’t get mad at this, otherwise that’s pure cognitive dissonance.

        I think there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance about this, it’s a dog eat dog world, we can’t expect people to be nice to one another. That’s not what Australia is like anymore, we are a “(profanity) you, got mine” country now.

  • Fredfloresjr on 07/12/2022 - 15:10
    +6

    Oh at Hurstville. That says it all.

    • Ghost47 on 07/12/2022 - 15:19

      What does it say?

      • ThithLord on 07/12/2022 - 15:36
        +21

        "it all"

        • Ghost47 on 07/12/2022 - 15:52
          -1

          Thanks dad.

      • pharkurnell on 07/12/2022 - 16:18
        +2

        Shit hole.

        • berry580 on 09/12/2022 - 00:20
          -3

          So where do you live? Is it a shit hole?

        • MrThing on 09/12/2022 - 05:52
          +2

          I agree, just another south sydney shithole

    • chriskq on 09/12/2022 - 15:00

      im going to say what everybody is thinking… communists

  • apple2016 on 07/12/2022 - 15:16
    -1

    Bikies!…

  • BewareOfThe Dog on 07/12/2022 - 15:19

    Cricket Bat!

  • Clear on 07/12/2022 - 15:34
    +1

    Run em over.

    • Clear on 08/12/2022 - 09:25
      +2

      The cones* Not people duh

      • AGoodName on 08/12/2022 - 10:05
        +2

        Por que no los dos?

        • Clear on 08/12/2022 - 16:56

          Exactly. Don't jump infront of moving vehicles.

  • Seriously Cool Guy on 07/12/2022 - 15:43

    Garbage Collection day?

    • Big-Smoke23 on 07/12/2022 - 15:44

      Nope

    • Lurk Hartog on 08/12/2022 - 07:57

      Why would that matter?

      • Tiller76 on 08/12/2022 - 09:52
        -1

        Maybe because they want to stop randoms from blocking the garbo to collect their bins. I have had some person park their car in front of my bins which were then not collected. I know this because there was a note saying along the lines "Bin not collected due to resident's car in the way".

        • Lurk Hartog on 09/12/2022 - 08:59

          Where do you live? In any of the built up parts of Sydney, every single bin has a car parked in front of it. The trucks are still able to pick up the bins. Nobody's bins would ever get collected if they just skipped it because a car was there.

          I learned that since moving to lower density suburbs, people are paranoid about their bins not being picked up if there's a car parked in front. My neighbour asked me not to park in front of his bins, and many people put their bins on the road to prevent this from happening (which is illegal).

    • Hangryuman on 09/12/2022 - 11:08

      alternate parking day ?

      https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/06/new-york-alt…

      Anthony Bourdain learns about NYC's Alt Side parking - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXesnxiugGI

  • djsweet on 07/12/2022 - 15:46
    +1

    join them in the body blockade and start doing weird stuff like this for instance. They will probably leave.

    • WhyAmICommenting on 09/12/2022 - 09:27

      Need to keep a 🎷 in the boot at all times!

    • imurgod on 09/12/2022 - 15:14

      What's weird about that?

      (I loved that vid by the way. Soooo funny!!)

  • SF3 on 07/12/2022 - 15:57
    +4

    OP should have video recorded it and post it into OzB first as an exclusive story.

  • star-ggg on 07/12/2022 - 16:13

    Sounds like they're blocking it for their shop to use

  • pharkurnell on 07/12/2022 - 16:20
    +2

    Asked him what he was thinking and he said someone's just walking and will be here to park in 2 minutes.

    First come first served… although Hurstville they are likely to call their fully sik boys.. .

    • Big-Smoke23 on 07/12/2022 - 18:22
      +1

      not eshays, it was just an asian family

      • asCMSas on 08/12/2022 - 09:04

        thats your answer then. cultural difference

      • pharkurnell on 08/12/2022 - 11:31
        +3

        In that case, park on his cone. and thank him for holding the spot for you.

      • MrThing on 09/12/2022 - 05:54
        +3

        There was another thread on obz a while back about the same issue but in a car park at a shop and again in thay instance it was a person of asian descent

        Is this a "cultural" thing … i just call it being fukn rooode

        • Hangryuman on 09/12/2022 - 11:06
          +1

          'fukn rooode'

          reminds me of standing at a food stall in Singapore looking at the menu

          when I heard a local guy come up behind/beside me and loudly say

          'gimme some of those fukn noodles!'

          I inhaled - how rude - why would he say that !

          then I looked again at the menu and saw 'Fukien noodles'

      • Hangryuman on 09/12/2022 - 11:04
        +1

        'just an asian family'

        in Beijing I learned how to get onto a bus

        use your elbows …

        • BartholemewH on 09/12/2022 - 11:58

          On Shanghai trains it was largely a rushed free for all. The elderly are absolute masters with their flick out stools to sit in the aisle.

          • MrThing on 09/12/2022 - 21:19
            +1

            @BartholemewH: There are no manners in china…just winners and losers

  • Porker on 07/12/2022 - 16:28
    +1

    They 'can' technically be fined, but won't be. If reported, they'll likely be given a warning and told not to do it, and if it continues, then the fine will issued.

  • GOMOOTYPRO on 07/12/2022 - 17:20
    +1

    100% park there or park them in and video the whole thing so you have something to show the parking ranger lol

  • Ocker on 07/12/2022 - 17:22
    +2

    Get your own cones to use and beat them to it

    • DSCNST on 09/12/2022 - 02:30
      +4

      Get your own cones and beat them with it

  • tsunamisurfer on 07/12/2022 - 17:46
    +7

    These people should face some penalty in the ideal world but best you move on.

    You are just wasting your own time with these people if you argue.

    Even if you win and stand your ground you then have to worry if they will damage your car.

    • JIMB0 on 07/12/2022 - 19:17

      I agree, just move on tell them that you don't think it's a very safe spot to park.

  • Drakesy on 07/12/2022 - 19:00
    +3

    Yeah i'd just take the cone and chuck it in a bin.

    Not like it's exactly their property if they chose to dump it in the street right!?

  • billy3000 on 07/12/2022 - 19:13
    +3

    I told this guy who wouldn't budge (he was standing in the middle of a street car spot) that I would call the police if he didn't move.. He moved lol

    Complete insanity to think you can reserve a publicly available and legal on street car park

  • cookie2 on 07/12/2022 - 21:11
    +2

    If they're a business I'd watch where they go and then find their business online and slag them. Sounds harsh but true.

    • squaredonut on 09/12/2022 - 12:30

      Then you get sued. We are turning into the US, people grew up watching too much law n order and want to sue each other. Seems to be happening more if you leave bad reviews on their google business profile.

  • lordra on 07/12/2022 - 22:56
    +1

    A bloke i know parks his motorbike in his public road car spot while he takes his car to work.

    Then when he's back, he moves the bike and parks the car. So a form of blocking but with another vehicle.

    I would have just moved on if I was in a good mood. Cos they can key my car.

    • Ghost47 on 09/12/2022 - 11:59

      From what I’ve heard, car keying seems to be quite a popular thing people do in Sydney.

  • pegaxs on 08/12/2022 - 08:03

    So, you sit there and block the spot so their “friend” can’t use the spot either. You end up missing an appointment or meeting, but they finally relent and just give you the spot. You think you had a win.

    You come back 2 hours later and your tyres are all flat, your mirrors are broken, windscreen smashed and the car is keyed to the shithouse and covered in paint stripper… but hey, you taught them a lesson about holding parking spots.

    • CrowReally on 08/12/2022 - 09:16
      +1

      Yeah, but you also are parked outside their home/business, which you now know the location of. Tune in next week to see what happens in 'Nightmare on FOFA Street'.

    • Geoffreys on 08/12/2022 - 09:16
      +2

      Once you know the plate of who they’re holding the park for there’s plenty of options. Especially if that car parks there regularly.

    • smartazz104 on 09/12/2022 - 07:42
      +1

      Or you wait for this friend to turn up in their car, note their number plate, and let the games begin.

  • jrvb42 on 08/12/2022 - 21:48

    You might just wind down the window and imply that either the cones be moved or any car found parked in the spot might magically attract keys to its paintwork. Vital to have dashcam surveillance so your car is not likewise magically effected.

    • lordra on 08/12/2022 - 23:28

      Or just let them have the spot and do the same to them. I don't have the guts to do something like that though, I don't think my blunt car key will do anything even..

  • BHR on 09/12/2022 - 00:00
    +2

    You have two options. Out crazy the crazy or move on.

    Don’t engage, reverse in, don’t see the cone, offer an orange for compensation for the cone, get in a heated debate that birds aren’t real.

    They’ll either out crazy the crazy or move on. Be aware if they out crazy you, they may damage your car. Equally you may damage theirs.

  • digitalbath on 09/12/2022 - 08:00
    +2

    Just one of the many things people do these days. Unfortunately a lot of people are just rude, entitled and inconsiderate a’holes.

  • Wat on 09/12/2022 - 08:45
    +3

    Time to find a replacement for Hurstville.

  • dowhatuwant2 on 09/12/2022 - 10:21

    Come back and vandalize their place, (profanity) those (profanity).

  • Hangryuman on 09/12/2022 - 11:02

    the problem with pushing a-holes like this out of the way to take the parking spot is the chance they may come back after you've walked away and key your car - y'know, walk along the drivers side 'as if' they were about to get in, while scraping a key along the length of your previously unmarked expensive metal box

    and conversely, it would be terrible if that happened to them …

  • Brianqpr on 09/12/2022 - 11:19
    +1

    Just don't go to Hurstville, its a shithole. I live close by and do my best to avoid it as much as possible.

  • squaredonut on 09/12/2022 - 12:28

    I've seen this traffic cone a few times. This is not your tight space inner-west where no one has a driveway thing, but it's areas where the damn owners have a driveway, I've seen it occur literally 4 times, 2 times was around eastern suburbs, then the other two was around south west, but literally, owner/son/whoever lives in the house comes back, wife/mum whatever comes out and removes cone, then they park spot. It's like they've permanently reserved the side street spot outside their house.

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