Just wanted to get your opinions on an admittedly minor situation, that kinda bugs me.
I walk to the train each weekday. I walk due north, and the tracks run east-west. There is a commuter parking lot immediately to the S of the tracks. I pass the parking lot, cross the tracks, and walk W a short distance to catch the train.
The parking lot features 2 rows of pull-in parking, with through traffic down the center. So the cars parked on the N side of the lot - closest to the tracks - are pulled in facing the tracks.
I walk up the east sidewalk of the street which is on the W end of this lot. The endmost space of the N row of parking spaces seems to be a little narrow. I have never parked there, but it seems to me that it might not even really fit a compact car. Maybe it is not even intended to be a space. The spaces are not numbered, metered or assigned - cars just have little windshield tags and park in any spot available.
In fact, since this end spot is so narrow, more often than not the first car into the lot would skip that spot, and park instead in the second space, because using the first spot would require either jamming in next to the car in the second spot, or parking partially on the sidewalk.
Where the sidewalk passes this lot, it is of the same paving as the lot, and distinguished only by a broad painted white line.
Because the trains board to the west of this lot, the spaces fill up from this street to the east. The later you get there, the further you have to walk.
Gosh, what an incredible buildup over an incredibly miniscule matter. Got an idea on the setup?
All right. Here is what has been bugging me a bit lately.
The last few weeks, a guy in a Lincoln Navigator SUV has taken to parking in this end spot every day. As I said, it might just barely fit a compact car. The Navigator does not fit between the lines. This driver’s solution is to park partially on the sidewalk.
Now don’t get me wrong. This does not prevent me from passing his vehicle. There is still plenty of room to pass by on the sidewalk - at least for a single person. And the area between the crossing and the street is paved, so you could walk there, tho you are closer to the traffic and there is no curb. And, of course, I could cross the street and use the other sidewalk.
But basically, this just strikes me as really rude behavior. It doesn’t ruin my day or anything, but it obviously pissed me off enough to write this endless tome. Why does this jerk think he has the right to consistently block a portion of the sidewalk?
So I was thinking of calling the cops and seeing if they would put a warning or a ticket on the vehicle. Heck, as a resident I’d welcome a little revenue.
I’ve only seen the guy once - on the train coming home. Apparently he takes an earlier train in than me. Tho at the time I passed this a.m., he could have gotten a normal spot maybe 20 cars to the E.
If you did see the guy, would you say anything? If so, what?
I would appreciate your opinions on how you would deal with this admittedly minor irritation.
