[s-cars] [S-list] was One-Lap; is French Parking

[CyberPoet]

Only in Paris, right?

You might note that the end of each street has a steel or brass pole in
the center of the parking isle to keep the cars on the end from being
"pushed" into the streets. When I first stopped there, I popped by the
USO to get a hotel recommendation, and part of their advice was
straight-forward: park with your wheels dead straight, car in neutral,
parking brake off. I didn't understand, but complied. By the morning,
my car had drifted 45 feet down the way, and I still didn't understand
-- until I saw someone else park: nose in to push the cars in front,
then tail back to push the cars behind out of the way: instant parking
spot. You'd think they would engineer their bumpers differently for
just that reason.

Cheers!
=-= Marc Glasgow



MARK WROTE:
Myself and 10 others watched in amazement as a lady parking her little
Renault pushed the car in front of her about 3 feet until it hit the
car in
front of it. All this for a parking spot.
YIKES !

For the rest of the trip we laughed at the front hoods of all these
cars !
Amazing !

Mark