Van with trailer and digger parked on road!

cyclonebri1

Jannine you did give the immpression that it was the trailer etc being an eyesore in your original post. And to be honest, for me that would be enough to get my heckles up. People buy into shiney new developements becourse they don't want to live in what ressembles a gypsy site, hence the covenants that tho shalt not do this, and not do the other. They are clearly laid out at time of purchase for all to see

Go with you views but stand with everyone else, don't stand in the shadows, issues like this are only resolved by right minded persons acting together, if it's not too insensitive "shrinking violets get trodden on".

rsvtoddy

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned that trailers parked at night on a road must have lights otherwise they are parked illegally.

skiddlydiddly

Reggie_Rebel wrote: »

How would van man feel if he got up in the morning to find all the tyres on his van let down?

Probably like punching the person who did it in the face.

bear1969

rsvtoddy wrote: »

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned that trailers parked at night on a road must have lights otherwise they are parked illegally.

why lights? as long as there is reflectors at the back and sides it is perfectly legal to park it at the roadside

hethmar

Actually, years ago my OH left his company van outside on the road and some neighbour must have complained (even though it was only going to be there for a week). The police knocked on the door and told him it needed a light on it! He hung some sort of light from the back and they were satisfied. Bit petty though particualrly as it was underneath a street light.

johnfarquhar74

hethmar wrote: »

Actually, years ago my OH left his company van outside on the road and some neighbour must have complained (even though it was only going to be there for a week). The police knocked on the door and told him it needed a light on it! He hung some sort of light from the back and they were satisfied. Bit petty though particualrly as it was underneath a street light.

mmm, I think there must be part of the story you've missed out? I can't think of any situation where a vehicle is illegally parked on a public road unless a light is suspended from the rear of the vehicle?
As for trailers, as long as they have a legal tail plate comprising registration mark, lights, reflectors, then these too don't need extra lights for night or other times.

hethmar

Nope, I have no reason to leave out any part of the story. Its as I said, may be 20 years ago now but we thought it ridiculous at the time.

the_big_fact_hunt

AFAIK that only applies if you park facing the wrong way as vehicles do not have reflectors fitted to the front, and therefore should have a marker light. This is why many vehicles have the lights on on only one side if you leave the indicator switched on when you remove the keys

sandiep

This one is very easy. Any vehicle that weighs over 3.5tonnes (including vans towing) need to have a tachograph, and anything van/lorry over 3.5 tonnes (ie without trailer) needs an operators license.

A requirement of an operators license is that it is kept overnight in a safe and suitable place. And a license will be refused if this is specified as being on a public/residential road. The license holder would have had to specify a specific place that the vehicle would be overnight.

Therefore if this bigger than a panel van it's in breach of these rules.

Phone the employer, and mention this fact, and that you're having a quiet word with them because you think that they might not (and probably won't be) aware of the situation. Remember, it's the employer that ends up with the fines and prosecutions.

If its their own business, then you can mention it to the local police, who will give the owner a gentle reminder that they're in breach of OL regulations.

VOSPA require these vehicles to be kept in proper premises for very good safety reasons. This isn't an "eyesore" or a "moany neighbour" type situation. It's a fair and legitimate complaint, and the owner is breaching their Operators License conditions.

boxerlover_2

Surely if there is a covenant in the deeds which states that vehicles of this type are not allowed, surely there is no argument, he just shouldn't be parked there, end of story! Not much point having them in place if some people don't respect them.

I would also be unhappy if I was the OP.

As for the people defending the man parking across neighbours drives, are you actually joking?! Why should that be tolerated?