The wording for my town’s law is that the right wheels(passenger side) need to be within 12” of the curb to be legal. So if you parallel park facing the wrong way on the road your right wheels are significantly more than that from the curb. That wording would be why parking like OP is illegal. The right front wheel is more than 12” from the curb.








I still have one of these around here somewhere…it smells exactly as you’d imagine.
Edit: Another image for how this thing worked…