Parking Ettiquete

Lady_S

northern_munky wrote:

I bet all the people on here saying you have no right to park outside your own house live in houses with drives. It's not a question of moving house, some of us cant afford a 4 bed semi and have to live in terraces!.

Agreed, I live in a house with a drive, but its a two car drive and we have four cars. Therefore we have two park two cars on the street. Doesn't sound too difficult until you realise the bloke next door but one has a taxi firm he runs from home, therefore lots of vehicles in the road. You just be good neighbours and park where you can.

Emms

nej wrote:

Can the disabled space be "Registered" to that house, or is it always going to be a free-for-all?

Im not sure if the law is different across the UK but in Scotland a disabled bay is for the use of anyone with a disabled badge. It cannot be registered to a household or a particular person.

Emma

Gorgeous_George

I don't have a problem with parking but I sympathise with the OP. I think it is reasonable to expect the road in front of your house to be available solely for your use.

Why do households with more than one car expect to be able to use the front of other people's houses to park?



GG

julesgr

If parking is a major problem why not get together with the other residents in the street and get the hours of the resident onlyparking extended

caffeinehit

People on our road sometimes reserve spaces with cones, bins etc and though I don't have a car I occasionally (if I'm in a particularly bad mood) move them back on to the pavement. To me it just looks like sheer arrogance - a presumption that their needs are far more important than others'. It hits the same part of my annoyance radar as people barging in front of me at junctions or jumping the bus queue.

It may well be that some of these people have a good reason for reserving a space. In which case, I'd suggest they just leave a small cone and a polite note asking people to leave the space free. This shows that you're not presuming a right to the road, just asking nicely if you can use it. I think this would make a world of difference to peoples' reactions.

Dan29

caffeinehit wrote:

It may well be that some of these people have a good reason for reserving a space. In which case, I'd suggest they just leave a small cone and a polite note asking people to leave the space free. This shows that you're not presuming a right to the road, just asking nicely if you can use it. I think this would make a world of difference to peoples' reactions.

Ageed. I can understand needing to keep space free on rare occasions, e.g. for removal vans, hearses or certain things to do with building work (skip lorry, cement mixer etc). Except when there's something out of the ordinary happening, who's to judge which person's need is greater? Therefore, anyone should be allowed to park anywhere that's not restricted at that time.

tomstickland

I sympathise with the OP to a certain extent, but you don't own the road and anyone can park in an available space.

northern_munky

tomstickland wrote:

I sympathise with the OP to a certain extent, but you don't own the road and anyone can park in an available space.

Most people pay road tax and are entitled to park wherever they like, but thats not the point, its a just matter of courtesy. If I come home from work and I cant park at my own door, I dont think 'stuff my neighbour, i'll park at his and he'll have to park somewhere else, not my problem', and thankfully all the residents in my street think this way too. Think this one could run and run though, we'll have to agree to disagree

sheraz2

interesting thread

davey4444

Emms wrote:

Im not sure if the law is different across the UK but in Scotland a disabled bay is for the use of anyone with a disabled badge. It cannot be registered to a household or a particular person.

Emma

I'm sure that this is the case for 99% of the bays but I know that it is also possible to have a disabled space for a certain property as this happened on my old road. The council painted 2 disabled bays and one of them clearly said "For 99 Whatever Road only", not sure what the special dispensation was but it might be worth checking with the council or highway agency.