Motorcycle Reserved Parking At Supermarkets (BLOG CHALLENGE)

[Jamz]

In a private car park the Police can't enforce causing an obstruction.

Probably best to take my numbers out though!

[masterofinsanity]

well i went up to tescos tonight mate and it was dead! about a third of the car park was taken up and would you believe it there was 2 cars parked over the motorcycles only spaces, i was tempted to get the nitromors out!! :smt013 think we should design a poster and slap em on the cars windscreens when they do summat like we are watching you and you're f***ed if you do it again!!

[Jamz]

PMSL no way!!!

I'm definitely going to print out a few of my signature strips to carry around with me!

I'm not going to cause any damage to the cars (much as the rage tells me I should), simply block them in and place a note or two under their wiper!

And get a pic, of course.

It's best to mention it to customer services on your way in that you've blocked a car in the bike parking bay, just so they know what's going on.

Actually I may draft my Tesco's email to them today...

[Zedder]

Jamz this is one of the best internet threads/rants I've read in ages. Fair play to you mate. Its exactly the same situation with my work car car park when I drive to work. Most of us have designated spaces. Some don't and shouldn't be there. Some of these arses who don't have a designated space decide to park in MY space because its the furthest away from the security hut and think security won't see. So it means when I come in to work, if in the car, I've no space. So I just block them in. Then, surprise surprise, half an hour after I've arrived in work, the owner of the other car needs to go out or whatever. So, I say I'll be there to move my car in about....ohhhh, soon (as I'm a very busy man you know! ). I return MUCH MUCH later to see the very pissed off person apologising profusely. Plus he's an hour late to wherever he's supposed to be.

Back to the Tesco situation, it pisses me off too. As someone mentioned earlier on, if we were to park in disabled or parent's/kiddies spaces, there'd be uproar! I DON'T PARK IN DISABLED SPOTS OUT OF COURTESY AND THE FACT I'M NOT A WANKER. Why should us bikers have to endure others being w****ers by parking in our spots? :smt013

[rene]

well for the first time i saw a parking atendent sticking a ticket onto a car parked in a bike space, first time i've been happy to see somone get a ticket! would have loved to see the gits face when they came back

[Zedder]

well for the first time i saw a parking atendent sticking a ticket onto a car parked in a bike space, first time i've been happy to see somone get a ticket! would have loved to see the gits face when they came back

Excellent.

Aw, rene. THOSE are the moments camera phones are made for. Would have made a class picture.

[Jamz]

Was it an actual fine, Rene?

I have a few more pics onmy phone since I last posted in this thread.

One of them is apparently an Area Manager, too! :smt013 I had the pleasure of hearing Security tell them to move, as I carried on about my shopping, before strolling back to find them stood by the car waiting for me so they could move out of the spot!

FKRS! :smt013

I've been thinking about setting up another MySpace account or website purely for this, and to put pics up and make sure Tesco's know about it and are pointed towards any new pics until they do something about it...

[masterofinsanity]

guarantee everytime we go to tescos the motorcycle only spaces are filled with cars, its about time someone did something about it.!

[Jamz]

I could set up an MSN group?

That way, it's easy for anyone else to add their pics, and all free!

[rene]

myspace is abit more public nowadays would give me a reason to attualy have an acount on there!

it was a fine im pritty much 100% sure but weather it was for going over the ticket time or (hoppfully) because he was in a bike space i dont know!

at are local tesco they used to have bolards in front of the bike spaces so a car couldent fit in but for some reason they took them down??

Now adays i park infront of the shop door on the pavment, i do this every were that i cant be fined tho

[masterofinsanity]

Go for it Jamz, we need a good name for the action group.c'mon get your ideas in.

[Jamz]

The only problem with MySpace is that it's harder for other people to add pictures.

I guess it depends how much I can be arsed to do, really...

[masterofinsanity]

right started a poster just need to add a name to it. we can stick these on offenders cars!

[rene]

awsome! i've got 50 of these bad boys at home as well

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fake-Joke-PARKING ... dZViewItem

should give them a little shock

[Jamz]

Looks good to me!

It's far milder than the notes I've left, anyway!!!