Double parking

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The car on the right is double parked.

Double parking is the illegal practice (exceptions in the U.S. are Oregon, Washington, and Montana) of parking a vehicle to the side of a row of vehicles that is already parked next to the curb. This often prevents some of the vehicles in the first row from departing and always obstructs a traffic lane (to the extent of often making the street impassable in one-way single-lane situations) . Even though it is illegal, double parking is quite common in large urban areas.

In the United Kingdom, a vehicle is double parked if it is on the directly opposite side of the road to an already parked vehicle. This practice usually restricts the passage of traffic, especially emergency vehicles, and is thus frowned upon.

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