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Xmas carpark drivers!!! was at Westfields Castlehill tonight. It has new photo ID for cars and this makes exiting slow. BUT as I entered a driver in an Holden Captiva was parked with hazards on blocking one lane close to the entrance. So the driver in front of me (Mazda CX9) goes around him and then pulls up and starts to reverse into a car spot! So here I am stuck (along with 5 cars behind me. So the CX9 drivers takes 4 goes at reversing into the spot whilst the Captiva drivers sits. So im waiting and then the Captiva driver gets out of the car and pops the boot. I 'm dumbfounded to watch as his wife comes along and pops 2 Coles bag in the boot. He had been blocking traffic at a main entrance JUST WAITING FOR THE WIFE. Arhh it drives me nuts Uk
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I love my ute, has a large 'glass canopy on the back....last week I printed 2 A3 posters..
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Having worked in a number parking stations and a couple of shopping centres (as a tradesman) the arrogance, pig ignorance, plain stipidity, lack of attention and disregard to others property is mind blowing. I've had ignoramuses almost run over my spotter after driving around my car with hazards on and even driving over bollards with danger tape who try to have a go at me for blocking 3 spaces to do a job. I'm not a polite person if you drive around the 1st barrier, over the second barrier and try to run down a work mate just because you're in a hurry. Car parks are jungles. |
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All right if you get away with loading zones.I have had plenty of run ins with tradies using loading zones at lunch time.The law does say that you can only use a loading zone when actually loading or unloading goods,not as a parking spot to use to go to the takeaway at lunch time.At one time in Hobart the parking inspectors were writing tickets for misuse of loading zones
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It seems nowadays everyone has to reverse park into a spot. What ever happened to just (quickly) driving straight in.???
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I hate the Christmas car parking madness so much that I go to a major shopping center 1 hour before final call closing before Christmas and do a blitzkrieg targeted shop in malls that are close to deserted.
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Don’t you mean Castle Towers, owned by Queensland Investment Corp and by all accounts are ruthless fkrs if you’re a tenant, don’t get me started on the paid parking. The train station hasn’t even opened and they have the hide to charge for parking. Quote:
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Westfield Miranda has the same setup......
Takes a photo and records time you drove in......then on the way out it knows how long you've been there and decides wether to lift the boom gate or ask for your credit card..... ![]()
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Reason.....have you ever tried reversing out when some stupid 'enter preference here' parks so close to you that you can't turn to reverse out. Most parking now has very little space behind to manoeuvre. My biggest gripe is the car doors opened against the car next to them, I see it everyday and it's mostly older women doing it. I've left notes on a few cars with the offending cars rego that have had dents or scraped paint left by these Fu$$ers.
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I must be really lucky when it comes to shopping at peak times.
I get to go around all the queues, never have to wait for a parking spot, never have to pay and always get to park at the door. ![]() I love my ute ![]() ![]() |
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Number plate recognition systems are there to stop people milking the free 3 hours thing. You cannot do the drive out for free then straight back in for another 3 hours free. It's not so much about people man shopping because who could possibly take 3 hours to buy what they specifically wanted regardless of any other products, but it's to stop tradies and such using the place as a parking station for free. So it is to a degree a cash grab but in the same sense it frees the place up for patrons.
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The seating position looks a touch uncomfortable. ![]() Cheers Mick |
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Castle Towers is a place I won't even dare to venture near. Despite being less than a km from it most days, I've only been there once in 3 years, under sufference. The acts decribed above is what you witness in one trip there! Too many selfish pigs who think the world owes them a favour. |
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Amount of time I have seen two reversing cars hit each other or the few times I have had to hold the horn down because I am well and truly out of my park and someone opposite me decideds to start reversing without looking properly means I will reverse into 99% of parks these days no matter how much it annoys people behind me. They aren't paying my insurance if I'm hit. I have found Christmas parking so easy this year. Get a park almost instantly after driving into the car park. I just go on weekdays |
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Photo number plate reading is also used at Rhodes shopping centre (Syd) as I discovered when I visited Ikea.
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Nice. I often use a b.o.b trailer for shopping.
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![]() My son works in the towers so we help him avoid the payment system. I just dont understand some drivers. UK
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I'm sure the car parks have been choc-a-block... I wouldn't know though, I just go to the beach instead - there are heaps of free parks atm because all the numpties are out being good little consumerists
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My wife has a disable parking permit and I really struggle to get her a decent park
when people park in disable spaces because they're only going to be a few minutes.... No mercy, book every single one of them everytime. |
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One good tip I learnt for Xmas shopping is to use the Valet parking.
At Westfield's here in Qld they only cost $5, and skips the hassle of wasting time looking for parks and worrying about some numbnut scratching the car, they're also always situated right next to the entrances so saves walking/hunting for your car.
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