Being pregnant and car parks [vent]

[indie24]

I think they need to make the spaces wider on the whole and stop trying to jam so many cars in.

Like Keike said you could park just over the loine or like the people with hotted up cars park well over the lin so no one can use the other park (and no I am not saying all people with hotted up cars do this)

[Yarrawin]

I'm so glad to know it's not just me that has my knickers in a twist about this. MrsBexie - I hear ya on the getting in and out thing... both for me are a slow process that generally involve a lot of huffing and puffing, sweating, grunting and the occasional swear word and belly grab if I manage to pull something :-/ My parents are meant to be visiting at Christmas and I know full well they will expect me to drive them around and spend days out shopping with them. If I'm feeling like this at 33 weeks I think at 37 weeks I'll be telling them to get stuffed

I was parking across the line a bit for a while even though its naughty but now with Christmas so close finding a park is such a nightmare as it is, let alone a place where I can be naughty and park across the line! Am getting in touch with the local council for sure but wouldn't it be great if the space issue was raised at a higher level? Ah, we can live in hope.

[*Efjay*]

One thing you could try (but yes time of year you kinda have to grab what you can) is try & park so your driver side is near a poll. I will often park so the big pillars that run through the underground parking are on my drivers side. It gives me plenty of room then & no one can actually park too close.
I have to avoid parking with my nose out. Because with out fail some big 4WD will park so close tot he back of my Van I can't get that back open to put the pram away. So as nice as it is to park with my nose forward I just can't do it if I have the pram. I know I wont be able to put it back in the car when I get back! Its ok if its a sedan as I still have enough clearance but its always 4WD's!

Not sure what else to suggest but I think your sign would be good. Im sure if it was polite & maybe a little humours people will move the car a bit if they think its too close. If not, just keep going back & having the owner called over the PA system.

eta - Suggestion for a sign " Heavily Pregnant Driver - Please be considerate & leave enough space for this beached whale to open her door to get back in the car" Along with a funny picture to draw attention. Im sure people would have a giggle & make sure there was room.
BUT problem is most drivers might not look to the left & you would be replying on them having a passenger who noticed your note.

[Yarrawin]

One thing you could try (but yes time of year you kinda have to grab what you can) is try & park so your driver side is near a poll. I will often park so the big pillars that run through the underground parking are on my drivers side. It gives me plenty of room then & no one can actually park too close.
I have to avoid parking with my nose out. Because with out fail some big 4WD will park so close tot he back of my Van I can't get that back open to put the pram away. So as nice as it is to park with my nose forward I just can't do it if I have the pram. I know I wont be able to put it back in the car when I get back! Its ok if its a sedan as I still have enough clearance but its always 4WD's!

Not sure what else to suggest but I think your sign would be good. Im sure if it was polite & maybe a little humours people will move the car a bit if they think its too close. If not, just keep going back & having the owner called over the PA system.

eta - Suggestion for a sign " Heavily Pregnant Driver - Please be considerate & leave enough space for this beached whale to open her door to get back in the car" Along with a funny picture to draw attention. Im sure people would have a giggle & make sure there was room.
BUT problem is most drivers might not look to the left & you would be replying on them having a passenger who noticed your note.

You know, that's pretty much exactly what I had in mind for my sign! I figured, hey, it can't hurt and it might give some people a giggle too!

[ss_storm]

I think you can actually be issued an infringement notice for parking over the lines...so I'd be a bit wary about doing that, especially this close to christmas!
Are there spots you can park at the end of a row or next to a trolley bay, a pole, or something so you'll only have a car on one side?

[*Efjay*]

You know just thinking, I would put a Massive sign on your rear window & your drivers window when you leave your car. I think there would be more chance of the one in the rear window being noticed.
OR when you park your car with plenty of space, go find a trolley & put it next your car. Maybe people wont go to the effort to move the trolley to park there & just move on to somewhere else.

eta - or purchase some witches hats & put them along the side of your car LOL. People would be less likely to move those.

[toomanyshoes]

People just need to learn to park!

I had a woman the other pull into the empty car spot next to me while I was loading up the boot, she was over the line into my space looked me up and down and walked off...silly cow!

[Yarrawin]

People just need to learn to park!

I had a woman the other pull into the empty car spot next to me while I was loading up the boot, she was over the line into my space looked me up and down and walked off...silly cow!

Gosh, that's so rude!!! I would have lost it... but then again my current hormonal state has made me slightly scary

[Floweryfields]

I would be pretty embarrased if I got paged to the carpark - especially if I was in the lines - it's more the fault of the carpark owners for making parks too tiny isn't it?

[lissy]

Actually I think its either the councils or state government as they would set the guidelines for shops etc. to comply with in relation to parking spaces when first built.

[mellybelly81]

I have actually thinking the same thing as I already have trouble getting out of the car and I'm only halfway. I can't imagine what I'll be like towards the end.

I actually work in local government and I just wanted to say that when we assess new developments we can't make them provide bigger bays than what the regulated standards are (I don't know if its through state govt or aust standards or what) so we can only use those as guidelines. Also from my experience in local govt I know that for the purposes of disabled access in buildings etc, pregnant women are included in the temporaily disabled category! Don't know how we'd go getting acrod stickers though!

[appletree]

Cars are getting bigger, and the spaces seem to be getting smaller! At my local grocery shops the parents with prams spots are actually narrower than the normal spots- its insane!

Good on you for doing the PA announcement! I did something similar when a woman who didn't have any children with her parked so close that i couldn't get DS into the car, but she hadn't gone in yet so i just asked her if she could move her car over. Huffy b!tch was not happy! I could have just scratched her car up, but i thought it was better to ask her to move her car...

FWIW, i wouldn't look twice if a heavily preggers woman parked in the parents with prams section, in fact i would probably smile at her!