# How DARE he park his plane there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743 "2015-08-01T19:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/81 "2015-08-10T21:04:59Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > He could have parked the un-winged plane in his drive and covered it with a truck cover or something similar, and I might have been on his side. Now, not so much. Again, why cover it? A truck cover over “something” seems uglier to me than a plane. And anyway, it’s not like a car in a driveway is any prettier than a plane… ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/82 "2015-08-10T23:14:50Z")
Neighbors should be concerned as it goes to mental health, It is irrational to keep such a aircraft on a driveway in suburban LI. It’s not the fine, or neighbors complaining but the mental health of this guy which is the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/83 "2015-08-10T23:40:47Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > What’s wrong exactly with it being a kid magnet. Is there something dangerous in a plane like this? > > That’s an honest question. It being a kid magnet would seem to me to be a plus rather than a minus, if anything. Yes, a small airplane can potentially lead to injuries, both because there are many small pointed/jabby bits on one, or if someone manages to start it up. The latter problem can, as already discussed, pretty much be eliminated by removing the spark plugs. Kids, however, could still climb on it, fall off of it, hurt themselves running into it, and so forth. Of course, kids could hurt themselves climbing around on someone’s car or van, too. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/84 "2015-08-11T04:08:56Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Yes, a small airplane can potentially lead to injuries, both because there are many small pointed/jabby bits on one, or if someone manages to start it up. The latter problem can, as already discussed, pretty much be eliminated by removing the spark plugs. Kids, however, could still climb on it, fall off of it, hurt themselves running into it, and so forth. If it were my plane, I’d be equally worried about kids playing around the plane and causing some damage to it. Bent pitot tube? Broken antenna? Kids getting into the engine compartment and fucking around, just for fun? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/85 "2015-08-11T04:12:21Z")
Or tree or sofa or kitchen or bedpost or playground equipment or fence or bathroom or… See post#73 ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/86 "2015-08-11T04:45:41Z")
As far as kids go, I would be more worried about people leaving the windows down in their car. Why, a kid could get in there, impale themselves on the shifter, start it up, knock it out of gear, find a phone and call 1-900 numbers, fall off the roof, drink gas, get battery acid in their eyes, close their fingers in the door, leave french fries under the seat, get their toes caught in the seat slider, change the radio stations, the list goes on and on. A Cessna with a locked cabin is no fun. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/87 "2015-08-11T05:29:05Z")
You’re assuming a Cessna that size HAS a lock - they don’t always. And it’s a heck of a lot easier to get into the engine compartment of an airplane like that than into the one on a typical car. I don’t think the risk of kids hurting themselves on it are high, but they are not zero. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743/88 "2015-08-11T19:42:17Z")
A child get hurt on your property. No matter the security precautions you will be sued. We, the jury award bad parents millions of dollars. We reward bad parenting & bad and stupid parents that refuse to take any responsibility for their children. We are the enemy. We are the problem. We jail parents who spank and reward the parents for the crimes their disciplined children’s actions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-dare-he-park-his-plane-there/726743.md?page=4)