- A pedestrian attempted to hold a parking spot on foot in a packed lot.
- The incident raises questions about etiquette and personal safety concerns.
There are several major concerns about parking lots and parking in general, but today, let’s focus on a rare but acute one. What happens when someone on foot claims a parking spot in a crowded lot? How should you, as a driver, handle that situation? What if they say they’re holding the spot for a friend? Let’s talk about the options and look at one recent example of exactly this phenomenon.
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Based on data from the dashcam footage originally posted on Reddit — since removed, but still viewable over here on The Australian, this incident appears to take place in Sydney, Australia. More specifically, it’s at The Piazza, a shopping center in New South Wales, around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, May 11. As you might expect on a weekend afternoon, the lot is packed, but one space on the right looks open.
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It’s only after the driver goes past the spot and begins to back into it that a pedestrian sitting at the entrance to the spot calls out. “No no no the guy behind you is parking there (car in black behind us),” says the person who posted about it on Reddit. Sure enough, a black car is coming in behind the camera car poised to use the space. Here’s what the driver did; “I told him no, his friend was behind me way before we got here. Guy in white then just says in a cocky tone, “just keep driving!!!”
That didn’t go over great with the driver’s wife, though, so, as we see in the video, the driver leaves the scene and the black car parks there. Notably, the driver credited his wife with some quick thinking. “He may key our car or who knows if he’s carrying a knife or something,” she said. It’s a great point that we all have to consider these days.
When It Happened to Me
I’ll be the first to admit that this actually hits close to home for me. This exact same thing happened to me years ago and every once in a while I think about it. I did the same thing this driver did.
Rather than start a fight or insist that the spot was mine, I moved on, found another place to park, and went on with my night. That said, I wonder if it was the right move sometimes. So what’s your take? Have you dealt with this kind of parking-lot showdown? Would you hold your ground or just move on? Drop your thoughts in the comments, we’re curious how you’d handle it.
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