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PARKING TYPES


Parking sounds easy but some time it costs you a lot, parking is not just the driveway to home there are several different types of parking facilities related to parking.

PARKING LOTS:
Area which is labeled for parking is called parking lots, these areas are usually marked out with thick lines in yellow or white colors. Parking lots are usually near offices, restaurants, supermarkets and hospitals etc. These parking lots are usually open all the time for everyone, but other parking lots like airport parking areas you have to book parking lot for your car they are not open for everyone anytime.

Streets Parking Spaces:
Streets parking spaces are on the sides of the road identified for parking and you can clearly see them because of yellow and white color thick lines showing the boundaries of parking.




Angle Parking:
You can assume this parking from the name this is done in many places, cause of angled parking vehicles are designated to go one way. Angle parking will make it easy for you.

Perpendicular Parking:
This parking is a common parking lot you will find it in most parking places, which normally provide spaces marked in a 90 degree angle to the curb or a building.


Parallel Parking:
Parallel Parking is simple when you park your car between two cars.

Illegal Parking:
One can deduct from the name illegal parking, you should avoid this kind of parking, this parking includes, highways parking, in an intersection and on pedestrian crosswalks or sidewalks. This will cost you and also your driver licenses can be cancelled. 
Most important in front of driveways, in an underpass or bridge and a spot reserve for disabled and one more double parking you should avoid all this kind of parking otherwise you have to face trouble.


Effects of parking:
Parking is very important it controls the congestion and accidents in traffic and also if you follow the correct instructions for parking problems like accidents, pollution and traffic jam for hours will be reduce.
1. Congestion parking the vehicles covers considerable street space which leads to small roads space. Due to this the speed of all vehicles will be reduced, as a result of slow speed the traffic will jam for hours and you will be late for meeting, job, school etc.
2. Journey time and delay will increase. In this situation running vehicles lost extra fuel and also a great economical loss.
 3. Accidents happens all the time due to wrong and Careless parking and illegal parking. These accidents are referred to as parking accidents. These parking accidents usually happen while driving out a car from the parking area, opening of the car doors without looking out, and while parking the car in parking lot.
4. Environmental pollution. Parking cause environmental pollution due to starting cars again and again. They also effect the beautiful look of the buildings because there are cars parked at every available space which look really bad.
5. Parked vehicles create a huge problems for firefighting vehicles. The firefighting vehicles cannot reach to buildings. Sometimes they block access to hydrants and access to buildings.

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