Comments on: Inconsiderate Bastard of the Day

By: Joebloe

Joebloe — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:35:40 +0000

hahahaha ok then you are an inconsiderate bastard, not because you own sucha tahoe, but because you park you jumbo SUV in not only a compact only spot (ticketable in some if not most states), but aslo a handicap spot.

By: Albert

Albert — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:48:40 +0000

Although relcutant to do so my best friend’s Mom suggested I admit my error. That is my vehicle that has caused so much discussion. Well, not actually “my” vehicle but my parent’s who live in the assisted living facility shown in the picture. They can’t drive anymore but their trustee (attorney) said they could buy the vehicle in the name of the trust and I could use it. I was visiting them.

Everything in the picture is real. The parking slot looks small because it is marked for compact cars only. They are narrow. The handicap slot was not in use when I arrived and when I left. When I came out the only handicapped license plates I saw were parked at least three lanes away from this one.

I have moved it.

By: Geckoe

Geckoe — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:36:31 +0000

1. Do not be jealous of someone for owning a more expensive vehicle than yourself. Just because this guy is having a midlife crisis and clearly compensating with a redesigned Tahoe, does not make him a douchebag, or an asshat…it makes him stupid with his money.
2. Simple thing…handicap parking spots are 3 feet wider than normal spots…copy the image into your paint application (or better yet thegimp) and do a pixel count across a straight line. The handicap “spot” is narrower than the spot Mr. Hummer is in. Also the TRIANGLE is blue not black; however the triangle handicap sign is meant for restrooms. like someone said there is no sign on a post (required) as well the white lines to the right run PARALLEL to the curb, if that was a handicap loading zone(i.e. space for a wheelchair drop down) they would run at 45degrees to the spot and the curb. another thing is that, again its been said, the dip-down for the walk extends into the spot (not allowed).
3. Get over yourself, unless you drive a hybrid, all electric, or dont use cars at all, shut up. Do you grow and produec all your own food? there are far worse things you can do to the environment than drive a fuel hog, all fuel hogs do is create more demand for fuel driving the price up…oh goodness, is that what has you all so mad?
teh fuel to power ratio of these peices of junk may be absolute garbage, however they do burn it reletaveli clean copmpared tou your family car…
4. also i have to agree with maz. I cannot count the number of times i have had to park like an ass because of the person beside me, then i come out of the store and hes gone making me look like the idiot.
Mr dumbfounded…guess what not only can you copmare the hummer side by side with vehicles of the same class…you can compare it to ANY vehicle Here it is compared sbs with a Tahoe of the same year (by the way they are the same vehicle with different bodies)

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well it dod not c&p very well, but go to your site you listed and compare the hummer the the same year tahoe…you will be surprised.
5. if this guy had parked in two spots that had normal markings on them this pic would never have been taken. Which makes me believe it is not likley photoshoped, merely purposely put out of context of the sinage. there is probably a handicap accessible bathroom nearby.

By: Jprime

Jprime — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:09:41 +0000

I read this earlier today, and when my wife and I went out, I made a point of checking out how the handicapped spaces I saw around town were marked on the street. At least here in Boston, they are predominantly done in white, not blue as Alex claimed above (exception was the parking lot of a medical center). Also, there were several where a coating of darker paint (or maybe really thin asphalt/tar) surrounded the symbol – apparently for the purpose that ceedee claimed – increased legibility, because the same paint/tar was evident elsewhere in the same lots where lines had been shifted or redrawn.

I didn’t find an exact duplicate to the situation in the picture, but I did see one place where there was a handicapped spot on one side of a curb cut, and a narrower zebra-striped area on the other side (about the same width as the one in the picture). It looks like it was intended as a de/embarkation zone for folks with side-loading platforms on their h-cap vans.

Also, I doubt the picture *had* to be faked – as on most other days, today my wife and I spotted several cars (mostly SUVs actually) parked in or across h-cap spaces without a requisite plate or windshield tag.

By: dumbfounded

dumbfounded — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:36:15 +0000

I think it lame for people to ‘hate’ a vehicle by an asumption… This person IS a douchebag mainly because he can’t park in one spot and thinks that he/she deserves to put that tank in the front row. These trucks are not wider than most large SUVs. Compare (oh wait you can’t) this Hummer to other vehicles of the same class @ http://www.fueleconomy.gov
None of them show up on the list…

By: Tires

Tires — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:32:44 +0000

I think it’s time to test the self inflating tires while calling building security to get him towed.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:58:33 +0000

Total fake pic, there is no sign. Also I have only seen these sites painted in Blue, not white. Also, why would they have the spot blocking the ramp, seems weird to me.

Either way, Hummers are lame!

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:38:57 +0000

Keying someone’s car b/c your don’t like it makes you a douche. Don’t become what you hate!

By: naeby

naeby — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:19:09 +0000

just to point out, i believe that black traingle is what is known as sealcoat, it’s a layer of hot tar that goes over the asphalt. my uncle owns a company that sealcoats parking lots. and instead of keying their car, why not just call a police officer. parking in a handicapped zone is a 100 dollar fine and anyone who keys a car is himself a inconsiderate bastard

By: dan's outside

dan's outside — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:00:29 +0000

Bummer, A Hummer

Couldn’t resist posting this one from “sierra club compass”: When Pictures Speak Louder than Words .

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:51:35 +0000

I key douche bag parkers! Have been known to key all four sides! No excuse to park into a handicap zone. No I don’t key if it’s just a normal spot… just the buttnuggets that park in the handicap spots that aren’t handicapped.

By: webonics

webonics — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:28:22 +0000

Awesome. I love it. He’s a douche (obviously overcompensating for something else).

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:30:58 +0000

Somebody needs to stick one of these badboys on his fender:

http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/

By: Dr. Marv

Dr. Marv — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:05:45 +0000

Who cares, photoshop or not the guy is a douche.

By: mikey

mikey — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:58:18 +0000

Just slap one of these bumperstickers on their car. I keep a handy stash in my glovebox for just these kind of situations.

http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/

By: ceedee

ceedee — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:24:42 +0000

That’s black paint under the handicapped stencil and NOT a photoshop effort. I used to paint that stuff. We’d first paint the background black to cover the old handicapped stencil, then paint a new stencil over it. We did this to make the new stencil look clean and VISIBLE.

By: Jon K.

Jon K. — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:12:22 +0000

I have to go with the photoshop theory. No paving company is going to spread asphalt AROUND the paint. They pave it over, then whip out the stencils and spray paint. The space itself is way too small to be a handicapped space. Why is there no sign in front of the space marking it as handicapped-only? The law on handicapped spaces says that the space MUST be clearly marked with a sign. If there’s no sign, you can’t be ticketed.

By: maz

maz — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:32:23 +0000

Jimbo, doing damage to someone else’s vehicle is a pretty shitty thing to do. There are occasions where I have to park slightly to the side of a space as it’s the last in a lot and the moron next to me parked that way. Say you come along and the asshat that did that is gone you’re gonna assume it was me that did it and screw up my car.

Granted it’s not a good one and I don’t really give a damn. Just doing things like that is asking for it to happen to your vehicle later in time.