What to Do When Blocked by Another Car?

[ReaganDella]

Solutions for when your car is blocked are as follows: 1. If this happens in a residential area, you can directly contact the community security or parking lot administrator. They usually have the contact information of the car owner. Most of these cases occur because the owner parked carelessly for convenience. 2. If your car is blocked in a permitted parking area and it affects traffic order, you can directly call 122. This is a traffic management platform, and under normal circumstances, they will contact the owner to move the car. 3. If your car is blocked by another car and you cannot reach the owner, you can call 114 and explain the situation. The 114 staff will contact the owner using the information registered with the vehicle management office and notify them to move the car.

[VonRylee]

When another car blocks me, I first check if there's a contact number on the vehicle. If there is, I call directly to explain the situation and ask them to move their car. If there's no contact information, I use the car-moving service feature on my phone's Alipay or WeChat, input the license plate number, and the owner gets notified. Recently, I've found the 114 car-moving service particularly effective—just call, provide the license plate, and they'll contact the owner for you. If all else fails, I ask the property security to help look up the owner's information, as vehicles are registered at the residential gate. If it's parked in a mall, I contact the service desk for an announcement. It's important not to lose temper by scratching the car or honking incessantly—what if the owner is an emergency doctor in a hurry? That would be understandable.

[DelOwen]

That morning during rush hour, I was tightly blocked in my parking spot by a car, sweating with anxiety. First, I checked the driver's seat for a parking card but found nothing. I quickly took a photo of the license plate on the windshield, opened the 12123 APP, and applied for the one-touch car removal service. The system automatically sent three text messages to the car owner. After waiting five minutes with no response, I called 122 to have the traffic police look up the owner's phone number for direct contact. Meanwhile, I had already booked a ride on a ride-hailing app. Just as I got into the ride, I saw the owner running to open the car door. The key is to stay calm and take steps one by one. If contact fails, just take a ride first and deal with it later.

[LaElliott]

Don't panic if you find your car blocked in. Check the space in front and behind to see if you can maneuver out. That time my compact car was sandwiched between two SUVs, I slowly turned the steering wheel seven or eight times with the help of a bystander's guidance, and managed to squeeze out by scraping against the flower bed next to me, even scratching some paint off the side mirror. Later, I wised up and bought a super eye-catching fluorescent parking disc for the dashboard. Now, whenever I park temporarily, I habitually place a temporary parking card with my phone number under the windshield wiper. Once, I went into a roadside pharmacy for just three minutes, and when I came out, seeing someone waiting, I proactively went to move my car. Honestly, being blocked in is annoying, but if we all think more about others when parking, such incidents can be minimized.

[LuciaLynn]

Once, a car with out-of-town plates blocked me at the company parking lot, with no contact number on the windshield. I went straight to the security office to check the surveillance footage for the owner's info and luckily caught him entering the neighboring office building. I chased after him, asking the reception desk on each floor, and finally found him in a seventh-floor conference room. My advice: when parking, pay attention to the location of surveillance cameras. If all else fails, ask the administrator to check the footage. At malls or hospitals, you can also go to the service desk for a broadcast announcement, saying something like 'Owner of license plate XXX, please move your car immediately'—it works quite well. If you can't reach the owner, don’t act impulsively; damaging someone else's vehicle could land you in legal trouble.