Parking in someone elses road.

[sickofusernames]

Don't quite know where to put this but we have a few people who live in a road 'off' ours who like to park their cars up our road due to the fact that they live in small terraced houses with crap parking obviously.

Now I know people can park wherever they want unless it's over a driveway or otherwise signed on the road but I think it's a disgusting cheek that someone who lives on another road can park their car wherever they want, including outside our house where my girlfriend parks.

Considering they're not breaking any law, do you think we should dump our weekly rubbish outside their house every week to see how they like it? I know people could get quite touchy about people parking outside their homes but I never minded as most cars go after a few hours but these stay all weekend.

[dacouch]

Why do you say they should not be allowed to park in "Your" road?

[anewman]

Dumping rubbish outside their house would be flytipping - and illegal.

IMO you're getting a bee in your bonnet unless you have to park a long distance away, or have anyone with a disability who visits you and *really* needs to be 20ft from your doorstep.

Road doesn't belong to you. Why not go park in their street? I'm guessing the reason you wouldn't is much the same reason they don't.

[vikingaero]

You serious?!

The road outside your house isn't owned by you, nor do you have any special rights, and anyone with a legal, taxed and insured vehicle can park there. If you don't like it either lump it or move to a place with it's own parking that you can control to your hearts delight.

[dacouch]

Do you live in Stella Street by any chance?

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

its not your road, what do you expect them to do?

[jonnyb]

Stu, you sound like my mental mother in law who prefers not to have a life, and not go out much, so that "her" parking space does not get taken by one of the neighbours.
If I were you I'd be more worried about the price of baby milk and nappies, than something as petty as parking.

[trinidadone]

sorry to hear your problems concerning parking. I dont think there is a great deal you can do, other than keep your cool. I know there parking must really get up your nose, it happons where i am all the time, esp as the residents on my road, like to park outside there house.

for the idea of dumping rubbish. good luck though

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

when we were students a bloke who lived down our road would put cones out side his house and challenge anyone who tried to park there, everynight when we would come home we did our bit for the community and collected them up, at the end of the term we filled his garden up with them 87 in total. Turned out the moron worked at the council and got the cones from there.

Whats even funnier is he parked his car in a garage round the back!

[VfM4meplse]

Turned out the moron worked at the council and got the cones from there.

That was a total misuse of public resources. I hope you shopped him.

[susan1105]

reminds me of going to my freinds on friday who lives in a road with no drives. I park the car had noticed a 4x4 behind me while pulling up, the driver pulled up next to me i was dealing with kids then noticed i couldnt get out and the driver had his window down and told me to move the car as he lived there i did say i was only visiting my friend put kept telling me to move if i did not have the kids i would have argued my case. I use to live in a terrace street you park where you can thats life

[trinidadone]

when we were students a bloke who lived down our road would put cones out side his house and challenge anyone who tried to park there, everynight when we would come home we did our bit for the community and collected them up, at the end of the term we filled his garden up with them 87 in total. Turned out the moron worked at the council and got the cones from there.

Whats even funnier is he parked his car in a garage round the back!

he could of got done for obstruction as defined in the highway code

[dacouch]

when we were students a bloke who lived down our road would put cones out side his house and challenge anyone who tried to park there, everynight when we would come home we did our bit for the community and collected them up, at the end of the term we filled his garden up with them 87 in total. Turned out the moron worked at the council and got the cones from there.

Whats even funnier is he parked his car in a garage round the back!

That must be the world record for cones collected by Students...

You might have given the OP and idea

[sickofusernames]

Oh come one, those complaining that i'm moaning - if someone from another road parks outside your home where it's parked all weekend then tell me you wouldn't feel a little annoyed. Let me know when you've bought a normal semi-detached in a busy road before you reply...

I know it's not illegal but it's just about respect, even my 65 yr old neighbour said he'd probably let down the tyres if it kept happening to him.

[savemoney]

There is nothing you can do assuming the cars are legally insured, taxed and not causing a obstruction

For the record, 3 years ago I had my car vandalised by a busy body old witch who took exception to me parking on her street. Previous day I had some dipstick (put it nicely) smash into my car because they were unable to drive properly and mustn't have seen my car outside my house despite it being stationary and in a line of other stationary cars, and they didn't stop, how nice of them :(

Yes its annoying people using other streets, but nothing you can do about it

[elisebutt65]

Hahahaha - You don't live round the corner from me do you cos my BF can never find a space outside my house. There are just 2 streets round our way that aren't covered by residents permits and mine is one of them and the street round the corner is the other one - so we get a humongous amount of people trying to park for free in these 2 streets - esp first thing in the morning - they park up and then walk into town for work or whatever. So when BF comes round he ususally has to park around the corner - it's a free country mate and if you've got car tax, then you can park on a free road - suck it up and live with it. If you're not happy then call council and petition the road planning deopartment to have residential parking assigned.

If I ended up with rubbish outside my house - I'd phone council and they'd just go through bags to find any proof of address and then give you a huge fine - we can't put bins out round here until the night before or we get fined £50!

[sickofusernames]

Why not go park in their street? I'm guessing the reason you wouldn't is much the same reason they don't.

Can I take a dump in your toilet, I don't fancy the smell in my house?

[savemoney]

I wonder if his employer would be happy they used public property for there own ends. I bet they wouldn't and certainly a letter in the local rag might raise a few eyebrows


when we were students a bloke who lived down our road would put cones out side his house and challenge anyone who tried to park there, everynight when we would come home we did our bit for the community and collected them up, at the end of the term we filled his garden up with them 87 in total. Turned out the moron worked at the council and got the cones from there.

Whats even funnier is he parked his car in a garage round the back!

[sickofusernames]

If I ended up with rubbish outside my house - I'd phone council and they'd just go through bags to find any proof of address and then give you a huge fine - we can't put bins out round here until the night before or we get fined £50!

I shread all my evidence to stop it from prying council scum...

[DON79]

Hi sickofusernames, have had a similar issue lately so know how you feel. We have a neighbour with a driveway who refuses to use it and parks instead outside of our house when she has no need to! It is annoying but there is not a lot you can do really unfortunately. It just makes it really awkward to get two babies from the car to the house when its just me there and the car is parked about six houses away, all because this person won't use their driveway. :mad:

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

Oh come one, those complaining that i'm moaning - if someone from another road parks outside your home where it's parked all weekend then tell me you wouldn't feel a little annoyed. Let me know when you've bought a normal semi-detached in a busy road before you reply...

I know it's not illegal but it's just about respect, even my 65 yr old neighbour said he'd probably let down the tyres if it kept happening to him.


so what would you do if you lived in the terraced houses?

[anewman]

if someone from another road parks outside your home where it's parked all weekend then tell me you wouldn't feel a little annoyed.
Sounds very much like they can't park up their own street. If it happened to me I'd park where I could and wouldn't expect to park outside my own house - unless I had a driveway/garage.

I think you need to get a house near a popular seaside resort without parking restrictions on the road :D

[dacouch]

This might help you sort out the problem http://tiny.cc/0xXKU

[DON79]

This might help you sort out the problem http://tiny.cc/0xXKU

:rotfl:now that is a possibility!! in reality too, my brother in law to be is one of these! :p

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

Hi sickofusernames, have had a similar issue lately so know how you feel. We have a neighbour with a driveway who refuses to use it and parks instead outside of our house when she has no need to! It is annoying but there is not a lot you can do really unfortunately. It just makes it really awkward to get two babies from the car to the house when its just me there and the car is parked about six houses away, all because this person won't use their driveway. :mad:


my neighbour does this because their car leaks oil!:rotfl:

[bevvy]

I know where your comming from, the same happens to me, we live in a quiet road and fed up with comming home each sun to find a big transit van and a car parked opposite our house (they park up on sun teatime and it doesn't usually move till midweek) we do have a drive for our car but this means that any visitors we have with cars struggle to get parked near our house, my OH also has problems parking his work van, he doesn't like to park directly infront of someone elses house but can never get parked infront of our own. Apart from anything else it is a lovely quiet road with a lovely view that I don't normally see cause of the van. Not much I can do but it does really annoy me, especially when they can park outside their own home, it's a busy street so think thats why they park in our road.

[dacouch]

You do live in Stella Street...http://tiny.cc/R50U0

[anewman]

This might help you sort out the problem http://tiny.cc/0xXKU
Looks more like a stripogram to me, lol.

[dacouch]

What you can do is complain to the council and they will probably do one of the following a) put down double or single yellow lines so they can raise revenue from the tickets b) bring in residents parking which means they can raise revenue from charging you circa £100 a year to park outside your house and make money by issing tickets when non permit holders park outside your house.

Only problem with the above is it will probably upset your neighboors and even though the road outside your house belongs to you they will not share the revenue with you

[V.Lucky]

I don't think the road outside your house belongs to you dacouch!!

[savemoney]

Not sure of your area but residents parking in my area normally only comes in to areas close to town centre or within 15 minutes walk of town centre, even then you can park your car in several streets as its the residents parking is applicable to zones (several streets)

Even then it was only checked in some streets usually further out of town once a day where its shoudl be twice if its for 3 hours with a disc

What you can do is complain to the council and they will probably do one of the following a) put down double or single yellow lines so they can raise revenue from the tickets b) bring in residents parking which means they can raise revenue from charging you circa £100 a year to park outside your house and make money by issing tickets when non permit holders park outside your house.

Only problem with the above is it will probably upset your neighboors and even though the road outside your house belongs to you they will not share the revenue with you

[sickofusernames]

Hi sickofusernames, have had a similar issue lately so know how you feel. We have a neighbour with a driveway who refuses to use it and parks instead outside of our house when she has no need to! It is annoying but there is not a lot you can do really unfortunately. It just makes it really awkward to get two babies from the car to the house when its just me there and the car is parked about six houses away, all because this person won't use their driveway. :mad:

Hey, thanks for your support, I feel like we're in the minority though despite the law.

I haven't got a problem with people parking outside our house (where my girlfriend has to park) but I do have issues when people who have bought a home where parking isn't adequate enough that they have to scan roads to park - NOT MY ISSUE , they should have thought of it when they bought their property. It's reciprocal, they would do EXACTLY the same in my shoes.

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

Hey, thanks for your support, I feel like we're in the minority though despite the law.

I haven't got a problem with people parking outside our house (where my girlfriend has to park) but I do have issues when people who have bought a home where parking isn't adequate enough that they have to scan roads to park - NOT MY ISSUE , they should have thought of it when they bought their property. It's reciprocal, they would do EXACTLY the same in my shoes.

same can apply to you though, did you not think it could be an issue when you bought your house?

[sickofusernames]

same can apply to you though, did you not think it could be an issue when you bought your house?


What, please explain? I don't park my car outside someone elses house all weekend...

[savemoney]

A lots of streets dont have adequate parking, imagine living in a street, a warehouse gets demolished for example and they build flats but dont allow enough spaces for parking, well that happened my near my old house fortunately it didn't effect me too much as the street didnt have enough spaces anyhow, and only on side of road allowed parking

Parking is a problem in many streets, its gets worse every year. Some people have more than one car and then even have a works van for example

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

What, please explain? I don't park my car outside someone elses house all weekend...


i mean if its such an issue for you to be able to park outside your house, you should of moved somewhere less busy

[aloiseb]

Our neighbours like to park outside their own house as they were the ones who got "resident parking only" sorted in our road, a few years ago. It's probably the best way to go if you can find out how to do it from the council. Ours is only £25 a year (so far) ansd we can buy visitor's permits cheaply.

I haven't got small kids any more but remember how awkward it can be One of my friends had a neighbour opposite who used to complain about her parking outside her own house because "she'd moved there first" and she liked to park out side her own house - even though she didn't have any kids! - and there was only room for one car to do it.
In the end my friend decided had her front garden paved over to park on, :eek:she was so sick of the black looks...

so you see how nutty it can get with really beige people.:confused:

[looby-loo]

Where I work the car park needs an extra 30 - 40 spaces to accommodate all the workers. The council refuses to increase the size of the car park which would be easy to do as there is a rarely used field. They say the small car park will encourage the staff to use public transport. Total unrealistic for most. They say we must use the nearby streets.

I would be very unhappy if I lived in one of the nearby properties, although legal, I think it is most unfair policy on the local residents.

[JoolzS]

Oh, get over yourself. It's a public road. I say the same to my DH when he gets annoyed about someone parking in "our" road when they don't live there. I will admit to being mildly annoyed when someone from another road parks in our road in such a way that they have taken two complete car spaces, but other than that I simply don't care. It's a public road!!

Julie

[dacouch]

Not sure of your area but residents parking in my area normally only comes in to areas close to town centre or within 15 minutes walk of town centre, even then you can park your car in several streets as its the residents parking is applicable to zones (several streets)

Even then it was only checked in some streets usually further out of town once a day where its shoudl be twice if its for 3 hours with a disc

I wish they were as lax as that around here its all residents parking as it raises big money for the council, I live in a housing estate and they come around every 15 minutes. They are on bonuses and are very devious. The council kindly make some parts of streets pay and display though

[JoolzS]

, they should have thought of it when they bought their property. It's reciprocal, they would do EXACTLY the same in my shoes.
They probably did think about it when their bought their property and realised that they could easily park in an adjacent street. You'd do exactly the same in their shoes :).

Julie

[sickofusernames]

same can apply to you though, did you not think it could be an issue when you bought your house?

Yes but it only becomes a busy road (it's a small croft) when one or two other cars park because we know the spaces all the neighbours use so we don't like to encroach on their parking space if ours is taken, it's like a domino effect.

I'm not one to moan, but it can get annoying.

[sickofusernames]

Oh, get over yourself. It's a public road. I say the same to my DH when he gets annoyed about someone parking in "our" road when they don't live there. I will admit to being mildly annoyed when someone from another road parks in our road in such a way that they have taken two complete car spaces, but other than that I simply don't care. It's a public road!!

Julie

Do you drive?

[anewman]

For such a snob I suspect you have enough wonga to buy a nicer house with a driveway :money: and maybe a triple garage....

Maybe this is in your budget?!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/leedsguy/50313392320090417000000p400x300phot.jpg

[dacouch]

I have found the solution for you know http://tiny.cc/3ZMTI

[sickofusernames]

For such a snob I suspect you have enough wonga to buy a nicer house with a driveway :money:
It doesn't warrant a reply but you've got one anyway...
goodnight

[dacouch]

I've found some more helpful info http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=15021561 and http://www.lancashirehighways.gov.uk/faqs.asp?action=showanswer&id=53&scid=33&cid=2

[anewman]

Maybe use one of these on the offending vehicles? http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001501&langId=-1&searchTerms=0382773&Submit=GO+%3E :D

[savemoney]

That will do me ;)

Mind you wont be able to afford all the energy bills unless it has some eco system ;)

For such a snob I suspect you have enough wonga to buy a nicer house with a driveway :money: and maybe a triple garage....

Maybe this is in your budget?!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/leedsguy/50313392320090417000000p400x300phot.jpg

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

Maybe use one of these on the offending vehicles? http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001501&langId=-1&searchTerms=0382773&Submit=GO+%3E :D

dont be silly, they wont be able to move then!

[anewman]

dont be silly, they wont be able to move then!
But they will knowingly approach the house they have parked outside - because they'll know they have done wrong and will stand on the doorstep begging for forgiveness saying they will never park there again.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[goldspanners]

you would hate to be my neigbour then, 1 van,1 taxi,2 cars and 1 4x4. and not even a driveway,i shamelessly park my van and car outside someone elses house every night.:rotfl:

[sickofusernames]

I have found the solution for you know http://tiny.cc/3ZMTI

I know where to look although I think you should sort your grammar

[sickofusernames]

you would hate to be my neigbour then, 1 van,1 taxi,2 cars and 1 4x4. and not even a driveway,i shamelessly park my van and car outside someone elses house every night.:rotfl:

lol, you wuking fancker - so it's you then...

[goldspanners]

lol, you wuking fancker - so it's you then...
yip, i like the walk.

[dacouch]

I know where to look although I think you should sort your grammar

I think you mean spelling

[sickofusernames]

I think you mean spelling

I wasn't being pedantic, it was your grammar, not spelling...

[uktyler]

lol, you wuking fancker - so it's you then...

I think I lived near you, or someone very much like you.

We lived in a cul-de-sac with lots of parking spaces, it was very rare not to find a space.

On one rare occasion there was only one space, on the other side of the road to the one I usually parked on.

In the morning I came rushing out to take my son to an emergency doctors appointment only to find my car blocked in by some moron who wanted the spot outside his house.

When I politely explained the situation and asked him to move his car he became abusive, and told me he had every right to block me in because it was 'his space'. The worse thing about it was that he had an old car, flat tyres, not taxed and broken glass parked in the next space, which was outside someone else's house and had not moved for years.

[LeeUK]

There is a middle school at the end of my street but the teacher car park only have enough spaces for half of the teachers so the rest all park on the avenue opposite the school. This makes the road very narrow to get through on a week day.

[Teacher2301]

Why do so many people heckle the OP about his problem and what seems to be a national problem?

I can understand why some people get frustrated with people parking outside their house, then walk off to the own houses in another street - wouldn't that annoy you? But equally, if there is no parking, then where does one park their car?

There are so many front gardens converted into carparks at the moment and drivers assume that their driveway must be kept clear and leave nasty notes on those who dare to park in front of their driveway.

This is a national problem - we have far too many people living on this island, not enough space and more cars per household than is really necessary. What's the solution? No idea yet that would suit everyone...

before anyone asks, I don't lilve in a big mansion :)

[vikingaero]

The solution is to either put up with it and not be so territorial or buy your own land to park on. Parking on a public road outside your house isn't a God given right.

[Gordon861]

The best solution is to get a dropped kerb installed at your own property so you can park off the road yourself(Your local Council will do it for a fixed fee). The other advantage is it also gives you a visitor spot right outside your house as they can block yor drive without causing you any problems.

I've had a couple of issues with people giving me hassle about parking outside their houses before, one left a note on my bike due to a car similar to mine being outside their house even though I had my own drive. The other one decided to block me in and stop me from leaving for 15mins, until I phoned the cops and they urned up and gave her a right telling off.

[everlastingspirit]

Hahahaha - You don't live round the corner from me do you cos my BF can never find a space outside my house. There are just 2 streets round our way that aren't covered by residents permits and mine is one of them and the street round the corner is the other one - so we get a humongous amount of people trying to park for free in these 2 streets - esp first thing in the morning - they park up and then walk into town for work or whatever. So when BF comes round he ususally has to park around the corner - it's a free country mate and if you've got car tax, then you can park on a free road - suck it up and live with it. If you're not happy then call council and petition the road planning deopartment to have residential parking assigned.

If I ended up with rubbish outside my house - I'd phone council and they'd just go through bags to find any proof of address and then give you a huge fine - we can't put bins out round here until the night before or we get fined £50!
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Hi elisebutt65

Dont suppose you live in Rugby do you. Sound like same trouble my partner has.

Anyway i have problem with one of our neighbours. We live in a cul de sac which has limited parking. Technically we below to the road behind but our front door faces the cul de sac. Unforutnately our garage is like 30 metres away on the road behind so we never use it as a car has had its window smashed there before (shame as its actually a nice area) so we park in the cul de sac up front. Ayway we always park considerately and never black anyones drive but their is one neighbour who has a garage, with a drive facing parallel to the road but never use it and use the space on the road parallel to it. Fair Ebough... well withintheir rights. First of all they are funny enough anyway but if the road is full and they have been forced to park on their drive, i nip out for 5 minutes to the shop, etc, you can guarantee when i come back they have move there car to where i (or someone else) has parked and i now have to go right to the top of the cul de sac to park..... a bit petty really. But i just ignore them, after all they are within their rights.

Its a sham really as most neighbours are just as considerate as you can ask. Its usually only the grumpy !!!!!!s in the 4x4's that cause the problems anyway :rotfl:

Ben

[MrsFraggle]

I too live in a terraced house and it is annoying, however it was a comprimise we made when buying our house which we knew full well would be the case.

In our case, only one side of the road has the houses, so its not as busy as a road which is double lined would be - however, living 100yrds from the beach in a popular seaside resort has its downsides on a sunny day especially as parking elsewhere is charged.

My main annoyance this weekend was that I wanted to wash my car and couldn't :rotfl:

[SuperMum2008]

Our neighbours often have 5 cars parked - two for the adults, then each of the kids has one when they visit. Often they are parked on the road with the driveway empty, often up to the edges of our driveway and often opposite, making it hard to pull into our driveway. It drives me bonkers. My solution is whenever they arent parked outside their own house, I put my car there. This give temporary relief and revenge but it doesnt last - LOL!! We asked them not to park so close to the gates when we first moved in, giving the reason that I found it hard to turn into the driveway, but that was long ago and now we just put up with it. Look on the bright side - it gives us something to moan about and twitch our net curtains over!!!

[Hectors House]

Don't quite know where to put this but we have a few people who live in a road 'off' ours who like to park their cars up our road due to the fact that they live in small terraced houses with crap parking obviously.

<SNIP>.

Do you have to apply for permit parking in your area?

We've just bought a Victorian mews house (where they sit in a block side-on to the road). The council knocked down a factory next to them years ago and built parking bays (1 per house) but then made the mews residents apply for the same permit as the rest of the area (a zone) and we find folk from the streets around have taken to parking their cars in the bays.

After years of trouble the council is finally clarifying the situation and will be assigning the bays to residents of the mews houses only and I assume our yearly parking permit will state that the owner lives in the mews.

We've been told any cars parked in the bays who carry the general zone permit will be fined.

In our case one side of a nearby road was changed to double yellows but those homes had a parking bay built at the back of the house. And it is these folks who are choosing not to use their hard standing and parking in the mews bays.

Is that the kind of thing that might be causing problems in your streets?

You could try leaving a polite note on the offending car(s)?

[Aspiring]

Why do so many people heckle the OP about his problem and what seems to be a national problem?

I can understand why some people get frustrated with people parking outside their house, then walk off to the own houses in another street - wouldn't that annoy you? But equally, if there is no parking, then where does one park their car?

There are so many front gardens converted into carparks at the moment and drivers assume that their driveway must be kept clear and leave nasty notes on those who dare to park in front of their driveway.

This is a national problem - we have far too many people living on this island, not enough space and more cars per household than is really necessary. What's the solution? No idea yet that would suit everyone...

before anyone asks, I don't lilve in a big mansion :)
It's not an assumption made by drivers, there are laws relating to blocking a driveway.

In the OP's case, he didn't mention his driveway being blocked, hence Gordon861 suggesting having a drop-curb installed.

[lexilex]

We have this problem. One family in particular, maybe about 20 houses down the road, are intent on parking outside my house, even when there's plenty of space outside there own. A couple of weeks ago, they squeezed into the tiniest space between my car and my mum's eventhough the road outside there house was completely empty!

Winds us all up but what can you do!?

[Gordon861]

The law regarding driveways is that if there is a vehicle parked on there you must not block them in(without consent) or you will be guilty of obstruction. If the driveway is empty it becomes more difficult to enforce as you aren't stopping someone from leaving their home and accessing the public highway.

Some councils paint white lines to indicate that a driveway shouldn't be obstructed and these would probably make it easier to ensure a conviction even if no one is blocked in. My local council went through the whole of my estate one week marking up the driveways with white lines, when asked they said they would only ticket vehicles if a complaint is made by the householder though.

[lleck]

We have residents permits at 28.50 per car per annum but this still only entitiles you to park in the street, it doesnt give you the right to park outside your own house.

It is annoying - other people parking outside your propery but at the same time perfectly legal as long as they are not blocking you on your driveway.

We live in a terrace house and have two cars one being our 19 year old daughters - we have lived there for 23 years and have had residents parking for 6 years which has stopped the office workers parking outside all day. We still have the same overcrowding problem in the evening and weekends - it's first come first served.

[Hectors House]

We have residents permits at 28.50 per car per annum but this still only entitiles you to park in the street, it doesnt give you the right to park outside your own house.

It is annoying - other people parking outside your propery but at the same time perfectly legal as long as they are not blocking you on your driveway.

We live in a terrace house and have two cars one being our 19 year old daughters - we have lived there for 23 years and have had residents parking for 6 years which has stopped the office workers parking outside all day. We still have the same overcrowding problem in the evening and weekends - it's first come first served.


It was after the council told us they were going charge locals £150 per year for their parking permits that we demanded they sorted out our long-standing issues.

As they're mews houses there isn't anywhere else to park if others use the bays.

Unfortunately, the streets of terraced houses of old weren't built with the need for parking taken into consideration. It's a pity that folk deliberately deprive others of parking outside their own homes though. This is where I think there should be some rules built into the permit systems.

One of the people using the mews parking bays had a habit of leaving very nasty notes on any cars that used 'her' bay. These were collected together and presented to our local council reps.

Good luck to the OP getting it sorted out.

Like I wrote before, maybe a polite note telling them why you need to park outside your own door might help? I'm sure most folk are decent enough to stop doing it if you tell them a little white lie about someone in the household being disabled for instance (hope I don't get flamed for suggesting that!).

:)

[anewman]

Lol. People are so ƃuıʞɔnɟ lazy they can't walk an extra 10 feet.

[Gavin83]

The general attitude of 'the road outside of my house is mine' really winds me up. Where do you suggest a person parks if someone is already outside of their house, or is that not a concern as it isn't your problem?

OP, where does your girlfriend park if someone is outside of your house?

I worked in an office that had a tiny car park with reserved spaces and therefore the majority of staff had to park in nearby residential areas. I only ever had one problem with someone blocking me totally in as I was considerate enough to park right against a tree to give them loads of room for their drive. They moved it without any problems though but I was careful to leave enough room to get out after that. I never had my car vandalised but if I'd have had my revenge had such a thing happened.

[sunnyone]

MOVE!

sunnyone

[lifesuckssometimes]

Why do you say they should not be allowed to park in "Your" road?
He lives at no.10 downing street ;)

[lifesuckssometimes]

Lol. People are so ƃuıʞɔnɟ lazy they can't walk an extra 10 feet.

There is no ƃuıʞɔnɟ reason to swear. :cool:

[Bongedone]

I live in a flat that does not have parking. I have no choice but park my car up the road. I pay my taxes and have the right to.

Am I supposed to sell the car and change jobs?

[photome]

Yes but it only becomes a busy road (it's a small croft) when one or two other cars park because we know the spaces all the neighbours use so we don't like to encroach on their parking space if ours is taken, it's like a domino effect.

I'm not one to moan, but it can get annoying.


They are not their spaces! or yours. It is a public road with no parking restrictions.

[anewman]

Perhaps OP should enquire about purchasing the road.... :D

[Chippy Minton]

Perhaps OP should enquire about purchasing the road.... :D


Good idea, OP is already of the opinion they own it.:rolleyes:

[tomstickland]

I think it's a disgusting cheek that someone who lives on another road can park their car wherever they want
Yeah, it's also disgusting that you think you can park on any other public road when you drive anywhere else.

[dacouch]

If you were to come around to my street and park your car outside my house, I should have to say NO...http://tiny.cc/VuA2o

[Teacher2301]

They are not their spaces! or yours. It is a public road with no parking restrictions.

You are right but we used to live in a country where people respected others and their property and perhaps, their assumed personal space (ie the bit of road out at the front of their house). I know its a public road and anyone can park there. However, wouldn't it be nice just for once that people thought of others before themselves - or is this an old fashioned sense of morality? (I'm only 35 - sh!t - I'm middle-aged and a grumpy old man...:mad: - NOOOOOOOOOO! I'm too young....:eek:)

:ATeacher 2301 looks down from his place in heaven and sighs :A

[anewman]

we used to live in a country where people respected others and their property and perhaps, their assumed personal space (ie the bit of road out at the front of their house).
Emphasis added :D This stuff has been going on for many years though. Why else near city centres are there resident permit parking only schemes. What happened before the schemes were in place?! (I assume people parked up and walked into town.)

[Teacher2301]

I think people just generall respected others back then but we don't anymore - well a large proportion of society don't anyway. Just look at some of the comments about the OP's question, some people have 'actively thrown their shoes' - (Beware President Bush type thing) at the OP for merely suggesting the problem.

[Llyllyll]

You are right but we used to live in a country where people respected others and their property and perhaps, their assumed personal space (ie the bit of road out at the front of their house). I know its a public road and anyone can park there. However, wouldn't it be nice just for once that people thought of others before themselves - or is this an old fashioned sense of morality? (I'm only 35 - sh!t - I'm middle-aged and a grumpy old man...:mad: - NOOOOOOOOOO! I'm too young....:eek:)

:ATeacher 2301 looks down from his place in heaven and sighs :A


I’m with you all the way OP. Unfortunately, it’s the “I’m all right Jack” attitude that is predominant in this country these days.

[Teacher2301]

I’m with you all the way OP. Unfortunately, it’s the “I’m all right Jack” attitude that is predominant in this country these days.

thank you - phew I thought I was all alone then!!:D

[Smiley82]

Interesting thread....at the end of the day, the OP has no right to park outside his house, and although inconvenient that others choose to park in his street, it's one of life's little issues that one has to come to deal with......

We have a different issue in our street. We are the first lot of residential parking bays, approximately 100m from a large high street shopping area. We constantly have people who sit in our residents bay, staying in their cars, taking up parks while waiting to pick people up from shopping and work.

Of an afternoon, over half our residents bays can be filled up by people just sitting in their cars, without permits, waiting to collect others. If the see a parking warden, they just drive away. Meanwhile, residents are left waiting around, or parking miles away from their house, because there are no free parks. My OH has taken to telling people to move, informing them that they are in residents bays without a permit, and saying he'll call the council. I'm not sure how this would actually go down, but can see why he gets annoyed.

Again, one of life's little pains. What can you do? Unless there is a warden there every day, people will continue to park there, taking up valuable residents bays on what is already an overcrowded street.

Oh well!!

[dacouch]

Teacher as you quite rightly we are an over populated island with limited space. The population has increased as has the amount of vehicles in use so to some extent it isto some extent inevitable that people no longer respect your space eg the space outside your house. I live my life on a live and let live basis and believe.

The op is in effect arguing that his neighboors are being selfish by parking outside his home, it could be argued that he is being selfish by expecting the space outside his home to be for his personal use or just for home owners from his road.

Life is to short to worry about insignificant problems like someone having the audacity of parking outside your home.

[Gavin83]

You are right but we used to live in a country where people respected others and their property and perhaps, their assumed personal space (ie the bit of road out at the front of their house). I know its a public road and anyone can park there. However, wouldn't it be nice just for once that people thought of others before themselves - or is this an old fashioned sense of morality? (I'm only 35 - sh!t - I'm middle-aged and a grumpy old man...:mad: - NOOOOOOOOOO! I'm too young....:eek:)

:ATeacher 2301 looks down from his place in heaven and sighs :A

I can appreciate what you are saying but in practice it's just totally unrealistic to expect no one else to park outside your property. What happens if someone else is parked outside your house, your visiting friends or your a multi car family? Im sure there is no one here who can claim they've never parked outside someone elses property, OP and yourself included. If someone has space on their drive and they still insist on parking on the road then I can understand the frustrations to a degree.

I've often parked outside peoples homes and never felt guilty for it. If someone came out and asked me to move without a very good reason for doing so I'd simply refuse. 'It's in front of my house' doesn't qualify as a good reason in my eyes.

The only answer if your parking arrangements bother you that much is to get a driveway. That way you are guaranteed a space outside your front door.

[aloiseb]

Emphasis added :D This stuff has been going on for many years though. Why else near city centres are there resident permit parking only schemes. What happened before the schemes were in place?! (I assume people parked up and walked into town.)

They did - I used to do it in Oxford, before the place became a draconian no-go area for commuter cars. To get a space in any of the roads near town, however, I would have had to get up at about 5am, especially during term.

Once the restrictions came in, I just had to cycle.....

[XDA]

I with the OP on this!

I think its a cheek when other people park outside your house (I get this frequently!). I understand that its not anyone's road etc, and everyone can park where ever they like on a public road as long as its legal etc.

But, I like to have my car parked exactly where I can see it - outside my house/opposite living room window. Having been the "victim" of having my car keyed 3 seperate times, i want my car where I can keep an eye on it. What use is it if its parked further down the street or on another street? You cant see who's kicking a ball against it, who's looking inside it/acting suspicious around it, who's vandalising it and these sorts of things. Some of us (unfortunatly) live in really rough places, and wonder about the safety of our pride and joys. Also, after a hard days work or after a weekly supermarket shop, why should I have to carry loads of heavy bags down the street? After all, I do have to pay a big rental bill every month, surely the least I can have is a space to park outside my house?

I am sort of lucky, as my neighbours leave speace for us to park outside our house most of the time. We leave space for each other.

What really annoys me is people who have driveways but wont use them, they'd rather take up valuable spaces on an already tight and restricted street. Also people's visitors who wont park outside their house but park infront of someone else's house, meaning that their visitors cant get parked! Its usually those same people that go mental when you/your visitors park outside their house :mad:

Alot of people just seem to get so territorial about parking spaces/driveways. Dont know why, but it can be so funny the lengths that people go to "defend" parking and drives! :rotfl:

[roswell]

You are right but we used to live in a country where people respected others and their property


:D yip they are parking thier property legally :-) and not on anyone elses property eg not your front garden :-)

[Horace]

This is a common problem where I used to live - you cannot park in the street for love nor money between the hours of 9am and 5pm because people park their cars and then walk across the road to get the bus into town - like a cheap form of park and ride. Most residents are used to it. I go back and visit occasionally because my ex husband still lives there and I think its a bonus if I can park outside 'my' old house, there are times when I have had to park at the bottom of the street or even in another side street - but hey ho such is life it could be worse, the council could introduce permit parking.

Its the same where my mum lives - most folks park on the street, some will park on their drives and for the most part 95% of them cannot park in their garages because they have filled them with junk - folks that have lived there since the street was built actually put their cars in their garages and when I visit, I park on the drive or on the front garden which has been partially concreted (my parents orginally slabbed part of it so that I could park my car when I started driving).

There are worse things to worry about in this world than whether or not someone has dared to park in your street and even worse outside your house:rolleyes:

[loracan1]

You are right but we used to live in a country where people respected others and their property and perhaps, their assumed personal space (ie the bit of road out at the front of their house). I know its a public road and anyone can park there. However, wouldn't it be nice just for once that people thought of others before themselves - or is this an old fashioned sense of morality? (I'm only 35 - sh!t - I'm middle-aged and a grumpy old man..

I'm older than you, far far grumpier and I've never ever believed the road at the front of my house belonged to me, or that I alone have the god-given right to park there.
(and I wouldn't like to think what kind of petty reaction I'd have if people with far too much time on their hands stuck notes on my car windscreen if I parked outside their house!)

[skintbuthappy81]

If it really is an issue for you then get in touch with your local council, depending on the extent of the problem they may look into making your road a residents only, meaning you will be given 'passes' to display in your car window.

[DKLS]

I had a neighbour who did the cones trick and generally annoyed the entire street, 3 of us clubbed together and bought the scabbiest metro in 3 shades of hand painted yellow, with a years road tax for £70, one night we moved the cones and parked the metro bang in front of his house.
He was spewing for months, didn't know who was responsible, he called the police, they said it was taxed and not causing an obstruction so wouldn't do anything.
After 11 months of making a point I moved it in full view of the neighbour, (well he heard me first as I was revving the nuts off it as the brakes were seized) his face was a picture, the cones didn't make a re-appearance.

[anewman]

3 of us clubbed together and bought the scabbiest metro in 3 shades of hand painted yellow, with a years road tax for £70, one night we moved the cones and parked the metro bang in front of his house.
Great, lol. I suspect he didn't even own a car?!

[annie_d]

Well! I have read the whole thread with interest.....and gratitude that as a one car family, we have a garage, a driveway and a designated parking space opposit our house. So if any of you are in the Stockport area and need a place to park, just shout.

[Teacher2301]

I had a neighbour who did the cones trick and generally annoyed the entire street, 3 of us clubbed together and bought the scabbiest metro in 3 shades of hand painted yellow, with a years road tax for £70, one night we moved the cones and parked the metro bang in front of his house.
He was spewing for months, didn't know who was responsible, he called the police, they said it was taxed and not causing an obstruction so wouldn't do anything.
After 11 months of making a point I moved it in full view of the neighbour, (well he heard me first as I was revving the nuts off it as the brakes were seized) his face was a picture, the cones didn't make a re-appearance.

Contrary to my previous posts - I like your style :D

[creased-leach]

I had a neighbour who did the cones trick and generally annoyed the entire street, 3 of us clubbed together and bought the scabbiest metro in 3 shades of hand painted yellow, with a years road tax for £70, one night we moved the cones and parked the metro bang in front of his house.
He was spewing for months, didn't know who was responsible, he called the police, they said it was taxed and not causing an obstruction so wouldn't do anything.
After 11 months of making a point I moved it in full view of the neighbour, (well he heard me first as I was revving the nuts off it as the brakes were seized) his face was a picture, the cones didn't make a re-appearance.

I think I love you. :T

[JoolzS]

I do think that a huge number of people are of the erroneous belief that they cannot park in front of their own dropped kerb. I think it is drummed into all of us when we first learn to drive that parking in front of a dropped kerb is absolutely forbidden, and no-one bothers to mention that it is only forbidden if you are actually blocking someone else in. I only say this because I live in a lovely road, where about 60% of the properties have off-road parking but hardly anyone parks either in, or in front of, their own off-road parking.

Fortunately, because of those who do use their own drives, and the fact that it's a quiet road that almost has more parking than homes, it isn't really an issue - it's just amusing.

Maybe there should be a campaign to teach people that they are allowed to park in front of their own drives. It might solve an awful lot of neighbour disputes. I completely understand why a lot of people don't use their drives - they are often far too small to be able to open the car doors without whacking them into a fence, or plants, or both. I'm very grateful that my downstairs neighbour prefers to use her drive, at her own inconvenience, because it leaves the space at the front of our property free for my car :)

Julie

[Harry Flashman]

I'm amazed after reading through all this that so many people think it's fine to park outside someone else's house thereby preventing them from parking? I realise it ain't illegal but surely at the very least it demonstrates a huge lack of courtesy and thoughtfulness?

I live in a terrace and we have 1 car (a 4x4 for all those who hate them) which fits very nicely on our frontage. One side of us has two cars and theirs often encroaches on us but not to the extent of preventing parking.

However, on the other side there are two households with 3 cars each. I'm often caused to park quite a distance away by their cars (like last night when I had a carful of stuff to shift). Do you really believe that's ok?

[pianeet]

I do think that a huge number of people are of the erroneous belief that they cannot park in front of their own dropped kerb. I think it is drummed into all of us when we first learn to drive that parking in front of a dropped kerb is absolutely forbidden, and no-one bothers to mention that it is only forbidden if you are actually blocking someone else in. I only say this because I live in a lovely road, where about 60% of the properties have off-road parking but hardly anyone parks either in, or in front of, their own off-road parking.

Fortunately, because of those who do use their own drives, and the fact that it's a quiet road that almost has more parking than homes, it isn't really an issue - it's just amusing.

Maybe there should be a campaign to teach people that they are allowed to park in front of their own drives. It might solve an awful lot of neighbour disputes. I completely understand why a lot of people don't use their drives - they are often far too small to be able to open the car doors without whacking them into a fence, or plants, or both. I'm very grateful that my downstairs neighbour prefers to use her drive, at her own inconvenience, because it leaves the space at the front of our property free for my car :)

Julie
i am pretty sure that the government have changed the law earlier this year ,definately in london ,where it is now an offence to even park in front of you own dropped curbs.

[XDA]

No you don't have the right to park outside your house.

Why didn't you rent somewhere with a drive?

If parking is such a big issue to you move somewhere with private parking. You chose the house, knowing there was no private parking, and then get upset if someone parks outside?

I know I dont technically have "the right" to park outside my house, but I am more entitled than anyone else? After all, I am required to keep it clean and tidy...

Well I didnt rent a house with a drive for a number of reasons! The main one being that I was just glad to be offered a house, after months of viewings. One of the other reasons being cost - houses with drives tend to cost alot more?

Parking isnt a big issue, as I usually get parked outside my house 99% of the time. When I chose the house, I thought others might be abit more thoughtful but I was obviously wrong?

I am looking to find somewhere with a driveway/private parking, but it seems to be impossible to find anywhere.

I bet you have a driveway and no-one parks infront of your house? You dont have any idea what its like?

Maybe I should start parking outside your house, and stop you/your visitors parking? Bet you would soon get sick of it..... :rolleyes:

[roswell]

i am pretty sure that the government have changed the law earlier this year ,definately in london ,where it is now an offence to even park in front of you own dropped curbs.

I dont think thats lodon specific iv seen a few cars ticketed for doing exactly this regardless of who owns it, its not only cars that need access to dropped kerbs disabled wheelchair users also use them and for this i think its classed as a public right of passage.

[Bongedone]

And what about those that don't have anywhere because they live in a block of flats ?

[Liz3yy]

You lot are lucky, I live in a flat on a busy road which has no parking space whatsoever. I have to park in a open air public car park down the road where you have to pay.

Luckily they only charge between 9am and 3pm so Monday - Friday I dont have to pay but at weekends I do.

Stop moaning and thank your lucky stars you can park on the street at all.

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

some of the posters in this thread are funny, what do you do if you goto a friends and cant park outside their house, turn round and go home?

[dacouch]

some of the posters in this thread are funny, what do you do if you goto a friends and cant park outside their house, turn round and go home?

Apparantly you have to show respect and not park on the public highway outside someone elses houses. This applies even if you have paid your vehicle tax and have as much right to park there as anyone else.

What I think is bad is that in our local park we sometimes have people coming along and letting their kids play there and they do not live in the area. Don't get me started on the people who come along to "My" local shopping mall and even though they are local proceed to shop. Where will this end? I'm firing off a letter to the Daily Mail immediately.

[jackomdj]

I don't mind people parking outside or opposite our house, but I do get annoyed when they park & we can't get out without faffing with out other car. We live at the top of a turning circle & park one car on the drive & the other in the road. We can drive around the top of the in road car & out but sometimes people park next to our on road car so our car on the drive is blocked in. I don't mind when it is our neighbours relatives etc but when it is people visiting from down the road how do they know that it is our car that is in the road?

I used to live in a terrace house & parking was a nightmare - but I used to be able to park with a couple of inches at either end of the car (couldn't do that anymore!)

[Brooker Dave]

Now I know people can park wherever they want unless it's over a driveway or otherwise signed on the road but I think it's a disgusting cheek that someone who lives on another road can park their car wherever they want, including outside our house where my girlfriend parks.

Consider moving.

[milkybars]

Out road has people from the parallel road and the cul-de-sacs parking on it but it doesn't bother me. Where else are they supposed to park?

We have a garage in a seperate block about 3 mins walk from the house which we use, after unloading outside our house. I came back very late the other night and didn't feel safe walking from the garage block where the street lamp was out to my house. I decided I'd park my car outside my house that night and move it to the garage in the morning. The next morning the taxi driver that lives opposite us had a right go at me about taking his space, how his taxi was his livelyhood and it had to be parked outside his house (our side of the road though!) so he could keep an eye on it. I was shocked at his attitude but he wouldn't let me explain.

[milkybars]

sickofusernames

Does your girlfriend live with you? If not, might your girlfriend be considered to be parking on a road she doesn't live on?

[anewman]

The next morning the taxi driver that lives opposite us had a right go at me about taking his space, how his taxi was his livelyhood and it had to be parked outside his house (our side of the road though!) so he could keep an eye on it.

Here's what to do....

I had a neighbour who did the cones trick and generally annoyed the entire street, 3 of us clubbed together and bought the scabbiest metro in 3 shades of hand painted yellow, with a years road tax for £70, one night we moved the cones and parked the metro bang in front of his house.
He was spewing for months, didn't know who was responsible, he called the police, they said it was taxed and not causing an obstruction so wouldn't do anything.
After 11 months of making a point I moved it in full view of the neighbour, (well he heard me first as I was revving the nuts off it as the brakes were seized) his face was a picture, the cones didn't make a re-appearance.

[dacouch]

You have to bear in mind that there are different laws for taxi drivers (In their mind only) and they technically own the roads...

[Reggie Rebel]

I agree with the OP.

In fact I don't think anyone should be driving on the road when I need to, nor should anyone else hold me up in the queue in the supermarket.

Further more the council should give me a thingy that I point at any red traffic lights to turn them green as I approach

[paulfoel]

oh come one, those complaining that i'm moaning - if someone from another road parks outside your home where it's parked all weekend then tell me you wouldn't feel a little annoyed. Let me know when you've bought a normal semi-detached in a busy road before you reply...

I know it's not illegal but it's just about respect, even my 65 yr old neighbour said he'd probably let down the tyres if it kept happening to him.

!!!! Alert.:t:t:t

[paulfoel]

Hey, thanks for your support, I feel like we're in the minority though despite the law.

I haven't got a problem with people parking outside our house (where my girlfriend has to park) but I do have issues when people who have bought a home where parking isn't adequate enough that they have to scan roads to park - NOT MY ISSUE , they should have thought of it when they bought their property. It's reciprocal, they would do EXACTLY the same in my shoes.

BOTTOM LINE. You dont own the road outside your house.

GET A LIFE !!!

[paulfoel]

Yeah, it's also disgusting that you think you can park on any other public road when you drive anywhere else.

Before long the OP will say he doesnt want people driving down his road.:rolleyes:

[dacouch]

If he lives in a cul de sac then only residents should drive into it, thems the rules...

[paulfoel]

I'm amazed after reading through all this that so many people think it's fine to park outside someone else's house thereby preventing them from parking? I realise it ain't illegal but surely at the very least it demonstrates a huge lack of courtesy and thoughtfulness?

I live in a terrace and we have 1 car (a 4x4 for all those who hate them) which fits very nicely on our frontage. One side of us has two cars and theirs often encroaches on us but not to the extent of preventing parking.

However, on the other side there are two households with 3 cars each. I'm often caused to park quite a distance away by their cars (like last night when I had a carful of stuff to shift). Do you really believe that's ok?

Of course, its illegal for three people in one house to own a car each. How dare they? I shall be writing to my MP.

GET A LIFE MATE !

[worried jim]

Brilliant thread- howled with laughter at the cones in the garden and revving the nuts off a yellow metro- made me weep !

[dacouch]

This is what happens if anyone dare park outside the OP's home http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5807/sickofusernamesparking.jpg

[dacouch]

I have found the solution to your problem http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7663/smallparkingspace.jpg

[BillScarab]

If he lives in a cul de sac then only residents should drive into it, thems the rules...

Can you prove that? So how do delivery drivers get on, or taxis, or visitors?

I'v elived in a cul de sac and there were no such restrictions. After all a cul de sac is just a dead end road and no different to any other.

[nobblyned]

Public road.......PUBLIC road.......PUBLIC ROAD

Oh, never mind.

[dacouch]

This is how to park your car and show consideration for your neighbour if they keep moaning about you parking in their road http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/7905/modern26385x236322401a.jpg

[MrsFraggle]

This is a technique I use occasionally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8ANegTEqW4

:rotfl:

[vikingaero]

Public road.......PUBLIC road.......PUBLIC ROAD

Oh, never mind.

If the people who think that the unmarked space on the public road is theirs then they should pay for it. Pay rent to park their car on it and pay more to maintain their little patch of England. :p

[Horace]

I have an idea - perhaps the OP should move to an exclusive house in a gated community and that way the riff raff will be unable to park outside his house all day because they won't be able to get past the electric gates.

Yes, its frustrating that people take up space in front of your house but rather than concentrate on what they are doing, you should try and find something else to occupy you e.g. gardening.

[carlislelass]

person opposite us has no drive so parks exactly in front of his gate( just about uses a tape measure) houses on our side all have a drive but because of him we struggle to get out. it`s a public road, you don`t own your own little patch.

[dacouch]

This is what their local shop is like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOGAAlHzF4o

[DKLS]

Brilliant thread- howled with laughter at the cones in the garden and revving the nuts off a yellow metro- made me weep !

I wish I had a picture of the metro, it was so ugly, 3 different shades of yellow household gloss paint, with brush marks! classy motor started first time as well.

Normally I am very laid back, where I live now, I have a neighbour who parks his transit in front of my house, I didn't like the view so planted a 7ft hedge, problem over.
As long as he doesn't park over my drive I have no problem, like many others have said I don't own the road.

[Tixy]

This thread is so funny. I think the price of nastily painted yellow metros may have shot up.

I do have a related problem though. On my narrow road (which is a dead end /cul de sac with no turning circle) there are 1 household with lots of vehicles (6 I think) They usually park one on their drive, occasionally 2, the others all line the road both sides.
Now the problem is they frequently leave vehicles so that the dustcart can't drive down (I'd guess one thursday in four the council don't collect the rubbish on the correct day because of this) and even more worryingly there'd be no chance of an ambulance or firetruck driving down. Neither the district or county council are interested. Any ideas? (Oh and several neighbours have spoken to them about it but they persist in doing the same thing).

[dacouch]

It may be worth mentioning this case to the fire brigade and / or ambulance service as they may have some influence

[dacouch]

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[paulfoel]

If the people who think that the unmarked space on the public road is theirs then they should pay for it. Pay rent to park their car on it and pay more to maintain their little patch of England. :p

Glad your plan only applies to England and not the rest of the UK....:rolleyes:

[paulfoel]

This thread is so funny. I think the price of nastily painted yellow metros may have shot up.

I do have a related problem though. On my narrow road (which is a dead end /cul de sac with no turning circle) there are 1 household with lots of vehicles (6 I think) They usually park one on their drive, occasionally 2, the others all line the road both sides.
Now the problem is they frequently leave vehicles so that the dustcart can't drive down (I'd guess one thursday in four the council don't collect the rubbish on the correct day because of this) and even more worryingly there'd be no chance of an ambulance or firetruck driving down. Neither the district or county council are interested. Any ideas? (Oh and several neighbours have spoken to them about it but they persist in doing the same thing).

Now this is completely different if parking is blocking the road access for emergency vehicles.

I've heard though that if needs be a fire engine will plough past any parked cars if absolutely necessary. Any firemen confirm this is the policy?

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

Wont somebody please think of the children!

[worried jim]

Slightly off kilter....
In 1986 we went to Sherwood forest for a walk and a picnic, when my Dad returned to the car someone had parked along side us and had started to have there own picnic, we saw the location first and were a bit peveed some else had the same idea. Now my Dad was an x-ray machine engineer and went to the boot of the Cavalier estate (blue) put on his white coat and walked around there picnic with his radiation meter set to test so it was making plenty of crackling sounds. The Chernobyl disaster had occurred about two weeks previously, the other family couldn't pack there stuff away quickly enough. Maybe the op should paint a sign "danger biohazard material" near the parking spot.

[annie_d]

Tixy, our cul-de-sac has this problem and i was concerned about ambulance access. The paramedics told me, "Don't worry, we push on through"

[JoolzS]

i am pretty sure that the government have changed the law earlier this year ,definately in london ,where it is now an offence to even park in front of you own dropped curbs.
Oh dear, I'm really hoping you are mistaken about this; but given the other ridiculous things this government (and local government) has done, then it wouldn't surprise me.

Julie

[Gordon861]

i am pretty sure that the government have changed the law earlier this year ,definately in london ,where it is now an offence to even park in front of you own dropped curbs.

Just checked on the web :

http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=5869
http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/crossover.htm
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/environment_and_transport/parking/pavement_parking/dropped_kerb.htm
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/w-faq-dropped-kerbs-and-crossovers-e-477.htm

As you can see they all require you to contact the council to make a complaint in order to get the vehicle delt with (including London), They must have your name and address and will keep it confidential, which is pointless as they can only take action if the complainent is related to the address of the dropped kerb.

The only worrying develpoment is Haringey Council that are starting a register system to allow residents to always have their dropped kerbs enforce without contacting the council first. I expect a lot of people will request this and then complain when they have a visitor come over, block their kerb and find the car lifted when they come out in the morning.

NOTE : Dropped kerbs and lowered kerbs for pedestrians are different, lowered kerbs will be enforced without complaint.

[aloiseb]

Further more the council should give me a thingy that I point at any red traffic lights to turn them green as I approach

............there seem to be a few people on this thread who are sadly lacking a thingy of one kind or another....

;)

[tealady]

I'll have you know my thingy is in perfect working order.
I can't use it on the bus though the driver gets upset.

[MrsE]

reminds me of going to my freinds on friday who lives in a road with no drives. I park the car had noticed a 4x4 behind me while pulling up, the driver pulled up next to me i was dealing with kids then noticed i couldnt get out and the driver had his window down and told me to move the car as he lived there i did say i was only visiting my friend put kept telling me to move if i did not have the kids i would have argued my case. I use to live in a terrace street you park where you can thats life

What relevance is it the type of car he was driving:confused:

If it was a medium sized family saloon would you have felt the need to describe it:rolleyes:

[MrsE]

you would hate to be my neigbour then, 1 van,1 taxi,2 cars and 1 4x4. and not even a driveway,i shamelessly park my van and car outside someone elses house every night.:rotfl:

We have 3 cars (1 cab (big people carrier), 1 4x4, 1 diddy car).

But luckily enough our drive is big:D

We can park all three & get them in & out independently, we can get another couple on, but would need to start moving them to allow ones behind out (but ok for visitors).

[goldspanners]

We have 3 cars (1 cab (big people carrier), 1 4x4, 1 diddy car).

But luckily enough our drive is big:D

We can park all three & get them in & out independently, we can get another couple on, but would need to start moving them to allow ones behind out (but ok for visitors).

i would expect that from you though,jeanie says you live in a stately home with valet parking and a one way system round a water fountain outside your door.is this true? i would beleive it considering the price of taxis in london. :rotfl:

[Keith]

Now I know people can park wherever they want unless it's over a driveway or otherwise signed on the road but I think it's a disgusting cheek that someone who lives on another road can park their car wherever they want, including outside our house where my girlfriend parks.

Does your girlfriend live with you? Or is she another user from another road parking in your street?

[Inactive]

Perhaps we should follow the example used in Japan, no off road parking facilities, no car allowed, or perhaps double the road tax for those that use the roads as a garage.

[MrsE]

i would expect that from you though,jeanie says you live in a stately home with valet parking and a one way system round a water fountain outside your door.is this true? i would beleive it considering the price of taxis in london. :rotfl:

How about a modest semi in a small village:p