Trucks in bike spaces

[Waylander]

Went to the movies the other night and there is a bike park in town near the theatres. I park there and no one around lots of empty car places. Movies over and I walk out and I see bikers rolling up for a later showing and having to park elsewhere cause some fuck up cager has parked thier car in the bike spot. Even attempted to move my bike so he would have more room. Dropped it in the process.(one of the few times I had locked the steering)

Cager now has to spend money on a new windshield, two wing mirrors, panel work and a new paint job.

[Skyryder]

Went to the movies the other night and there is a bike park in town near the theatres. I park there and no one around lots of empty car places. Movies over and I walk out and I see bikers rolling up for a later showing and having to park elsewhere cause some fuck up cager has parked thier car in the bike spot. Even attempted to move my bike so he would have more room. Dropped it in the process.(one of the few times I had locked the steering)

Cager now has to spend money on a new windshield, two wing mirrors, panel work and a new paint job.

What about the flamethrower.

Skyryder

[sunhuntin]

only seen it happen once here in wangas in the ave, and more than once at the mall.

the ave bike parks are about the same size as a regular car parks, but are generally by the gardens, with a motorbike sign. they are roughly one per block, which means not very many when its a nice day.
the mall parks, there are two, and they are both about 3 car parks long. one covered and the other underground. the top one is usually blocked off by taxis, and the underground one sometimes has a car squished on the end, but that one is rarely used by bikes.

but in saying that, im not above parking in car parks if there is no other option, and like many of you i prefer to be as close to my bike as possible.

[Waylander]

What about the flamethrower.

Skyryder

If I had one.....

[Xtat1k]

slash a tyre yeah the front sounds good, or put a small stone under the air cap of each tyre and tighted it, it will cause the tyres to slowly deflate and he will be far away and probably be screwed where he has to stop, cost him a bit of money to hahaha.

[Beemer]

I got blocked in a motorcycle park in Hunter Street once - bloody big truck parked within inches of my front tyre and as my bike was in the middle of a row of bikes, I was stuck until a big burly guy came along and helped me lift the rear tyre up onto the footpath so I could get out! The footpath there was quite high (about a foot) and there was no way I could get it out without help.

I made a guy move off a bike park in Palmerston North recently. He was just sitting there, half in and half out of the space, so I pulled up behind him and tooted. He just sat there, so I opened my visor and said "it's a bike park, piss off" and he did! I was amazed, and a bit wary of leaving my bike there in case he came back and did something to it, but I got the result I wanted!

Take the photos in to the council and make a complaint - who knows, with photographic evidence, they may be able to issue a ticket. Worth a try.