German Mayor Adds Easy-Mode Parking For Women, Because It's Hard To Park A Kitchen

**Callisto** · 2012-07-12 12:50

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...man-mayor.html

A German mayor has courted controversy by allocating so-called easy parking spaces to women.

Spaces in a new car park in the Black Forest town of Triberg now come with male and female symbols. The spaces for women are wider and well lit, while those for men are close to concrete pillars and can only be reversed into.

Explaining the policy, Mayor Gallus Strobel said it was a natural decision because men are better at parking than women."In the new car park we found that two place were not rectangular, at an angle to the road and placed between walls and pillars; that makes parking difficult so we decided to allocate them to men," the 58 year-old mayor told Germany's Spiegel magazine.

But, he added, that there were great women drivers, and all women were welcome to try and park in the men-only spaces. Mr Strobel, who denies accusations of sexism, also pointed out that 10 spaces were reserved for women as opposed to just two for men.

So far the mayor says he has received mostly positive feedback despite expecting some "humourless reactions from the political correct" and being accused by one angry female critic of exhibiting "male pig-headedness. One man, the mayor reported, said he would travel to the town just to try the parking.

In an attempt to deflect any charges of sexism Mr Strobel also indicated that the whole affair may be a marketing ploy aimed at drumming up business for the small town of 5,000, more famed for its waterfalls and natural beauty than being a bastion of male chauvinism.

"I never expected this reaction," he said. "I've been on the phone all day, the TV will come. I am happy, and it looks like we've hit a raw nerve in society. It's been a great marketing gimmick."

Women can come here and prove me wrong, and while they're at it they can see the town's attractions," he added.

**AidenCarby** · 2012-07-12 12:51

Germany, paving the way.

**Chun Liroy** · 2012-07-12 12:53

I love this title.

**Correction** · 2012-07-12 13:08

**Qalbert** · 2012-07-12 13:40

**ronin sparthos** · 2012-07-12 13:55

Originally Posted by AidenCarby

Germany, paving the way.

His reasoning behind the decision is as clumsy and poorly thought out as the backpedal that follows.

**hey** · 2012-07-12 14:26

Isn't that how everyone parks?

**archibaldcrane** · 2012-07-12 15:15

This is my best parallel park:

Front:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rontbumper.jpg
Back:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...backbumper.jpg

**Qalbert** · 2012-07-12 16:17

**archibaldcrane** · 2012-07-12 17:07

Pro.

I love that he never bumps the front vehicle to the point of moving it, and relies solely on pushing the back vehicle over and over and over.

**Cayos** · 2012-07-12 17:54

Here's the original. Looks like he wasn't actual boxed in by someone else, but parked there by himself.

**tyven** · 2012-07-12 22:57

Originally Posted by archibaldcrane

This is my best parallel park:

Front:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rontbumper.jpg
Back:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...backbumper.jpg

jesus, why would you even do this. there is no escape

**archibaldcrane** · 2012-07-13 01:18

Originally Posted by tyven

jesus, why would you even do this. there is no escape

sometimes a nigga gotta park

**miokomioko** · 2012-07-13 01:20

city life

**Yugl** · 2012-07-13 03:26

Title + That video make for an epic thread.

**Kohan** · 2012-07-13 04:14

http://www.statisticbrain.com/male-a...ng-statistics/

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/artic...umentid=788126

Nonetheless, I am all for this. I'll take huge, well-lit spaces over tiny-ass shit any day. Fuck you guys, I'm going to enjoy actually being able to open my doors.

**Kohan** · 2012-07-13 04:16

Also, Germany has always been leading the way when it comes to das auto und das autobahn. Our roadways were fucking deadly garbage until we traveled to Germany, said "hey, this is a good fucking idea," and copied how all of their highways were built.

**Yugl** · 2012-07-13 05:13

To be fair, those statistics only take recorded citations into account and showing an officer my chest lands me a public indecency citation.

Joking aside, I would welcome well-lit area provisions, but fuck giving you all the space!

**hey** · 2012-07-13 06:44

Originally Posted by Kohan

http://www.statisticbrain.com/male-a...ng-statistics/

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/artic...umentid=788126

what is the ratio of time spent driving by male to female drivers?

**djzombie** · 2012-07-13 09:19

http://www.statisticbrain.com/male-a...ng-statistics/

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/artic...umentid=788126

studies centered around traffic violations and insurance purposes do not prove who is the better(better in my mind meaning more skillfull) driver. better is a kind of vague term that these articles make out to be as who is more likely to follow arbitrary speed limits set decades ago. there are obviously other violations that are more likely to lead to accidents, but most speeding tickets aren't some asshole driving twice the speed limit, when you see one of those dicks there is never a cop around.

if you wanted a real test of who is the better driver, you would put drivers in situations where their driving skills are actually stressed and tested. the above is just which sex is the most compliant on the road.

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