You're taking the P! Facebook page puts worst parkers in Inverness on show
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INVERNESS drivers beware! If your parking is up there with Mr Bean or Mr Magoo, then chances are you will be ruthlessly exposed.
For a local group is on the prowl determined to shame putrid parkers.
And the selfish culprits are having their disgraceful efforts mercilessly highlighted on social media for all to see –- often with hilarious results and accompanied by more than a few unprintable comments about the hapless victims’ lack of skill and inconsiderate behaviour.
The Facebook pagesite, entitled Parked Like a K*** Inverness, has almost 11,000 followers all set to rip the mickey out of drivers who simply cannot be bothered to park their cars properly.
The culprits include drivers taking up more than one space, cars left at crazy angles or seemingly abandoned in supermarket access lanes.
On a more serious note, the list of shame includes cars not carrying disabled badges being parked in disabled bays, and drivers without children using parent and baby spaces.
One of the more recent parking outrages that really got followers in a froth of fury, was a large white campervan that managed to park across two disabled bays outside Starbucks at the rRetail and bBusiness pPark.
Another car that caused much anger appeared to have been abandoned at Inshes Tesco, blocking disabled bays.
In the same massive car park, a car has been parked on one of the access lanes, completely blocking it.
And in the council car park in Castle Street, a small hatchback has been abandoned in a hurry and at a 45 degree angle across two parking spaces.
A common source of comment are cars that park on the slip road leading to the Eastgate Centre Crown Road multi-storey car park on Crown Road, with one Facebook driver even suggesting they should be “side-swiped.”.
Even outside Inverness, bad parkers are not safe from exposure, and one photo posted shows a car “parked” in Fortrose High Street at a crazy angle with one rear wheel up on the kerb.
Occasionally the bad parkers will be identified online by friends who recognise their cars, and often the guilty driver will make a sheepish admission after being caught out.
One woman driver even admitted to parking over two bays to prevent her car’s paintwork being chipped by motorists parking alongside!
But the Facebook site has also led to some angry responses.
Shirley Widdison posted to an alleged yellow line alleged infringement: “Are all you sad ******* on here that perfect?” only to receive the response from the site administrator: “Yip. We are the dogs b***s. Read your Highway Code on double yellow lines.”
The man who devised the site was yesterday remaining anonymous –_ mainly due to threats made by disgruntled drivers –_ but said he was a delivery driver aged about 30.
He added: “I did it for a bit of fun, for the craic, although I had disabled relatives and blocking their bays really gets me annoyed.
“I admit that with my job my own parking is not always perfect, but if I am caught, I will go up on Facebook with the rest. Most people take getting posted in good fun when they are caught and enjoy it, but others are not happy. If people ask me politely to take it down then I will.
“I couldn’t believe it that when I started the Facebook site that within a few hours I had 4,000 followers.”
There are still a couple of traffic wardens in Inverness, financed by police at present.
Highland Council is due to take over in April but it is not clear yet where the funding will come from.
A police spokeswoman said: “Police in Inverness are pleased to note the majority of drivers are paying attention to signage and parking responsibly.
“Police and wardens will continue to closely monitor parking to help ensure all drivers and pedestrians have safe and easy access to the city.”
