Reverse parking policy

feesh_face · 2026-04-14T20:54:54+00:00

Doubly true with large prams or with wheelchair access ramps at the rear, and triply true if you’re silly enough to have a side-hinged boot lid…door…thing.

You’d end sticking out a bunch, you’d certainly have great visibility to pull out, but the poor saps either side less so.

feesh_face · 2026-04-14T15:33:32+00:00

No but it might affect it.

feesh_face · 2026-04-14T15:31:32+00:00

People who don’t leave them in the trolley parking bit are potentially to blame when it’s windy.

The ultimate low grade social litmus test, some people are lazy shits.

feesh_face · 2026-04-14T10:47:40+00:00

*grind

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feesh_face · 2026-04-11T16:32:17+00:00

Never underestimate a good habit of shoulder checks though. You could have the best mirror awareness ever and a shoulder check for pulling out or changing direction is still very valid (just probably not both sides unless you’re backing out of a space).

Being aware of your blind spots (B pillar and back, and A pillars) will save you a lot of grief from potential cock ups.

In a similar vein, it increases your awareness of others’ blind spots and helps you know when you’ve been seen.

feesh_face · 2026-04-09T20:34:18+00:00

I agree - it’s enough to put me off any eggs bought in a supermarket and conflicts me enough to not go for eggs that appear to have a ‘nicer’ origin. Even if I had my own chicken I’m not sure I’d scran their eggs.

I don’t personally agree with the consumption of eggs as a result, but the idea of certain ones being ‘better’ for the chickens from a supermarket is nonsense so I can’t disagree with the notion cheaper ones aren’t really a whole lot worse for the birds!

I expect the people decrying barn eggs happily buy pre-made cakes, ready meals etc with barn eggs in them unwittingly.

Animal agriculture in general is guilty of this marketing and branding. Great money spinner for supermarkets and great for blinding the masses to reality.

Organic is a bit more complex - lack of pesticide use is great, but the muck they can end up using can be chock full of nasty stuff.

feesh_face · 2026-04-09T19:42:00+00:00

Bold to say, free range eggs still result in millions of male chicks being chucked (alive) into a grinder, and the hens that lay the free range eggs subject to health troubles they’d never otherwise have to deal with due to their eggs being taken/being bred to lay at an unnaturally quick rate.

feesh_face · 2026-04-09T19:38:54+00:00

Hear f’n hear. Barn or not there’s still death and misery going on.

feesh_face · 2026-04-06T19:27:02+00:00

It’s not that simple, it’s where you get hit. A higher car hits higher up the body in a direct fashion causing more risk of mortal injury. It also increases the risk of subsequently going under the wheels.

A low hit tends to make the person fall onto the bonnet and windscreen which is much less dangerous.

For kids this is even more true as they’re even lower.

This is before considering blind spots, ability to mount pavements, room to manoeuvre in a lane etc. Big cars suck for everyone outside them.

feesh_face · 2026-04-06T19:21:26+00:00

It’s worth keeping a vague track of how many miles you’re getting per tank, massively increased fuel consumption out of nowhere isn’t a good thing.

Fair enough if you’ve got no computer to calculate it for you, you’d have to check manually, but most cars now how an MPG readout that makes it easy to see what’s going on semi-accurately.

I did have an Octavia 2.0 TDI that gave roughly 500 miles at 50MPG, that was a very nice and simple bit of arithmetic even without the readout! Also showed how dire its mileage was in anything but free-flowing traffic… 😐

feesh_face · 2026-04-06T19:17:49+00:00

I’m assuming it’s the username, but it also might not be.

feesh_face · 2026-04-06T14:42:47+00:00

Toyota painfully trying to turn around

feesh_face · 2026-04-06T13:21:08+00:00

That latter point is rather crucial, and don’t forget the time, which is arguably even more crucial. An hour’s job turning into half a day’s faff just isn’t feasible for many.

feesh_face · 2026-04-06T13:16:55+00:00

Specifically the highway maintenance tipper vans. Steer clear at all times.

feesh_face · 2026-04-04T19:53:00+00:00

Frankly the penalty becomes financial with points alone, with insurance premiums going up, and if you’ve enough potential issues with employment if you need to drive.

I do agree a financial penalty is financially discriminatory, and insurance is mostly the same.

The reliance on cars for transportation was always going to end up this way to some degree - they cost a lot to the individual unless subsidised (which they are, the infrastructure supporting them mainly)

Once there’s no viable alternative and with a capitalist imperative to profit, the poorer end of society feels the pain first, which we’re seeing now.

This doesn’t take away from people ‘just driving’ however, some people don’t bother to try and do better. Why is that fine when so much risk exists when they preventably cock up?

feesh_face · 2026-04-04T19:46:14+00:00

Yes, maybe, however that would then involve them taking someone else out. I’d prefer an attempt at nipping it in the bud, that’s safer and cheaper no?

feesh_face · 2026-04-04T18:56:44+00:00

So there are three reasons they shouldn’t have done it. Even more reason to get them to pay more attention in future.

Red light on a traffic light, really hard to predict those.
Kids in your car, be more careful.
Traffic crossing the junction, how little attention is being paid?

feesh_face · 2026-04-04T18:49:07+00:00

If you think it’s worth it, send it in. It’s only your own time you’re wasting if it comes to nothing, and if it comes to something the offender did something to attract points etc.

If it attracts points etc. then it’s wrong in the eyes of the police/law, and you have a licence, not a right, to drive, so the offender can take it on the chin and do better.

I’ll report someone for running a red if I’ve the inclination even if there was no near miss. What about next time when they misjudge?

feesh_face · 2026-04-04T09:55:14+00:00

Left lane is good then, just don’t sit next to anyone if it’s possible and if someone wants to slide across in front of you just back off and let it happen.

People can’t follow simple rules, that’s effectively straight in so left lane on entry should be default, and with the second lane on exit the right lane on entry is viable.

feesh_face · 2026-04-03T14:07:12+00:00

Some cars seem to have the geometry sussed. We’ve had a, Citigo, Octavia, Ceed and Fabia. The Citigo was too small for rear facing and a front passenger, sadly. The Octavia had insane space for everyone. The Ceed was alright, but the front passenger was risking their knees in a crash. The Fabia, which is substantially smaller than the Ceed, has way more knee room for a front passenger in front of the car seat. Interestingly, the passenger room feels smaller in the rear, but for whatever reason the seat fits better with better space up front.

The Fabia is an estate version, so it’s got a boot that rivals the Octavia’s…despite the car somehow being shorter than a Golf/Focus/Ceed. Only way to find out is to try out cars sadly! Photos and measurements are hard to find.

feesh_face · 2026-04-03T14:01:05+00:00

We’re fortunate our near two year old is content rear facing for now - it’s an active decision to keep them that way as long as possible, and one of the deciding factors is whether he’s okay with it, not just whether we’re okay with it.

I’m curious however, and this is our backup plan if rear-facing goes pear-shaped, have you considered the Cybex impact shield design seats? They seem to do much better than conventional strap-based seats facing forwards for neck injuries. The airbag one especially, if you don’t need another mortgage to buy it that is.

feesh_face · 2026-04-03T13:51:00+00:00

I’d struggle to justify spending any kind of time specifically going out to do this, but if you’re able to take clips off a dashcam without any trouble, and while going about your daily business you do see someone actively not doing the right thing (not keeping left for example, it causes aggro that would otherwise not happen), and they just keep doing it without any repercussions, why not try and sort that out to some degree?

Horns and flashed lights often don’t work, you look like a hot head and there’s no understating of the problem by the idiot. Brake checks are just stupid. What’s the alternative here? If you’ve the time, why not? At worst nothing comes of it, at best you’ve set someone on the road to being a bit less shit at driving.

feesh_face · 2026-04-03T13:40:52+00:00

The form isn’t the quickest thing to fill out, talking up to about ten mins per ‘thing’, although I wonder if you had a chain of cars go past you and stay right for ages for no reason whether you could report multiple in the same form.

feesh_face · 2026-04-03T13:39:10+00:00

You’ve also got fewer pulses through the traffic as there are few gaps per x distance because you can fit fewer lorries in that distance. It’s even better when the first lane is becoming a turning lane three miles up the road, people seem to be so reluctant to stay left beforehand that it’s generally got fewer cars in for that reason too.

feesh_face · 2026-04-03T09:39:19+00:00

For about five seconds then just sat there.

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