Parking in someone elses road.

sickofusernames · 19 April 2009 at 10:49PM

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 · 19 April 2009 at 10:51PM

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

anewman · 19 April 2009 at 10:52PM

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 · 19 April 2009 at 10:52PM

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 · 19 April 2009 at 10:55PM

Do you live in Stella Street by any chance?

hewhoisnotintheknow · 19 April 2009 at 10:57PM

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

jonnyb · 19 April 2009 at 11:04PM

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 · 19 April 2009 at 11:04PM

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 · 19 April 2009 at 11:12PM

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 · 19 April 2009 at 11:16PM

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

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 · 19 April 2009 at 11:17PM

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

Parking in someone elses road.

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