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No parking sign.

Photography: Parking
http://www.ilankelman.org/parking.html

Sign saying to park wholly in bay (Leicester, U.K., 2011).

A Dozen Parking Photographs

All images are copyright Ilan Kelman.

Van parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Dublin (1997).

Obedience in Dublin, Ireland (1997).



Car parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Gryllefjord, Norway (2009).

Obedience in Gryllefjord, Norway (2009).



Van parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Oslo, Norway (2010).

Obedience in Oslo, Norway (2010).



A car parked in front of a sign saying 'no parqueo' (Havana, Cuba, 2019).

Obedience in Havana, Cuba (2019).



Bus parked in front of a 'No parking' sign in Road Town, British Virgin Islands (BVI) (2012).

Bus driver obedience in Road Town, British Virgin Islands (BVI) (2012).



Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Bielefeld, Germany (2012).

Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Bielefeld, Germany (2012).



Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Cambridge, U.K. (2004).

Pavement parking, the solution to narrow streets in Cambridge, U.K. (2004).



But then people get ideas, so adjacent streets ban the practice (Cambridge, U.K., 2004).

But then people get ideas, so adjacent streets ban the practice (Cambridge, U.K., 2004).



A car parked on the pavement outside the clearly marked bays (London, U.K., 2017).

And some people just won't do it, no matter how clear the instructions (London, U.K., 2017).



A Smart Car backed up into a space between two parallel parked vehicles (Oslo, Norway, 2007).

Perpendicular parking: Smart parking for a Smart Car (Oslo, Norway, 2007).



A sign which reads 'No vehicles on the grass' (Boulder, Colorado, 2007).

So that's why so many people have SUVs! (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 2007).



A sign which reads 'Please reverse your car into the parking space' (Haugesund, Norway, 2009).

As long as you can read the sign in the rear-view mirror (Haugesund, Norway, 2009).



Bonus: Non-vehicle parking

A door with signs saying do not block which is blocked by a large bin (London, U.K., 2016).

Indoor parking obedience (London, U.K., 2016).



A bicycle with one wheel in the no-bicycle parking zone (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014).

Serious Danish rebellion (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014).



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