Toulouse. Cyclists take revenge on improperly parked cars
Pedestrians and cyclists meet badly parked cars in the streets of Toulouse every day. Some have found a way to “get revenge” without damage.
The #GCUM phenomenon is growing every day on social networks. The hashtag “Parked like shit” appeared a few years ago on Twitter, to accompany photos of poorly parked cars, taken by pedestrians and cyclists. On a track or cycle lane, on a median, a sidewalk, a place reserved for the disabled …
A new practice has appeared: that of a “false accident” reported to a poorly parked motorist. Clearly, a cyclist writes on a piece of paper, which he leaves on the windshield of a badly parked motorist: “Hello, since you are badly parked, I damaged your car by trying to avoid it. Call me for the report “. The word is followed by a phone number (obviously false). The goal, not hidden, is for the motorist to spend several minutes inspecting his body, looking for a shock or a scratch, which does not exist. And that he thinks twice before parking on a bike path, or on a sidewalk …
“The practice can be cheerful, but badly parked cars are a real scourge. Obviously it is dangerous for users, pedestrians who have to walk on the roadway, or cyclists who have to swerve. ‘effort to walk or pedal to move, and protect the planet “, reacts Boris Kozlow. According to the president of the association of pedestrians and cyclists 2 Pieds 2 Roues, the main “nest” of badly parked vehicles would be the avenue des Minimes. Not far on the podium, the Saint-Aubin market and boulevard Bonrepos. Municipal police operations regularly issue inconvenient or even very annoying parked vehicles with fines of € 135.