Driver divides opinion with ‘controversial’ parking tactic outside shopping centre – whose side are you on?

A DRIVER has sharply divided opinion due to their “controversial” parking tactic outside a shopping centre.

Facebook user Neil Sutton shared a photo of a badly parked white Vauxhall Astra to the popular social media site.

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The picture shows the small motor with the driver’s side clearly encroaching over the white lines in the shopping centre car park.

The vehicle to the left of the Vauxhall is just within the lines of their parking bay, making it unclear why the driver decide to park like this.

Mr Sutton sarcastically captioned the post: “Love people in these massive cars that are too wide to fit in a bay.”

While the post has drawn a lot of attention it has also divided viewers with a number of theories cropping up as to why the car was badly parked.

One user wrote: “Don’t condone the parking but let’s face it the car parks and councils are taking the p**s with the amount of room you don’t get to open the car door.”

While many noted that the car to the right also seems to have been very badly parked.

Some suggested that if it was there first, it may have influenced how the Vauxhall positioned itself.

One Facebook user wrote: “Maybe the white car had to park there due to another car being parked awkward first.”

A second added: “Unfortunately these photos are rarely from when a car actually drives into the space. I know I have parked over lines when the parking of other vehicles have been into the space I need to be in.

“90% of the time people have parked in the space available because of the cars around them – a picture never shows the full story.”

A third agreed, posting: “If those cars were there prior that’s how I’d have parked too… Space for my doors, space for the cars at either sides doors… Waste of a perfectly good space otherwise.”

While some parents offered different explanations for the wonky parking.

One mother said: “A mum to a 4 month old, I’ve had to do this to be able to get my child out of my car.

“There is rather no child spaces or they are always too full as there aren’t enough. You have to do what you have to do!”

This prompted another mum to respond: “I do exactly the same, it’s difficult getting a car seat in/out when there’s a car next to you. I’d rather park like a d**k than hit someone’s car.”

It comes as other drivers were left frustrated after filming how numerous motors were terribly parked at another shopping centre.

Meanwhile, a woman sick of people’s bad parking revealed she carries notes to stick on cars whenever she witnesses it.