We are all too familiar with the sense of entitlement that leads to “bad parking” as our favorite Westport blog has regularly posted about. WestportLocalPress posted on a doozy last year on September 24th (What WAS She Thinking) and earlier on March 26th (Poor Parking Job causes Parker Harding Gridlock).

Photos and Story By J.C. Martin For WestportLocalPress.com Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.

Now it seems we are importing bad parking from out of state. An interesting situation developed on Tuesday afternoon on the Parker Harding access road from Main St. to the Post Road. A panel truck with the USDOT registration number 3998939 which show the owner to be Generational Legacy Transportation, LLC out of Stroudsburg, PA decided to simply park on the road in the apparent belief that a single lane was wide enough for passing cars. It in fact was. What is was not however was wide enough of a lane for other truck traffic.

As the photos show, one of the several NO PARKING signs on the road was in fact about 8 or 9 feet from the driver’s windshield, which he seemed to believe did not apply to him as he is somehow entitled to park where less important folks cannot. Sound familiar? When an Ace Endico truck drove in, as all traffic does on the way to the Post Rd. he saw that he was unable to pass the parked Legacy truck. Frustrated and upset, the Ace drive waited patiently for the other truck’s operator to come from one of the Main Street stores. This went on for more than 15 minutes. The Ace truck, unable to safely pass then caused all access road traffic to come to a standstill. Drivers, seeing the mess began trying to back up in reverse so that they could turn around in the section of Parker Harding which is two-way and where that is permitted. That became an even bigger mess.

After more than 15 minutes the Ace driver, who had deliveries to make, couldn’t take it anymore and he exited his truck to see if there was enough room for him to jump the curb and pass the thoughtless offender without hitting the No Parking sign on the left side of the road. He knew it would be close and risked his truck scraping the side of the Legacy truck. He skillfully managed to do just that, somehow, with only 2 inches or so to spare.

Once he had cleared the obstacle traffic again began to flow. Eventually the Legacy driver emerged from one of the Main St. and by that time a Westport PD unit had arrived and the officer had a conversation with the Legacy driver, the result of which is unknown. As many Westporters are well aware, there is a loading zone next to the Washing Well laundry which is a frequent stop for delivery trucks. Not, however, for the Generational Legacy Transportation, LLC truck!

Photos and Story By J.C. Martin For WestportLocalPress.com Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.