What part of no parking don’t you understand?
Posted September 13th, 2006 by
Grazing through the web this afternoon, I fell upon a great post on Wonkette in that site’s section called: Metro Section: Dirty Girty Rides Again:
Phototerrorism: Can you identify this young buck who blocked both the hydrant and bus zone with his BMW? [Metroblogging DC]
Curious, I went to the Metroblogging DC site and found: Arrogance Defined, posted by Wayan at 10:39 AM on September 13, 2006
The photo at the top is the photo displayed in the post and belongs to: Photo by DC Metroblogger:
This would be the physical manifestation of arrogance.
Not only is this punk parked in front of a fire hydrant, he is also in a bus zone. And he just had to be driving a Bemmer Beemer Bimmer.
Would all that signify a small mind or a small penis?
The next two photos posted above are from my archives for which I have not a clue as to whom they belong.
I am always amused when I see the cars, which belong to very special people, parked in fire lanes.
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Usually the very important folks who drive these vehicles are running-in to grab carryout food, pick-up clothes at the drycleaners or pick-up a video at Blockbusters.
To park in a fire lane is self-centered. It’s arrogant - - and it is quite unsafe.
Incredibly, many park in the crosswalk, so that as you leave the sidewalk to go to your car; you have to squeeze around the vehicles of these very special people to cross a high traffic lane to get to your car.
It is a wonder that no-one has been hit by a car as pedestrians emerge from beyond these parked cars, belonging to very special folks, to cross the travel lane.
Since your convenience is more important than the safety of others, you probably don’t give a rat’s ass about other folks, so take note of the second photo down from the top.
This is what happens to your car when you park in a fire lane. So if don’t care about the safety of others, at least care about your property.
Of equal incredulity are the really important folks who park in front of fire hydrants.
The bottom picture is what firefighters, fighting a fire, do to your car when you park in front of a fire hydrant.
Of course one of the many responses from the self-centered folks who park in fire lanes and in front of fire hydrants is that if there were to be a fire, they would have plenty of time to move the vehicle.
Wrong. The response time of a fire company like the Westminster Fire Department is a few minutes. And once they get to the scene, every second counts for not only saving property from damage but lives could be in the balance for the want of a couple of seconds.
Of course, one of the many things that I love about fire fighters is that they usually don’t suffer fools and idiots well. Especially when you even remotely get in the way of putting out a fire or saving lives.
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