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son hit neighbours car
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The thing is, I'm not talking about "a mum with a buggy and a toddler or 2 in hand" being forced to walk for miles in the middle of a dual carriageway during rush hour. I'm talking about her perhaps having to skirt around the odd car on a quiet residential street if her buggy is particularly wide or the pavement at one point is particularly narrow.
Ive been in this situation many many times, I dont drive so I walk everywhere.
its all well and good to mention the times when a mum (or dad !!) would perhaps have to skirt around one car but often when cars are parked like this its a whole row of them and you wouldnt be able to just nip between 2 cars and back in again as they park end to end and rarely leave enough space to fit a buggy in/out. You also wouldnt be able to KNOW that you could get back in to the pavement again till you got there - what if there is no space to get in for several cars ?
We have recently had a building site on the road next to ours, the builders are lazy gits who have to park their cars/vans right by the site so are quite often using the whole of the pavement as a parking bay :mad: leaving no option but to run the gauntlet of in the road and out again before you are hit by a driver who wouldnt be able to see you nor you them until it was too late !
In the case of the OP, i think the car being on the pavement does have a bearing on how I would resolve the matter. I would also offer to pay a portion towards the repair only and point out why !Bow Ties ARE cool :cool:"Just because you are offended, doesnt mean you are right" Ricky Gervais
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Mids_Costcutter wrote: »The situation you describe is not typical: in Birmingham only 0.77% of households have 4 or more cars. I'm sure that in other parts of the country it's not that much higher. As others have pointed out if you're buying a car you really have to think about where you're going to park it. Unless a real emergency I can't think of a situation where pavement parking is acceptable.
Lots of people where I live I have 3-4 cars. One each for the parents, and then another one or two for their teenagers. And people who are couples often have 2 cars, so its very easy for parking to become congested.
I live in a cul de sac and only a few houses have drives and there is 1 alloted bit to park in. Its first come first serve, so if you get home later than about 5pm you have to park in the road. And in the summer hols when the teenagers are back from uni its packed. The road is not wide enough to have people parking on both sides, to allow a 3rd car to come in between them. So sometimes, 1 or 2 people put their cars half on the pavement so everyone else can drive past.
Seeing as its a cul de sac, its hardly a pain for someone to walk on the road instead of the pavement, I cant believe people get so annoyed about something like that!
It would be a lot more inconsiderate if people parked in the road and blocked other people from getting out!0 -
Seeing as its a cul de sac, its hardly a pain for someone to walk on the road instead of the pavement, I cant believe people get so annoyed about something like that!
It would be a lot more inconsiderate if people parked in the road and blocked other people from getting out!
Obviously never happened to you when its taken you over 10mins to get past 1 car then has it !Bow Ties ARE cool :cool:"Just because you are offended, doesnt mean you are right" Ricky Gervais0 -
Seeing as its a cul de sac, its hardly a pain for someone to walk on the road instead of the pavement, I cant believe people get so annoyed about something like that!
It would be a lot more inconsiderate if people parked in the road and blocked other people from getting out!
Thats not the point. It might not be a pain for people to walk around a car, using the road. But they shouldn't have to.
Pavements are made for pedestrians so that they aren't walking on roads, and they aren't causing accidents by doing this.
They aren't made for people with 5 cars to have additional parking.0 -
I knew there must be an advantage to having a house on the main road. Nobody parking outside your house and we have a drive big enough for six cars, yet only own one!
The thought of living in a cul-de-sac alongside pavement parkers makes me shudder."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
mishkanorman wrote: »Obviously never happened to you when its taken you over 10mins to get past 1 car then has it !
I know what you mean Mishka, it's not so bad now as it was because the worst culprits have moved but we still have some pavement parkers here.
They've obviously never had someone who was parked on the pavement reverse suddenly at some speed in icy conditions without clearing their rear windscreen... almost running over small children on the way to school!
But I expect that's the child's fault too right? And if my 7 year old had been knocked down and dented his bumper I should pay for it too?
Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession
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Many thanks for everyones replies.
Last night another neighbour chapped my door to say she heard about my son hitting the car. She said she has already complained to the police about he guy parking on the pavement, and the Police did pay him a visit.
The space on the pavement was NOT enough for someone on a bike, or a pram or a wheelchair to pass. I have taken photos of this.
The reason the parked cars wasnt an issue for me was because it is a few doors down (5 to be exact) and my sonn has just started to play with a little boy just down from that. It never entered my mind to say to the guy about his car being parked on the pavement (dont think it would matter anyway seeing as the police have already visited him and he still parks his car half on the pavement and half on the road)
I found out today that I have legal cover on my household insurance, so i spoke them, they have advised if my neighbour decides to take out a civil action they can defend it because he shouldnt have had his car on the pavement at all. So we will wait and see what happens.
Oh and people where asking what kind of scooter it was, it was a kids scooter that was bought out of Argos0 -
mishkanorman wrote: »Obviously never happened to you when its taken you over 10mins to get past 1 car then has it !
Considering in that time I could have walked a full mile, no it would never have happened.0 -
Considering in that time I could have walked a full mile, no it would never have happened.
It took 10 minutes to get past 1 car because I was unable to use the pavement and at rush hour there was no break in the traffic - only the good sense of one driver who blocked the moving traffic so i could get my children around the obstacle safely saved me from being there longer.
So if it wouldnt have happened to you, what would you have done ?Bow Ties ARE cool :cool:"Just because you are offended, doesnt mean you are right" Ricky Gervais0 -
Pretty much as above.
Did you see the damage ? - must have only been a scratch at most ?
If he comes back and says £20 then I would either pay (to maintain neighbourly relations) or offer half as he was blocking the pavement and effectively contributed to the accident.
If he comes back with quotes of hundreds of pounds then just tell him that before you agree to anything that you have an appointment with the council to go over what happened.
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