'I got screamed at over my parking at train station - but I don't see an issue'
When you have a train to catch, you can appreciate how hard it is to park at the train station. With small pokey spaces, extortionate prices with minimal spaces as it is.
It is frustrating, but when you find a gold dust space you take it, no matter how tight it is, and sometimes having a smaller car plays at an advantage. However, one person claims she has been screamed at multiple times for squeezing into spaces at her local train station, with drivers telling them they are blocking the access.
Taking to Mumsnet to share their situation, the user questions if they were in the wrong for parking in tight spaces next to bigger cars, which means other drivers may struggle to get into their own vehicles from time to time. She wrote: "This is the second time I've had a disagreement at my local station.
"The spaces are narrow and the carpark is very very popular. Gold dust spaces, but there is a car park a four-minute walk away that's bigger. The station one is pokey car park not really suitable for many modern cars.
"On a number of occasions, I've found very large 4x4 cars right up to the white lines. I have an old low car, thin doors. I'm slim. I can park between two of them and get out without touching their car with my doors. It's a squeeze, but no contact at all.
"I'm guessing their thick doors and higher doors make this difficult, particularly if they aren't petite. As it's not a disabled space I'm restricting (there are wide separate spaces the other side for disabled drivers) I just park if I can park, and don't concern myself with other cars. If I can fit, I'm in my own space I see it as fair play.
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"Twice I've come back to moody car owners of the huge cars.
"My view is if their car is huge or they struggle to get in then they should use the half-empty nearby car park as it has wider spaces and you can park at the back without neighbours. I don't see why I should walk it, if I have no needs for extra space.
"I've just had a really screamy outraged woman shouting I should consider the space taken if I'm blocking access."
The user then writes in a separate post: "Today's woman was a similar build, it was just because the size of her doors she couldn't access btw. A car issue, not a person issue. Was young and clearly mobile
"Drive a tank, accept you need tank appropriate parking. I'm not going to seek out large cars, but equally I'm not going to park elsewhere for their benefit as I didn't buy a large car," They added.
Numerous people took to the comments to share their thoughts on the situation, with many agreeing with the woman. One person commented: "Totally fine in my book! I have sliding doors at the back, so I'm used to smaller spaces. As you say, if you're inside your lines, all good!"
Another saying: "Crack on as you are then. If they park so that their wheels are on the white lines they have to consider that someone else will park within the adjacent space and block their access."
"Maybe they should change cars if they are going to get annoyed at people parking legitimately next to them." Writes another.
However, a few did disagree, with one person replying: "I would park down the road because I wouldn’t want to risk someone bashing my car with their door."
While a different user added: "I try not to block other people's access. Partly because I'm not selfish but also because I don't want to risk anyone potentially damaging my car trying to get in theirs. I'd go to the car park down the road."
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