Plug-In Parking Abuse Hall of Shame: Post Pic's Here

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  1. jerrymildred

    jerrymildred Senior Member

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    As much as Disney and the other parks charge, they should fill your battery and/or your tank as a courtesy.
     
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    You are saying you want additional charge from them? :eek: :LOL:
     
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  3. hill

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    easy now .... SOMEone's gotta fund our 401K's

    Besides, when you're paying $5 or more for a churro? what do you expect.
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    Well, if they're going to overcharge my wallet, they can at least charge my car to capacity while they're at it. :whistle: Well, actually, they won't overcharge my wallet because I refuse to go there. Haven't been there since the 90s.
     
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    At least we got some of your dough back then.

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    Here in California, if you leave a car unattended on the side of the freeway (most often because it broke down), the CHP will put a road-hazard orange sticker on it warning you that it will be towed if not moved in a certain amount of time. They are all but impossible to remove. You have to scrape the remnants off and/or use something like Goo Gone. I wonder if you could get blank ones and write, "this space was meant for charging only" on it and slap it on one of the car's windows.
     
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    Michigan 4/17/2018
    City Of Grand Rapids Van - Ice'd out others to park at a charging station. Non Electric. ChargePoint Station Blocked.
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    :eek: Wow! Well, at least you know who to call and complain to. :mad:
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Not since the early 80s for me.....
    I'd try a polite note first.
    I would not use a sticker!

    It's early days for the EV community.
    They still have a chance to improve their branding..... ;)
     
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    The sticker is the kind of thing I’d think about but probably never do. Charging about town isn’t a big issue for me with the Prime. I’ll only do it if it’s free, and if I can’t, it’s not a big deal. You just hate to see people abuse the system.
     
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    Been here about an hour and a half, still no sign of the owner, only one customer in McDonald's and he just sat down to eat so probably not the owner of the ICE car 20180728_133334.jpeg 20180728_133322.jpeg

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    The guy works there and so he's entitled to park there he said, so I asked him what part of electric vehicles do you not understand? He said he will talk to his supervisor, he also asked if I took a picture of his license plate and I said yes so he started taking pictures of my plate lol 20180728_140355.jpeg 20180728_135115.jpeg

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    Sounds like it's time to involve the guy's boss if you want to invest the time and effort needed to get the situation fixed. :(
     
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    That's the whole problem in a nutshell. Everyone feels entitled to do what the heck they want now.
     
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    That sign says it is electric car parking only when charging. Since he was not charging, the sign does not apply to them.

    English language fail!
     
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    it's much more malignant than that. You can't even stop people from taking their chances solo in the carpool lanes, or parking in the extra wide space next to handicap stalls used to access the van's wheelchair elevator. That leaves the wheelchair person stranded & unable to get back in the(ir) vehicle. Those kinds of people are subject to huge fines. Often, they just don't give a rip. Sometimes there's even plug-in car animosity, because many of these spots are closer to where you want to walk to. So you get the passive aggressive creeps that lets them feel like they're sticking it to you.
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    Makes me glad I drive a tiny plug in vehicle. I’ve had a corolla parked many times in a charging space I use on my way home. On more than one occasion I’ve backed up to where I was almost touching the corolla (which was pulled all the way to the front curb) and plugged in. I only stuck out a few extra inches from the parking spot.

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  20. hill

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    Nice shopping cart!

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