Amusing Parking Dispute

In my street there are parking bays bit like a bus stop that holds 4-5 cars, often I will come home and find some cars in front of my house, normally students at the school behind my house, but what irks me about it is they have a free car park around the corner just means they have to walk further.
 
Good few selfish people in here - just because you can park on a public road doesn't always mean you should.

Do you not think you should take her request into consideration rather than just completely disregard her and basically say "stuff her, I'm going to park where I want to park regardless of what anyone else thinks".
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Nikumba said:
In my street there are parking bays bit like a bus stop that holds 4-5 cars, often I will come home and find some cars in front of my house, normally students at the school behind my house, but what irks me about it is they have a free car park around the corner just means they have to walk further.
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You see the irony in this right?

Would obviously annoy me as well though ;)

EDIT:: Oh wait "they" have a free car park. I assume then it's not a public one? This would be VERY annoying then!
 
pioneer2000 said:
Good few selfish people in here - just because you can park on a public road doesn't always mean you should.

Do you not think you should take her request into consideration rather than just completely disregard her and basically say "stuff her, I'm going to park where I want to park regardless of what anyone else thinks".
:rolleyes:
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Yes disregarding her is entirely the right thing to do.

If there are no restrictions on the road anybody can park there, if she doesn't like it it really is just tough she can lump it as that IS HER ONLY CHOICE.

I've got three houses, two of which don't have off street parking and i happen to live in one of the two that doesnt have a drive and you know what I have to lump it, if i can't park near the house.
 
She should complain to the council for having high parking charges, which makes people park on side roads and such. They did the same thing here - the main council car parks are virtually empty now and taking in less, even with the higher charge per car.
 
pioneer2000 said:
Good few selfish people in here - just because you can park on a public road doesn't always mean you should.

Do you not think you should take her request into consideration rather than just completely disregard her and basically say "stuff her, I'm going to park where I want to park regardless of what anyone else thinks".
:rolleyes:
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Hmm. How to put this. She has, at no point politely asked us not to park there. Instead, she has put up unenforcable signs on her shop. She then put a note on my evo which said something along the lines of "Fyi - do not park here, the council will clamp you" - which again, is a lie. She could have written something nicely - perhaps involving the word please, but she didn't.

If i don't park there, someone else will. The shop is a mere 3 minutes walk from the station - plenty of people park their cars on the road and then walk to the station leaving their car parked there all day. It's a valid parking space, which also happens to be right outside my place of work, and covered by my work's CCTV cameras, so naturally I'd prefer to park my car there.
 
It reminds me of people who think that the bit of tarmac outside their house is their own and anyone who parks on it gets notes on their car and glaring looks.
 
I don't venture into motors much but parking seems to be an issue on my street so thought I would post about it. I was under the impression everyone knew the law on parking out side people houses. If you have a dropped kerb and drive and your car is not on your property then anyone can park in front of your kerb area, house or drive as there are not causing obstruction. However if your car is on your drive they cant park in front as you need access to the highway. Simples..

Anyway, we have an old couple living across the road and most days, I presume it's their son who comes over, he parks in front of our house. He never over hangs our drive which is good, so my missus still can drive on it but sometimes its a tight squeeze. The house across from us has the owners car either in the drive or outside the house still with access to the drive but the 'son' still parks outside our house. Its annoying but like I keep saying to my missus there is nothing she can do. Yesterday I was walking out my house and the 'son' got out of his car and walked to the house across from me. There was 3 other cars in the street. NOT one of them belonged to his 'parents' They was not in at the time. Why do people do this. Surely its common sense to park outside your own house if there is room, but why our house all the time? **** head
 
He's a visitor and is leaving his parent's driveway unblocked to allow them access to come and go. He's also leaving your driveway unblocked to allow you to do the same.

I don't see the problem.
 
I see the problem when the street empty and there is a space outside his parents house. Yet he still parks out side of mine... If we had two cars we would park outside out own house and one on the drive.

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Green house mine, his parents house red. This picture is pretty much what my street is like very day. As you can see he could easily park in front of his own drive next to his parents car which is pictured or god forbid, on their drive. The next door neighbours to them is in blue. Why park in front of my house all the time. Yes its all the time too. Even when my missus is parked on our drive he will still park in front of ours and its a right bugger to get out of the drive when my next door is parked out her house too and directly across from me have parked out side their house as well. you have a drive, use it.
 
pioneer2000 said:
Good few selfish people in here - just because you can park on a public road doesn't always mean you should.

Do you not think you should take her request into consideration rather than just completely disregard her and basically say "stuff her, I'm going to park where I want to park regardless of what anyone else thinks".
:rolleyes:
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No - she has 0 right to impose restrictions on an un-restricted public road!

If she has such an issue with people parking in front of her shop, she should move location to somewhere with restrictions in front of the shop!

It's not everyone elses' issue that she found a bad location for her or cannot afford the move!
 
Droolinggimp said:
I see the problem when the street empty and there is a space outside his parents house. Yet he still parks out side of mine... If we had two cars we would park outside out own house and one on the drive.



Green house mine, his parents house red. This picture is pretty much what my street is like very day. As you can see he could easily park in front of his own drive next to his parents car which is pictured or god forbid, on their drive. The next door neighbours to them is in blue. Why park in front of my house all the time. Yes its all the time too. Even when my missus is parked on our drive he will still park in front of ours and its a right bugger to get out of the drive when my next door is parked out her house too and directly across from me have parked out side their house as well. you have a drive, use it.
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You type this as if he's doing something wrong.

His parking is legal - there's nothing wrong with it.

You don't have a second car - so why the problem?



Neighbours blocking your drive... like we have... now that's a pain in the arse.

Despite numerous attempts at being even apologetically nice to them asking them to move the car and not block the drive... they still keep doing it.

Next time it'll be a more stern warning, then I'll be getting on to the council about it... but ONLY because they block my driveway.

The people who park in front of the house (my road has no restrictions and is very close to town center)... have every right to do so. Sure it's a little annoying when you can't park in front of your own house... but that's what happens when you have two cars and only space for 1 car on drive.
 
But surely its common courtesy to not park in front of people houses, especially as their house is free of cars. We wouldn't park in front of others houses if we had a space in front of our own. Yet he still parks in front of ours even though there are NO cars anywhere in the street....... or at least 3 cars and they are no where near our houses like yesterday.

I know they are not parking illegally but its still polite to not park in front of some one elses house, do you agree.

On a few occasions his car has over hung our drive by quite a lot actually. Although we wasn't in at the time so he didn't restrict our access to the highway.

Edit: We do have two cars but we had to park one in our front garden as its not in use. My missus said she might Tax and insure it and leave it on the road outside our house but that's just an expense that's not needed. I told her its petty.

Edit 2: with the drive and the bit outside the houses on my street you can park 3 cars each. They have two.
 
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My old boss used to brag about how he threatens people who park outside his house. Holding a wrench or something saying he would smash their car up etc. Really pathetic. Everyone is in the same boat, just deal with it.
 
Droolinggimp said:
But surely its common courtesy to not park in front of people houses, especially as their house is free of cars. We wouldn't park in front of others houses if we had a space in front of our own. Yet he still parks in front of ours even though there are NO cars anywhere in the street....... or at least 3 cars and they are no where near our houses like yesterday.

I know they are not parking illegally but its still polite to not park in front of some one elses house, do you agree.
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I really don't see it that way & can see why others don't even think about it.

I've already said that yes, I do find it a bit frustrating when I can't park in front of my house... but a short walk won't do me any harm. If I didn't have two cars, I really wouldn't care if anyone parked in front of the house, rest of the street populated or not.

My mum and gran get very frustrated with it - but I've never really understood it... it's a car, if it's spoiling the view... you'd rather be looking at tarmac?

I just don't understand why it's an issue... politeness doesn't even enter in to it as far as I'm concerned.

Blocking the driveway so you can't leave or enter it, that's a completely different matter... and something I'm having to deal with.

On a few occasions his car has over hung our drive by quite a lot actually. Although we wasn't in at the time so he didn't restrict our access to the highway.
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That's a different matter... that is what my neighbours are doing on an almost daily basis - so when I get home, I can't get back on my drive & sometimes I can't get off it either.

That kind of behaviour deserves having a word with them (I don't like leaving notes, can make things worse)... but if they're not actively obstructing your drive, I completely agree with the law - they can park where they want.
 
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