Watch Where You Park, This Site Will Call You Out

Needed a caffeine fix at the Whiting WaWa and the Handicapped space was the closest one to sweet latte luxury? 

You might want to think twice before taking the chance, because a new Facebook page, "You Park Stupid," might just call you out on that decision.

The page was started by Somerville resident John Flores, who was getting ticked off when he kept seeing the same bad parking job while visiting his father at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.

"Some days they were parked OK, but most days they were parked awfully," he said. "I shared photos on my personal wall and got a lot of friends talking about it. That's when the lightbulb went off and the small group started."

Since then, "You Park Stupid" has finger-wagged a number of bad drivers throughout the state, including a SUV at Morristown Memorial, a shopping cart with a kids vehicle attached, and a Porsche Cayenne at ShopRite in Bernardsville, a photo which caused one visitor to the site to comment, "Is it just me or is there a correlation between the price of the vehicle and the lack of ability to park/drive like a member of society?"

But, it's not just luxury autos getting caught. More modest modes of transportation have been cited, including a Toyota Camry in East Hanover, Hyundai Tibouron in Pine Brook, and the recent "If we gave out a 'Dope of the Week' award" award winner, a Volvo that blocked a Mini Cooper in a California parking lot.

"The guy's passenger was still in the parking lot and asked me 'were you parked before us?' I said, 'Yes, I can't get out, how could I have gotten in?'" the poster commented. 

A search of the Facebook page shows that it doesn't seem to have reached Manchester just yet, though it has gotten attention in Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania and even Japan.

Maybe next time you see a poor parking job in town, you can contribute.

To visit "You Park Stupid," click here.