Bigger parking spaces for women.

Daveysil15

Mayor Gallus Strobel of Triberg in Germany has introduced female-only parking spots. These designated parking spaces are bigger, which make it easier for parking, as women apparently are worse at parking than men.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/parking-men-women-drivers-triberg-germany-tianjin-china

Obviously its a bit sexist, but wouldn't it make more sense to make all the spaces bigger?

christmas2012

i wouldnt mind bigger spaces it always helps,they should have wider spaces on the roads though..

ceegee

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Mayor Gallus Strobel of Triberg in Germany has introduced female-only parking spots. These designated parking spaces are bigger, which make it easier for parking, as women apparently are worse at parking than men.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/parking-men-women-drivers-triberg-germany-tianjin-china

Obviously its a bit sexist, but wouldn't it make more sense to make all the spaces bigger?

But then there'd be less spaces for capable drivers to park in

Funglegunk

I thought it would be more to with providing space for getting very small children in and out of the car.

opinion guy

Chauvinist Mayor Dude wrote:

He added: "Women can come here and prove me wrong, and while they're at it they can see the town's attractions.

Another graduate of the Ryanair School of Advertising methinks

southsiderosie

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Obviously its a bit sexist, but wouldn't it make more sense to make all the spaces bigger?

Yes, but that would inhibit the attention-seeking element to all of this.

CatFromHue

Disabled parking, women and child parking, and now women only parking spots!

Soon men won't be allowed go to the shops anymore!

Edit: I've nothing against disabled or women and child parking.

hondasam

Women could just drive smaller cars if they are not capable of parking bigger ones.

Vicar in a tutu

Are you sure it's not just for our big arses:(

opinion guy

CatFromHue wrote: »

Disabled parking, women and child parking, and now women only parking spots!

Soon men won't be allowed go to the shops anymore!

If only!!!:pac:

Diapason

hondasam wrote: »

Women could just drive smaller cars if they are not capable of parking bigger ones.

That would be Smart.

ejmaztec

Two girls one parking-space sounds familiar.

CatFromHue

opinion guy wrote: »

If only!!!:pac:

Haha!

I must admit I only go to the supermarket at around 11pm these days. No problem parking then!

Daveysil15

hondasam wrote: »

Women could just drive smaller cars if they are not capable of parking bigger ones.

Yes and what if a man is driving a big jeep and a woman is driving a little mirca? The size of the car has a lot to do with it.

hondasam

Parking spaces are too small in some places, it's nothing to do with not being able to park.

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Yes and what if a man is driving a big jeep and a woman is driving a little mirca? The size of the car has a lot to do with it.

No the size of the car does not matter if you can drive.

opinion guy

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Yes and what if a man is driving a big jeep and a woman is driving a little mirca? The size of the car has a lot to do with it.

Paper covers rock,
Rock breaks scissors,
Scissors cuts paper,
JEEP CRUSHES MICRAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ficheall

hondasam wrote: »

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Yes and what if a man is driving a big jeep and a woman is driving a little mirca? The size of the car has a lot to do with it.

No the size of the car does not matter if you can drive.

Well, I think you've just scored one point for the "women are inferior parkers" brigade...

hondasam

hondasam wrote: »

Women could just drive smaller cars if they are not capable of parking bigger ones.

Yes! Don't fcuking buy a big car if you can't park the damn thing.

Oh, and also, don't buy a car with a turbo if you're only going to totter along at snails pace.

This applies to all drivers btw :cool:

DylanII

Fcuk women. I need a bigger space! Parking spaced in Dublin are tiny!

Is that not illegal?

hondasam

Ficheall wrote: »

Well, I think you've just scored one point for the "women are inferior parkers" brigade...

I'm a woman and have no problem parking and I do not drive a micra. I have seen some men who cannot park but in general it's women who are bad at it.

Daveysil15

hondasam wrote: »

No the size of the car does not matter if you can drive.

So its just as easy to get a Hummer into a small space as a Micra? What about reverse parking a Lamborgini Countach which has no back windows?

hondasam

whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »

Yes! Don't fcuking buy a big car if you can't park the damn thing.

Oh, and also, don't buy a car with a turbo if you're only going to totter along at snails pace.

This applies to all drivers btw :cool:

Exactly my sentiments nothing worse than to see women in big jeeps and no clue how to park them.
Don't start me on women who cannot reverse ffs.
Turbo is there so you can drive faster, move it slow coach

hondasam

Daveysil15 wrote: »

So its just as easy to get a Hummer into a small space as a Micra? What about reverse parking a Lamborgini Countach which has no back windows?

If you can park one car you can park all cars. Has it mirrors?

cocoshovel

Oh jesus dont get me started on women trying to park. Most of them (not all!) havent a clue of how to manouver a car.

af_thefragile

But women like to drive big SUVs like the BMW X5, Range Rover, Audi Q7 so they can show off their wealth and feel better than all the other people dropping their children off at the school in their puny micras.

Daveysil15

hondasam wrote: »

If you can park one car you can park all cars. Has it mirrors?

Yes but according to Jeremy Clarkson its almost impossible to park. In fairness there's a lot of sporty cars and some jeeps which are very impractical, not just for parking, but for general use.

Cardinal Richelieu

I have know men and women who can't park but I really hate those people who buy a new car and then decide to park it in the middle of two parking spots so it won't get scratched.

af_thefragile

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Yes but according to Jeremy Clarkson its almost impossible to park. In fariness there's a lot of sporty cars and some jeeps which are very impractical, not just for parking, but for general use.

But the Countach has an ingenious solution to reverse park too thanks to its scissor doors!

Fentdog84

I think there should be specially designated parking areas for men and women. Im sick of getting back to my car and finding a new dent all the time. Women drivers suck. boo! :pac: hiss!

hondasam

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Yes but according to Jeremy Clarkson its almost impossible to park. In fairness there's a lot of sporty cars and some jeeps which are very impractical, not just for parking, but for general use.

No one's perfect and I'm sure we have all made a mess of parking on more than one occasion.
If you want a big car take the time to get to know it and learn how to park it, practise makes perfect no point in going to a busy shopping centre the first day you have it trying to park it.

Chuck Stone

When the first female Space Shuttle commander landed the Shuttle I remember saying

'That's all well and good but can she reverse it into the hangar?' :pac:



Is that sexist?

hondasam

hondasam wrote: »

No one's perfect and I'm sure we have all made a mess of parking on more than one occasion.
If you want a big car take the time to get to know it and learn how to park it, practise makes perfect no point in going to a busy shopping centre the first day you have it trying to park it.

Meh, if you have to spend a lot of time practicing parking a new car you're not a natural driver, buy a yaris.

Chuck Stone

Yay! WhoopsyDD's name doesn't screw up the page anymore!

hondasam

whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »

Meh, if you have to spend a lot of time practicing parking a new car you're not a natural driver, buy a yaris.

What a yaris give me some credit

You got to get a feel for a new car, it takes a few days to get to know it.

biko

I first assumed it was for the perception they need to get babies and shopping it and out if the rear seats but no, it was just a stunt he claims now.

Btw, he's also designating difficult spots as "men only".
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sexist-german-mayor-creates-parking-spaces-for-men-only/

Ficheall

biko wrote: »

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/sexist-german-mayor-creates-parking-spaces-for-men-only/

First comment there:
"Oh like any real woman cares what some German dude does…..has anyone seen a typical German porn movie? They spend more time eating waste material from each others hinterlands than actually having relations of one contorted sort or another. The last such German movie title I saw plastered on a blue movie theater marquee was when I was walking down a street in Munich looking for a restaurant that served something actually edible…….so as I was sitting there in a Kentucky Fried Chicken…….across the street they were playing a movie called “Haste Makes Waste”…..I supposed then as I do now…that Haste is some German fellows first name…..and what little German I do know language wise….I don’t think it rhymes with waste."
:pac:

hondasam

hondasam wrote: »

What a yaris give me some credit

You got to get a feel for a new car, it takes a few days to get to know it.

Well I wasn't referring to you, but if the boot fits

the groutch

Funglegunk wrote: »

I thought it would be more to with providing space for getting very small children in and out of the car.

if the children are so small, then surely they'd need less space to get in/out of the car

Abi

the groutch wrote: »

if the children are so small, then surely they'd need less space to get in/out of the car

Remember this the next time you come out of the shop to find body damage to your car.

The amount of times I've been still in my car and watch a kid swing open and bounce their door off one of mine is unreal. Unless I'm in a spot that has door swinging space from my car, I'd rather park as far away from the shop as I can get.

Lando Griffin

Over the years the standard width of a car has got much wider while at the same time throw standard width of a parking space has stayed the same.

Eoin247

whoopsadaisy doodles wrote: »

Meh, if you have to spend a lot of time practicing parking a new car you're not a natural driver, buy a yaris.

Surely if the new car has a decent bit of size difference, there is no shame in practicing for a bit.

Eoin247

Eoin247 wrote: »

Surely if the new car has a decent bit of size difference, there is no shame in practicing for a bit.

Shame? Nah, no shame.

I've just never had that issue with cars, or with parking, you can see how big the car is and you can see how big the space is, if the space is the right size, getting it into that space shouldn't be that difficult to do.

Laura_lolly87

Cardinal Richelieu wrote: »

I have know men and women who can't park but I really hate those people who buy a new car and then decide to park it in the middle of two parking spots so it won't get scratched.

They do that on purpose??

:eek:

cynder

Passes my test in a Toyota verso (7seater) I find reversing into a spot easier than driving in, when I have the little yaris I can park into the smallest spots, spots where no verso would fit. That being said I very rarely give up on a car parking spot when driving the verso ( once every 6 months if that), never gave up a spot in the yaris.


Tbh I do think some car parking spots are tiny, you can't open the doors wide enough to get the kids out and some idiots park right over the white line.

Capt'n Midnight

paint a double line about 50cm wide between each space to stop parking right up against the line



you'd think that it would be easy for an engineer to design a car park - flat tarmac - but judging by the results it's either beyond them or they have peculiar ideas of how real people behave

Capt'n Midnight

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

you'd think that it would be easy for an engineer to design a car park - flat tarmac - but judging by the results it's either beyond them or they have peculiar ideas of how real people behave

maybe they get women to design them :eek:

jos28

There is an argument that women have trouble judging distance apparently due to the fact that men have continuously told us that something measures 9 inches when it is really only 6
Seriously though, I agree with Hondasam in that the size of the car does not matter so long as you can drive properly. I park in a busy car park for work everyday and I swear someday I will take the keys from some drivers one of these days while they attempt to park. It's not just the stupid bints in jeeps but I have seen oulfellas swing into a space and don't even look to see where they end up. Parking is not rocket science, if you are unsure then get someone to teach you and practice !

Kev.OC

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

you'd think that it would be easy for an engineer to design a car park - flat tarmac - but judging by the results it's either beyond them or they have peculiar ideas of how real people behave

I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here to be honest, but if you have a completely flat slab of tarmac and it rains, where is all the water going to do?

Then you'll be blaming the engineers for not designing a car park with adequate run-off, when your car is essentially parked in the middle of a lake.

flyswatter

Seems legit.

fortwilliam

They all have lovely bottoms...

pickarooney

Deleted User wrote: »

Well I wasn't referring to you, but if the boot fits

If the boot fits, the rest of the car probably will too. Just mind the wing mirrors.