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BMW Driver Discovers that You Cant's go Too Far with a Clamper on Your Wheel…

Thursday, January 31, 2013

No one likes to see their car clamped down, regardless if they deserve it or not, but once it happens, the only other thing you can really do besides paying the ticket is to complain about it.

Well, at least these are the options for someone rational, because you could always defy logic and attempt something stupid like drive away with one of your wheels locked in the clamp, which is precisely what an elderly man from Dublin, Ireland, tried to do in a BMW 5-Series Touring (E39).

Friday, January 11, 2013

We'll admit that, low-slung supercars with slots instead of normal rear windows and gearboxes that sometimes have a mind of their own aren't the easiest vehicles to parallel park.

Nevertheless, we think that this Ferrari driver had more than enough space to complete the parking maneuver if not with a single move, a couple at the most.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Granted, the Jeep Commander isn't a small vehicle, but at 188.5 inches (4,788 mm) long, the crossover isn't huge either, which makes it kind of tough to explain why this driver is having such a hard time backing out of the parking space.

As is almost always the case with people filming these type of incidents, the men behind the camera are far more concerned about cracking a joke than going out to help the woman who is clearly struggling to move her car…

Friday, December 14, 2012

When it comes to vehicles that are abandoned or parked illegally, most municipalities will issue tickets with the hope that owners will pay up and conform to the law, but sometimes, more drastic measures are called for.

In Russia, for example, some cities have no problem taking matters into their own hands and settling the problem once and for all, giving owners a tough lesson.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Sidewalks were made for pedestrians to walk on and not for drivers to park their cars, but some people just can't seem to comprehend this simple concept.

An older woman (possibly in Russia), has her own way of punishing owners of cars who insist on leaving their vehicles on the pavement, and which includes some, let's just say, nasty sounds similar to those that irk youngsters at school (or at least they did before the age of screens)…

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

If only the blue-colored SUV was parked a few feet ahead we could have been talking about an unbelievable outcome in this accident.

What we see in this dash-cam video (likely sourced from Russia) is a driver of a Subaru Legacy Station Wagon speeding and not paying attention to the road while trying to change lanes.

Monday, August 27, 2012

It's a scene that repeats itself on an everyday basis, all around the world, especially in crowded cities: a driver bumping and/or pushing other vehicles with his or her car while trying to wiggle out of a tight parking space.

In this video, which may have been filmed somewhere in France (judging by the license plates), a man in an older generation Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet has found himself in a tight parking squeeze between a BMW X3 and a Ferrari F430.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Looking for a parking spot in a crowded city can be a nightmare, and even though this problem can be solved by buying or renting a space for your car, one upscale apartment building in Singapore is really stepping up the ante by offering buyers a special treat with garages connected to their homes.

Enter the pricey world of Singapore's Hamilton Scotts 'Sky Garage Apartments', which includes one elevator for residents and another for their vehicles.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

There are some telltale signs that you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car like when you're getting ready to insert a ticket into the machine but somehow end up smashing into and breaking a parking gate.

And on top of that, you then have a hard time placing your vehicle in the correct spot to reach the machine.

Friday, June 22, 2012

A 74-year-old man launched his rental 2012 BMW X5 SUV through some cable wires and into the air before literally landing onto a 2005 ~~JagWire~~ Jaguar XJ and a 2003 Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan in a looped parking garage in Chicago.

The man said that he hit the gas pedal instead of the brake by mistake. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but all three cars sustained at least some kind of damages.

Friday, June 8, 2012

If this accident doesn't get you to smash your palm into your face, we don't know what will…

In less than a minute, the driver of this silver Daewoo - from what we can tell, somewhere in South Korea, managed to crash her small sedan not once, not twice but three times in a parking lot entry!

Sound impossible, but it is true and there's footage from a closed circuit television camera to prove it.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

To save space and transfer as many vehicles as possible, this company parked a bunch of small city cars side by side on what looks like a double decker, flatbed truck trailer.

Evidently, placing the cars this way on the truck is as difficult and dangerous as getting them out. See how this driver coped with the problem in the video after the jump.

Hat tip to Andrew for the video find!

Monday, June 4, 2012

In a not so far, far away land called New York City, a man impersonating Darth Vader with a heavy-breathing Brooklyn accent was captured on film last month quibbling with a traffic cop over a parking ticket that he had received while promoting interest in Star Wars during a 5th Avenue Street fair in Brooklyn.

However, the traffic trooper completely snubbed Darth Vader...

Friday, June 1, 2012

For the fifth time in the past two years, the Guinness World Record title for the tightest parallel parking job has changed hands.

Previous titleholders include Ronny Wechselberger from Germany, who parked a VW Polo in a space measuring 26cm (10.24-inches) longer than that of his car, Zheng Da Zong from China, who did the same but with a gap of 24cm (9.45-inches) and Patrik Folco from Italy who broke the record at 22cm (8.66 in).

Thursday, May 24, 2012

For a traffic-packed city like Manhattan where you are better off taking the subway or even just walking to your destination if possible instead of using your car, there seems to be a high demand for parking places.

In fact, so high is the demand, that the city's first million dollar parking space is a reality in Greenwich Village, a residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. According to the New York Post, that is six times more than the national-average price of a single-family home!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

One of the fastest and expensive cars produced by Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler receiving a ticket by a man in the group's slowest and cheapest vehicle is not something you encounter every day.

You can watch the priceless scene of the officer in a Smart ForTwo writing up a ticket for the unattended and sticker-bombed Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster for parking in a loading zone in Beverly Hills in the video that follows right past the jump.

Monday, May 14, 2012

How hard can it be to park your car in an empty lot with plenty of space for maneuvering? Harder than you think for a Chinese driver of what looks like the local market version of Nissan's Tiida five-door hatchback.

While in the beginning of the video everything seems to be going slow but smoothly, all of a sudden, the driver slams the gas pedal while in reverse with the car smashing through the wall behind it before it fell into the lake.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Just reading the title of this story will make any man cringe, as this must be one of the worst ways to die…

The tragic incident took place in Haikou City in southern China earlier this week when an unnamed 41-year-old woman tried to park her scooter in front of a man's shop to pick up her kids from school.

According to reports from local news stations, the 42-year old owner of the shop came out and told her not to park in front of his store. The woman snapped back and words started flowing from both sides.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

A Turkish driver had the ride of his life when he tried to give way to a passing car at a parking lot in the city of Istanbul.

According to local news reports, the driver of the SUV applied to much pressure on the gas pedal and as a result, he went flying off the parking lot deck crashing onto an adjacent building before landing on the ground. Luckily, the man suffered only minor injuries.

The incident was captured on film by a security camera. You can watch the video after the break.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

What would you do if someone backed into your brand new sports car that you spent months building with your own two hands on the first day you took it out for a spin?

Well, chances are you would freak out, though we do not know how many of you would react in the same way Kevin Patrick did when a Ford Explorer SUV backed into his hand-built Exocet. The young man digressed into an angry series of profanities aimed at the Ford driver.

We'll have to assume that in his fury, Patrick missed the older man with the three children standing across the road…