If a car parks so close you can't get into your car, what do you do?

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Do you just open your car door onto the car and push yourself in if you can fit that way?

They could be struggling, dealing with bereavement...

So let's bring that to its logical conclusion and excuse them from all the basic requirements of driving.

Red light? Blow through it.
Yield sign? Doesn't apply to struggling people.
No Parking sign? "But I'm struggling.."
One Way Street? Nope.

If you are so overwhelmed by your problems that you can't observe normal rules of the road or the car park, don't get behind the wheel.

"I can't believe people would park badly and too close to another persons car and not expect consequences if the innocent party cannot get into their own car. Selfish times we live in."

My friend's car was keyed the day after her husband died. She didn't intentionally park badly and she isn't selfish. She was bereaved and didn't notice she was a bit too close on her passenger side. Assume the best instead of the worst of people, as you hope others will do if you ever make a mistake.

"If you are so overwhelmed by your problems that you can't observe normal rules of the road or the car park, don't get behind the wheel."

There is a big difference between someone who is not fit to drive or unsafe, and someone who unintentionally parks too close to another car.

Yep. I have 1 dc in passenger seat im not climbing over car seat leaving them to get themself in after and close door.

If you're not fit to park because of overwhelming emotions, you're not fit to drive.

This is why I try to always park in the middle regardless of how anyone else is parked. If a car is close to the line it's their fault for parking badly, and I'm not passing the problem on to someone else.

I go in the passenger side. I had this when I was 8 months pg too. I could suck or squeeze so what's the alternative? I'd never key someone 😳 spaces are normally to small. No one parks to close just to upset you surely? It's just bad parking or shit luck. Nothing sinister

I don’t think they do, all this I key the car and write cunt on their windows.I’m well ard me. I think most of it is key board warriors , some of whom seldom even leave the house. However yes some folks do behave like this and think it is acceptable for them to abuse you or vandalise your car if you make a mistake and inconvenience them.

My friend's car was keyed the day after her husband died. She didn't intentionally park badly and she isn't selfish. She was bereaved and didn't notice she was a bit too close on her passenger side. Assume the best instead of the worst of people, as you hope others will do if you ever make a mistake.

I personally think it's unforgiveable to deliberately key a car in this scenario - although I can well understand how a very poorly-parked car's paintwork might end up inevitably scratched by a door if they've forced the person in the next space to get into their car in whatever way they can, with great difficulty.

The problem is, though, that you also don't know what life circumstances the person whom you've barred from being able to access their car by your actions is going through either.

Aside from any recent bereavement or other lifechanging events, as we've already said on this thread, so many drivers either don't bother thinking at all or, we can only assume, arbitrarily decide (without even knowing them)k that 'they can just get in through the passenger side'. Anybody can have all kinds of challenging circumstances - whether sudden/recent or ongoing - and that can be just as likely for either driver in this scenario.

I’d open my door onto their car if I had to but do it gently as possible. I’ve had to do it recently and it didn’t leave a mark on the other car even though the door was pushed up hard against it. As long as you do it slowly it’s ok.

It's not the leaning of the door that causes the issues, it's the rubbing of the door up and down on the other vehicle as your weight sits in the car.

I'm small and quite flexible, but am astounded by the number of people cheerfully saying 'get in via the back'. I suppose I could drop a back seat and clamber over that (depending what was in the boot/car), but can you then get through to the front?
Fortunately I've always been able to squeeze in a door, opening it up against the space hog car if needbe.

Oooh you’re hard

I'm small and quite flexible, but am astounded by the number of people cheerfully saying 'get in via the back'. I suppose I could drop a back seat and clamber over that (depending what was in the boot/car), but can you then get through to the front?

Quite. It's also assuming that the person you've inconvenienced or are 'recommending' this method of access doesn't have a saloon car - which, as far as I'm aware, are still common, very much legal and no more ethically dubious than any car; and that they don't have any other passengers or goods that might not be easily/pleasantly trampled over.

Not that simple. I am disabled and cannot walk far. I can’t just park further away. I need a certain size of car for my disability. I am up shit creek if there are no blue badge spaces.

Seriously? 🙄

I pulled into and then left a space today because not only was it a squeeze for me but the only way for me to get out of my car was to park too close to the person the other side.
You just go somewhere else.

I am disabled and cannot walk far. I can’t just park further away. I need a certain size of car for my disability. I am up shit creek if there are no blue badge spaces.

Exactly. Some people quite cheerfully criticise all cars that are bigger than an Aygo, and denounce them (and their drivers/passengers) as being deliberately profligate and selfish; but it must be very obvious that plenty of folk have a wide range of disabilities, and that those needing a WAV are hardly going to get that in something the size of a Fiesta.

Yep. I had to climb in the passenger side over the gear stick when I was 8 months pregnant because a car packed too close. I was mightily pissed off and it wasn't easy.

This happened to me last night. Parked my camper van centrally in my space, probably a good half a dozen empty spaces either side of me. Came back to find some idiot had parked next to me with their wheels on the white line. No way I’m contorting myself to climb over the massive centre console from the passenger side so I opened my door onto their car. Might have scratched it, don’t really care.

It's not the leaning of the door that causes the issues, it's the rubbing of the door up and down on the other vehicle as your weight sits in the car

well I do the best I do. But if I need to get in my car then I need to get in the car 🤷‍♀️

Can't you put a blanket or jacket over the door where it touches?

Oh give over.

I own my car, and want to sell it eventually without having to make unnecessary repairs.

That's the problem - wear and tear isn't as upsetting if you own the car outright.

*don't own the car outright

It's just as much of a problem whether you own the car or not, lease companies can and will deduct hundreds for damage.