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oatmeal
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 Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:52 am Post subject: where to park car in small town? |
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I'm not familiar with parking laws here and just wondering for those of you who live in small rural towns where your one room doesn't have any space for parking, where can you park your car (all day or overnight daily)? I asked my landlord and he mentioned a couple of places in town such as the local grocery store parking lot and another small lot that was right between a mini stop store and a used outdoor junkyard. Is it quite common in small towns to be able to pretty much park and leave your car anywhere as long as it's not a) someone's personal/private property, b) an actual designated lot for someone, c) by the side of the road or halfway over the curb?
I just don't want to get a rude awakening to find a parking ticket or maybe worse, my car impounded.
oh and I forgot to add, is car theft in korea considered relatively low say in comparison to North America or would you say it's higher? Again, my landlord said that car theft (at least in our town) is practically non-existent so I shouldn't really worry about it (even though I have a car alarm and dash cam, but concerned about leaving it in a lot that has no lights at night). |
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Just park it infront of the fire station - make sure to leave the handbrake off, then they can push it out of the way before going to put out any fires. |
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wanderkind
Joined: 01 Jan 2012
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Just park it infront of the fire station - make sure to leave the handbrake off, then they can push it out of the way before going to put out any fires. |
In lieu of that you're gonna have to find a car parked on the side of the road, and park beside it (and make sure you don't leave room for them to open the doors!). This is called double parking, as in, it is doubly respected by the police. It's all the rage right now. |
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Scorpion
Joined: 15 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Find yourself a nice crosswalk that you can claim for yourself and park there everyday. Screw everybody else. Screw pedestrians. Screw safety. Screw decency. Screw civilized behavior. You have a car to park. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Scorpion wrote: |
| Find yourself a nice crosswalk that you can claim for yourself and park there everyday. Screw everybody else. Screw pedestrians. Screw safety. Screw decency. Screw civilized behavior. You have a car to park. |
Yep, just be selfish like the locals. Screw other people; they don't matter. |
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Lucas
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Yep, just be selfish like the locals. Screw other people; they don't matter. |
I was driving home last night, red light at a T-junction. 4x4 in front of me.
'he' was too impatient to wait 2-3 mins for the light to change, so he drove across the zebra crossing, which then put 'him' on the footpath, on the other side of the road. The only thing he had to do then was cut across one lane of traffic to achieve 'his' left turn.
Problem - they realised that they were in front of a shop, which made pulling out into traffic 100% blind pot luck - being a FAST road they kept edging out almost smashing into a bus/motor bike and several cars, they couldn’t see till it was too late....
As the light finally turned green, I slowed down to see the guy and to give him some verbal abuse. It was a woman with a 3-4 year old crawling all over the car!  |
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oatmeal
Joined: 26 Nov 2013
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| do you think it's better to ask the local police station or the city hall building about where I can park 24/7 for free since my residence does not have any parking spaces? |
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Scorpion
Joined: 15 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| oatmeal wrote: |
| do you think it's better to ask the local police station or the city hall building about where I can park 24/7 for free since my residence does not have any parking spaces? |
Honestly, if you want to avoid parking tickets the crosswalk is the place to be. I've even photographed cop cars parked on the crosswalk. Everything logic would dictate that you do back home, do the opposite here. If you ask the police where you can park they will just look at you in bafflement. "This guy wants to know where it's okay to park. Isn't he just the cutest thing?" |
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oatmeal
Joined: 26 Nov 2013
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Scorpion wrote: |
| oatmeal wrote: |
| do you think it's better to ask the local police station or the city hall building about where I can park 24/7 for free since my residence does not have any parking spaces? |
Honestly, if you want to avoid parking tickets the crosswalk is the place to be. I've even photographed cop cars parked on the crosswalk. Everything logic would dictate that you do back home, do the opposite here. If you ask the police where you can park they will just look at you in bafflement. "This guy wants to know where it's okay to park. Isn't he just the cutest thing?" |
So parking is pretty much relaxed here than compared to say N. America? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: where to park car in small town? |
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| oatmeal wrote: |
| oh and I forgot to add, is car theft in korea considered relatively low say in comparison to North America or would you say it's higher? Again, my landlord said that car theft (at least in our town) is practically non-existent so I shouldn't really worry about it (even though I have a car alarm and dash cam, but concerned about leaving it in a lot that has no lights at night). |
I've been praying for about 5 years now for someone to steal my car. No luck.
In a small town you can park just about anywhere. Leave your phone number in the window. If there is a problem they will call you to move it.
The only parking ticket I ever received (50k won) was for using a politician's spot at city hall in Suwon.
I don't think they ever impound cars here. I have never heard of it happening (even if you are parked on private property).
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oatmeal
Joined: 26 Nov 2013
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: where to park car in small town? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| oatmeal wrote: |
| oh and I forgot to add, is car theft in korea considered relatively low say in comparison to North America or would you say it's higher? Again, my landlord said that car theft (at least in our town) is practically non-existent so I shouldn't really worry about it (even though I have a car alarm and dash cam, but concerned about leaving it in a lot that has no lights at night). |
I've been praying for about 5 years now for someone to steal my car. No luck.
In a small town you can park just about anywhere. Leave your phone number in the window. If there is a problem they will call you to move it.
The only parking ticket I ever received (50k won) was for using a politician's spot at city hall in Suwon.
I don't think they ever impound cars here. I have never heard of it happening (even if you are parked on private property).
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wow, that's good to know. thanks. |
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fustiancorduroy
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: where to park car in small town? |
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Who's Your Daddy?
Joined: 30 May 2010
Location: Victoria, Canada.
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:42 am Post subject: Re: where to park car in small town? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| oatmeal wrote: |
| oh and I forgot to add, is car theft in korea considered relatively low say in comparison to North America or would you say it's higher? Again, my landlord said that car theft (at least in our town) is practically non-existent so I shouldn't really worry about it (even though I have a car alarm and dash cam, but concerned about leaving it in a lot that has no lights at night). |
I've been praying for about 5 years now for someone to steal my car. No luck.
In a small town you can park just about anywhere. Leave your phone number in the window. If there is a problem they will call you to move it.
The only parking ticket I ever received (50k won) was for using a politician's spot at city hall in Suwon.
I don't think they ever impound cars here. I have never heard of it happening (even if you are parked on private property).
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I have known a car to be towed (once in 11 years). An old girlfriend was late for a concert (date) at the big arts center in my town. She parked right in front of it. When the concert was over there was a sticker partly glued to the curb where she'd left it. We took a taxi across town (I didn't have a car then) to the towing company yard (there was the name and a map on the sticker). I think she had to pay about 80,000 won to get the car back.
So it had to be a pretty extreme case to get towed.
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No car is stolen (except maybe a ferrari), and nobody breaks into your car to steal your Navigation or stereo. (unlike Canada - where they actually will steal the backup camera!) |
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fustiancorduroy
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:54 am Post subject: Re: where to park car in small town? |
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| Who's Your Daddy? wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| oatmeal wrote: |
| oh and I forgot to add, is car theft in korea considered relatively low say in comparison to North America or would you say it's higher? Again, my landlord said that car theft (at least in our town) is practically non-existent so I shouldn't really worry about it (even though I have a car alarm and dash cam, but concerned about leaving it in a lot that has no lights at night). |
I've been praying for about 5 years now for someone to steal my car. No luck.
In a small town you can park just about anywhere. Leave your phone number in the window. If there is a problem they will call you to move it.
The only parking ticket I ever received (50k won) was for using a politician's spot at city hall in Suwon.
I don't think they ever impound cars here. I have never heard of it happening (even if you are parked on private property).
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I have known a car to be towed (once in 11 years). An old girlfriend was late for a concert (date) at the big arts center in my town. She parked right in front of it. When the concert was over there was a sticker partly glued to the curb where she'd left it. We took a taxi across town (I didn't have a car then) to the towing company yard (there was the name and a map on the sticker). I think she had to pay about 80,000 won to get the car back.
So it had to be a pretty extreme case to get towed.
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If you wanna see cars getting towed, just go up to Namsan on the road in front of the cable car. Every Saturday and Sunday, Jung-gu sends at least 5 tow trucks to take illegally parked cars. I'm sure they tow a few dozen cars each day. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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You can buy a monthly rental at parking garages.
I have my motorcycle parked at a friends house. He lives in a hamlet amongst the rice paddies. If you can befriend a house owing neighbour then you can try that.
My city is parking-ticket crazy, but only on the busiest thoroughfare. It's 10 minutes or a ticket and tow. |
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