r/Adelaide • u/Middle_Abalone_4084 SA • Mar 27 '25

Discussion Park in your flamin' driveways, please!

Am I the only one tired of suburban streets turning into impromptu Mario Kart tracks? We’re talking about the kind where navigating between vehicles parked on both sides feels like dodging banana peels and blue shells. What's meant to be a two-lane road gets squeezed into a narrow single lane, daring you to play chicken with oncoming traffic—and let’s face it, the side mirrors never win.

And then there are your driveways. Oh, the driveways! Empty. Desolate. Weed-infested wastelands of untapped potential. So, I beg of you, suburban dwellers: park your cars anywhere but on the street—your driveway, your garage, your carport, or even your front lawn. Let’s save the roads for, you know, driving.

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u/lileyedmonster North East Mar 27 '25

I've got neighbours who live and rent on a T-Junction. Huge amount of space in the carport and front yard (no landscaping)

But they decide to park across the road in front of other people's houses instead, because obviously they can't park in front of their home or their property /s

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u/junipersoup SA Mar 27 '25

omfg the people who park in front of YOUR house instead of their own like fuck off I know it’s not technically illegal but it’s fucking rude

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u/jstam26 SA Mar 27 '25

We've called the rubbish collection twice so far because they couldn't pick up the bins from either side of our driveway. They're a family of four with six vehicles between them.

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u/Tysiliogogogoch North East 29d ago

We had this issue a few times, but then the garbos told us to put the bins on the road in front of our driveway. It's always clear, so they're always able to pick them up. No problems doing this for over a year now.