Yeah, it does look like places seeking LEED credits:
So what we get is masses of "reserved" spaces that people just park in anyways:
Even the store uses one to hold shopping carts. I guess they got their "credit" and moved on.
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Yeah, it does look like places seeking LEED credits:
So what we get is masses of "reserved" spaces that people just park in anyways:
Even the store uses one to hold shopping carts. I guess they got their "credit" and moved on.
Tailpipe exhaust whistle
Cheap enough that you could stock up and have a bunch on hand, for when the need arises. :wink:
I understand that the previous handful posts are done in humor, but... it's childish to think about vandalize a car for parking in the wrong spot. You're not going to change stubborn peoples perspectives. And if one of them sees this thread, they'll see it as an "us vs. them" scenario.
Yeah. I would never actually condone touching/damaging another vehicle. I could see myself putting a note under the windshield wiper.
Zybane
Member
So, since you aren't going to change "stubborn peoples perspectives", they should be let to do whatever they want with zero repercussions? How is that an answer. We live in a society, not anarchy. Granted, I would only whip out a caltrop under the most extreme circumstances. Like say a pickup truck and trailer someone posted blocking all 8 Tesla stalls. An egregious situation totally preventing charging.
Some people have proposed some draconian things, but at least some of those people ICEing superchargers are just ignorant and some people may be parking there out of desperation (such as situations with superchargers in smallish hotel lots). And I'm sure some are just being jerks too. The problem is that unless you meet the person who did ICE the supercharger and learn their motive, you don't know.
People who aren't up on electric cars probably don't think about the analogy between chargers and gas pumps. ICEing a supercharger is like blocking all the pumps at the gas station. Just because it isn't at a gas station doesn't mean they aren't preventing you from refueling your car.
People who aren't up on electric cars probably don't think about the analogy between chargers and gas pumps. ICEing a supercharger is like blocking all the pumps at the gas station. Just because it isn't at a gas station doesn't mean they aren't preventing you from refueling your car.
Zybane
Member
Someone pulling into and blocking 8 Tesla bright red marked charging spots knows exactly what they are doing. No one is that blind or stupid. They simply do not care about anyone else but themselves. If there was absolutely no way I could charge, or the property owner couldn't locate the driver, or the police couldn't do anything due to the "weak" non-threat of towing signage Tesla and it's property owners have erected, yes; a caltrop may accidentally fall out of my pocket. The driver will care then.
BTW anyone who is a big enough douche-bag to blatantly park in a Tesla charge spot will laugh at your ICE'd business cards when they see them.
Xenoilphobe
Well-Known Member
We don't seem to have the same issues here in the Mid-Atlantic - yet. I have thought about carrying a tow rope for exactly this issue - i could loop it over my hitch and just pull one of the cars out..
.Around here, people routinely ICE gas pumps. By that I mean they pull up to a pump, park, walk to the store which is sometimes a real/big store, leave their car at the pump not fueling, while shopping (for at least 30 minutes) then come back and fuel up.
Modern society seems to be exceptionally self centered.
Bangor Bob
Member
Don't be destructive. Tape their valve stem cores to their windshield with a nice note*. No damage, but definitely some inconvenience...
*Don't actually do this.
Strange, I've never seen that. All gas stations on the west coast I can think of have parking next to the mini-mart and anyone going to the mini-mart without buying gas park there.
Olle
Active Member
Why not plant some tall dry grass or something else combustible in the middle of the spots. Park an EV, no problem :smile: But. If it touches the glowing catalytic converter under an ICE...
It is not vandalism, just self inflicted damage to whomever ignites it.
Ok, just kidding
It is not vandalism, just self inflicted damage to whomever ignites it.
Ok, just kidding
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