Parking issues!

[Mysterae_]

Then add to all this drama the drive for everyone to have an electric car in the near future.

It'll look like a detectives investigation board with all the charging cables going this way an that, crisscrossing the pavement .

They really thought that one through.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Then add to all this drama the drive for everyone to have an electric car in the near future.

It'll look like a detectives investigation board with all the charging cables going this way an that, crisscrossing the pavement .

They really thought that one through.

And add to that, the different/poor earthing of all those self/cowboy installed charging points resulting in EVs parked next to each other having a significant voltage difference between them.

 

[Kenai]

I'd expect a lot of councils to start doing what Portsmouth (and no doubt others) have been doing, installing roadside charge points along residential streets fed by lampposts, rather than pushing people into trailing cables back into their houses. Costs will be interesting for that long term though, if people decide it's cheaper at home and still want to hang a cable out the window.

 

[HoneyBadger]

This is part reason why I vowed never to live in a new build again. We bought a house with a garage and one designated car park space. Fine for us as we were a one car household. Next door, who had the same allocation, had 2 cars and a work van. I had to ask him to stop parking the van, which technically shouldn’t have been there, outside the front of our house as it blocked the windows, To be fair, he did. The next house down, again with the same allocation had 4 cars. Etc.

Then residents were complaining because disabled people and mums with prams couldn’t use the kerb ramps as people were parking across them. Parking right on the edges of the road etc.

It’s why we now have a gated drive way, and our front garden is about an acre and could fit circa 30 cars.

And don’t get me started on new builds and management companies for small communal areas. Legalised robbery.

 

[adam cool dude]

This is part reason why I vowed never to live in a new build again. We bought a house with a garage and one designated car park space. Fine for us as we were a one car household. Next door, who had the same allocation, had 2 cars and a work van. I had to ask him to stop parking the van, which technically shouldn’t have been there, outside the front of our house as it blocked the windows, To be fair, he did. The next house down, again with the same allocation had 4 cars. Etc.

Then residents were complaining because disabled people and mums with prams couldn’t use the kerb ramps as people were parking across them. Parking right on the edges of the road etc.

It’s why we now have a gated drive way, and our front garden is about an acre and could fit circa 30 cars.

And don’t get me started on new builds and management companies for small communal areas. Legalised robbery.

Same our modest 3 bed detached built in 1970 has room for 4 cars on the drive plus 1 in the garage. Now my daughter is learning to drive we have 3 cars on the drive and 1 in the garage. Plenty of parking for guests on the street as everyone has driveways big enough.

 

[chaparral]

Then add to all this drama the drive for everyone to have an electric car in the near future.

It'll look like a detectives investigation board with all the charging cables going this way an that, crisscrossing the pavement .

They really thought that one through.

I couldn't believe it yesterday when i went to a local garage that sold cars and they had a long reel extension cable coming out of the main door you need to walk in and going across their road/walkway to the other side where they park the cars forsale

 

[Hotwired]

Permit would help surely?
At least make sure residents had an equal amount of spaces?

shoudl clear up the scholl runs too

Maybe, I don't see it on my street but the consultation is a wider area and maybe we're going to be forced into it if the wider area feels they're short on parking spots.

 

[Clearcut]

90% of the houses have parking for a good 3 cars, yet most people park on the road and don't use their driveway. And the reason is "so others don't park outside my house" feeble excuse.

So basically, I have room for three cars but I refuse to let anyone else park on the public highway in my proximity.

 

[kefkef]

We had one house at the start of our street that was husband/wife, 2 daughters and a son. The kids all had their partners living at the house. Husband/wife had 2 cars and a work van, then 6 cars for kids and partners, and 3 works vans for partners/son. They had a 2 car drive and all wanted to park as close to the house as possible……..

Was pot luck trying to get out of the street without meeting an oncoming car past the 10 vehicles parked nose to tail on one side…..

 

[happy_2008]

My inlaws live in an estate that was built in 2012. Every house regardless of the number of bedrooms only have 1 car park space and to make matters even worse the block of flats within the same area only have a couple of designated spots for the them. Its one of the key reasons i refuse to look at brand new properties when i was moving.

 

[Siliconslave]

Our old house there was about enough parking for the residence on one side of a single track road which was mostly fine - the only problem was a local garage wouldn't let their staff park on site so they'd rock up in the morning trying to park as we left for work, the number of times they'd be getting annoyed because we weren't leaving quickly enough was amazing

Now i've naffed off to the country we have garage space for 2, drive space for 4 at a push and enough verge for around 6 cars at a push, but the misses won't let me start collecting bangers

 

[Scania]

A few of my neighbour's love me when I call at home in my 55ft articulated truck, one even called the police (even though busses could get past me easily) he was told in no uncertain terms by said police (I was surprised they tuned up tbh) they even though my street has a 7.5ton weight limit, it has an access exception and me going to my house is just such an exception.

I could understand if this was in the evening or overnight but we're talking the middle of the day when most of my neighbours are out...

And the reason I call home in the artic is when ever I collect from a customer in the industrial estate down the road, I'll often call home to make sure my dog is ok.

 

[Resident]

The solution to this problem can be found here.

I do have sympathy though. We never had a problem parking as we had a drive just about big enough for 3 cars. I never parked outside our house, even if it meant doing a 3 car shuffle to get the one out that we need. Cue Mr. ZFG next door who decided he could spend an extra hour in bed if he brought a 70 seater coach home that he used to do a school run in. The view from my front room window was now a **** heap of a coach and the two houses opposite had an almost impossible task to get on or off their drive.

Thankfully that only lasted a couple of months then it became a minibus, which also lived outside my house

We moved a while back but I heard he now works for a different company and just brings a cab home which is far more suited to a small residential cul-de-sac.

Should have had a word with the Traffic Commissioner. A couple of days would be ok as they could be having work done at the registered kept address (Registered Office, should be written on the NS of the vehicle, 1" lettering minimum)

They'd have had a word, which would have mentioned removal of the vehicle or revocation of his operator's.

I had a similar dealing, but it was me parking the bus. My youngest was due to be born so my boss put me on 'on-call' shifts. Basically I drove to the garage in the morning, picked up a bus and then drove it home. If a bus broke down but was driveable then I'd take my bus to that driver, take the broke one back to garage and then pick up a fresh 'spare' and go wait at home.

Usually these on-call shifts you were meant to be waiting at the garage but an exception was made due to the difficult nature of the pregnancy.

Next door report me to TC. They investigated and agreed that circumstances were exceptional and told us to carry on. Next door was furious.

NB: The bus was across my garden and drive, blocking no-one and it's a fairly straight, wide road.

This is part reason why I vowed never to live in a new build again. We bought a house with a garage and one designated car park space. Fine for us as we were a one car household. Next door, who had the same allocation, had 2 cars and a work van. I had to ask him to stop parking the van, which technically shouldn’t have been there, outside the front of our house as it blocked the windows, To be fair, he did. The next house down, again with the same allocation had 4 cars. Etc.

Then residents were complaining because disabled people and mums with prams couldn’t use the kerb ramps as people were parking across them. Parking right on the edges of the road etc.

It’s why we now have a gated drive way, and our front garden is about an acre and could fit circa 30 cars.

And don’t get me started on new builds and management companies for small communal areas. Legalised robbery.

I feel you on the new builds. At work we've had to abandon part of a route as it went through a new-build estate because of the parked car situation. Council won't get involved as they're 'unadopted roads'. Estate management don't wanna get involved either as they don't want to antagonise the residents any further because of a bigger problem on-going, the entire estate is built on a large former mine (Orgreave) and is sinking....

 

[lordrobs]

Should have had a word with the Traffic Commissioner. A couple of days would be ok as they could be having work done at the registered kept address (Registered Office, should be written on the NS of the vehicle, 1" lettering minimum)

Yeah I probably should have done but he was a bipolar drunk who I also shared a party wall with so I didn't fancy the backlash. Ironically he was the first to complain if someone parked, even partially in front of his house.

It's one of the things I love about our current place. Completely screened off from the road from the front, accessed from the rear via a private road serving 8 houses with no parking allowed on it. No "good evening" chit chat as I pull up in the car. No parking issues. Bliss!

 

[shifty_uk]

Slightly off topic but this just highlights the ridiculous reliance we have on cars in the UK compared to most other European countries. Does every member of the family plus their dog need a car?

Don’t get me wrong, I love my cars, wouldn’t be without but I’d never think of taking a bus or train these days which isn’t good.

Back on topic, a neighbour had multiple family members show up a couple of months ago, now all living under one roof, 3 extra cars on the street, all doing Just Eat rounds, place is a mess.

I’m buying a place in the country next.

 

[Rroff]

Slightly off topic but this just highlights the ridiculous reliance we have on cars in the UK compared to most other European countries. Does every member of the family plus their dog need a car?

One way or another we've marginalised the options for not relying on a car in this country, people pick out some stereotypical examples like the mums dumping their kids in a big SUV at school but that is generally a minority of people in reality with many parents having to work and not having time to walk or cycle their kids to school, etc. etc. families being forced out of being able to afford properties in the areas near schools, etc. etc.

 

[AWPC]

Its not just you mate.......I used to temporarily have 2 cars at once while waiting to sell the other one.....had to resort to parking across 2 bays to keep my bay whenever I would take my new car out as one of the neighbours at the time was a total nutter he slashed my tyres twice giving me slow punctures with deep knife wounds to the tyre in a hard to spot place to try to deter me from parking where he wanted to park! (most public parking spaces you cannot reserve on public land its 1st come 1st served basis pretty much everywhere unless its on private land.

Nowadays I only have 1 car its 50-50 if when I dare go anywhere for a drive someone does not come pinch my usual spot & or dump a car there for a few months as the parking attendant does not come around the corner that often making it a popular dumping spot for stolen or untaxed cars police are not interested say they have no resource...local council are useless they never react due to no resource anymore

You can chance buying a parking bollard fixing it yourself see how long it lasts until the council remove it or buy an old vehicle just to keep your parking spot!

 

[[TW]Fox]

Some new housing estates have restrictive covenants put into the deeds where commercial vehicles aren't allowed to be parked on the estate or driveway unless for a sub contractor to carry out repairs, as annoying as it is to those that have commercial vehicles, it is useful.

You think that makes any difference?

 

[sx_turbo]

You think that makes any difference?

Not if ********s continue to park on the road to stop People from parking outside their house.

But it would be considerably easier if they did, as new build estates are definitely the worst for parking

 

[Jono8]

Slightly off topic but this just highlights the ridiculous reliance we have on cars in the UK compared to most other European countries. Does every member of the family plus their dog need a car?

Don’t get me wrong, I love my cars, wouldn’t be without but I’d never think of taking a bus or train these days which isn’t good.

Back on topic, a neighbour had multiple family members show up a couple of months ago, now all living under one roof, 3 extra cars on the street, all doing Just Eat rounds, place is a mess.

I’m buying a place in the country next.

Its because our public transport totally sucks.

Literally the only time Ive caught the train in the last few years: It was cancelled so had to wait an hour for the next one, and there was a complete gibbering weirdo on the platform the whole time.