# There is a special circle of hell reserved for parking-space thieves **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 3, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206 "2006-05-03T05:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206/21 "2006-05-04T15:15:42Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > Yes! And shackle them to the dickheads who park their pwecious cars diagonally over two spaces (after forcing them to watch their cars get keyed, of course!). I have a habit of spitting on those cars when they’re parked in crowded lots\*, aiming for around eye level on the driver’s side of the windshield. It’s not going to do any damage to the car, but it certainly lets the driver know he’s pissing people off. \*I’ve got no beef with the folks who park across two spaces in the back of the lot where nobody else is likely to park. They only bother me when they take up a space that somebody else obviously would have used. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206/22 "2006-05-04T18:47:28Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > Yes! And shackle them to the dickheads who park their pwecious cars diagonally over two spaces (after forcing them to watch their cars get keyed, of course!). Shit, theres a big pickup with a lift and swamper tires at my apartment complex that regularly takes up _three_ spaces. It’d just be an awful shame if some local kid saw the sidewalls of those expensive tires as a target for his penknife. I’d never do such a thing, of course, but I’d laugh heartily if it did. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206/23 "2006-05-04T20:44:27Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > \*I’ve got no beef with the folks who park across two spaces in the back of the lot where nobody else is likely to park. They only bother me when they take up a space that somebody else obviously would have used. Back home, a common sight in the day was the Camaro, Firebird, or Trans Am parked across not just two, but FOUR spots. Rocco’s not just afraid of getting his door dinged, but also getting his front bumper nudged, yo! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206/24 "2006-05-04T22:58:38Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I have a habit of spitting on those cars when they’re parked in crowded lots\*, aiming for around eye level on the driver’s side of the windshield. It’s not going to do any damage to the car, but it certainly lets the driver know he’s pissing people off. > > \*I’ve got no beef with the folks who park across two spaces in the back of the lot where nobody else is likely to park. They only bother me when they take up a space that somebody else obviously would have used. I’ve always felt the same way. If you feel the need to take up more then one spot, go way to the back of the lot where your SURE not to get hit, I understand the concept, really. But up in the front of busy lot…it should be a ticketable offense. Hmmm, spitting, I like that. No damage, I don’t think it would be considered vandalism, yeah, I like that idea. The most I’ve ever done was left a nasty curse filled note on someones antannae at a Fridays. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206/25 "2006-05-05T01:10:08Z")
> [@An Arky](#): > > Yes! And shackle them to the dickheads who park their pwecious cars diagonally over two spaces (after forcing them to watch their cars get keyed, of course!). Back in the day when I drove a VW Beetle, I was often able to squeeze into that two-space area with them. If they left more room on their left than on their right, that’s where I’d go - and they’d have to clamber in from the passenger side. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![liberty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/958977/32.png) [@liberty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206/26 "2006-05-05T01:33:53Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Personally, I’m getting sick of all the yuppie moms in giant SUVs (and their teenage kids in their HUGE pickup trucks) who feel that it’s incumbent upon them to tailgate anyone who isn’t driving 45 mph. This happens on little residential roads where the likelihood of Junior running in to the street to get his ball is quite high. It doesn’t behoove anyone to drive over 30 because if you don’t hit a kid or the kid’s dog, you’ll probably hit a deer. > > Plus, when I get tailgated I slow down. If I know I have a turn coming up and there’s a Land Rover fuming up my ass, I’m going to slow down so that when I _do_ turn there won’t be a collision. This infuriates them further and generally leads to them jerking their car in to the opposite lane and accelerating to pass me. That’s just even more dangerous because half the time you can’t see what’s coming over the little hills. Yeesh. I’m not doing it to piss them off, but that’s what happens. > > Idiots. I had a fool going 50 mph in a 70 and wouldn’t get over to let me by. :wally :smack: ---
**Author:** ![liberty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/958977/32.png) [@liberty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206/27 "2006-05-05T01:42:52Z")
that was supposed to be going 50 in a 70 moh zone. There goes my brain going faster than my hands [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-special-circle-of-hell-reserved-for-parking-space-thieves/355206.md?page=1)