By NUR SHAZREENA ALI
KUCHING: Haphazard illegal parking along roadsides has been causing bad traffic congestion around town during peak hours.
Yesterday, for example, many drivers were observed parking their vehicles illegally with some even double-parking or blocking other parked cars.
Some just left their double-parked cars without leaving any contact number for people to call or text them.
One of the culprits, a 34-year-old woman, parked at Jalan Wawasan and when told that her car in front of a laundry she said, “I have to park here because I carry two baskets of wet clothes. The nearest parking space is fully occupied. If I park my car there (behind an old cinema building) it’s quite far for me to carry my laundry.”
Although it is illegal to park in front of the shops there, a man who works at a locksmith shop described the situation as normal saying that he understood the various reasons for the behaviour.
“It makes it easy for them to reach the shops. Anyway, customers usually park for short periods. Some of tenants also park illegally here,” he said.
Besides Wayang Street, other places where illegal parking is rampant are Carpenter Street and Jalan Pearl.
