Car Park Usability / Graphics

I went to Tesco with a mate of mine the other day. He parked quite a way from the store. When I pointed out that there were many other spaces, closer to the shop, he said that he could never remember where he parked his car so he always parked in exactly the same space. That way it's easy to remember.

Don't park here unless you work for adidas.

People always struggle to remember where they parked their car. Remember all those stories of people tying flags to their aerials so could easily identify their car?

This is from the car park at the Camp Nou. I'd love to think that Barca's number 8 parks here, but that just isn't true.

My Dad always writes which level he's parked on on the back of his ticket and I went through a phase of photographing the sign which told you which level we were on.

This is from the San Diego Padre's car park.

Here's great idea from Tunbridge Wells. They've given each parking space a unique number and they've painted them all on the floor. This is Level 3, parking space 84.

Good eh? And isn't that the maddest 8 you've ever seen?

Comments

[davidthedesigner]

Yeah, but what really gets on my tits are those multi-storey car parks (and it seems most of them) where the lifts use a completely different methodology for labelling the floor that you're on. So you have to remember, for instance, that you're parked on level 3, but you have to take the lift to Floor G.

It's no wonder people lose their cars when they're faced with that sort of stupidity.

(Or does that make me sound extremely grumpy and like I'm about 104?)

[Kev Mears]

Maybe the 8 is by the crazy 88s?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pai_Mei#Pai_Mei

It's so wrong it's right!

[Steve O]

Love the eight. Is the number in the centre of the space? If so, how would you read it once you parked (and there are cars to either side)?
I almost invariably park on the top floor, so I always know where I am. I hate searching for spaces.

[John]

Please tell me it has six levels and that there is a parking space of the beast.

[Ben]

Steve, it's at the bit of the space that's near the road; ie if you drove straight into the space the number would be visible at the back of the car.

John. I think there are five levels.

[lauren]

the next stage is developing some kind of system for where the hell you left your bike when you go to the markets.

you know it's weird that they did the 8 like that, considering how they've done the 3s (which is kind of half an 8, really).