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Author Topic: Insensitive 4wd owners Peter Berrett Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-18-2006 05:41 AM                        Hi all Just returned from another great Saturday night at my local drive-in however I did have one grizzle. We arrived a good 15-20 minutes before the earlybird kids sessions were due to start to find the lot almost full. There were still a few parking spots up the back but a lot of insensitive 4wd and van owners had parked their vehicles in the middle of the field. This meant that noone wanted to park at the back as their view of the screen would be impeded. Despite this I was able, with some difficulty, to eventually find a spot with an ok view. Don't get me wrong 4wds are ok, particularly as our drive-in has not yet had the fields sealed with bitumen ( ) however unfortunately many of the drivers of these vehicles have got the IQ of their shoe size and are about as as thoughtful as a bull in a china shop. Have any readers come across any ways drive-in owners can effectively deal with this problem? It struck me that one solution might be to divide the field in two (front and back) with a fence and then use height barriers (like in car parks) to prevent taller vehicles going to the front. Regards Peter  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-18-2006 08:18 AM                        U.S. drive in's prohibit vans and large vehicles anywhere except the back row or 2 and the ends of the other rows. A sign is placed at the boxoffice and this is reinforced with a verbal warning that if they park anywhere else, they will have to move or leave. Louis  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-18-2006 11:15 AM                     quote: Peter Berrett many of the drivers of these vehicles have got the IQ of their shoe size and are about as as thoughtful as a bull in a china shop. You know what they say. "Big car. Small..." When I was a kid and there still were drive-ins around here, we used to go in my father's Chevy Blazer. We just naturally parked in the back row. Then he would back it in to the space and put the tailgate down. We'd pull out the lawn chairs and stuff. If you got cold you could crawl up inside the truck and snuggle up with a blanket and still be able to watch the movie. It seems to me that people don't think anymore.  |  IP: Logged Peter Berrett Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-18-2006 06:20 PM                        The amazing thing, though, is that the number of 'tall' vehicles at the drive-in these days is not minor. I would estimate it between 30-50% last Saturday. This of course raises a problem - what if you can't fit them all in the back row? I suppose the only solution is to jack the screen up another 40ft higher. cheers Peter  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 03-18-2006 07:03 PM                        stadium seating/parking  |  IP: Logged

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