Case #27008 Everyday life

Who should get the last parking space: the car waiting with its indicator on, or me?

The jury has spoken.

7,891 jurors Β· 553 asked for more information

The complainant 61%
The other driver 23%
Both 13%
Neither 3%

Top jury comment

Indicating for one specific space doesn't give you a claim on the whole row.

900 agree

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The complainant says

In a busy supermarket car park, I'd been driving round for about ten minutes. A space opened up right in front of me as someone reversed out. Another car was waiting two spaces further along with its indicator on, but it was facing a different space where someone was loading their boot.

When the space in front of me cleared, the other car pulled forward and beeped, and the driver said they'd been waiting for 'this row'. I pulled in anyway because I was closest. They shouted at me as I walked into the shop.

The other side says the other driver, as the complainant tells it

The other driver says they'd been waiting longer and were clearly waiting for the next available space in that row, not one specific space. They say it's common courtesy that whoever waited first gets the next space.

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Jury discussion (5 comments)

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  1. Juror 6116 Voted: Need more information

    Can't judge this without a diagram. I need arrows.

    800 Agree 1,000 Funny 30 Hmm
    1. Juror 7735 Voted: Need more information

      The site should let people upload car park diagrams. Just for these cases.

      300 Agree 500 Funny 3 Hmm
  2. Juror 1973 Voted: The complainant

    There's an unwritten rule that you wait for your space. It's written in the hearts of shoppers.

    600 Agree 500 Funny 15 Hmm
  3. Juror 9354 Voted: The complainant

    Indicating for one specific space doesn't give you a claim on the whole row.

    900 Agree 20 Funny 10 Hmm
  4. Juror 2878 Voted: Both have a point

    Ten minutes of circling and then shouting over a space. Supermarket car parks bring out the worst in everyone.

    500 Agree 90 Funny 5 Hmm

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