Your bad driving encounters

[cheesefest]

Sadly not, or certainly down to interpretation of the enforcer:

The disabled badge holder needs to leave the car or in cases such as collecting them from places like hospital - collecting them. If not in the car at all or going to leave the car - that is breaking the terms of your blue badge.

 

[cheesefest]

We had this with kids living at home with a house on the entrance to our estate. Each house gets 2 spaces, usually a double drive or drive + garage.

Mum, Dad and 3 kids (1 son, 2 daughters) all had cars. The kids all had partners who all had cars. The dad, the son and both daughters partners all had work vans!….. It was a nightmare getting into the estate at times as they just lined the entrance roads.

Parents' neighbours 2 doors down own a building company. Hardly ever any cars or their vans park on their driveway which can easily fit 4 vehicles. If you have a driveway and vehicles, use it.

I agree that new builds are not futureproof when it comes down to parking. As children leave their parents' homes when they are older. In the UK, its 25 at the moment. Nearly everyone of my parents' generation which I know moved out when they were 18-19. Now children go to university, move back to their parents for a few years.

For me, I left home aged 22 (went to a local uni to gain a HND before going to another uni to convert that to a BA (Hons) ) and moved back to my parents for c.2.5 years when I was 26 after splitting up with ex who I lived with 110 miles away from home. Moved out permanently aged 29.

 

[Resident]

No they haven't

Then they were incorrectly fined.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6139ef438fa8f503b02d1e6b/rights-and-responsibilities-easy-read.pdf

Sadly not, or certainly down to interpretation of the enforcer:

If they were fined then the fine is correct. It's not down to interpretation either. My local BB scheme went on a bit of a campaign regarding abusive usage in early 2023 & quite a number of BBs being abuse were ones where the BBH was staying in the car whilst the driver was 'nipping in the shop for a paper' etc.

The rules are quite clear. If the BBH is initially in the car and not leaving it then the BB CANNOT be used to park in a disabled bay.

Have spoken to the local council and 101 again, and have the following information to provide - please note it may only be relevant to this council (Hampshire).


1. The disabled bay is not enforceable. It is only a convenience bay, I think they called it. This is because there isn’t a sign post to state any terms/conditions, just the painting.
2. The council can’t/wont do anything, as they consider it a police matter.
3. The police can’t/wont do anything as they consider it a council matter, with it being on public highway.


I asked the police officer whether technically, the two cars could remain parked there indefinitely, rendering the car unusable for the equivalent amount of time. They said yes.

In their view, parking and blocking you in is not illegal on the public highway, it would only be so if they blocked you in your property.



Essentially, nothing I can do at this stage. Guess the car is staying there, which will annoy them more that it will me/my mum

So typical buck-passing.

 

[Rroff]

Had a lift with my dad earlier, dark country road and some guy just walks out of his drive and across the road without giving a **** and aside from carrying a white carrier bag was pretty much invisible, especially with the twists in the road wasn't well lit by the headlights, yet if someone hit him it would have gone against them...

 

[bainbridge]

I was stuck behind a car when driving home from work last night. It was dark and raining, so of course the person needed to do 15mph in a 30 zone, sometimes nudging up to 20. They were dabbing the brakes when passing junctions and nearly slowed to a stop when going round a roundabout. I had a queue of at least 20 cars behind me, all crawling along.

They really shouldn't be on the road.

 

[cheesefest]

idiots who park up, put on indicators to get out to pick up their takeaways, get cash out from ATMs etc and blocking the road

 

[Rroff]

I was stuck behind a car when driving home from work last night. It was dark and raining, so of course the person needed to do 15mph in a 30 zone, sometimes nudging up to 20. They were dabbing the brakes when passing junctions and nearly slowed to a stop when going round a roundabout. I had a queue of at least 20 cars behind me, all crawling along.

They really shouldn't be on the road.

My dad is getting like that alarmingly not that bad but in the dark and raining some newer cars with headlights on dipped which put many older cars on full beams to shame leave him having to slowdown for a bit until his night vision comes back

I dunno if it is factory lights or people retrofitting lights they shouldn't, etc. but there are increasing number on the road which should be illegal IMO - some of them, as a passenger, I thought were actually on main beams until I saw them flick them on after passing us or would have thought were main beams if I'd not seen them dipping on approach (also notice similar when I'm driving).

 

[theone8181]

I was stuck behind a car when driving home from work last night. It was dark and raining, so of course the person needed to do 15mph in a 30 zone, sometimes nudging up to 20. They were dabbing the brakes when passing junctions and nearly slowed to a stop when going round a roundabout. I had a queue of at least 20 cars behind me, all crawling along.

They really shouldn't be on the road.

And the worst part is, it that its normally quite dodgy to overtake in that instance. At that point drivers should be able to report people for not being able to drive safely (which means fast enough as well as not too fast).

 

[Trifid]

idiots who park up, put on indicators to get out to pick up their takeaways, get cash out from ATMs etc and blocking the road

Add my local post office/corner shop to that where there is space for 3 cars on double yellow lines outside of it. This space should be the queue to move out around parked cars while there is oncoming traffic but it is used by people to lazy to park properly or walk to the convenience shop. What happens is, traffic wanting to move is now queuing and blocking the more main road.

 

[Richard_16v]

I dunno if it is factory lights or people retrofitting lights they shouldn't, etc. but there are increasing number on the road which should be illegal IMO - some of them, as a passenger, I thought were actually on main beams

I have to say, some of the new EVs especially seem crazy bright, I wonder if they may struggle when it comes to MOT time.

I've had Xenons and LED specced cars for years, but they have never been like some of the new batch of cars!

 

[kaku]

I was stuck behind a car when driving home from work last night. It was dark and raining, so of course the person needed to do 15mph in a 30 zone, sometimes nudging up to 20. They were dabbing the brakes when passing junctions and nearly slowed to a stop when going round a roundabout. I had a queue of at least 20 cars behind me, all crawling along.

They really shouldn't be on the road.

Followed a similar kind of driver recently. It was dark and a country lane I can appreciate, but they were slamming their brakes on each time a car passed in the opposite lane. At some point you need to draw the line and say they're not confident enough to be driving under those conditions and are a hazard to other road users.

 

[Resident]

Followed a similar kind of driver recently. It was dark and a country lane I can appreciate, but they were slamming their brakes on each time a car passed in the opposite lane. At some point you need to draw the line and say they're not confident enough to be driving under those conditions and are a hazard to other road users.

I have encountered on numerous occasions where I've passed a driver who's quite well under the limit and glanced at them as I pass to see someone with an absolute terrified look on their face, fixed forward stare and practically white knuckles from holding the steering wheel.

You have to wonder how they managed to pass their test

 

[Chabsy]

Badly parked van

 

[FluffySheep]

Not supposed to park there mate

 

[tom_e]

Depends how you look at it, I'd say that's quite well parked centrally to the roundabout

 

[LuckyBenski]

It's giving me "lady on a chair with a mouse on the floor" vibes.

 

[cheesefest]

Am I the only one who thought the white/black/purple thing on the roundabout is someone sleeping?

 

[Rroff]

I dunno exactly what happened as I was asleep at the time but apparently someone cutting across the corner at the end of my road caused a crash this morning I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often given how often people do it and how often large vehicles are going around it due to the proximity to farms.

 

[tom_e]

I dunno exactly what happened as I was asleep at the time but apparently someone cutting across the corner at the end of my road caused a crash this morning I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often given how often people do it and how often large vehicles are going around it due to the proximity to farms.

I've definitely moaned about this in the thread before but it really boils my pee, pretty much every time I drive out of my road I end up having to pull up short from the turning and wait for someone to manage to make it back onto their side of the road

I think it gets my back up so much because in the car it's an irritation if they catch me but if it happens on my bike I'm in a whole other world of crap.

 

[adam cool dude]

Badly parked van

I saw a silver Audi A3 parked exactly the same way on a roundabout. Cannot remember where I saw it but it was Cambridge way. All the drunks out behind the wheel during new years more than likely.