Woman had a go at me this morning

darich

As said, you were right and woman leaving the space was wrong.

For what it's worth, if it were me, I wouldn't park there again. I'm paranoid that she (or brute husband) will come along and scrape my car knowing I'm at work all day. They'll know it was them and that it's my car....I can't prove who it was and end up with a costly body shop repair bill or insurance claim.

Even though you're in the right, there's no reasoning with some fools.

Gavin83

darich wrote: »

As said, you were right and woman leaving the space was wrong.

For what it's worth, if it were me, I wouldn't park there again. I'm paranoid that she (or brute husband) will come along and scrape my car knowing I'm at work all day. They'll know it was them and that it's my car....I can't prove who it was and end up with a costly body shop repair bill or insurance claim.

Even though you're in the right, there's no reasoning with some fools.

Imagine if the same was to happen to their car? That would be upsetting.

darich

Gavin83 wrote: »

Imagine if the same was to happen to their car? That would be upsetting.

Have often wondered that.....but two things spring to mind.....1 - I'm not that type....2 - I can't prove who did the damage to my car....even if I have my suspicions.

Strider590

heretolearn wrote: »

there isn't much free parking in the town where I work. There is only 1 long-term car park too, and that's expensive, so as you can imagine, the residential streets get parked up by workers. There are some with residents only parking, but others are free for all.

Sounds like you do what I do, I save near £80 a month by parking in residential streets and walking the remaining 1 mile into town.... I don't see the harm to be honest, I might take someone's spot, but i'll be gone by the time they get home from work!

There are some idiots who started to use stolen road cones to mark out their space for 9 hours til they come home, but I tend to kick them out of the way if I can't find another space

I park in a street which has many doctors/dentists, so not all the spaces are residential, there's also two blocks of flats (2 storey) with their own carpark, but they all choose to park on the road instead...... :mad:

StrongWork

She's an ar5e. Of course you're not being unreasonable, you have just as much right to park there as she does. She does not own that space because it's outside of her house.

faithcecilia

I sympathise, I too used to park quite a walk from work in order to park for free, and spaces were very much at a premium. I once squeezed into a tight space where two other cars were both overhanging the markings by quite some way, meaning 3 cars using a space that usually held 2, me being the middle one. When I returned after work I had a snotty note on the windscreen telling me how selfish I was parking so that no one else could fit! I just screwed it up and stuck it in the bin.

Inactive

Barneysmom wrote: »

I get a bit annoyed when someone's in my space but only because I need to park close for hubby so he doesn't have to walk too far to the car as we don't have a disabled spot.
But in general I don't mind, if I'm on my own and parking at home if someone's in my space it doesn't matter to me I just park further down.

You don't have a " my space ", it is a public highway.

If you want a " my space " then buy a property with a driveway.

spiro

Reminds of a story a mte who work for a road maintennce firm told me. A local council introduced 'no parking' in front of drop kerbs to stop driveways becoming blocked with the exception of the householder whose house it was in front of. A guy paid about £500 to have a drop kerb installed outside his house (no drive) so he had a guaranteed parking space.

andygb

One thing that a lot of people "choose" to forget, is that they are "Public" highways, and therefore nobody has any right to park there.
There is one old geezer in my street, who likes to park exactly outside his house, and he doesn't like other cars being too close to him, so he plays a game of tactical parking. As soon as everyone goes to work, he moves his car, so that he is effectively taking up two spaces.
It is only a matter of time before someone loses patience with him (and rightly so), and has a go at his paintwork or tyres - not that I am condoning such actions of course;)

George_Michael

One thing that a lot of people "choose" to forget, is that they are "Public" highways, and therefore nobody has any right to park there

Surely you meant that as they are "public highways", then everybody has the right to park there. (restrictions permitting)