Bloke uses our road as a Car Park

[Kenai]

If someone is being selfish

You're the only one who comes across selfish, like a petulant child.

THIS BIT OF ROAD IS MINE AND NO ONE ELSE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE IT!!

If it really bothers you that much, maybe you should have chosen to live somewhere where you have a driveway, or with parking permits?

That way you wouldn't have to get angry at normal people doing normal things like parking their car.

 

[robbiemc]

We have a similar problem here on a couple of roads due to a mainline station to Waterloo being very close by.
It's not an issue for me, but a couple of the more elderly neighbours get quite annoyed by it. They've taken to leaving nasty messages pinned under their wipers every single day which made them eventually get the message and park further up the road. Perseverance works here it seems.

It't not always just an inconvenience though as we've had fire engines unable to get down the road due to idiotic commuter parking - that's obviously a potential problem.

Our neighbouring road managed to get the council to install a CPZ (Controlled Parking Zone) which essentially limits parking to residents. Downside as they've now got yellow lines, parking bays and information posts every 10 feet which looks a bit crap, but at least it's solved the immediate problem.

 

[grumpysculler]

He has as much right to park there as you do, assuming he pays his road tax.

I'm pretty sure he doesn't - it's a BMW not a Delorean.

 

[Bubo]

Woodsmoor on the Buxton line.

Don't worry - it won't happen

Especially since you've just given away enough information to pinpoint the exact location of your house, such that any incriminating threats to key someones car made here could easily be given as evidence LOL.

It took me like 5 minutes to find your house on Streetview, complete with silver Merc coupe parked in front on your palatial common driveway LOL. Damage to the wall on opposite your house confirms it. No sign of the BMW though, must have been a weekend

 

[Siliconslave]

count yourself lucky, we have a garage round the corner on an industrial esate, they don't have enough parking so their staff come and park on our road during the day.

Generally its not a problem, they arrive in the morning as we leave for work, and leave before we get home, except if i'm on site or in meetings and try and come home during the day.

Its not happened yet (been about 1 space away from it) but if/when i can't get a space theres literally no parking for about half a mile around us that i can use

still, nothing you can do, and just think how you'd feel if your tyres were slashed cause you parked in the 'wrong' place, despite it being a public road!

 

[Caged]

The best you can hope for is to talk to the council and see if they can make the streets around the station a resident's only parking area.

But then you'll all moan because you'll have to buy a permit to cover the costs of running the scheme.

 

[scorza]

I always thought of this as a Northern thing. When I lived in London I was lucky if I could get a parking spot 6 streets away from where I lived and no chance of ever parking outside my flat as it was on a red route. No one seemed to care. My sister's hour in Manchester though they'd apparently go ballistic if you parked outside their house, that's before whoever was driving their car even returned.

@OP the most helpful advice I can give you (if it's not been said already) is to get on to your local council about turning your street into Resident's Parking Only.

 

[Freefaller]

If it means I don't have some **** parking his car outside my home four days a week for months on end, then I can live with that.

Except when they investigate criminal damage and you potentially end up being pulled for it. Is it worth damaging someone else's property? No. Also, be VERY careful who you do that to, some people will take great exception to that sort of thing, and carry out excessive retaliation.

 

[Indie]

You're a **** then.

???

Christ on a bike, there are soo many retards in this thread. It's actually quite shocking, but then again this is GD

You DON'T won the road outside your house.
Residents agreement to park outside their houses. **** off you stupid NIMBYS.
Considering keying the persons car. ****ers.

As far as I've seen, nobody has said anything about owning the road, just mentioning that it is selfish, thoughtless and quite inconvenient.

Can't believe you are still on about his thoughts about keying the car. He's already mentioned several times that he won't be doing it! I'm pretty sure it was said in jest, regardless!

Construct a lifesize doll of Madeleine Mcann and erect her in the back seat, looking worried. The police will tow the car away.

If there is blood on the back seat, it could be the McCann's car!!!

 

[Schlong&Stable]

You're the only one who comes across selfish, like a petulant child.

THIS BIT OF ROAD IS MINE AND NO ONE ELSE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE IT!!

If it really bothers you that much, maybe you should have chosen to live somewhere where you have a driveway, or with parking permits?

That way you wouldn't have to get angry at normal people doing normal things like parking their car.

I am not angry as no one is dumping a car outside my house for four days whilst he goes off to work in another city.

Except when they investigate criminal damage and you potentially end up being pulled for it. Is it worth damaging someone else's property? No. Also, be VERY careful who you do that to, some people will take great exception to that sort of thing, and carry out excessive retaliation.

I think in this scenario, it would be worthwhile. As he'd almost certainly cease parking there.

 

[Freefaller]

The sanctimonious squad is out in force today.

You are not a ****er for thinking about keying a car. You are not a ****er for even discussing it. You would only be a ****er if you actually keyed his car.

It would be nice if the hypocritical thought police could bear this in mind.

Why would you even contemplate damaging another person's property for no reason? Yes that makes you a ****er as you so eloquently put it. Why wish or think about something like that? I'd put your keyboard down if I were you, you might hurt yourself.

 

[Jeps]

I live in londons zone 6 and my house is right around the corner from the last station on the line before it hits Essex. As a result, we get people driving in and parking all the way down our road as its much cheaper for them to use an oyster card from here. Its gotten really bad lately and I regularly have cars parked half way over my driveway. A couple of weeks ago there was a women who was completely blocked in as people had parked bumper to bumper with her. You could barley get a fag paper between her car and thiers and one was parked half way over my neighbours driveway. I've also been fully blocked in before and not able to get off my drive at all. Its ridiculous. Every single weekday its like that.

So one car parked down your road on the other side? Yeah that sounds terrible.....

 

[Kenai]

I am not angry as no one is dumping a car outside my house for four days whilst he goes off to work in another city.

Well you were the one flapping your gums about slashing tyres like some sort of braindead neanderthal.

 

[gigeorge]

Is it bad that when walking home late one night last week I was tempted to key it as I walked past?

Yes, certainly are a scumbag. Get over it !

 

[AJK]

In a residential street, outside someone else's house, inconveniencing the people who live there on a regular basis.

In what way is a car parked safely on the street "inconveniencing" anyone?

 

[Kenai]

???

Are you simple?

I thought it was pretty obvious, slashing someones tyres for parking where you don't want them to makes you a ****.

Not an especially difficult concept to grasp?

 

[Freefaller]

Careful, these guys have keyboards and aren't afraid to use them!!!

 

[TheVoice]

Most people would be glad of a BMW Touring improving the image of their street.

Probably a 518d, why else would he be abandoning it on a random street all week.

 

[gary996]

Just box the car in so it can not get out

 

[Indie]

Are you simple?

I thought it was pretty obvious, slashing someones tyres for parking where you don't want them to makes you a ****.

Not an especially difficult concept to grasp?

Not at all.

I agree, slashing someone's tyres for parking somewhere would make you a bit of a numpty. However, saying it and doing it are two different things.

Considering the repercussions of him doing that, he's also said that he wouldn't do it. Thus, not so much a numpty.

for example...If I could rig the lottery so I could win, I would certainly do it...! but knowing the end result... nuh uh!

I don't like jail. I'm far too pretty and I'd get well and truly bummed