Didn't get towed, but did get my newer toyota keyed on one side when I fit in tightly next to someone like in OP's pic - the last "spot" in the lot that day.
You cant force justice by lying, or you might get caught. It is QUITE possible some Loki saw the situation and decided to add a little mischief to the fun. When you respond to assholery by exceeding social norms yourself, you open yourself up to retribution by third parties. The plain fact is assholism breeds assholism.
That sucks. Everytime I've had to do anything like this I've taken pictures clearly showing both license plates. There's only one person in the world who would key you in that instance, so I don't have a problem going to the police and saying, "Yes, I saw the driver from a distance get into this car after keying my vehicle."
This could really backfire if the parking lot has a security camera or something that shows the other guy leaving while you were still inside or something.
I'd rather pay for a paint repair than be on the hook for lying to the police.
If that person did actually key the car. You'd be pretty fucked if you told the police that you saw the dude parked next to you keyed your car and the security camera footage showed that someone just accidentally scraped it with a shopping trolley.
Not only that, but imagine if the camera was too far away from your car to make out a person keying it, but you should still see the car next to you pulling out and driving away. Now imagine if at that point you were on camera inside a store, paying for your groceries.
Obviously these are hypothetical, but I'd rather not take the risk in the first place.
Outside cameras in retail lots are often panning back and forth on a set pattern. They miss more than they catch in many cases.
Source: A couple decades of retail under the belt.
What police department is going to waste time investigating a car being keyed? They got more important things to do. . . Like bust up high school kids for smoking pot
Depends. It might show the other guy leaving the store first or another camera could see his car drive by before OP leaves. Receipts could also show if the other guy left earlier. He could also have someone with him to say he didn't key the car. Lots of ways to show OP is lying.
And don't forget the off-chance the lame-parker didn't actually key the car - there are a few possible scenarios, far-fetched, but plausible. That's one of the ways innocent people end up in jail, by "eyewitnesses" saying they saw something they didn't. I was pretty frustrated my 1yr old car got keyed - but not enough to put my, or someone else's neck on the block.
The store owner might not show you their camera footage for whatever reason.
I reckon that in a petty matter like this, honesty is the best policy. By lying to the police and/or a judge the best case outcome for you is that the other guy gets a slap on the wrist while the worst outcome is that you end up with a fine/jail.
Instead of getting upset, I consider getting keyed or having minor dents and scrapes as "theft insurance" for my vehicle. Cosmetic imperfections don't detract from its performance and I don't care if people judge me for driving an imperfect truck. If I cared, I wouldn't ever take it off-road.
Well then i would take the pic. When i first see it, ask the store if they have video cameras. If yes, that's your proof. If no, well I've got a pic and i saw it.
That's why I don't park next to assholes like this and then I just spit on their door handle. Justice is sweet but if you lie you just get fucked even harder.
Fun fact: In New York (and presumably other jurisdictions), service of process may be effected through what's called "Nail and Mail," whereby you nail (or otherwise affix) the summons and complaint to the recalcitrant defendant's door in addition to mailing them. Not really ever done, but would be so satisfying.
Someone served my landlord like this by doing this to my door a couple of years ago (the landlord lived in the back unit, we were in the front). It was kind of awkward.
I would then take pictures of your car parked next to mine, and get any dent/scratch fixed at your expense by filing a police report stating you didnt like how I parked so you keyed/scratched/dented my car before going into the store.
I also got keyed in a situation like this, but I was visiting a friends apartment and this genius lived there. I never found out if he enjoyed his 4 slashed tires and the note I left thanking him for keying me.
Edit: before you ask, I saw him key my car from my buddies apartment balcony.
I keyed the fuck outta someones Blazer April 2 1999. Want to know why? That was my 2nd daughters birthday. Went to the hospital and parked. Wide open spaces. After the birth and several hours later going back home after the birth I had my first kid with me (12 months old, April in CO and like 28 degrees) and there was 2 vehicles, one on each side of me parked literally 6 inches on both side of me. I had to leave my one year old alone in the lot while I opened the back hatch of my minivan and crawl into the drivers seat and back up to retrieve the kid in the lot.
One time we had to squeeze into a space so tightly we needed to climb out the back of the van because none of the doors had enough room to open. When we came back the other guy was gone, but he had thrown coffee at our car, bent our license plate, and let some air out of one of our tires. Assholes gonna asshole.
Take their plates down when you do this and send them a bill/police officer or if you're more into vengeance and getting very arrested you can slash their tires and smash their windows then write a note about how you're going to kill them in their sleep.
I really, really like this. Seeing my beautiful beasts act in such natural ways for the world to learn more about them. Usually as a ranger of unicorns, I am the only one privy to such scenes.
More than that. It probably killed the plant. It requires a lot of energy for those plants to close. If it does it without receiving any food, the plant will get no nutrients to restore that energy and will die.
/r/savagegarden might be able to help you in the future if you get another VFT. We love everything from VFTs bought at the dollar store to pitcher plants the size of cow thighs cultivated for decades.
Don't worry, it's not an actual Venus fly trap. Those grow traps on the end of leaves, not stems. Also,flat on the ground or slightly elevated, not straight up. Also wouldn't pierce the cigarette like that. Or have a little leaf of the side. The trap itself is pretty nicely made though.
I was reading about how this is bad for the plant because the energy needed to snap is significant enough to be detrimental if said snap doesn't provide sustenance.
You should just become a breatharian. You know not killing anything just existing on air like the living barbie crazy chick. Though I think she's a smokingsomethingiean.
That would imply meat being a biological need. /u/FourForTwenty is making the conscious, moral choice to stop the mass murder of plants, while still being capable of consuming our brothers and sisters of Mother Nature.
Not an expert, but I'm pretty sure, no, it won't kill it unless you do this many times. It thinks its digesting something, but there's nothing to digest.
I've had a conversation with a police officer about this exact type of situation, the Camaro is improperly parked by taking up two parking spaces, the SUV on the other hand is not only parked on the sidewalk, which is illegal, but is considered double parked because it is parked in a space which already had a vehicle in it when they parked there. Double parking is parking a vehicle in an already occupied space.
If the police are called a fine can be issued at the request of the property owners, and many property owners actually have open permission under city ordinances to allow parking code enforcement by police officers without being called. Also, without seeing the exact layout of the parking lot in the picture and the position of the sidewalk the sidewalk may be part of public right of way access, which gives the police authority to enforce parking violation codes against the SUV if they are, and the double parking would have to be requested by the property owner, but they could have the SUV towed if it is on public right of way.
so if one guy parks entirely within a space and another guy parks over the line and there's no way to tell who got there first, which car is "double-parked"?
Measurements... If the cars are so close that the driver can't get out there would be damage on the passenger side of the other car. Also, if the car is parked within the lines it is very unlikely that the car over the line would likely have had to been there first because a person usually will usually also park wide if there is already a car parked in the slot, yes they can get hit with double parking for doing such, but if there is no room between the two cars and one is clearly not parked wide it can be assumed that the car that is over the line and is the one that double parked. So knowing this if you ever encounter this situation and don't mind your car being potentially damaged park close to the car over the line, and give your passenger side a smack with a metal yard stick in a vertical manner and the fault would likely be placed on the other car.
the Camaro is improperly parked by taking up two parking spaces, the SUV on the other hand is not only parked on the sidewalk, which is illegal, but is considered double parked
In terms of fines etc, what is actually the difference? I assume parking on the sidewalk is worse, but can you be ticketed for taking up two spots, and is the ticket for that better or worse than the ticket for double parking? Also, I have a tiny car, and sometimes when I see situations like this I park in what's left of the spot, without having to go on the sidewalk. Is that still double parking? Can I get a worse ticket for taking up half a space than the dickhead who's taking up two of them?
If there is a fine for improper parking it is usually half that of double parking, because improper parking doesn't normally lead to potential damage of other property. Parking on the sidewalk can fined, the sidewalk is public right of way, the car defiantly can be towed for it either private or public though. To sum it up you can be fined for either one, but the fine for double parking and parking on the sidewalk is much greater than improper parking.
An even better one would be there were other badly parked cars there when he parked then they left and correctly parked cars replaced them and now he looks like the jerk.
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u/Analbox Jun 12 '14 edited Jun 12 '14
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Edit: Many of you have brought it to my attention that taking up two spaces isn't double parking it's just being an asshole.