Comments on: Tell me, is it me or the city council that is weird? http://www.chanlilian.net/2006/05/10/tell-me-is-it-me-or-the-city-council-that-is-weird/ Life, Lies, Sex, Humor, Politics of a Malaysian blogger Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 5Xmom - Humour, Life, Lies, Sex » Haze so bad in Penang, weird town planner and rum http://www.chanlilian.net/2006/05/10/tell-me-is-it-me-or-the-city-council-that-is-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-23308 5Xmom - Humour, Life, Lies, Sex » Haze so bad in Penang, weird town planner and rum Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:32:12 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/2006/05/10/tell-me-is-it-me-or-the-city-council-that-is-weird/#comment-23308 [...] Talking about Gurney Drive, can someone freaking tell me what is going on with this road?  Remember I wrote about the parking?  Apparently, it is said to be the UK standard of having reverse parking.  Fine, no problem.  But recently, the council are painting the right side road (this is a one way road) with parallel lots.  It could be   for the pasar malam stalls (but these lots are way wider than the usual pasar malam lots) and it could be meant to replace the reverse parking lots.  I don’t know.  But it is a waste of money if it is meant to be parking lots.  Those yellow, reverse parking lots were there for just like a few months. [...] [...] Talking about Gurney Drive, can someone freaking tell me what is going on with this road?  Remember I wrote about the parking?  Apparently, it is said to be the UK standard of having reverse parking.  Fine, no problem.  But recently, the council are painting the right side road (this is a one way road) with parallel lots.  It could be   for the pasar malam stalls (but these lots are way wider than the usual pasar malam lots) and it could be meant to replace the reverse parking lots.  I don’t know.  But it is a waste of money if it is meant to be parking lots.  Those yellow, reverse parking lots were there for just like a few months. [...]

]]> By: Richard Stadtherr http://www.chanlilian.net/2006/05/10/tell-me-is-it-me-or-the-city-council-that-is-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-19901 Richard Stadtherr Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:49:35 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/2006/05/10/tell-me-is-it-me-or-the-city-council-that-is-weird/#comment-19901 Consider the following: REVERSE parking puts the trunk of the car over the sidewalk. Very nice when shopping. Children tend to run towards the back of a car when they get out as the door blocks the front. REVERSE parking means they run towards the sidewalk, NOT the street. A driver is normally closer to the front edge of a car than the rear. In REVERSE parking this means less of your car has to stick out into traffic when looking to see if the way is clear. The hood (boot) of the car is usually lower than the back of a car, especially for SUVs. REVERSE parking means that you have better sight of traffic with less blockage from the vehicle next to you. Try it for six months and see if you don't change your mind. Consider the following:

REVERSE parking puts the trunk of the car over the sidewalk. Very nice when shopping.

Children tend to run towards the back of a car when they get out as the door blocks the front. REVERSE parking means they run towards the sidewalk, NOT the street.

A driver is normally closer to the front edge of a car than the rear. In REVERSE parking this means less of your car has to stick out into traffic when looking to see if the way is clear.

The hood (boot) of the car is usually lower than the back of a car, especially for SUVs. REVERSE parking means that you have better sight of traffic with less blockage from the vehicle next to you.

Try it for six months and see if you don’t change your mind.

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