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The DOT has been repainting many of the parking spaces on wide Queens streets so they're angled in the opposite direction of traffic, forcing drivers pull past them and back in. DOT spokesman Seth Solomonow tells the Daily News the new angles are being implemented because, "It's safer to back into an empty parking space than back out of one into oncoming traffic." But the change is apparently too disorienting for some Queens drivers, like Steve Goodman of Forest Hills, who tells 1010WINS, "They painted the lines in backwards. Why are they backwards like this? This is crazy!" And 61-year-old contractor David Graber complains, "I find it very confusing. The last time I was here, it was easy. You just pulled right in. They should've used someone less educated to make this decision." See, this mess wouldn't have happened if the State Senate was in charge of parking! Thankfully, the DOT is going to install large signs in Forest Hills instructing drivers how to back into the parking spots—in the meantime, it's chaos!
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"Thankfully, the DOT is going to install large signs in Forest Hills instructing drivers how to back into the parking spots..."
So sad that these are even needed.
"They should've used someone less educated to make this decision.""
That basically sums up American political life. We are fucking screwed.
If you don't know how to park a car, you shouldn't have a license in the first place... oh, wait, this is the US... never mind...
"They should've used someone less educated to make this decision."
We're fucking doomed.
ah yes, Queens. New York City's own little slice of Appalachia.
when i first saw that picture, i thought it was some screen grab from a movie i never saw, but it's actually the idiot who can't figure out how to put his car in reverse.
This is not about PARKING but about the ELEPHANTS.
That actually seems really confusing.
This story illustrates why most homo sapiens should not be allowed to manipulate 2000 pounds of metal and plastic... at high speeds or slowly.
What we really need a car with a driver's-side door that's very, very tricky to open.
Hah! Moron-proof cars.
Maybe, like the in-car breathalyzers they put in some repeat DUIers' cars, you could have a program that requires you to answer one random question off the NYS driver's licensing exam correctly before the car will start.
I'd say that'd cut traffic in half, at least in my neighborhood...
Someone please slap this man with his own Bumper Badge.
"They should've used someone less educated to make this decision."
It took until Friday, but it's the quote of the week.
Wow, some people are STUPID.
We have this kind of parking spaces in Astoria near Ditmars – works great, but unless the street is wide enough to allow traffic past while you back in, it can be dangerous and slow everyone down.
More slow than on a one-lane street with parallel parking on both sides? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that'd be slower than reverse angled parking, which is basically 1 of the 3-4 moves you need for parallel parking.
Regardless, it sounds like you and your neighbors are smarter than the people in this story - clearly you figured it out without signage.