Name and Shame

[WRT]

I've just stumbled across the site "I Park Like An Idiot" and its given me an idea. I reckon these stickers should be universally available, maybe even government sponsored.

Imagine if you could get them from your local LTSA office or Post Shop. Everyone would be carrying them, and some cars owned "Idiot Parkers" would wind up plastered in them. Imagine coming back to your car to find that 50 odd people had highly visibly notified everyone of what a prize plonker you are.

I'd also expand the idea out, make the stickers printed on both sides so you could put them on the windshield right in the drivers view when they get in the car, or put them on the passengers side so that they will also give the driver grief.

Make up other stickers as well, such as "I drive a car not a bike" for idiots that park in bike spots, or "This is not a wheelchair" for people who park in disabled spots. Or maybe that one should just read "My handicap is not physical . . . "

Should we be pertitioning our local MP's for this?? Got to be more effective than that 0800 Smokey campaign - whatever happened to that anyway?

[bugjuice]

can we get 'I drive like a twat' stickers?

[WRT]

Absolutely - with a quick release system mounted on your glove so you can ride up next to them, slap it on the rear windshield, and then hoon off into the distance (in a completely "non twat like" manner, of course).

[Patrick]

"This is not a wheelchair" for people who park in disabled spots. Or maybe that one should just read "My handicap is not physical . . . "

Know of one that had some stickers made up for those wheelchair park only lazy arses without disabilities who knick them...

"you took my park, you want my disability too, arsehole?" Superglue it into position i reckon (between thier eyes perhaps?)

[placidfemme]

I think thats a great idea... however... could anyone be done for vandalisim or something if they are caught putting the stickers on the vehicles?

[WRT]

Surely no more than the people who put up billboards on every available peice of spare space?

[bugjuice]

there was some action taken against a group of people who were putting stickers on 4x4s a while ago. Something to do with them guzzling gas and polluting etc. Can't remember what happened about it, but it wasn't the best press in the world.

But somehow, flyers under the wiper blades are ok..?? go figure

[Motu]

My Pajero is pretty big - you can slap as many stickers on it as you like,but it won't improve my driving....

[Jackrat]

there was some action taken against a group of people who were putting stickers on 4x4s a while ago. Something to do with them guzzling gas and polluting etc. Can't remember what happened about it, but it wasn't the best press in the world.

But somehow, flyers under the wiper blades are ok..?? go figure

Couple of em' got smacked over.
End of that little game.

[Sniper]

Lol at Motu. But yea, it would probebly just provoke a war of sorts. Would still be fun to try.

[ManDownUnder]

My Pajero is pretty big - you can slap as many stickers on it as you like,but it won't improve my driving....

on your windscreen?

You're right though - it wouldn't improve the driving (not that I've seen your driving... just willing to bet... y'know)

[Motu]

You could cover my windscreen if you like...If I got behind the wheel I would probably think - ''oh,I'm plastered again,situation normal....take me home wanker...''

[WRT]

Surely if every time you parked like a wanker (in your wanker) you had to remove a sticker off the windshield before you could drive away it would make you take a little more care in how you parked?

[jazbug5]

Know of one that had some stickers made up for those wheelchair park only lazy arses without disabilities who knick them...

"you took my park, you want my disability too, arsehole?" Superglue it into position i reckon (between thier eyes perhaps?)

Yeah, a friend of mine saw a guy doing that in Newcastle. Covered all of the windscreen, as I recall- and they were printed onto stock that made it really hard to peel off. A lot like the ones that get put onto 'naughty parker' cars in New York. Abso-feckin-lutely brilliant idea.

[James Deuce]

Think for a second.

My family qualifies for a disabled park. There are two members of my family, myself included who are disabled. The other one is one of my children.

My wife is able bodied.

She is now too scared to use the disabled parks that the mobility pass entitles her to use because of the attitude displayed in this thread. She has been threatened with being towed, blocked from getting out of the car, and had abuse hurled at her because she is able bodied, and obviously abusing a "privilege" that should go to someone else.

Judge a book by its cover and you may just find yourself with karmic egg on your face.