Russians have a thing for parking anywhere and everywhere they can. The city wasn't built to deal with the volume of traffic it now receives and thus the city is ill prepared for the number of cars that there are. There are no underground or multi-story car parks nor any actual car parks with marked bays.
This means that Russians are forced to park where-ever they can, even if this means parking on the pavement.....as illustrated by my picture below. Their favorite trick is to park on the pavement so that pedestrians have to either squeeze between the car & a building or make it so pedestrians have to walk in a main road. Logical thinking there. They will also freely drive along the pavement till they find a place to park which also increases the likelihood of getting run over.
This means that Russians are forced to park where-ever they can, even if this means parking on the pavement.....as illustrated by my picture below. Their favorite trick is to park on the pavement so that pedestrians have to either squeeze between the car & a building or make it so pedestrians have to walk in a main road. Logical thinking there. They will also freely drive along the pavement till they find a place to park which also increases the likelihood of getting run over.
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| There were also roadworks... |
