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  • potatopotato@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Idk if people are aware, but this is the original concept for the car. It was designed to be short enough to fit into parking spots sideways deliberately.

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I was about to say, I’m pretty sure I remember TV adverts demonstrating exactly this.

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    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And in most areas of NA, it’s illegal to park like that.

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      • RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Good thing nobody lives in Not Available.

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      • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Same in the country where it was engineered and built

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  • KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The American mind cannot comprehend this.

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    • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Picture taken in America… The American mind cannot comprehend this…

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      • Inflo@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        considering american mind not comprehending this posted the original picture…

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  • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I know in my city it’s not legal. Someone did this and a police officer walked up to them and told them to park it sideways. I was really pissed at the cop. They weren’t blocking the street. 

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    • Cenotaph@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Just because a cop tells you not to do it doesn’t mean it’s illegal. They’re known for throwing their weight around over very little.

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      • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh I don’t doubt that for a second. 

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      • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        True, but depending on the city there’s basically no real way to dispute a parking ticket. Most of the time a judge will just automatically side with the city

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      • Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        In many places the passenger side of the vehicle is legally required to be at curbside.

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    • Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Where I’m from the legal infraction is that the right side wheels are more than half a meter from the curb (I learned this from the ticket I got for parking on the wrong side of the street)

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      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        We have something similar, it’s not half a metre though, more like twenty centimetres. The reason being that it must allow for the cleaning of the gutter. It’s not really enforced though.

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    • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t see why. I would park my motorcycles in the same way on busy streets.

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  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not in my area. You have to park in the same direction as the flow of traffic or get a ticket.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What about motorbikes?

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      • HK65@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        At least in my area where the rules are the sane, motorbikes just exist outside the law. You park them wherever, but nobody gets in trouble when someone on a motorbike dies.

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    • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        OP could park nose first into the curb. Checkmate.

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  • LordKitsuna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I have one of these cars (in the US no less) and i absolutely do that sometimes. No tickets yet

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    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I would bet that a lot of trucks are larger than the Smart is long.

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      • LordKitsuna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh yeah definitely, fun fact you can easily get two smarts comfortably into a standard US parking spot I have a friend that also has a smart and when we go somewhere together we will use a single parking spot because it’s funny

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      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        not in stock form. close, but not quite

        of course, their inability to parallel park close to the curb means that they would in fact stick out just as much to the street

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    • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I got one eventually in a small city for doing the same. I didn’t bother fighting it because court would’ve taken all day and it was $20, which I assume is what they bank on, but I did want to go to court to have them clarify just what exact law did I break

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    As long as it’s not blocking the travel lane or the sidewalk, pretty sure it passes the smell test.

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    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There are laws that specify wheel within a specific distance from the curb when parking on the side of a road like this. Some are vague and just ‘wheels’, but some do specify front wheels or back wheels and this could technically be in violation.

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  • IcedRaktajino@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If I couldn’t pull out because some little Urkel car did that, I’d be pissed. Pissed enough to call a buddy to help me pick it up and move it onto the sidewalk. 😅

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    • DrBob@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Years ago I dated a woman who owned an Innocent I, an import that made the Mini look like a monster truck. Having that thing moved onto a sidewalk or spun sideways, backwards etc was a regular feature of our weekend’s.

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      • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That car looks awesome, I want it

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    • tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Gonna be funny to see it bottom out trying to go over those curbs.

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      • Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Short wheelbase, it will be fine. Also you missed the part where a couple dudes are gonna pick the lil’ fucker up lmao.

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    • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      At least one of those two people either side of the tiny car parked like an asshole.

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      • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Without marked spaces it’s impossible to say.

        Someone can park perfectly in the morning, but then with everyone else moving their cars during the day, it can easily appear as a shit parking later on.

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    • m4ylame0wecm@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah I only accept bad parking jobs from oversized pickups. The hell does it matter what type of vehicle did the pinning? Close is close whether the other car is parallel to the curb or not.

      Blame yourself for being to close to the front car then. Or blame that car too. Hurr durr funny small car bad.

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    • axexrx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      With the hatchback model, you can just lift the front bumper, and roll the car into a vertical position.

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It should be. That’s exactly why those cars exist. I just got back from NYC, and I always admire the people that drive them there. You can always find a parking place. You often find them at the end of street, just barely squeezed in before the crosswalk. No other car can do that.

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  • peteypete420@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Pretty sure in my state your supposed to be about 6 inches away from the curb.

    Dont get me wrong its never enforced cause then all the oversized small peeney trucks would be in the lane of traffic…

    But yea wonder how ppa would handle it

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    • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      6 inches away from the curb? Fuck that. Tyres going in the gutter.

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      • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Agreed. I know it’s not the “right” way to park but I’d rather risk the ticket than replace my driver’s side mirror.

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      • peteypete420@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yall got gutters?

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  • ApeNo1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They can exit either left or right easily but I wonder what the visibility of oncoming traffic would be given the drivers position seems a little more set back from the lane of traffic versus a traditional park where the driver is directly adjacent the moving traffic lane with mirrors also giving them a clear view.

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No worse than parking on the opposite side of the road though

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      • ApeNo1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        True, and both potentially illegal depending where in the world you live.

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    • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      More set back, behind cars a meter taller than they need to be. They can’t see shit

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  • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I have a smart car and parked like that a few times years ago after seeing a picture like this and got a ticket eventually

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I just looked up my state laws, and yeah, it specifically states parallel.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Way better than a SUV truck using one and a half parking spaces at least.

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  • C1pher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yes, since youre NOT obstructing and are within the defined space for parking.

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    • hitwright@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Depends on the situation/country. There are signs that dictate how you must park. Under those signs it would be illegal

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’m sorry, I thought this was America!

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  • penaz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In Rome, If you own a smart, you are obligated by law to park like that 🤣

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  • python@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m 99% sure this is France. Any Geoguesser pro around to confirm or dispute that?

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    • makingrain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      American pickup, US styled sidewalks…

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      • Spezi@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Looks like California judging from the grass and the variety of cars. Probably a suburb of LA or San Francisco.

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  • crozilla@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I mean, it probably could’ve fit in that space normally, too. Tiny cars, ftw!

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