Parking is a big problem in Belgrade. In the longest Belgrade street (some say the longest street in Balkans), 8 km long Bulevar Revolucije (aka Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra) this problem gave birth to an unusual habit – a driver just stops in the middle right lane, turns all four blinkers on and goes out to attend to his business in one of the boulevard stores, shops, bakeries, betting places and so on. This habit has practically rendered the right Bulevar Revolucije lane as useless, being that driving on it is virtually impossible because of the numerous cars parked right in the middle of the lane.
Nebojsa Spaic reports that, since the police can’t or won’t do anything about it, a group of ‘urban vigilantes’ has decided to deal with the problem on their own – while one of the urban guerrilla warriors drives slowly in the left lane, the other spray paints the illegally parked cars from the passenger seat, thus marking the guilty ones and at the same time depriving them of dozens of euros needed to get the car in previous condition.
Although it seems impossible to check if the story is true, and frankly, to me it looks more of a wishful thinking than a reality, the good thing is that it’s become the latest buzz in the Serbian corner of the internet – and it will hopefully start a debate concerning the parking problems and the driver’s ruggedness in Belgrade.
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How many times have I daydreamed about holding a pile of rocks on my front passenger seat… Stoneage drive-by, FTW!
And a couple of years ago, I saw a car with a big fat “no parking” sign scratched right across its windshield.
Hehehe, evo raspleta – avenger story made up
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It was “Jelisaveta Dzumkanovic” that gave him away…