2008 Woodie Awards
EDITORIAL - De Anza parking lot woes: Stop being a jerk
La Voz Editorial Board
Issue date: 10/23/06 Section: Opinion
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If your car is sitting in one of De Anza
College's parking lots right now, someone may be hitting it as you read this.
"I now call my car 'The Tiger,'" said La Voz sports editor, Kayla Hilton. "Because
one more stripe won't hurt."
There are too many compact spaces in the lots despite the recent, but declining, trend of owning bigger, gas-guzzling SUVs. However, there are some people who cause damage regardless of what they drive.
De Anza made more parking available to accommodate the growing student population. Unfortunately, more cars mean more problems.
The abundance of small parking spaces is not the only problem. Many students are incompetent, rude, oblivious or just don't care about other drivers. In fact, some of them seem altogether blind.
Members of our staff have seen drivers accidentally hit cars in the parking lot and
drive away like nothing happened.
How nice.
It happens more often than the average student may think. La Voz staff member
Sung Kim has five or six door dents on his 2002 Toyota Tacoma - all courtesy of De Anza drivers.
"What's worse is that it's black, making
the dents and scratches stick out like a sore thumb," he says.
We would usually park as far away as possible to avoid these scratches, but at De Anza, that's nearly impossible. The lots are usually filled whichever way we turn.
Thus, it's not a wise idea to drive a nice vehicle to school. Countless luxury cars with brand new paint jobs are begging for a fresh, ugly streak of white across the door panels.
There should be a bigger incentive for carpooling. That would result in fewer cars in the lots, less congestion, cleaner air, and more money in students' wallets. However, the "carpool only" lots make up only a small percentage of the entire parking lot area.
Overall, De Anza drivers need to be more courteous. Treat other cars the way you would want people to treat yours.
It's really simple.
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Omar Ali
posted 11/02/07 @ 9:53 PM PST
The other day I was parked in the visitors parking, and was standing in front of my car, when a red car came and parked right next to my car. The driver threw her door wide open until it hit the side of my car, leaving a dent on some red paint on it. (Continued…)
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