Ew, no thanks. Give good public transit, bicycle lanes, and more greenery instead!
this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2026
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Now make the people that actually live there have the same opinion and you've worked a political and sociological miracle.
Make them experience actual good bicycle lane design, and experience almost being driven over by a car.
That is an "if everybody just did $THING" solution and while those usually sound lovely they do not work.
Have you got a different suggestion that will "work"?
It sounds like Libby groups in Europe are flaming unnecessary provocation to help curb some slight decline in revenue π
What is that madness, those cars are parked random directions. Is that normal there?
I've only seen it in the states that cars need to park in the direction of the lane.
Nah, was also my reaction when I saw the picture. I am not used to this.
In Germany one has to park in "driving direction", which usually mans only on the right side (one-way streets coming to mind as an example to be allowed to park on the left side, too)
Same in Australia, if you park against the flow of traffic you get a large fine.
The UK is odd with this, like you said itβs a large fine here in Australia.
I wouldn't call it odd. There is no such law in the Netherlands either, and I've seen cars parked "against the flow of traffic" in other countries I have been to as well.
Heck.. I wouldn't even have known that this was illegal in Germany if it weren't for this post. Guess that might help save me a fine in future.
In the UK and Ireland the law is simply that you should be parked within the bay and off the kerb. You can cross a lane to park, facing the traffic as long as you wait until it's clear and safe to do so
It's not a rule in Hungary, I thought it wasn't an issue in Europe. But I guess the nett Germans would bring such a law.