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A parking chair is a chair that is used by a vehicle owner to informally mark a parking space as reserved for oneself. Other objects are also used for this purpose, including trash cans, ladders, ironing boards, and other similar-sized objects that are commonly found in households. For curbside parking spaces, two or more items are normally used; for angle spaces, only one is needed. The practice of using parking chairs is common in inclement weather in urban residential areas of the United States where vehicle owners do not wish to risk losing their vehicle's previously occupied space in its absence. Other spaces may be hard to find due to accumulation of uncleared and plowed snow, and the owner of the vehicle may have invested considerable work in clearing the space just to free the car in the first place. This practice is especially common in the Northeastern United States (Boston〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boston parking-spot savers - a winter guide )〕 and Pittsburgh) and the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions (Chicago〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Straight Dope Chicago: How did parking-spot 'dibs' start in Chicago, and what are the rules? )〕). In Pittsburgh, the use of parking chairs is considered to be an "iconic" regional practice.〔 ==Use in inclement weather== In snowstorms, vehicle owners with such a need mark the space as their own that their vehicle previously occupied after digging out the heavy snow that covered the vehicle and blocked them in. The legality and level of enforcement of existing laws pertaining to this practice varies by location. Generally, curbside parking spaces are public property and are available to vehicles on a first-come, first-served basis. Still, respecting these makeshift markers has been accepted by citizens as a common courtesy during snowstorms. The practice is often most effective when accompanied by the threat or actual occurrence of a "look of consternation" from a vigilant, often elderly neighbor who "keeps watch" in their neighbor's absence. While use is year-round, it is a particularly time-honored tradition in times of great snowfall accumulation, when a resident who "digs out" their spot on the street essentially declares ownership, which often goes unchallenged by neighbors for fear of retribution. The idea of the practice is that the person who has reserved the space is declaring dibs to the space from which s/he has freed his/her vehicle for future parking during the remainder of the storm and as long as snow remains on the ground. It is generally a Lockean recognition that the effort of the physical exertion of digging provides an entitlement to the space where the vehicle was previously located. But in some instances, spaces get reserved in this fashion even before a snowstorm starts.〔()〕 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「Parking chair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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