Why were you gibbering? And I wouldn't go so far as saying you're a weirdo...
Parking issues!
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Why were you gibbering? And I wouldn't go so far as saying you're a weirdo...
When we were selling the old house we looked around for a rented and found one not far away and it looked OK - Just by chance we were out one sunday so went back to have another look.
Well it took a while to find a turning spot and get back out.
We have a small bungalow and get one in garage and about 6 on drive and two on front slab bit infront of windows.
Although we all have good drives there are some neighbours that hate anyone parking outside their houses even though it's a public highway.
I remember living in Harborne in Brum and we had two out of the three cars in the road.. It's now one way.
Well it took a while to find a turning spot and get back out.
We have a small bungalow and get one in garage and about 6 on drive and two on front slab bit infront of windows.
Although we all have good drives there are some neighbours that hate anyone parking outside their houses even though it's a public highway.
I remember living in Harborne in Brum and we had two out of the three cars in the road.. It's now one way.
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A lot of the roads in Harborne/Edgbaston/Bearwood are all now permitted too for the residential streets. When we sold our place back in 2022 our street had just been turned into permitted parking which was honestly a dream for finding a parking space.
There were days when I'd have to leave the car a few roads away from where we lived and that became a nightmare when you've got a young baby and things (a pram, bags etc.) to lug back to the house.
Where my brother lives is like this, there's fairly poor public transport links and they have one space per house with no visitor spaces. Then all the streets around are only wide enough to park one car which then means every other car has to drive round them, so if people park either side of the road you have slaloms that mean even less cars can park. When I go visit him I have to park a few hundred metres away, which is fine but you know fine rightly you're parking in someone else's normal spot so always worry about irrational people damaging the car.
My road is similar in the way that you can only park on one side without fully blocking it and we have neighbours who always have one car on the road and one in the drive which means visitors can't always park close. Not so much of a problem for us as we can fit 3 on the drive but one behind each other, but Mrs and I just take the front car whichever it is. I think if we end up staying where we are there will be families growing up and it will get worse over time.
My road is similar in the way that you can only park on one side without fully blocking it and we have neighbours who always have one car on the road and one in the drive which means visitors can't always park close. Not so much of a problem for us as we can fit 3 on the drive but one behind each other, but Mrs and I just take the front car whichever it is. I think if we end up staying where we are there will be families growing up and it will get worse over time.
Parking around our street is usually manageable but often crowded as it's pretty narrow and not everyone has a driveway. There was a point when some guy who lived on a neighbouring street kept 3 different old banger mercedes on our road, occasionally driving them away for 20mins and returning to keep the batteries topped up. It was rather strange
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People get remarkably outraged by this. It's almost as bad as the precise location of a fence post. I was reported three times to the police and once to DVLA because I parked in the wrong place in my street.
Was gonna put this in bad driving but it's more of a parking issue.
Today I was stuck in the middle of a route because of idiotic and illegal parking for the best part of 90mins.
Parents attending a parent's evening at the nearby school parked on and around the junction mouth meant that I couldn't exit the junction with the 40ft bus I was driving. I couldn't avoid it as by the time it came into view it was already too late.
Ended up with police attending and escorting the owners from the school to their cars. The 6 cars that were causing my issue were all issued TORs for wilful obstruction, although at first the officers didn't know what they could charge them with till I mentioned Sec 137, Highway act.
Didn't get a single apology either.
Today I was stuck in the middle of a route because of idiotic and illegal parking for the best part of 90mins.
Parents attending a parent's evening at the nearby school parked on and around the junction mouth meant that I couldn't exit the junction with the 40ft bus I was driving. I couldn't avoid it as by the time it came into view it was already too late.
Ended up with police attending and escorting the owners from the school to their cars. The 6 cars that were causing my issue were all issued TORs for wilful obstruction, although at first the officers didn't know what they could charge them with till I mentioned Sec 137, Highway act.
Didn't get a single apology either.
I would very much like to see something like they have in Tokyo where by you don’t get to buy or own a car if you can’t prove you have a place to put it.
That would be ever so satisfying for all the far addicted plebs who park on the tax payer funded street. Suddenly having to pay for their own car storage would immediately see a massive uptick in public transport use and funding, as well as clearing up the roads for those of us who can afford to actually own and park a car without requiring the state to subsidise its storage.
That would be ever so satisfying for all the far addicted plebs who park on the tax payer funded street. Suddenly having to pay for their own car storage would immediately see a massive uptick in public transport use and funding, as well as clearing up the roads for those of us who can afford to actually own and park a car without requiring the state to subsidise its storage.
People would just say it was going to be parked up at parent's, family, friends, whatever. I'm all for stopping on street parking where it impacts the flow of traffic especially major routes but there are people whose choices are limited by the way we've built towns, houses, etc. over the decades and not sorted centuries old legacy issues.
On that note someone managed to hit a car and shunt it into another vehicle, and possibly hit another, on one of the places that drives me up the wall that people park on the road:
It is the major route through the town and frequented by a lot of large vehicles so absolute chaos at busy times and most of the residents have their own garage and/or allocated private parking space off road (which according to an ex-colleague who lives there many of them rent it out instead of use).
On that note someone managed to hit a car and shunt it into another vehicle, and possibly hit another, on one of the places that drives me up the wall that people park on the road:
It is the major route through the town and frequented by a lot of large vehicles so absolute chaos at busy times and most of the residents have their own garage and/or allocated private parking space off road (which according to an ex-colleague who lives there many of them rent it out instead of use).
Like the fact you had to tell the police how to do their job {insert :rolleyes emoji}
This is the problem of today, all self entitled plonkers
We have 3 "visitor" spaces at the end of the cul-de-sac and one neighbour parks 2 of their cars in them, one on the their driveway. The driveway has space for 2 cars but because they are fat and lazy, they can't be bothered to move one to get the other out when they need to :/
Another neighbour leaves their brand new Audi opposite the T-junction which exits the cul-de-sac, even though it's a giant house with room for 4-5 cars. Just waiting for someone to cave the side of it in during winter, as that part of the road gets icy.
Another neighbour leaves their brand new Audi opposite the T-junction which exits the cul-de-sac, even though it's a giant house with room for 4-5 cars. Just waiting for someone to cave the side of it in during winter, as that part of the road gets icy.
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Where i used to live previously, at first it was fine. But after few years everyone started getting 2nd/3rd cars per household. By late 2018 it was almost impossible to park on the street.
Some days i would have to park up on the next steet as there was no parking available. You did get people complaining/moaning everyday about parking in front of their house.
Did put up with it for few more years before i moved house and made sure there was a driveway enough for 2 cars at the very least.
Some days i would have to park up on the next steet as there was no parking available. You did get people complaining/moaning everyday about parking in front of their house.
Did put up with it for few more years before i moved house and made sure there was a driveway enough for 2 cars at the very least.
After they got dragged out in front of all the other parents, mid monologue about how little Johnny really doesn't apply himself to achieve his full potential, by the feds who then serve them a traffic violation which you had to prompt... I'm shocked
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After they got dragged out in front of all the other parents, mid monologue about how little Johnny really doesn't apply himself to achieve his full potential, by the feds who then serve them a traffic violation which you had to prompt... I'm shocked
I'm going to be unusually supportive of the officers in this case. They were standard beat officers not traffic. They only get taught basics from RTA 1988.
I work on buses. I'll be the first to admit that it's not what it needs to be but one of the key issues is that people who use buses, at least in my area, still think it's 1970 and that fares should be 2&6. (13p today)
People still moan, since the UK fare cap, that £2 is too much bearing in mind that some of our services are 20 mile end to end and connect 3 major towns/cities
2/6 or half a crown
The problem with buses is that you cant ever rely on them to be on time and if one service is running late they may knock it off and call it the later service. Also long waits are usually in order if you are such a masochist as to want to travel further than one bus will take you.
Free bus passes for pensioners is a form of punishment akin to Japanese water torture.
Plus it is always 1970, it is the law.
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2/6 or half a crown
The problem with buses is that you cant ever rely on them to be on time and if one service is running late they may knock it off and call it the later service. Also long waits are usually in order if you are such a masochist as to want to travel further than one bus will take you.
Free bus passes for pensioners is a form of punishment akin to Japanese water torture.
Plus it is always 1970, it is the law.
As a driver, we never run late on purpose & I know that traffic sounds like a cop out as an excuse but generally it's the real reason however in part that's down to poor planning by the route setters.
A lot of routes are problematic because the council tell us they want a bus in a specific place at specific times and they're not always congruent to the real world. At least with my firm, cancellation is last resort.
As for OAP passes, I wish it was torturous. I can say hand on heart of all of our passenger demographics, they are the worst. They're rude & disrespectful of other passengers, some think that the pass is a right and not the privilege it is.
Did you consider engaging ramming speed?
The thought crossed my mind however, as most won't know, most of the body of a bus is paper thin aluminium & fibreglass so I'd cause more damage to the bus.
Yes, thought about that after I posted. I remember some of the busses that have hit low bridges.
