Parking Gorilla: a funny way to handle bad drivers

If you are a frequent driver, then you know the struggle of parking, especially when you are presented with challenges by other, careless drivers. Parking Gorilla is here to help you tackle your anger and frustration in these cases. Forbes writes that the card distributing system is the idea of a married couple, and is much like a community combined with a family business.

Péter Hirsch got really fed up with drivers who park carelessly. No, not with the clumsy parkers, but with those who occupy two parking spots instead of just one, or park in the designated areas for the disabled, big families or electric cars. With those who do not consider bikers and park on the bicycle lane, with those who take up a lot of space on the pavement, so that a baby carriage will not fit next to it.

“This is when you feel like you are turning into a gorilla. That is where the name comes from.” – Péter told Forbes.

The couple started considering their options last summer, searching for ideas on how they could persuade the careless drivers to be more considerate. After a long and fruitful search, they have decided to set up shop and start printing cheeky and sarcastic comments on fliers.

We have translated them; this is what the remarks would sound like in English:

• Szépen beálltál! Sokat gyakoroltad? – Nicely parked. Did you practice a lot?
• Szia, bénán parkoló autókról kutatok. Lefotóztam a tiédet is remélem nem gond. – Hi, I am researching badly parked cars. I took a photo of yours too, I hope you do not mind.

Szép nagy autód van! Azért állsz így meg vele, hogy többen észrevegyék? – What a lovely, big car you have. Do you park this way so that everyone will notice it?

• Ez az!!! Ne hagyd, hogy két vonal beszabályozzon! Igazi egyéniség vagy! – That’s the spirit! Do not let two lines define you. You are so special.
• A klímaváltozás a nyakunkon. A gazdaságunk romokban. És még te is így parkolsz. – Climate change is upon us. The economy is in ruins. And you park this way.
• Az ország legkülönlegesebb klubja: #nemtudokparkolni. – The country’s most special club: #idontknowhowtoparkmycar
• Szia! Az autód lelkiismerete vagyok. Fáj, hogy így parkoltál. – Hi, I’m your car’s conscience. It hurts to see how you’ve parked.
• Ezt hagyd itt nyugodtan: bénán parkolok. – You can leave this here: I’m terrible at parking.

Egyedül sikerült így parkolni, vagy egy részeg féllábú majmot kértél meg rá? – Did you manage to park your car like this on your own, or did you ask a drunk, half-legged monkey to do it for you?