http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Confused driver 'parks' car in Paris metro station en Sun, 31 May 2026 21:42:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67187 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:06:28 +0000 crowriver 67187@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Navigator to driver: "I think that's the way to the underground parking, through that tunnel over there. Yeah, uh, just follow the tram lines." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67185 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:02:04 +0000 Instography 67185@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ach, that car in the station's nothing. In Brussels they get them all the way in.</p> <p><img src="https://twitpic.com/show/large/9dyps5"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67122 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:48:17 +0000 cb 67122@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"They have grassed the quad? Excellent!!"</p> <p>It's transformed the place; worth sticking your head in if you're passing - looks really good. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67090 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:25:50 +0000 splitshift 67090@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>typical, too many smart people on here, one silly little mistake and johans judged ! Come on admit it weve all done it ! : ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67043 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:41:56 +0000 DaveC 67043@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They have grassed the quad? Excellent!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67028 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:38:47 +0000 PS 67028@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Reminds me of the driver who got her car wedged at the exit to Old College as she tried to drive out of the quad through the side pedestrian arch rather than the central vehicle one.</p> <p>Shouldn't happen again now they've grassed the quad over and removed the parking from it... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67020 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:29:32 +0000 Min 67020@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Please let them take his licence away! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67019 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:21:14 +0000 kaputnik 67019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What an eejit. He obviously subscribes to the "if I just put my foot down and accelerate towards it then it will be OK" school of motoring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67016 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:07:36 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 67016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Okay, so there's aparking sign by the steps, but surely the steps and the Metro signs would contradict that!</p> <p>(France has a habit of lots an dlots of underground car parks, but not sure I've ever seen one with that narrow and steep an entry!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67014 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:04:51 +0000 crowriver 67014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Note how none of the cyclists made this mistake when parking their bikes! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6277#post-67013 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:04:14 +0000 crowriver 67013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Proof, if it were needed, of just how inattentive and unobservant some drivers really are!</p> <p><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59839000/jpg/_59839340_59839339.jpg"></p> <p>A confused driver has ended up trapping his car on the steps of a Paris metro station, after mistaking it for the entrance to an underground car park.</p> <p>"There's a sign saying 'Haussmann Parking' right in front... I made a mistake," the driver - identified only as Johan - told the AFP news agency.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17829438" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17829438</a> </p>