parking near a junction

baby_fuzz

I like to use the rule of thumb of:
1. does my parked car cause a nuisance?

Unlike the million cars in our cul-de-sac... It appears that every household has 3+ cars (and long drives) but can't be a£^%d to park them out of the way... Being at the very cul of the sac, I have to do a 50 point turn to get in and out of my drive everyday... (no comments about my driving skills of lack thereof please!)

forgotmyname

Just worry about what will happen when a large lorry tries to squeeze past illegally parked cars. I saw a foreign driver
in wolverhampton destroy a nissan micra which was parked on a corner, he didnt even stop.

I have ripped a mirror and bumper off and damaged a wing, Under direction of a traffic copper. Did not need to give them
insurance details either. Copper sort of said its their own fault.

maninthestreet

forgotmyname wrote: »

I have ripped a mirror and bumper off and damaged a wing, Under direction of a traffic copper. Did not need to give them
insurance details either. Copper sort of said its their own fault.

I find this hard to believe - if it is true, that copper wasn't fit to do his job.

jb66

Round my way cars are always parked round bends at T junctions, I think its a "should not" as apposed to "this is an illigal offence"

Quentin

It's always an offence to cause an obstruction when you park, irrespective of any lines/signs there. And if you park within 10 metres of a junction then you are causing "unnecessary obstruction".

alleycat`

Not sure how this fits into the question but i thought i'd add it as an example of shades of grey.

My neighbours son had his car parked on a corner and half on the kerb.
An Asda delivery van reversed into it coming around said corner (was icy) and hit the car / pinned it into the garden wall.
The insurance for asda paid out without argument.

His "new/used" car is parked in the same place every day (old one was written off).

What makes it more odd/grey to me is that the previous neighbour did the same thing for years and then out of the blue got 3 parking tickets in the space of several weeks (had the money - didn't care).

Continued to park there and the tickets didn't happen again.

Seems to be a bit of a mess to me

missile

alleycat` wrote: »

neighbour did the same thing for years and then out of the blue got 3 parking tickets in the space of several weeks (had the money - didn't care).

I would guess a.n.other neighbour reported hin to the council?

Strider590

Always go by the highway code..... Just because you don't like something doesn't make it illegal.

Like this idiot I encountered last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cuecU3Mqno

If a parked car obstructs emergency vehicles thought they could be in for a very rough ride as I believe they're allowed to literally ram obstructing vehicles out of the way.

After explaining this to the offending individuals, they might actually change their habits.

bryanb

If a parked car obstructs emergency vehicles thought they could be in for a very rough ride as I believe they're allowed to literally ram obstructing vehicles out of the way.

Not when I drove Fire engines (Retired now, have they changed the law?)

Strider590

^^ Dunno, been told different things by different people... Which is why I say "I believe", because it makes sense in a real emergency