Parking space problems

Kirri

clockworks wrote: »

Chain and padlock wouldn't be possible as i would be blocking my neighbours space too. A collapsable bollard would be fine. The idiot who parked on my space from fri to sunday is back today in someone else's. I just don't get how people can be so inconsiderate and have a "stuff you " attitude.

Have got the same problem where I live, had someone parked in my space all last weekend but all I could do was put a stroppy notice taped to the window, I would have blocked the car in had it been a weekday and quieter but I didn't want to get in the way of my other neighbours at a weekend - I am sick of other people being so bloody selfish. I just want to come home and park in my own space...

sciencegeek

why not install the folding bollard and a laminated sign that states in big bold letters that the bollard is raised daily.

If you are in your space then no problem

if you leave your space you raise the bollard -no one can park there therefore no problem

if someone is already in your space you raise the bollard (as per the signage) - they are trapped - only problem is for them. ideal if you are about to go on holiday for a week!!

Jesthar

A friend of mine has a similar problem but with another tenant - she's a wheelchair user but this other tenant frequently parks in the space by my friends door, or tells friends to park there, even when the car park is empty and after a concrete wheelchair ramp was put in recently to that space. Thankfully the bay is going to be designated 'disabled' soon, which should hopefully solve things.

Letting all the tyres down is something I've contemplated in the past, but I do like the olive oil on the wipers idea - such a beggar to clean off glass! Spray a good few squirts on the windscreen too, and they'll be cleaning for ages before they can drive off, but no actual damage.

Sounds like the bollard is the way to go for individual spaces, but I'd be tempted to carry the oil as a backup

Fiddlestick

Write "Stop parking in my !!!!ing parking space" on the bonnet using paint stripper?

F_T_Buyer

I still would put up a sign, and maybe print some polite letters to put under the wiper saying this is my space. I don't understand why you don't try that?

Jomo

F_T_Buyer wrote: »

I still would put up a sign, and maybe print some polite letters to put under the wiper saying this is my space. I don't understand why you don't try that?

Easily ignored and chucked into the bin

As I recently discovered...

F_T_Buyer

Jomo wrote: »

Easily ignored and chucked into the bin

As I recently discovered...

Maybe so, but still the first step. Some people may genuinely park in the wrong space and not realise.

Jesthar

F_T_Buyer wrote: »

Maybe so, but still the first step. Some people may genuinely park in the wrong space and not realise.

I believe this thread has been more about what to do about people who have been given letters etc. and still persist in parking where they are not entitled to park. In the case of the OP, this is due to other tenants giving out the access codes to the secure car park to their friends.

Polite letters may work for some situations (such as genuine mistakes), but serial offenders tend to be immune to such tactics.

Alan2020

Jesthar wrote: »

I believe this thread has been more about what to do about people who have been given letters etc. and still persist in parking where they are not entitled to park. In the case of the OP, this is due to other tenants giving out the access codes to the secure car park to their friends.

Polite letters may work for some situations (such as genuine mistakes), but serial offenders tend to be immune to such tactics.

Totally agree, some people have no manners.

How do you make a genuine mistake, such as parking in another persons drive :rotfl: Think of flats with allocated parking, surely you can't call it mistakes. IMO its people with the attitude, I am going to park here, an what the F U C K are you going to do :mad: For people like that polite letters don't work, but what does work is humiliation. Especially in front of people they rate as "lesser" than them. The walk of shame is so bad they just leave.

If you vote me as governor I will enact and enforce the following laws :cool:
1. People who park in other peoples spaces will be warned and made to leave immediately for the first offence.
2. For the second offence, there will be public whipping in the town square
3. For the third offence, a human harness will be applied to the front towing hooks of their car, and they will tow their vehicle while stripped naked, through the town square, while being whipped and tomatoes and apples thrown at them. Owners of urban lorries known as 4x4s will particularly regret purchasing one :rotfl:The person whose space was violated will be able to ride in the vehicle. The town crier will announce their crimes :T A lifetime fine of 0.5% of their annual wealth will be imposed to fund the enforcement of this law :rotfl:

What do you think :beer:

Jomo

Alan2020 wrote: »

Totally agree, some people have no manners.

How do you make a genuine mistake, such as parking in another persons drive :rotfl: Think of flats with allocated parking, surely you can't call it mistakes. IMO its people with the attitude, I am going to park here, an what the F U C K are you going to do :mad: For people like that polite letters don't work, but what does work is humiliation. Especially in front of people they rate as "lesser" than them. The walk of shame is so bad they just leave.

If you vote me as governor I will enact and enforce the following laws :cool:
1. People who park in other peoples spaces will be warned and made to leave immediately for the first offence.
2. For the second offence, there will be public whipping in the town square
3. For the third offence, a human harness will be applied to the front towing hooks of their car, and they will tow their vehicle while stripped naked, through the town square, while being whipped and tomatoes and apples thrown at them. Owners of urban lorries known as 4x4s will particularly regret purchasing one :rotfl:The person whose space was violated will be able to ride in the vehicle. The town crier will announce their crimes :T A lifetime fine of 0.5% of their annual wealth will be imposed to fund the enforcement of this law :rotfl:

What do you think :beer:

I'd be worried that there would be a sudden increase in the amount of such crimes within a certain type of person...those that like a good whipping for instance :rotfl: