Spaniards are non-conformists
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Cars parked outside the blue lines… is this a way for Spaniards to rebel against the parking police?
I took this “aerial shot” from the living room window of my apartment (I live on the fourth floor). I wanted to share it with you because, as you can see, there are four cars parked along the street and, to my disbelief, none of them are actually parked within the blue lines the way they should be. But don’t take my word for it — click on the picture above to see the larger version and judge for yourself just how “off the mark” each car is.
No matter what time of day it is or how many cars are parked along my street, none of them ever use the blue lines. In fact, I am looking out the window right now and see over 20 cars parked everywhere but within the blue lines. When I see this, I can’t help but wonder why and how it happens. In the USA, it’s pretty unlikely that you would regularly see cars parked like this for the simple fact that they’d be fined almost immediately for taking up more than one space.
So, here’s something for us to debate in this post. Why do you think that “park jobs” in Spain are so “unique?” Are Spaniards in Burgos starting a non-conformist parking movement? Is this a way for them to rebel against meter maids everywhere? Maybe it just boils down to a different way of looking at the world? Leave your opinion below.
Hasta luego,
–Chris
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The Spanish have free uninsured health care – it helps them express their individuality and prevents uninformed ranting
@Alan – What exactly do you mean by that? I hope you don’t consider this post to be “ranting”… I was just trying to show something that I find curious in a lighthearted way.
No Chris, far from it. Maybe you haven’t been following the ramblings of the more reactionary anti healthcare bill supporters and their slagging off of UK NHS. It was my weak attempt at hijacking your blog and injecting some irony – but remind me do they do irony across the pond? Now that was below the belt and completely uncalled for! Hope you are well and that Burgos has settled after its horrible incident.
Good wishes
Alan
@Alan – haha Yes, they do irony across the pond, but less of it.
Now that I re-read your comment, I get it… you know, us Americans are slow sometimes with the whole irony thing.
Thanks for the clarification, and yes Burgos is starting to settle down now after the ETA attack, so things are getting a little “back to normal” around here.
Here in Valencia, Spain people park their cars in any way physically possible, even if it means they block everyone else in. It is common here to park in a “doble fila”, which is like parallel parking but with two lines of cars right next to each other so that the inner line of cars cannot leave.
@Michelle – Yes, they double park here as well… and then when the person who is “parked in” has to leave, he just lays on the horn for about 20 minutes until the guy who has him blocked finally appears. It’s a flawless system. haha