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Originally posted by ratbastid
Niiiiice. That'd be good advice if you were married to a 12-year-old or a cocker spaniel, but not so hot if your wife is an adult woman.
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That made me laugh and laugh.
With regards to the point in question, I have to admit I was surprised at how common this kind of thing was with a lot of American drivers. I know I'm probably going to get flamed for this.
When I am in the US I regularly see people ease into parking spots and keep moving until their bumper hits something (I believe you Americans call it a "fender?"). In other words they did this on purpose! I know not everyone does, but sheesh... some of them must be being taught this it was so common.
What's wrong with good old fashioned "visual distance estimation" (for want of a better term)? It's not as if parking spaces in the US are all that small. Shit, most of them are at an angle on streets anyway (at least in California where I spend most of my time). I shudder to think about some of the drivers I've seen trying parrallel parking.
Back to the specifics of this post, I can't really come up with any hard and fast recommendations. Maybe just explain it to her as you did to us?
"Honey, you can't do that. It's bad for the car, it's disrespectful of the other driver and most importantly, you'll get some road rage psycho all freaked out who will hurt you and the kids!"
If someone said something like that to me, I know I'd listen.
Mr Mephisto