PARKING EXIT BLIND SPOT ALONG MIXED RESIDENTIAL SEGMENTS IN CATALKOY

Location: Çatalköy

Catalkoy’s main corridor includes short stretches where residential buildings, small shops and boundary walls sit close to the road edge. These mixed segments do not feel commercial in the traditional sense, yet they generate frequent parking movement.

The exposure is not heavy congestion.

It is limited sightline during re-entry.

Vehicles parked along the roadside often reverse or pull forward into the traffic stream. In many locations, stone walls, hedges or slightly elevated sidewalks reduce lateral visibility for the exiting driver. The driver sees forward traffic only after the vehicle’s nose crosses the edge of the lane.

This creates a threshold moment.

A typical scenario unfolds during mid-afternoon. Traffic flow remains steady but not dense. A parked vehicle begins to exit a curbside position. The driver checks mirrors and attempts to identify a gap. However, due to visual obstruction from adjacent structures, full visibility is achieved only after partial entry into the lane.

The through-traffic driver perceives the exiting vehicle later than expected.

Braking occurs quickly but within short distance. Following vehicles compress behind. Even when contact does not occur, the braking ripple travels backward through the line.

This is not aggressive manoeuvring.

It is geometry-driven hesitation.

In Catalkoy, mixed residential segments do not always provide designated parking bays. Vehicles often align close to building edges. The road remains wide enough for passage, yet sightlines remain restricted at certain points.

Even small visual obstructions matter at moderate speed.

Between 12:00 and 15:00, parking turnover increases near small retail pockets and residential entrances. Between 17:00 and 19:00, return parking activity intensifies as residents arrive home. These windows generate repeated exit attempts.

Another variation occurs when a vehicle exits parking while another vehicle simultaneously prepares to turn right into a nearby side road. Communication overlap occurs. Indicator signals may activate late. Reaction windows narrow.

Nighttime adds a second layer.

Under artificial lighting, depth perception becomes flatter. The exiting driver relies more heavily on headlight approach speed rather than distance judgment. If approaching vehicles travel slightly faster than assumed, entry timing miscalculates.

Importantly, these are not high-speed impacts. Most events occur at reduced speed. The repetitive nature of the interaction creates accumulated exposure rather than singular severe incidents.

Catalkoy’s mixed-use corridor behaves differently from a purely residential street and differently from a commercial avenue. It sits between categories. Drivers alternate expectations accordingly.

Through-traffic expects continuity.

Parked vehicles expect tolerance gaps.

When both operate simultaneously without clear visual confirmation, braking becomes abrupt in the final meters.

Over time, frequent users of the corridor adapt by increasing lateral scanning and reducing speed slightly in mixed segments. Visitors or occasional drivers are more susceptible to late perception.

The road width does not eliminate blind spots. The obstruction exists at eye level, not at pavement level.

Catalkoy’s parking exit exposure is not about rule violation.

It is about sightline limitation combined with flow continuity.

The geometry remains unchanged.

The interaction repeats daily.