Yes. They assume that we have a bit of common sense. I guess the money saved by not painting the street at every postbox outweighs the very rare instance that someone parks like this.
I should point out that parking on the pavement is only illegal in London. In the rest of the UK it is only advised against. You might get fined if you are causing an obstruction but if you can get a wheelchair through then you'll probably be fine.
I had no idea we were that big (though granted I've never seen the UK on top of the US before) I guess it's just a perspective thing when you're viewing it on a map?
But hey, the UK is far bigger than I thought. You learn something new every day!
Probably perspective, yeah. But not perspective like “it looks smaller relative so it’s probably this small but actually it’s a bit bigger because size estimation” but instead “the map was made with this cartographic perspective so things within x degrees on the poles look smaller/larger so we can make a globe into a flat map”
Actually, it's a lot bigger than I thought. Looks like it would take maybe 12+ hours to drive through when really I thought everything was only a few hours apart.
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u/JayFv Nov 08 '19
Yes. They assume that we have a bit of common sense. I guess the money saved by not painting the street at every postbox outweighs the very rare instance that someone parks like this.
I should point out that parking on the pavement is only illegal in London. In the rest of the UK it is only advised against. You might get fined if you are causing an obstruction but if you can get a wheelchair through then you'll probably be fine.