AIBU to wonder why people park next to lone cars?

No idea but it happens when camping too
Empty field and someone comes and pitches right next to you!

I’ve always assumed it’s because people believe an isolated car is more likely to get broken into in a car park so they park next to another one to avoid that.

Honestly. To wind people up

It’s herd mentality. Thick people with sheep-like minds. YANBU.

Theres syrict criteroa for blue badges. My mother doesnt qualify as her condition (which has being going on for several years) is "temporary". Somedays she cant walk more than a few metres.

Generally what happens is whoever is driving has to drive out of the space , spend several minutes blocking cars while helping her into the car, folding the wheelchair etc, then carry on.

Which is why wherever posdible we oark way from other cars... to minimise this happening.⁹

Sometimes, when it happens to me, I imagine for a moment I might be unknowingly taking part in some kind of prank type Jeremy Beadle show, it's so ridiculous

I'm assuming they rely on parking sensors rather than mirrors. So they need an object (another parked car) as a bleeping guide.

It's a strange mindset as revealed by some posters here, but nowt so queer as folk as they say!

Happens to me a lot.

I also seem to attract people to look at the exact same shelf or rack of clothes when I’m shopping. I go at times when it’s less busy.

I am fairly quick decision maker with whether I like the clothes item or not so spend just a few quick moments to look. Inevitably, someone (desperately) comes up beside me out of the blue in what seems to be a deserted shop, to see what I’m looking at and rifles through the rack that I’m standing in front of.

Someone with mobility issues has a blue badge and can park in the spaces designed for their ease of access

I am really pleased that parking within the lines in a car park is now included in the driving test. Judging by this thread, it sounds like it's needed!

It’s never occurred to you that someone would be irritated that you’ve come and parked your F off van right next to them in a car park with loads of available spaces?

It looks like the general consensus is that lots of people are crap at parking and are either oblivious to their impact on others or don’t care.

Well nobody cares if I park my little compact Suzuki swift alongside them 😂

I bet you argue about the colour of grass dont you😂

Do you live in London or a big city?

It’s just pretty selfish when they’ve heard why it’s an issue for others, and still do an ‘I’m alright Jack, I don’t give a shit about anyone else and I’ll keep doing what I want’.

It’s one thing to be oblivious to other people needs, quite another to be informed of them and still be inconsiderate. That’s an attitude I find really awful. So selfish.

Also quite worrying that so many people are such piss poor drivers they can’t line up in a car park without another car to guide them. We all have to use the roads with these liabilities.

I find it easier to line myself up next to a car than in empty space. I get terrible choice paralysis when choosing a parking space as well so it’s easier for me to just park next to someone.

I've two tales about this!
Just a few weeks ago I had a brand new £35k courtesy car with a £500 excess so I didn't want to risk some plonker opening their car door on it. So I parked as far away from the entrance as I could and went as early as I could. Jesus wept. Not one but two cars either side in an otherwise empty car park! Luckily no dents.
A couple of years ago I traded a car when I bought another. Same colour and make. The trade garage was at least 50 miles away from where I lived. A couple of months later, when I was parked in an almost empty car park, I came out to find my old car next to me!!
I absolutely have no idea why people do it..

I once parked next to a car in a supermarket car park when there were other spaces available. I did that because it was closer to the shop.

When I came out the other car’s owner ranted and raved and swore at me. I explained why I’d parked there and pointed out that she had easily enough room to get in the driver’s door.

It dawned on me that she was a nervous and not very good driver who just didn’t like cars on either side because she’d have to take more care getting out.

But I do agree that parking next to a lone car a long way away from the shop door in an empty car park would be odd.

The other day I returned to my car to find someone parking up next to me, super close. We both had bigger cars but I was fully in the space properly. As I got into my car I could see she couldn't open her door, that's how close she was. Not just a case of being able to slide out like you sometimes have to do. She literally couldn't open it. She waited as I got in and I think her plan was to wait for me to drive off and get out. But I didn't, I sat there for 10 mins until she was forced to move her car. Who does that? Like I say, we both had big cars (both range rovers) but I was parked perfectly in the middle, not in a close to the entrance spot or anything like that. It baffles me.

Oh take a day off Bunfight! No one is saying they can’t do it, just they prefer not to. Maybe people saying they can’t get into their cars when another car is parked next door shouldn’t have a car? Or at least shouldn’t have cars so big they take up more than one space.

Your ‘need’ to not be inconvenienced is nowhere near the need for someone with mobility issues to have a bit of space. But you know that. The issue is that you only care about you.

I always try to park a few spaces away from other cars but someone will always park next to me so close I can hardly open my door, despite they being plenty of vacant slots. Very annoying!!

Oh I’m sorry, I thought you were the same poster I replied to earlier, who did have a blue badge. I’ll keep parking as per my own needs. Everyone has needs. Mine is not making parking more complicated than it needs to be.

I think it's the same suburban mentality that had a family pitch their tent right next to ours in an open field where the site owner left you to choose your own spot. Then had their toddlers running around screaming from the early hours.

Anyone who can’t use the lines to line up in a car park needs a mandatory eye test (they must be like Mr Magoo!), and retest of their driving license. It’s absolutely shocking that people would drive around knowing they’re so incompetent.