Car with out-of-state plates blocked my driveway – I had the perfect revenge based on where they were from
A HOMEOWNER who found their driveway blocked by an out-of-state car has shared the wicked note they left on the bad parking job instead of having the car towed outright.
We bet you can’t guess which state the poorly parked car was from based on the spelling.
GettyInstead of calling a tow truck or an officer to leave a parking ticket, a disgruntled homeowner left a note on a car that was blocking their driveway[/caption]
X/inthefadeThe note poked fun at the state the vehicle’s license plates were from[/caption]
A New York X user (@inthefade) posted a photo of a note they left on the windshield of a car blocking their driveway.
They could have called a tow truck to have the car forcefully removed, forcing the driver to pay hundreds to retrieve it.
Or, they could have called the local police department to leave a $145 parking ticket under the wiper blade.
Blocking driveways is illegal in the United States, as it limits access to emergency vehicles if they need to provide care to those inside the home.
It also prevents people from seeking emergency care if they can’t leave their driveway due to a blocked vehicle.
Instead, she took note of the driver’s license plate and decided poking fun at the regional accent was worth much more than a tow job or a parking ticket.
“That time when someone with Massachusetts plates parked in front of my house and blocked my driveway,” she wrote in the post.
“WICKED HAHRIBBLE PAHKING JAHB,” her note read.
The post had two reposts and 49 likes, with one person saving the post.
It earned 2,122 views at the time of publication.
Being a New Yorker, the X user was likely familiar with the Boston accent’s lack of “r’s” in their regional dialect.
They were familiar enough to include “wicked,” a popular emphasizer in Massachusetts.
A New York accent is similar in that sense, often replacing the “er” sound of the “r” with an “ah” or uh” sound, according to Boston.com.
Joe Pater, a chair of the Linguistics Department at UMass Amherst explained that the variety of accents in New England, despite its small size compared to the western states, has everything to do with the past.
Why is it illegal to block a driveway?
Blocking a driveway is illegal in the United States due to the limiting of access to emergency care.
Aside from being inconsiderate, blocking a driveway is a serious safety hazard, cops say.
Blocking the driveway of someone’s home is illegal in all 50 states, with fines and penalties varying by state.
For instance, blocking a driveway in San Francisco, California can earn a driver a hefty towing $286 fee and a $110 ticket.
That’s not including the feed to retrieve the vehicle from an impound lot, which averages over $600.
In an emergency, a blocked driveway can mean the difference between life and death for a patient.
“In the United States, it is illegal to block a driveway, even your own,” reads Parklio’s website.
“It’s a matter of public safety: emergency services like fire trucks, ambulances, or police cars need that space to get in and out.
“An obstructed driveway might also prevent vehicles from pulling out onto the road to seek emergency services.”
Source: San Francisco Police Department, Parklio
“New England is actually fascinating for the way that the accents emerge from the ways of settlement,” he said.
He continued to say that the region’s accents reflected how early settlers moved through the colonies.
“The settlers on the eastern side tended to have greater contact with the Boston seacoast and, by extension, southeast England,” said James Standford, the chair of the Linguistics Department at Dartmouth.
The Boston accent in particular, Boston University Linguistics Professor Daniel Erker said, is rapidly changing with the times.
Many experts say the Boston accent is at risk of going “extinct,” as fewer people have the distinct accent.
“Boston used to have an outsized influence on the ways of speaking of the greater region, that seems to be gone,” he said.
“As gentrification in the city continues and as more non-U.S.-born individuals come to live in Boston, I think the influence of that regional variety is going to diminish even further.”
However, Erker thinks there’s hope for the fading accent.
“It’s not that Boston people have an accent and they’re losing it and then they won’t have an accent. They’re just getting a different accent,” he said.
Welcome to Billionaire Club Co LLC, your gateway to a brand-new social media experience! Sign up today and dive into over 10,000 fresh daily articles and videos curated just for your enjoyment. Enjoy the ad free experience, unlimited content interactions, and get that coveted blue check verification—all for just $1 a month!
Account Frozen
Your account is frozen. You can still view content but cannot interact with it.
Please go to your settings to update your account status.
Open Profile Settings