Translations:Parking Considerations/13/en

Finally, parking intersects with alcohol and other substances. A vehicle parked outside creates an implicit expectation of driving home, which may become inappropriate as the evening develops. Hosts and guests who discuss this in advance report fewer difficult moments later, and the topic connects closely to broader alcohol awareness.

| Reality=Reality Check: parking is frequently treated as trivial until it produces a problem, at which point it is rarely trivial at all. Fines, towing, and blocked driveways generate resentment out of proportion to their cost, largely because they arrive at the end of an otherwise good encounter.