How to park your car in Paris

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[@thomasbuck303]

I like how the people are walking by like, "are they really filming a standard park job?"

[@FreeZhom]

As a Frenchman, I don't understand what is surprising in this video

[@Ricettiamo18]

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[@Twiiiix]

@@FreeZhom Si tu vois pas le soucis, ne gare pas ta voiture vers la mienne... ^^'

[@trorsus6627]

@@FreeZhom as an american thats fascinating to me because here there would have been a fight lol

[@julienvbz9361]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇨🇵

[@fordprefect4345]

A Parisian once told me 'that's what bumpers are for'

[@nightwish1000]

so, fists are also there for fisting you? bumpers are there for accidental chocs not for touching other cars in purpose.

[@diegocastaneda3829]

@@YBehri Imagine not driving an old baguette car in the old baguette city. You're just asking for trouble at that point, lol.

[@Francisco-j1e]

@@YBehri The name is BUMPERS

[@onnoquinten2944]

It's in one of Godard's movies too :p

[@Nikioko]

@@YBehri That only shows how silly varnished bumpers are. There is a reason why these things are called bumpers.

[@Mr.BeanzT]

Richard Hammond brought me here. 🤣

[@jaxx6712]

Ahah same thing here

[@dillonthompson5776]

Same

[@juneyhubilla7149]

lol, me too haha

[@awwa107]

Same

[@TellingYouThis]

Lol same

[@ianinkster2261]

Has anyone ever been in a position where other people's crazy parking leaves a crazy parking space for you, and then when everyone else is gone you look like the crazy parker?

[@kaleandoscope]

Most relatable comment regarding driving/parking I've read in quite a while really!

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

Yep. Women drivers and guys with useless big pickup trucks and that one foreigner with the Benz

[@ronaldjansen3258]

Haha, yes.

[@dna9838]

I'd usually keep looking for another bettet space for exactly that reason, unless no other choice.

[@wiskyr6510]

Lmao yah, dude was double parked so when I parked next to him I was double parked. Then he leaves and I end up on a snapchat story

[@XxDarkManaxX]

I remember 10 years ago, I had an intercultural training and we watched a funny video about parking culture. A german guy is parking his car, making sure not to bump the cars in front of and behind him. After he made it he leaves the car, checks the distance with a ruler and walks away. The french guy comes in, gets into the car, just bumps the german car behind him (of cause the alarm of the german car starts) and leaves the parking lot xD

[@Bekindtopeople]

I think this is the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGLHlmSnlpV0kK8

[@Lxiooo49]

Hahahaha thats good shit i want to see it as a german 😂

[@tobiasschmidt3301]

that's something very similar kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGLHlmSnlpV0kK8

[@yasinkahriman6686]

I think you mean this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGLHlmSnlpV0kK8

[@UsefulSites]

Jesus fucking Christ I live in Italy now and someone already scratched my car on the back bumper in a parallel parking, you just can't trust south europeans with cars 😂

[@B.SuperB]

A few car rental companies in germany won’t allow you to drive their car to france because of this.😂

[@hotshotsunnyz]

As they should. Wtf is this?

[@nurcirino]

​@@hotshotsunnyzmy man, there's a video out here, i think in Madrid, where it's even tighter and the person spends like 5+ minutes just bumping back and forth. It's insane

[@noralicious9496]

@@nurcirino😂😂

[@yychen5809]

​@@nurcirinoSouthern Europe....smh

[@Toopa88]

You can tell this video is old by the lack of oversized SUVs. Who doesn't love those cars that are bad for the environment, need a lot of space and make traffic more dangerous. Sign me up 😍

[@Zenit_Bourg]

I remember a joke that everywhere around the world it's "Oh no, your car has a dent on it!" While in Paris it's "Wow, your car has ONLY one dent on it!"

[@ereder1476]

You don't make dents if you bump very slowly and then just push gently

[@Like_Ike]

I love how everyone is walking past him watching record this with the look on their face that shows which situation is more common than the other. 😂😂😂 "Touristes stupides"

[@hitokiridm]

never lose that sense of humor of yours, buddy😂😂😂

[@MarcinHopa8]

Ahhh, French people 😂😂❤

[@chinmay6249]

Ricard Hammond was not exaggerating.

[@maxcondra4991]

That's why I'm here lol

[@island5317]

@@maxcondra4991 same

[@Dontsiponbleach]

He’s on to us boys watch out

[@whatdatechnodogedoin]

@@maxcondra4991 same

[@barndog2145]

Me too

[@kevinr8258]

In America if you touch cars bumpers the car alarm rings and if the owner saw it they’d call the insurance company.

[@Ricettiamo18]

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[@michaelsmith4325]

Facts then your insurance rate goes up and they go rent a car for a week to get the bumper painted

[@imnotlettingyouseemyname]

I've definitely parked by touch in America. It's fairly normal in cities.

[@D7Double7B]

that happens in most countries

[@HankScorpioXX]

Yeah of course. Because that's how it works.

[@TheDarkVictini]

Grand tour anyone?

[@JabangoCornelius]

Yup!

[@cbayoo9405]

hahaha. me too. i guess they werent,bullshitting

[@whatdatechnodogedoin]

Yessir

[@muaythaiwarrior8604]

F**k... Its true...

[@vab120]

In the end she says « c’est bien c’est nikel » which means « good, perfect » 😂 Well the car behind has around 8cm of free space to get out. Must be bien and nikel for sure.

[@Daniel-hw2sb]

8cm is fine and perfectly possible to get out without damage. That's how most European drivers park, tight but without hitting another car. Just Parisians have to be idiots...

[@painted1469]

Imagine having a Buggati and staying in Paris for one month.

[@Anteater23]

*Baguetti

[@iNathanLite]

*New Objective: Survive*

[@andreas7136]

In this case, you have a parking place in the Ritz hotel, the clerk will park it in and you can get to the Rue de Rivoli by foot.

[@mattec2]

Top G would not allow this

[@masqueradinglampshade4369]

No one in their right mind is street parking a Bugatti, though

[@mattthomson7590]

I actually witnessed this same sort of thing when I was in Paris, amazingly enough around the same time as this video was filmed. Everyone else on the street was just walking past as if it were perfectly normal, not even batting an eyelid, except one couple who just happened to be Aussies like me.

[@SuperLn1991]

because this is perfectly normal to us, I also live in France, another city and it's just regular parking, everyone can do it.

[@mattthomson7590]

@@SuperLn1991 Yeah but the abnormal part about what I witnessed was how many times the other car was hit during the process

[@huskytail]

@@mattthomson7590 it's not _hit_. It's pushed slowly.

[@Nexus104]

@@SuperLn1991 I visited france in dec 2022 recently, my mom screamed when she saw someone did this parking in Strasbourg. She didnt believe me when I said it's normal lmao

[@VoxelLoop]

@@SuperLn1991 I'm taking a personal note that I should never parallel park in France when driving over from the UK.

[@TheHornoxx]

🤣👍 as a German I am already sweating wet at the thought of having to travel to Paris by car

[@Run_Fast]

😂

[@ParDegree]

Same here 😂😭

[@baardagaam]

Every summer you can hear Germans screaming all over France: " kan ve exchange inzurance details bitte? I tzink you have hit my auto, sir!"

[@Manos_motors]

Rental is an option 😮

[@ParDegree]

@@baardagaam 💀💀💀💀

[@hollow34]

Notice how the car behind doesn't have it's hand brake on. Apparently it's an unspoken rule

[@avatar9520202]

No, it's just a large number of idiots living in the same place.

[@NjoyMoney]

@Edoc You are mentally challenged, im a car mechanic, parking brake wont stop a car from pushing you, i live in Finland i can guarantee you we care about safety then your third world country ever could

[@jadetorres2266]

@Edoc uhh why did you say that? did you even read the comment your responding to?

[@paradox5556]

@@jadetorres2266 the guy he was replying to, as you can see from the name in the comment, deleted his comment. Probably talking about how its possible to push a car while having the hand brake on.

[@Francisco-j1e]

Its has the brake on, just not totally. And surely not in gear.

[@veronikalugitsch]

My father told me in Paris don't use you hand brakes if you park on a flat spot so other can park more easily by pushing your car just a little out of the way!

[@Keless]

wish everyone did that

[@natecouincil570]

Yeah I bet people just push peoples cars into shit on purpose

[@zex450]

Then you shouldn't leave the car parked in 1st gear too. But if I leave it in neutral, the car will roll, and probably move other cars who are also in neutral. I would never park my car in Paris like that. Rather use public transport. I don't want my car to get scratched because of some idiots who push cars.

[@zappertxt]

I used to that in my country until they trapped me between 2 cars and couldn't even move, I had to leave the car there. Now I always put hand brake on.

[@Kolbenschmidt_]

If the transmission is automatic, then when parking it is necessary to switch to P, to neutral gear, the keys cannot be removed from the ignition lock. If you push the car, there is a risk of breaking the locking finger.

[@sriram151092]

Sheldon: A car length is not a standardized unit of measure. 😂😂

[@AdrianoBanderas]

In Germany it is

[@radualien1]

Finally, a tutorial where they go straight to the point

[@thierryrebillard6432]

I’m French, I thought you were filming the French civisme of the 0:01 dog walker who picks up his dog’s poop on the sidewalk.💩💩 Text translated by Google translation

[@Shinhun9610]

Is it common and legal in France? I live in Europe and in my country if you do this you will be fined to death ^^"

[@SuperLn1991]

This is perfectly common and legal lol, everyone do that and no one would be mad

[@Broockle]

i wouldn't say all of france. But parisian parking is a strong stereotype in all of europe ;D

[@Shinhun9610]

@@Broockle So that's why my peugeot's bumpers are so solid :D x)

[@petervansan1054]

@@SuperLn1991 i would

[@gravemind6536]

In the UK this would be a hit and run you would be fined for failing to provide your details and insurance if caught doing this type of offence.

[@The6Foot4Asian]

Ah. Good ole Parisian parking. May this culture never die 👍😂

[@frankdavis3982]

Very good 👏👏👊

[@senzai2814]

it died since 2015.

[@JohnXina97]

Oh no, I hope it dies

[@alidurrani4645]

In my country if you touch someone's bumper they are probably going to beat u up or at least ask for the repair money

[@thomma1879]

@@alidurrani4645 i think its like that everywhere lol. Just the owner of the car in the video wasnt there when it happened i bet

[@victormgv]

I thought the Grand tour guys were joking... they were not.

[@alfemetri6746]

I watched an episode of Top Gear making fun of French people's parking, and I thought obviously this can't be true. I guess they really do park like that xd

[@dufonrafal]

You can't do that with an automatic ;) (some people park their automatic in neutral so other can push them though, not kidding!)

[@6lik6]

cant take that key out tho

[@changedpace9169]

@@6lik6 yes you can lol

[@changedpace9169]

@@6lik6 I can take my key out in drive

[@ashrayspin]

@@changedpace9169 Must be a Peugeot then

[@triple-alphatv2946]

@@ashrayspin You silly🤣

[@fightclub7577]

I know it’s not a bad thing to do that over there but imagine you are driving a nice car that’s also expensive. You can’t park it anywhere on the street hahah

[@jazz96765]

I'm french and honestly, if you live in a city in France you'd better drive a car that you don't care about. You can have a nice car in the country side no problem though.

[@blanco7726]

People dont do this to expensive cars, imagine they get caught cost them an arm a leg and 6 months of heating

[@krunkle5136]

Why should a car be dent free?

[@Daniel-hw2sb]

​@@krunkle5136Because people take pride in their cars and don't want to look like a slob

[@nickpenet7452]

Gotta love the end of the video "Là c'est bien? - Nickel!" *Handbrake sound*

[@sajadsir4664]

I thought he is a pro but actually he is pushing it 😂😂😂

[@Broockle]

there is a certain elegance and efficiency around this system tho

[@lecochonmalefique]

The elgance of are just plastic and metal sutff nothing to get so mad if is a little scratched, is what's meant to be for.

[@Broockle]

@@lecochonmalefique If only scratches and superficial damage such as these didn't cost you an arm and a leg in car value when you wanna sell it later. Cars are just a huge money sink.

[@Nickoboss29]

@@Broockle ok but some cars are rewarding in terms of experience... guess you're not a car guy... you won't understand...

[@Broockle]

@@Nickoboss29 u got that from just that? I mean u'r right. I hate everything about cars, especially the effect they have on city street design, endlessly disadvantaging and limiting pedestrians. But I didn't actually say that in my original comment at all. Cars have their shiny surface which is nothing but an easily dented hull with paint. Both of which cost so much to repair. I'm just wondering if there's a way to make scratches not such a big deal. At the moment the average person gets a panic attack when they see a potential scratch on their car. That ain't healthy mentally right?

[@gravemind6536]

@@Broockle OK most scratches on cars are only on the clear coat you verify this by spraying water on a scratch. If when you cover a stratch in water it disappears then you only have a clearcoat scratch meaning the actual paint is not affected. A clearcoat scratch can be removed with just polish if its light and even some bigger scratches can be sanded away and then polished over and waxed. Its suprisingly easy to do even if you suck at DIY ChrisFix gives great advice when it comes to doing this. Only primer scratches are a real bid deal. Also this clearcoat repair applies to fogged or hazed headlamps too. I restored the headlights on Mums MK5 Golf they were awful massive fogging and they were 90% fixed after sanding, polishing and waxxing them she drove around for 1 week thinking her full beams were on at night.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

I remember back in 2012 on a school photograph trip to Paris, we stayed in a hotel rated 2 stars called "Hotel Altona" on Rue de Fauborg. Late at night after most people had gone to bed, me and a few mates all sleeping in the same room got up and went to the balcony, looked out to see a large long wheelbase silver van just parked literally SIDEWAYS across the junction opposite our hotel room window, fully blocking the junction. It stayed like that all night and even when we woke up at around 6:30AM it was still parked there.

[@emiliod2653]

Hahaha, that's a great memory to have man

[@allesdurchprobiert]

My mom told me about this as a kid. I couldn't believe it. It's a real thing!

[@rakosipeter7446]

Yes. I saw this in Paris. The French people park in such a peasant way.

[@grtxyz4358]

That’s why citroen made cars like the Cactus with soft pads on the sides and large flexible bumpers…. The French take the word bumper very literally…

[@tmanepic]

Back when cars had real bumpers we did that in the states too

[@brukujinbrokujin7802]

For anyone wondering. Cars in paris is like bicycle in netherland. Its not luxury, just tool of transport. You will often see people in paris bump each other car when parking, and its normal.

[@Alexssandre]

A bit exaggerated haha

[@RafaleJCW]

No, it's not. I'm French and I lived in Paris for 10 years. Hit my car and I'll knock your teeth out. But parking spaces are so hard to find that we often see this kind of ... inappropriate behavior.

[@rafox66]

​@@RafaleJCWYou are not a true Parisian lol, but I totally agree with you

[@ijv5567]

can confirm. Ive been living in paris a oui 10 years or so merci. And sometimes I even hit the car out of habit even if I dont need to touch it to get out

[@kam0406]

The French put their bumpers to good use.

[@Tobiasz931]

I'm Polish and that's a nope for me. I'll remember not to go to Paris by a car. I was also shocked seeing similar things in Milan. While using a car in a different part of Italy I parked the car on the parking spot right next to a crossing, just in case.

[@MrMarcec85]

In Italy is rare... it can happen, but it s not the standard.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

are you dumb the car have nothing after this

[@adem-Savs]

People forget. that is what bumpers are for, bashing back and forward to get your car in the space. It is standard pracrice in France and Italy. Bumping your way into a space. Visit Rome, and every car has the bumpers askew and scored to hell. Even a brand new car lasts a few days before the bumpers are in pieces. My buddy who was a Continental HGV driver. took me on his road trip into France. We hit these local roadworks in a small French Town and the Artic couldnt move. The local gendarme came along and guided us out. There was a small 2CV parked illegally. The Gendarme motioned to reverse the lorry and my buddy gestured towards the car he was going to hit. The Gendarme made it known my buddy had to obey his hand signals. No kidding the trailer pushed this 2CV into a wall and it folded diagonally. My buddy was able to get out of the tight spot and the gendarme shrugged his shoulders.

[@BubbenKopp]

🤡

[@kustu]

Bumpers are definitely NOT for bumping other cars by purpose. They are there if an accident happens. I don't know how are you comfortable with destroying other peoples property.

[@singingcat02]

I like how the guy literally just pushed the car behind him like "my guy you’re in the way, get out" 😂

[@icestray]

Richard Hammond really taught us to park in France 😂😂😂

[@brycie97ful]

I find that bit way funnier now 😂

[@icestray]

@@brycie97ful yep

[@losfogo7149]

​@@brycie97fulI was 100% sure it was just satire, that French people couldn't be that much careless with cars. Apparently I'm wrong

[@conorsleftshoulder]

Richard Hammond's parallel parking video brought me here 😂

[@Scratch.Supermariofan36]

"Now if I was in my car and I'd look at that space and go, "That's too small", and I'd go find another. But that's not what a French person would do" -Richard Hammond

[@BMH1965]

Not just in Paris but every French city - never use your parking brake in a French city.

[@lepetitchat123]

Mr Bean style

[@luisforeal8676]

Imagine someone doing this to a Ferrari or some other high end exotic car..

[@rowennjohnmartinez5108]

You can't find many exotic cars in France, you'll be viewed as bourgeois, common people prefers bike, and France is active at making bike roads than car roads.

[@luisforeal8676]

@@rowennjohnmartinez5108 I thought bourgeoisie were the working "middle class".

[@svalk666]

@@luisforeal8676 no, you might be thinking of the 'petit bourgeoisie' though. still not middle class exactly

[@Gelato41_]

@@rowennjohnmartinez5108 i get my impreza hit im throwing lawsuits

[@MrAmad3us]

Why would you park a Ferrari on the street ? Most likely you'd find a paid parking garage or something like that

[@vasioo4282]

I like how people looked weirdly at you filming in the past

[@matthijsbakker342]

its stil weird to film a lot on the street imho.

[@schlafanzyk]

I can respect actually making use of the intended purpose of a bumper. I mean it has that name for a reason.

[@Palpac]

They already have a rep for being assholes, this just adds to it.

[@BusTrainsGuy18]

I would be so afraid 😨 to park my car in that country, so afraid and all the bad scenarios going through my head as well.

[@BusTrainsGuy18]

@@GladiaSoloRetro well I'm glad I'm not there but I want to go Paris someday and try there foods.

[@joao-barata]

Another day in Paris. Next Round: The white minivan trying get out.

[@KretinzUnited]

Parisians used to leave their handbrakes off when parking (at the time when they were still manual ones) exactly for that reason. So that the cars could push each other without too much damage to their bumpers.

[@jangcop6790]

To move car like that, it should be in neutral gear.

[@vamte]

bro thats fake, we never leave the e-brake off

[@Greeneetch]

You're saying shit men

[@yanceyboyz]

Well you're not European using the word E-brake....and he clearly said Parisians....you sound American. In Paris people leave the handbrake off all the time, that's why the silver Renault moved so easy....not in gear and no handbrake applied.

[@linuskarlsson7492]

​@@yanceyboyzworks as long you have a manual gearbox, can't even turn my automatic car off in neutral.

[@Gooseman2k2]

USE THE BUMPER THATS WHAT ITS FOR!!! - General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov, head of space division

[@izzymaxpower]

Here in the US you get your tires slashed for that.

[@gravemind6536]

Someone does that to my car all tyres slashed and all windows broken and their legs if present.

[@vinietc3842]

very agressiv I think

[@gravemind6536]

@@vinietc3842 Play stupid games win stupid prizes.

[@vinietc3842]

@@gravemind6536 Mais quelle genre de débile...

[@x-a-]

@@gravemind6536 what if he got a gun

[@mahireliyev5558]

Idiotic way of parking. what a stupid rule

[@nazrojean7128]

yup its common!majority of the cars in the city has scratch marks on the bumpers or sides...

[@Ricettiamo18]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqenmpqZZ8elbas

[@EspireMike]

So terrible :( why is it normal in Paris? Why can't people respect other's cars?

[@salzisaufmtisch5891]

Just imagine the anxienty that parking assistance system must have had

[@joshuahenderson]

In America you could have the crappiest car on the road and still get upset if someone bumps you while parking

[@baardagaam]

In Italy it's even more allowed( at least in the past), but imagine doing that in Germany, Holland or Flanders... People would chase you like crazy with their insurance papers to have you pay the small scratch on their bumpers...

[@BubbenKopp]

Understandable. You dont pay thousends of euros just for some idiot to destroy it.

[@baardagaam]

@@BubbenKopp if you do the parking manoevre slowly it should not damage the car you are bumping. (except a scratch, but that not 'destroying' the car) Imagine being an Italian/Frenchman and wanting to park like you always do, in your own city, and then suddenly some entitled German/Dutchman starts shouting at you and waving insurance papers. You did not ask him to come over, he can go back to his own country and parking culture anytime he wants :)

[@BubbenKopp]

@@baardagaam A scratch is a damage to the car! And especially nowadays its very expensive to fix scratches.

[@baardagaam]

If the scratch is almost invisible and does not damage the bumper, you should not pay the scratch if you hit a car. If there's functional damage, it becomes a whole other story.... Imaging the following case: a rich Porsche driver has his bumper scratched in a parking space , this could cost up to 3000 euro just to fix an almost invisble scratch. And the insurance of the person that scratched the car, usually does not pay the first 1000 or 1500 euro (franchise) So a young or poor person could get in to serious financial trouble for accidentally slightly touching a rich guys car... Obviously that's not how the world works, in this case (in most countries) you don't have to pay the scratch.

[@OS-fq6nd]

This is what i dont get. Typical behavior of a materialistic society (i live in Germany, have a car, but i think that it is overrated. A car is at the end of the day an object of utility ("Gebrauchsgegenstand") and it is understandable, yet ridiculous how scratches are considered. Sometimes even more than human/animal life...

[@ViceKnIghtTA]

Who came here after watching The Grand Tour's Carnage du mois

[@ВиталийВитальев-е4к]

В России за такую парковку накажут - порча чужого имущества.

[@povylas]

I can't understand one think. Do they leave cars on neutral. Whot?

[@EOh-ew2qf]

I can never!! even a normal parallel parking gives me anxiety

[@93BlazinFire]

Wait...I thought this was a little inside joke the English made up. Are you telling me this is a common and recurring thing?

[@cgpsj2194]

O no, the hand brake sound at the end 😂😂

[@jrg7146]

my thoughts

[@ShanesAutos]

When Richard Hammond said in the Grand Tour Special Carnage A Trois that this is how the French really park…I thought he was bullshitting for comical effect.

[@Propyko]

Funny how he pulled the handbrake at the end?! 😂

[@TsarKnots7913]

Have you ever driven a manual?

[@Propyko]

@@TsarKnots7913 my car is a manual, so?

[@msg5359]

@@TsarKnots7913 How is that related?

[@TsarKnots7913]

@@Propyko ah never mind. I thought you meant why use the handbrake like an automatic

[@TsarKnots7913]

@@msg5359 I was confused lol. My brother only drives autos and freaks out when I pull the handbrake out of habit so I thought he meant like that

[@fdyjt]

this is not nice only in france they drive against your bumper.And if you say you drived into my bumper they will say thats why its a bumper for them its normal. i live in belgium and even we people in belgium dont do that if you do then your in fault you have to pay insurance blabla you know all the rest

[@fp6343]

When I was learning to drive, my dad told me: when you are parking in a city on level ground, do not apply the hand-brake, so when other cars need to park in a tight spot and bump your car, it will easily roll out of the way, instead of breaking. Not in France, but same principles. And leave it in neutral, of course.

[@HannyDart]

unfortunately this is not possible with a manual car...

[@pennyprince]

​@HannyDart how is this is possible with an automatic?

[@notthestig.]

@fp6343 Maybe I am missing your point, but if you don't apply the hand-brake with the intention of allowing your car to easily roll, do you also mean leave it in neutral?

[@HannyDart]

@@cmmartti My manual car rolls away just from the wind in neutral. i dont know about newer cars, but on older cars you could engage drive and there would still be no complete lock between crankshaft and wheels because of the converter. this way the car can still be moved around but it wont roll off. you could achieve this by just slightly pulling the handbrake tho 😅

[@fp6343]

@@notthestig. yes, that's correct. No handbrake, in neutral, the only thing I do is I turn the wheels a little bit towards the pavement, so nobody can push the car to the corner and potentially into a position where it would block traffic. It can roll maybe a car length before being stopped by the kerb.

[@driessen16]

Bro I would just buy a G wagon if I lived there. If I see someone bumping in my car I’ll total the shit out of their car

[@PranshuDhruv]

Being a guy from Delhi, I can say that's really impressive.

[@championkhamis12]

They better not come to Glasgow 😂. Total disrespect of other people cars, and how do the cars get out of their parking space now. I am afraid for their safety.

[@epixgaming8938]

Absolute genuine parking process in Paris.

[@KeLena_DuGrant]

Drivers in Brooklyn know to not do that because they prefer to stay alive. It's a great incentive to keep looking for another spot.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

This happens all over the continent. They purposefully leave handbrakes off and cars out of gear so they can be moved. I’m amazed at how many people don’t know this fact.

[@linuskarlsson7492]

Long live manual gearbox, with automatic this do not work as well.

[@gorka16]

All over the continent? Im spanish and this is not a common thing here, if someone bumps like that into another car the insurance company is gonna get a call

[@RandyMahnke]

It's not all over the continent, mostly just France and Italy. If you're clueless, just be quiet next time please

[@Mod-rw9cw]

@@gorka16 That’s where I’ve seen it most often in Majorca and Gran Canaria .Also in Greece and Cyprus, Portugal ….

[@WOTPOLSKA_PRO]

Now you don't park it because robbers burned it...

[@matthewlai9892]

In New Zealand, you would get a ticket because you don't leave 1.5m gaps for the cars in front of and behind you.

[@gwadamit8116]

Back here in India as long as you aren't touching the neighbours cars or bike you are good to go. Else get ready for a fist fight.

[@ZDude55]

That’s ridiculous, mate

[@matthewlai9892]

@@gwadamit8116 😂

[@matthewlai9892]

@@ZDude55 yes you either get a ticket or your car would have been towed.

[@ZDude55]

@@matthewlai9892 lol I’m jk if it works it works. Here parking in dense NYC I just had to buy a shock absorbing BumpShox rubber license plate cover for the front and BumpTek bumper extension for the back to avoid any scratches on my new Honda Civic. I don’t push people back like this guy did but I do like to squeeze into tight spots if necessary if I know my car will fit

[@tonetoobtwo]

And they very generously left the Citroen behind with a full 3 inches of manoeuvring room

[@themisverg]

animals

[@KindaNoobish]

french people dont care about their cars getting dinged up when parking but the second you mention croissants..

[@JasonLockwood87]

This is what bumpers are for. When I was a kid in the 90’s people did this all the time. We didn’t have parking sensors or cameras back then.

[@ewmeneither]

in america?

[@gorka16]

If thats what bumper are for go put a helmet on and smash your head into a wall, thats what helmets are for

[@martinweizenacker7129]

Problem is bumpers are not what they used to be. Up until the 90's, they used to be sturdy, black plastic (or even metal). Nowadays it is flimsy, painted plastic which gets scratched with every ever so slight contact with other objects (let alone another car).

[@aluisious]

@@ewmeneither I remember when I was a kid in Canada, we were leaving the indoor swimming pool in two cars, and my friends dad driving our car said "watch this" and drove about 2 mph into the car in front to scare his kids. That was also his car. Back then cars had big external steel and rubber bumpers.

[@GoodOlTazzy]

In fact, yes we did have parking sensors and cameras. I have a 1993 BMW and it had optional parking sensors in the front and rear. Many cars before that had parking sensors etc.

[@NakedUndone]

Apparently they leave the car in neutral and the handbrake off so that this is possible. I wonder how many accidents they have with runaway vehicles?!

[@hamsifardeekay]

the guy picking up after his dog is the actual sensation in this video!

[@themetalslayer2260]

ordinary day in Paris (even the guy removing his dog's "gift" from the sidewalk)

[@azumanguy]

I remember my dad telling me about this when we visited France one time. It‘s still crazy to actually see it

[@BobbyTV23]

At 0:31 you can see Thomas Müller entering the scene 🤣

[@checkyourfax]

Man, I think Paris is the first city that will introduce wheels than can go into a horizontal "parking mode" and park sideways.

[@Caleidus]

In Rome it would be considered an easy parking...😂😂

[@Idolikethis]

I mean that's what the bumper and brakes giving for the car to roll backwards can be for 🤣💞

[@charismacolada9846]

I guess when theres no space, they make space 😂

[@krunkle5136]

May the world continue to have jarring differences between cultures such as this. Yes, this is indeed what bumpers should be for.

[@elyorish]

Has this person recording ever been to NYC?

[@inderpalsingh713]

If the handbrake is not on, why not come out and push the car back by hand and then park? This will prevent the dents and scratches

[@ishish8816]

Leave your car blocking the road? They've figured out the most efficient way to park it. Those who pour money into flashy cars park in paid cctv monitored parking lots

[@LukeMM95]

>caring about scratches on a car made after the millennium Do you care about the scratches on your iPhone too?

[@Nikioko]

This only works if you leave your car in neutral gear and no hand brake. And it shows why varnished bumpers are ridiculous.

[@catbalooboy]

In Paris you are supposed to leave your car in neutral wherever possible otherwise the damage will be worse with cars in gear.

[@runnerbaba]

Thats why French Cars had plastic bumpers without paint a long long time....

[@Greeneetch]

There's no plastic bumpers anymore.

[@marcioroque4446]

I wanna see them parking without hitting the other cars 😂

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

It is called parking by ear. You don't need to look actually.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

brit here, it is possible to do this without any damage as long as 1> the drivers dont engage parking brake (or auto's leave it in neutral) and 2> you are gentle enough not to bump the bumper, BUT everyone needs to drive AND park like this otherwise it wont work

[@harlem6365]

brIt hErE

[@vdd1001]

If you ever go to Paris, please, do not take the car, leave it in a parking lot (with enough space, not the street). Not only is parking terrible, driving there is terrible as well. Idk if it's because it's a historical city or something but the street design for cars was terrible, as I recall

[@mezzasegolas]

exact same in Madrid, Spain. So annoying, I eventually sold my Impreza STI, and bought a badass truck with bullbars.