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January 22, 2007
Back-In Diagonal Parking Goes Awry
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| For the third time this month a diagonal back-up parking maneuver
has gone bad in downtown Chico. Somebody attempting to back into a spot
at the downtown plaza became confused by a bicycle passing in front of
the car. After attempting to swerve and accelerate to miss the biker, the
reverse direction of movement became disorienting and the vehicle ended
up parked in the Chico Paper Company across from the plaza. A witness to the incident who would identify herself only as "The Shelster" had this to say... "I wouldn't say it was a very good back-in park job, but she nosed into the paper company pretty well. I would say add some paint striping inside the store front, and she's golden!" |
| Also covering the story was local news heiress and Commission
Impossible Action News Team member Nicole Shanafelt. She's shown here looking
smashing next to her Action 12 Lexus (Action 12 News is a subsidiary of
the Commission Impossible news conglomerate) After reporting on this story, Nicole was off to cover a parallel parking problem at the Home Depot shopping area. Nobody was harmed during the creation of this parody of an actual traffic incident |
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Posted by Lon at January 22, 2007 12:00 AM
Comments
I say, corporal punishment all the way around for the council that approved diagonal parking.
Posted by: juanita at January 21, 2007 01:39 PM
I am afraid that there will be more of these types of problems. I can hardly wait until my 85 year old mother in law tries this back in parking thing. She can hardly see over the steering wheel let alone the head rest to back up!
Posted by: Ms Soup at January 22, 2007 12:40 PM
I just found out in a meeting on July,9,2007 that the ywant to put in Back-in parking in front of the new hospital. Can you imagine the hurried family members backing correctly while they are hurrying to get into the hospital to visit their loved ones? Or hao about someone who is coming for an appointment to see a doctor who is stiff and aching from an injury. Easy to turn around!! Someone from the city said this is safer. Maybe for young flexible kids. I found in my car that when I back into the city plaza that My post is right in my line of vision and I cannot see a cyclist. Oh well!
Posted by: Jeff House at July 10, 2007 09:08 PM