Are you a Urinal rule parker?

[waynne]

The urinal rule.

Imagine there are 5 urinals then they will be used in the following order. 5 furthest away from the door, then 1 furthest away from 5 then 3 leaving a gap either side then positions 2 and 4 will reluctantly be used up.

() () () () ()
1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5

(I guess similar laws apply to the Ladies loo cubicles as well!)

Why though if someone is confronted with a nearly empty car park will they always choose to park next to a car when there are plenty of other spaces around?

Are you a follower of the Urinal parking rule? Or do you always park in a friendly manner next to another car?

[Izo Azlion]

I park away from other cars.

Saves idiots dinging it. Nice rule that though

[Shao]

Originally Posted by Izo Azlion

I park away from other cars.

Saves idiots dinging it. Nice rule that though

Another thing that drives me potty!!! I strategically think (or try to) where will someone not park next to me - and low and behold there will be someone next to me when you come out, even though as you say a virtually empty car park!

[pgarner]

i look to see what the cars are like around. if there well looked after and parked stright then i have no problem parking next to them. other than that i will revese into a space thats clear on both sides

[PuntoLee]

I look for the furthest space away preferably in a coner where if someone does park its only one side lol

[fingers]

I have a baby so I park in the extra wide child/toddler spaces.

[Prince]

Originally Posted by fingers

I have a baby so I park in the extra wide child/toddler spaces.

Maybe I should get me one of those so I can park in those kinda spaces! I try and park where only 1 car can park next to me or next to well looked after cars. At work I park next to my mates cars so that if I see a mark on my car I know who has done it! I also park closer to the building because it's less likely that someone could hit it and still drive away without being seen.

The urinal rule should not be broken!!

[waynne]

Too many people in my opinion break this rule! Everytime I park in a secluded area someone comes along and parks right beside me!

Apparently this also applies on caravan and camping sites when you choose a pitch!

[sbtUK]

I definitely follow the urinal parking rules. I've been driving for 5 months and I've already got one dent and one scratch on the left hand side of my car from morons (who had unfortunately left by the time I got back) parking next to me and swinging their doors open without due care

I can almost understand the people who park diagonally across a few spaces... Discourages people from parking too closely at least

The case of someone not sticking to urinal rules that I remember the most is when I was on a beach as a kid. There were about 3 or 4 families on one beach, all nicely spread out. Then another arived and set up directly on the other side of our windbreak. Cheeky so-un-so's!

[StevieDB9]

Originally Posted by Shao

Another thing that drives me potty!!! I strategically think (or try to) where will someone not park next to me - and low and behold there will be someone next to me when you come out, even though as you say a virtually empty car park!

haha, the same thing happens to me! whats that all about

some idiot opened their door onto mine and left a foot long vertical dent running up my door along with half his paint