A parking lot for female drivers only will open early next year at a shopping
center in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province.
This women's parking lot, located underneath the Wanxiang Tiancheng shopping
center, will be free of charge during the first several months, according to a
report on Hebei Youth Daily.
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| This photo published on Tuesday, December 22,
2009, shows a parking lot decorated in pink and purple colors, which has
been designated for women only at a shopping center in Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Province. [Hebei Youth Daily] |
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A parking lot with a "Women Parking" sign will
open early next month at a shopping center in Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Province. [Hebei Youth Daily] |
The lot marked with a "Women Parking" sign, offers wider parking spaces
especially designed for female drivers, who tend to cause twice as many
collisions in parking lots than in other places, according to insurance company
data.
The shopping center parking lot also provides three lights in every parking
space to improve visibility for female drivers. Bright colors, such as pink and
light purple, and cute cartoon pictures decorate the parking lot. Female parking
guides have been specially trained to direct the drivers when they park their
vehicles.
Such public facilities for women only are no longer an exceptional phenomenon
worldwide. For example, Japanese women enjoy women only subway cars while they
travel to their offices. Russian women take pink taxis that are specifically for
them.
Safe and comfortable services provided for women only is highly welcomed by
female college students, white-collar employees, single mothers and other women
at present, according to the report.
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com December 22)