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<blockquote data-quote="AKCoverMan" data-source="post: 777757" data-attributes="member: 17867"><p>Of course we can reduce HWP by thinking about where we park, and we should. But also of course we will be faced everyday with situations where we have to pick between several not so good spots to park. </p><p> </p><p>One business we pick up from is on a busy street with no on street parking, you have to pull into thier small parking lot. Now your choices are often a.) park behind a row of cars who are parked nose in to the building, blocking them in or b.) do a blind side back into a narrow parking spot between two parked cars...if one is available.</p><p> </p><p>If you choose a. and get HWP it is gonna be avoidable (not a legal space). If you choose b. and nick a car it is gonna be avoidable (backing to blind side). It's totally a judgemet call and you can lose either way. </p><p> </p><p>You could find a legal spot if you park around the corner a block away and walk back to the business to pick them up. They have nothing most of the time and a single package once in a while but about once a month have a buttload. So now you would have to go back for a hand cart and then wheel it all back to the PC. In the winter this would mean wheeling the hand car DOWN THE STREET as there would be snow berms and fences in the way if you tried to go thru the neighboring businesses. Now only would this not be safe, but you would use so much time that you would miss pickups on the end of the pickup run.</p><p> </p><p>Blocking driveways? Of course I would rather never block a driveway. In the winter on streets that grow narrower and narrower as the plowed snow berms build up you can either park not blocking a driveway and far enough into the street so as to have a way out of the PC and along the siide of the car to get to the driveway but probably blocking the street or you can stop with the car door at the driveway and leave an open lane on the street. Again if you get HWP in either case they can find a reason to call it avoidable.</p><p> </p><p>So I do the best I can. If I have to take a parking position that is less than perfect I am thinking about what cars might be the threat. Scanning steering wheels, looking for drivers. In the blocked driveway situation, I am looking at the cars for occupants or watching for the garage door to open. Happens once in awhile. I go to the car and get the drivers attention.</p><p> </p><p>It's all about making the best decision you can and then looking for the possible threats. If I do all I can to avoid the idiots who can't see the big package car and I one day still get HWP, I'll sleep OK that night whether or not it is declared "avoidable".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AKCoverMan, post: 777757, member: 17867"] Of course we can reduce HWP by thinking about where we park, and we should. But also of course we will be faced everyday with situations where we have to pick between several not so good spots to park. One business we pick up from is on a busy street with no on street parking, you have to pull into thier small parking lot. Now your choices are often a.) park behind a row of cars who are parked nose in to the building, blocking them in or b.) do a blind side back into a narrow parking spot between two parked cars...if one is available. If you choose a. and get HWP it is gonna be avoidable (not a legal space). If you choose b. and nick a car it is gonna be avoidable (backing to blind side). It's totally a judgemet call and you can lose either way. You could find a legal spot if you park around the corner a block away and walk back to the business to pick them up. They have nothing most of the time and a single package once in a while but about once a month have a buttload. So now you would have to go back for a hand cart and then wheel it all back to the PC. In the winter this would mean wheeling the hand car DOWN THE STREET as there would be snow berms and fences in the way if you tried to go thru the neighboring businesses. Now only would this not be safe, but you would use so much time that you would miss pickups on the end of the pickup run. Blocking driveways? Of course I would rather never block a driveway. In the winter on streets that grow narrower and narrower as the plowed snow berms build up you can either park not blocking a driveway and far enough into the street so as to have a way out of the PC and along the siide of the car to get to the driveway but probably blocking the street or you can stop with the car door at the driveway and leave an open lane on the street. Again if you get HWP in either case they can find a reason to call it avoidable. So I do the best I can. If I have to take a parking position that is less than perfect I am thinking about what cars might be the threat. Scanning steering wheels, looking for drivers. In the blocked driveway situation, I am looking at the cars for occupants or watching for the garage door to open. Happens once in awhile. I go to the car and get the drivers attention. It's all about making the best decision you can and then looking for the possible threats. If I do all I can to avoid the idiots who can't see the big package car and I one day still get HWP, I'll sleep OK that night whether or not it is declared "avoidable". [/QUOTE]
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