can someone stiop me parking outside their house

kittykate_2

tomstickland wrote:

People don't own the space outside their house; anyone can park there. No cheek involved.

ok, so how would you feel if you parked outside your own house all the time, then went out in your car to do the shopping and when you got home someone had parked outside your house and you had to park down the road and lug all your shopping halifway up the street???

would you not be thinking "bloody hell" or something similar?? you telling me you wouldn't bat an eyelid?

it's like an unwritten rule that the space on the road outside your house is for you car.

tomstickland

Finding something annoying doesn't mean that someone else has acted wrongly. In your situation I'd park in the middle of the street, drop the shopping off and then go and park in a space.

I used to live on a narrow street and was happy for anyone to park outside my house. The street was a free for all.

I had a long argument once because I parked outside someone elses house. Took them 45 minutes of talking rubbish before they finally gave up and slammed the door on me. Matter of principle.
You might find it annoying, but it doesn't mean that someone owns the space outside their house.

kittykate_2

aah but in some streets you can't just park in the middle of the road for long enough to drop the shopping off.

anyways, my original point was that it would be more polite to ask and then they know s/he's gonna park there, plus it makes for a more harmonious (sp??) neighbourhood and s/he won't have 45 minute arguments with their neighbours.

men!!


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kkx

tomstickland

Oh yes, would be nice to ask.

Snow_Angel

tomstickland wrote:

Finding something annoying doesn't mean that someone else has acted wrongly. In your situation I'd park in the middle of the street, drop the shopping off and then go and park in a space.

....and stop ambulances, fire vehicles etc getting down the street? Clever.

tomstickland

I wouldn't leave the car unattended. It'd be a case of get out, dump shopping by door and then get back in. Very clever see.

Debt_Free_Chick

Problem is, if you ask if it's OK, then you are kind of giving your neighbour the chance to claim that spot as their own parking space - and it simply isn't.

The bottom line is that you don't need anyone's permission, agreement or comment to legitimately park on the public highway (within any restrictions imposed by the Highways division).

Poppycat

I seldom park outside my house, even though it costs me £12 per annum for a parking permit, there just sint enough space for all residents let alone visitors etc. We are allowed to park on other streets in the zone legally or 3 hours on other zones nearby or have a scratch card

I never heard of such rubbish regarding an unwritten rule to park outisde your own house, no one has the right to claim the road space outside there own home. Of course it causes inconvienance at times and have to lug shopping etc.

I have to at times park on yellow lines to get goods or drop kids off one of which is disabled and I often get the fingers or abuse even though I cause a small amount of convinace like slow down or stop to allow oncoming traffic, but then again I get them when I try to park because of idiots who feel that because I live on the street I have no rights to prevent them for stopping whislt I reverse into a space.

ben500

Back to the op from what you say in your post I am picturing a shop with a small pull in/lay by at front for customers to pull up, if so then some of these are actually contributed to by the resident vendor and they can have certain rights over them but this is usually identified by way of street signs allowing you to use the area after a specified time. If there are no such signs a quick call to your local council will determine if they are contributing and have any claim over the space during shop opening times, some are restricted merely for road safety purposes, recessed pavement that's the term I was looking for got there in the end.

kittykate_2

Poppycat wrote:

]I never heard of such rubbish regarding an unwritten rule to park outisde your own house, no one has the right to claim the road space outside there own home. Of course it causes inconvienance at times and have to lug shopping etc.

Then if the space outside of your own house is not intended for your car then why do people have the right to paint a disabled parking space in it?