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diatriose t1_jed30ys wrote

I wish someone would penalize double parking. It's so, so bad

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MightyMudBone t1_jedqzaf wrote

I live in West Philly, and on my 2 mile commute to Penn, I regularly pass 10+ double parked cars. Often they are parked in front of massive, empty spots. It's fucking bullshit.

I suspect (though can't back it up) that most of these people are working. Whether they are ride share drivers or delivery drivers. And I'm sure they are incentivized by the shitty corporations that subcontracted them to go as fast as humanly possible. Which is bullshit. But some of them are definitely just regular lazy assholes who are pathologically self centered.

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MomsSpecialFriend t1_jee663f wrote

My neighbor would leave his car double parked all day long, one day I had enough when my kids were almost hit by a school bus going around his van. I called the police, they called me back a while later and the car was still there so they came out. They knocked on his door and he came out in his underwear, the cop screamed at him and he has never double parked ever again. It was an every day thing here for a long time.

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diatriose t1_jeef0s9 wrote

I'm also in West and the volume of people who just stop in the street when there are a plethora of open spots is staggering. It's just lazy and selfish. I used to honk, until recently a woman I honked at for being double parked next to an open spot followed me and threatened me. No one is doing anything about it.

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kellyoohh t1_jeeiqfn wrote

That’s my biggest pet peeve! I can almost sympathize with delivery drivers who have no other choice, but they still do it when there’s a bunch of open spots! It’s insanity.

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diatriose t1_jef0325 wrote

it's really the pinnacle of self-centeredness and apathy the way people just double park next to spots. It's such a "fuck you" to everyone. I hate it and there's nothing stopping them

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throwawaythedo t1_jedx1m3 wrote

Most of them are exactly how your last sentence describes them.

I frequently travel between center city and the stadium on Broad and it has gotten unbelievably worse, like I expect the lane closest to the sidewalk/parked cars is now just reserved for temporary parking.

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ntr89 t1_jeewk49 wrote

Meanwhile they keep giving two hour violations in non 2 hour zones and the dispute portal online is broken

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coal_min t1_jeecd2i wrote

Snyder Ave is impossible to bike down at p much any hour of the day

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rafaelscheidt t1_jeej55e wrote

My blood pressure on Snyder Ave has to be scary. I hate it so much

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