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Topics: Australia, Cars, World News, Social Media, Facebook
Poppy Bilderbeck
Topics: Australia, Cars, World News, Social Media, Facebook
A parking lot in Australia is going viral on social media for all the right reasons.
If you've grown up and aren't that 28-year-old who still hasn't passed their driving test, this one's for you.
A parking lot in Australia has offered a beautiful helping hand to anyone who pales at the thought of having to try and park the car - look, no matter how many years practice you've had since passing your test, nothing compares to the anxiety which floods through your chest when you have to tackle a parallel or bay park.
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Thankfully, Glebe Hill shopping center in Tasmania decided to take pity on shoppers.
While the parking lot initially looks like most others, it's the number of white lines and the spacing which you should be paying close attention to.
Rather than a single white line separating each space, this particular parking lot has rectangular boxes between each space.
This subsequently increases the size of the gap between cars, making it easier to manoeuvre your vehicle in and also actually get in and out yourself.
The boxes might mean fewer cars can fit into the lot, but it's a price I'd certainly be willing to pay.
It seems so simple - why haven't we been doing this the entire time?
And many people have been thinking the same after one very satisfied customer shared pictures of the parking lot on social media.
The driver wrote on the Tasmania Parking Fails Facebook group: "All car parks should adopt this method for line markings."
"(It) gives you a level of confidence when parking here that it is fairly unlikely that you will get a ding in your door whilst shopping," they continued.
"I realise that it doesn't absolutely guarantee that damage won't occur, but it is most likely 95 percent effective.
"Not too many parking fails seem to happen here because the double lines have the effect of creating more accurate parking.
"Supermarket car parks are renowned for a high degree of car damage but not so here."
Viewers have described the feature as 'genius' and 'such a great idea', with another person who experienced the car park firsthand saying it was an 'absolutely elite parking experience'.
Of course, the risk of a collision is rarely zero when cars are moving around in the compact space of a parking lot, but the added space between cars will certainly make it less likely.
10/10, would recommend to a friend - now can other parking lots please take notes?