Regular readers are well-informed that Hartford has ample parking; regardless, a week rarely passes when we do not hear a complaint about it being nonexistent.

At times we find it easier to just agree than to try to educate. This new series documents the ways in which the Parking Gods have been angered, resulting in “no parking” in Hartford. Emergency personnel actively addressing an emergency are given a free pass.

Here’s a collection of vehicles parked wrong:

At a glance, one might assume this vehicle is paused in traffic, waiting for a light to change.

No,it’s parked. Stretch, a full-grown mutt, is posing to give perspective on how much of a gap is between this vehicle and the curb.

This end of the street has bad car karma. Last week a man was spotted urinating from his vehicle during afternoon rush hour.

This parking lot was not near capacity and this was not a large car. There was just no reason to park on the grass, or hover slightly above it, as the case may be.
In the same area, we witnessed lawn parking.
Capitol Avenue is a hotbed of parking badness, 24/7.
This seems especially mean if there were passengers in the back. Either they get to exit into traffic, step into the huge puddle, or leap out in an attempt to make it to the sidewalk with dry feet.

Have you witnessed examples of motorists proving they missed the parking unit of drivers’ education? Reader-submitted photos will be considered. Send to Real Hartford with “Learning Curb” as subject line. Photos must be taken recently in Hartford (not West Hartford, East Hartford, or New Hartford) and should not show the driver or passengers.