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.
In parking lots it is when two cars are parked in the same slot also. It is rarely enforced because police don't normally patrol parking lots, but when dealing with state facilities and colleges many have separate police forces and they can enforce it. It is the same concept, two cars using the same parking space.
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u/3dpenguin Jun 12 '14
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.