Being pregnant and car parks [vent]

[*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

[tinkerbelle]

I have so had the same thoughts about the mother and baby bays and pregnant women!!! Especially when you get to the end of your pregnancy, it would be so nice to be able to park close to the shops in one of the mother and baby bays to reduce how far you have to walk to just go in and pick up a couple of things you need.. when the shops are busy, its the worst having to park miles away and a real struggle to walk to the shop entrance without feeling like baby is going to fall out any second!

[~*familyof3*~]

OMG i feel your pain Yarra! Im so so ova it hey its driving me mental to the point il avoid the shops.Some people r just so ride and dont care.

[toomanyshoes]

It's funny, at our shops I actually think there are too many specialised parking spots, theres a gazillion and 1/2 are almost always empty.

Parents with prams
disabled
seniors
60 min parking

I know they are necessary but its gets frustrating driving around and around and around and around waiting for a spot yet 1/2 of the "specialist" ones have no one in them! I've never ever seen more than 60-70% of them used! But realistically our shops need at least 50% more normal car spots.

[MrsBexie]

I always find disabled spots empty but then again I would never want them to reduce the amount of disabled spots!! (although I think we almost qualify as disabled!! Because we are dis-abled from doing lots of stuff being pg!! Haha)

Lol to the sign!! I migh stick one up!
"I am pregnant and huge so if you don't want your car to get scratched from me trying to squeeze myself into my car, don't park so close!"

[Kazbah]

I was happily driving down the lot to the parking area in our local shopping centre, some cow zoomed around me, went into the next row, and then pushed in front of me. Took the last place. I ended up parking in one of 3 disabled spots, and this cow who pushed in front of me gave me the filthiest look! You know, with the blasted SPD I prolly could have gotten a disabled sticker, but figured there are people worse off than I, but when it's a horrid slope and I can barely walk ... MEH!

Can you park a bit on an angle, so you have enough room to get out/in OK? And good on you for calling them on the PA!!!

[Cherished]

I didn't have that problem of not being able to get into the car but I can only imagine how distressed you were finding that you'd been parked in on the few occasions I went to the shopping center I could only walk around for about 30 mins and I'd be ready to go home. I have to admit though that when I was heavily pregnant (can't remember how many weeks) and I was 'very' sore dh and I couldn't find a car park close enough and I said "stuff it! park in a parenting park.... It'd be a brave person to have a go at me in the state I'm in" plus I thought it'd be a pretty heartless parent to say anything considering how much I was waddling and was obviously in pain kwim I wouldn't have even been out of the house if I hadn't of needed to go to that appointment. Besides I fail to see how a mother with kids needs the space anymore than a heavily pregnant woman. Even now that I have bub and the pram etc I think I needed the parking space more when I was pregnant so I really sympathise with you.

[lissy]

Hey didn't have time to read all the replies so not sure if someone's already suggested it, but what about writing to a show like Chanel 7 SUNRISE?? they do stories on things like this all the time and it would get such great publicity through them.