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Men's parking space is an antonym to Women's parking space. Normally mentioned only in satire, in July 2012 two men's parking spaces were opened in Triberg in the Black Forest of Germany. Planned as a practical joke presenting a specific challenge to unskilled drivers, they produced worldwide media interest in the combination of humour to lampoon the idea of political correctness and of successful city marketing. ==Technical and local background== Triberg, a small city of five thousand inhabitants, has an extremely steep topography. It has waterfalls. In 2010, Triberg was reportedly visited by about 250,000 tourists per year,〔(Millionenprojekt Erlebniswelt Triberg steht vor dem Aus ) Mo, 8. March 2010 00:04 Badische Zeitung〕 most of whom came to see the waterfalls on a day-tour basis. After the 9/11 attacks, Americans, who had been frequent visitors, became less likely to visit. That and the decline of the local watchmaking industry have caused problems for Triberg's economy. In 2007 Max-Dieter Mack presented preliminary plans for a €90 million Amusement park, ''Erlebniswelt Triberg,'' on a former industrial site in the municipality. Mack, an architect, is a Triberg native and relative of leisure park mogul Roland Mack. The parking garage at Kreuzstraße is the only planned building constructed so far. Mack was not commissioned for this.〔 Instead of the theme park, a smaller shopping mall and some comparably humble attractions are now on schedule.〔("Triberg Parkhaus statt Erlebniswelt" ), suedkurier.de, 9 June 2012. (in German)〕 The back of the parking garage is angled to follow the course of the River Gutach. Therefore, two parking bays, one on each level, have a peculiar shape and can be reached only by a complicated parking maneuver. Mayor Strobel and the architects, Judith Haas and Mattias Huismanns, deliberated about excluding those two bays from the garage of 220 bays, which was built for €2 million.〔(''"Männerparkplätze" in Triberg: Besonders schwer zu beparken'' ), Pforzheimer Zeitung, 6. July 6th 2012〕〔(''Darum gibt es in Triberg Parkplätze nur für Männer'' ), ''Welt Online'', 6 July 2012. (in German)〕 Strobel decided to declare them ''men's parking spaces''. 12 women's stalls (standard shape, but closer to the entrance) had to be declared according to German law, in any event.〔 Unlike spots reserved for disabled persons, where misuse is fined according to StVO (German traffic rules), neither gender is actually prohibited from parking in any of the dedicated spots. There could be such a prohibition if StVO were formally abolished in favor of local regulations, but this is not the case in Triberg. In the case of the women's space, the dedication is an appeal to manners and friendliness, and in case of the male signs, a warning to unskilled drivers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Men's parking space」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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