40 Car Parking Fails That Are So Bad, You’ll Wonder If They Even Had A License
Because parallel parking shouldn’t require divine intervention—but here we are
Some people park like they’re being timed in a video game. Others park like they’ve just spun a wheel of chaos and are fully committed to whatever outcome it lands on. From cars parked sideways across four spaces to SUVs halfway up curbs like they mistook them for ramps, these parking fails are so gloriously bad, they feel almost intentional.
Grumpy Sharks proudly presents 40 parking jobs so awful, they deserve their own traffic court. Whether it’s a tiny car blocking an entire driveway or someone who just gave up and left their car on the sidewalk, these are the moments that make you scream internally and then take a picture.
#1. Parking Problem of a Supercar
Source: LeePangHee
#2. A parking poem I saw on somebodys car today
Source: Reddit User
#3. Cars parked across from massive building fire
Source: RealisticTaco
#4. When you leave your car in a parking lot full of birds for more than three days.
Source: Reddit User
#5. Someone drove this car into a parking lot more than 500 feet on a rotor and left her right where she landed.
Source: dkviper11
These gems were uncovered from Reddit’s best parking-fail threads, including the unrelentingly entertaining r/BadParking and various user-submitted fails across r/funny and r/mildlyinfuriating.
What you’ll see here are not just mistakes—they’re testaments to overconfidence, spatial delusion, and absolute commitment to doing things the worst way possible. We, Grumpy Sharks, have gathered the worst offenders and placed them all in one virtual parking lot for your horrified amusement.
#6. Went to get the car from the shop and this is how I found it parked…
Source: TempleFugit
#7. The blue car parked in someone’s driveway, they clearly weren’t impressed
Source: skaschmidt
#8. no no no why did you park your car there whyyyy
Source: LawyerMotor210
#9. First post: I saw an ironically parked car at the theater today
Source: papasmurf008
#10. Worked at car week in Carmel, CA last week and had to park in between these two McLarens
Source: cwildman77
There’s something universally infuriating about bad parking. Maybe it’s because it feels so avoidable. Maybe it’s because we’ve all had our own vehicles blocked in, scratched, or nearly totaled by someone who decided white lines were a mere suggestion.
These photos validate that rage. They capture the “are you kidding me?” moments we’ve all experienced—and they let us collectively shake our heads in disbelief.
#11. If you park like an a**hole, I’m going to make sure you can’t get back in your car
Source: Chappssss
#12. Parallel parking gone wrong
Source: Frosty_Toast_Man
#13. My buddy lives next door to a car dealership and forgot his parking brake.
Source: PenguinPush
#14. Walked out of lunch to see this parked next to my car…
Source: Reddit User
#15. Road sweeper dealt out his own version of street justice to punish an illegally parked car
Source: SlimJones123
One time, I came back to my apartment to find a minivan parked diagonally across three spots. Not only that, the driver had placed a sunshade in the windshield, as if to say, “I’m not moving for a while.”
The lot was full. Dozens of us circled like sharks for an hour. And yet there sat the van—comfortable, defiant, absurd. I took a photo, of course. Then I left a polite note that just said, “Bold choice.”
#16. Um, sir? You can’t park here
Source: calypso85
#17. My parked car was hit by a bullet whilst the car in front of me was being shot at
Source: Reddit User
#18. I was riding my bike and saw this car parked under a jackfruit tree
Source: TailsGamer3733
#19. Don’t park your car under heating main people!
Source: sharksalad
#20. This lady got in a fight with my mom for a parking spot; The Apocalypse took the lady’s car
Source: 802Joe
According to behavioral psychologist Dr. John Grohol, humans are highly reactive to perceived unfairness. Seeing someone flagrantly ignore communal rules triggers a visceral response—we feel disrespected.
That’s why these images don’t just amuse us—they rile us up. They’re proof that some people treat shared space like a personal playground.
#21. Parked their car like this, casually walked into Wendy’s to eat
Source: DogFarm
#22. This is why you don’t park your car under a light during fishfly season in Michigan
Source: Reddit User
#23. This driver was not paid his monthly salary, so he parked his owner’s car like this and quit his job
Source: GeeksGyaan
#24. Well the University police called to tow a car parked in a reserved spot and during the towing process the chain snapped…and rolled into Bear Lake.
Source: Reddit User
#25. So I left my car in my local elementary school’s parking lot for an hour, come back to see someone has broken a head light, smashed both my tail lights, took a dump on the front and back windshields, smeared poop on every door handle and the underneaths, and smeared poop on both my mirrors.
Source: Carousser
Let’s be honest—these parking jobs are so bad, they cross into performance art. Who accidentally leaves half their car inside a hedge? Who parks on a speed bump and thinks, “Yeah, nailed it”?
The worse it is, the funnier it becomes. Especially when it’s paired with handwritten notes from fellow drivers or passive-aggressive traffic cones placed for dramatic effect.
#26. A new level of car parking bullsh*t
Source: SmellYaLater
#27. Today in São Paulo, Brazil, an attempt to demolish a water tower failed miserably, resulting in the tower toppling over and rolling down a hill. Thankfully nobody was hurt, but the same can’t be said about all the cars parked nearby.
Source: Nightstar95
#28. This is what you get if you park your car right next to a fire hydrant
Source: cassert24
#29. If it fits… I park a car in a van
Source: muh4
#30. German city of Karlsruhe just issued a parking ticket to Austrian artist Erwin Wurm for one of his bent car sculptures
Source: aeonChili
These photos are more than visual noise. They’re snapshots of how people interpret rules, space, and responsibility. Bad parking is rarely just about driving—it’s about ego, entitlement, or sometimes pure panic.
In a weird way, these fails humanize us. They expose our flaws and remind us that not everyone earned their license through skill alone.
#31. My gf’s poor car this morning… don’t drink and park, guys!
Source: ericintexas
#32. This poor guy parks way out so no one will ding his car and this happens…
Source: karmaitself
#33. Austria, where even the car parks have no fun
Source: riepmich
#34. We left somebody’s car like this in a parking lot because it popped out of gear, started rolling back and couldn’t be pushed forward
Source: ModsHereAreCowards
#35. Saw this the other day, parking in Boston after the snow
Source: xTMPRx
Dr. Leon James, a professor of traffic psychology, explains: “Driving behavior reflects deeper personality traits. Parking, in particular, involves decision-making, risk-taking, and spatial awareness—all filtered through personal attitude.”
So next time you see a car perched like it’s trying to climb a street sign? That’s personality at work. Wild, unfiltered personality.
#36. I parked next to a car that was way over the line and found a little note addressed to the driver
Source: cataleiss
#37. Remember when you left your car parked at the Minnesota airport?
Source: blankpat
It’s like a slow-motion fail you didn’t know you needed. These pictures satisfy our love for order and our fascination with disaster. They make us feel better about our own skills—and they give us stories to share for years.
They’re the perfect combo of petty, funny, and mildly infuriating. And honestly? That’s content gold.
#38. How I found my car last night. Yes, those are bugs
Source: tamarisk
#39. My boss got a new car, and is “afraid of getting it scratched”, so this is how he parks now
Source: FubsyGamr
#40. how to stop hitting cars while parking
Source: Reddit User
To the people featured in these 40 fails: thank you. You may not know what a parking line is, but you’ve given us laughter, disbelief, and great conversation starters.
We, Grumpy Sharks, salute every confused commuter, every driveway dominator, every bold and baffling driver out there. May your next parking job be only slightly better.
