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  1. Home again, hallelujah.

    The rot set in 3 metres from the end of my driveway. Footpath blocked by matronly women having a natter. They were shocked to discover that these houses are inhabited, not just a backdrop for their witless existence.

    Halfway to the shops, an idiot exited his driveway at speed and stopped, blocking the footpath while he went back inside for something. #YPLAC

    Five metres from the shops, a car that had been indicating a turn into the carpark failed to turn and nearly ran me over instead. It was in the livery of the joint at the end of the road, the Royal Society for the Blind, not that I'm leaping to conclusions.

    I generally abhor violence. Generally.

  2. @radiotea For those following along at home: this is specifically *not* allowed in #Edinburgh, and parking attendants are supposed to be issuing tickets. edinburgh.gov.uk/parking/new-p

    Illegal parking at this location (in #Newington next to the pharmacy, right?) is really common…

    #YPLAC #YPLAC_Edinburgh #FuckCars

  3. @radiotea For those following along at home: this is specifically *not* allowed in #Edinburgh, and parking attendants are supposed to be issuing tickets. edinburgh.gov.uk/parking/new-p

    Illegal parking at this location (in #Newington next to the pharmacy, right?) is really common…

    #YPLAC #YPLAC_Edinburgh #FuckCars

  4. @radiotea For those following along at home: this is specifically *not* allowed in #Edinburgh, and parking attendants are supposed to be issuing tickets. edinburgh.gov.uk/parking/new-p

    Illegal parking at this location (in #Newington next to the pharmacy, right?) is really common…

    #YPLAC #YPLAC_Edinburgh #FuckCars

  5. @radiotea For those following along at home: this is specifically *not* allowed in #Edinburgh, and parking attendants are supposed to be issuing tickets. edinburgh.gov.uk/parking/new-p

    Illegal parking at this location (in #Newington next to the pharmacy, right?) is really common…

    #YPLAC #YPLAC_Edinburgh #FuckCars

  6. @radiotea For those following along at home: this is specifically *not* allowed in #Edinburgh, and parking attendants are supposed to be issuing tickets. edinburgh.gov.uk/parking/new-p

    Illegal parking at this location (in #Newington next to the pharmacy, right?) is really common…

    #YPLAC #YPLAC_Edinburgh #FuckCars

  7. @chloeraccoon that is Epic Level #yplac

    Only thing missing is disabled spaces.

  8. Saw some staggeringly dickish parking while out and about yesterday. #YPLAC

  9. @yakkoj maybe it's the ultimate one, but it also applies to any 4×4 in an urban situation, especially one found in a #yplac situation

  10. Is there a #YPLAC on the fediverse?

    Though this seems more abandoned than parked.

    Untaxed as of a few days ago.

    Making things difficult for the poor sightseeing bus drivers!

    Who do you call about something like this... non emergency number? Going to leave it an hour and see if it vanishes. Has been left unlocked with a window wide open and hazards on. Odd!

  11. #YPLAC twixmas edition: Top work in blocking both the pavement and the hatched door-opening space in the disabled bay.

  12. Told a driver he was parked on the zebra crossing zigzags on Gloucester road. He wound the window down and said 'The crossing is clear'. I said, that's not the point, you're not allowed on the zigzags, that's what they mean. He said, 'I work for the council'. I made a show of going to look at his license plate and he fucked off. #carbrain #badparking #yplac

  13. Told a driver he was parked on the zebra crossing zigzags on Gloucester road. He wound the window down and said 'The crossing is clear'. I said, that's not the point, you're not allowed on the zigzags, that's what they mean. He said, 'I work for the council'. I made a show of going to look at his license plate and he fucked off. #carbrain #badparking #yplac

  14. Told a driver he was parked on the zebra crossing zigzags on Gloucester road. He wound the window down and said 'The crossing is clear'. I said, that's not the point, you're not allowed on the zigzags, that's what they mean. He said, 'I work for the council'. I made a show of going to look at his license plate and he fucked off. #carbrain #badparking #yplac

  15. My daily #yplac by local rental #escooters. No accountability, no number plate, no social responsibility. 😡

    I love e-scooters & believe they are an essential component in city mobility. They're cheap, take little space on the road & public transport (#multimodal!), need little space to park (except #yplac users 👆), are compatible with bicycle & #ebike infrastructure, …

    Governments need to get a grip & legislate to encourage wide, responsible & safe use. Be like Berlin, not Paris nor Alicante.

  16. I completely understand the sentiment and resentment against #escooters & rentals in particular.

    Banning them doesn't seem like a good solution, though
    Technology exists to disincentivise the #yplac behaviour. The rental companies don't see it as profitable to force any kind of good behaviour on customers.

    Germany (e.g. Berlin) seems to have sussed it with insurance, number plates, policing, homologation, helmets.

    Paris says au revoir to rental e-scooters
    bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66

  17. Look at this utter bastardly parking seen while out and about this morning. This shit is totally unacceptable, especially from a business. Wheelchair users or anyone else who can't negotiate that little bit of pavement they've deigned to leave us would be forced to go around on the road, into the oncoming traffic **which can't see them.** It makes me furious. 😡 #BadParking #YPLAC