Reserving spaces on a public road

marleyboy

On the public road around the corner from me, one house has a handwritten "NO PARKING"sign posted in their terraced house window.

It makes me laugh, as each time I pass their house, the sign gets more larger, bolder, demanding and\or aggressive. Nobody seems to pay any attention to it, to the point I am almost convinced people will deliberately park outside their house just to make a point. I thank the Lord that I have a driveway in my cul-de-sac.

Carpi09

tanith wrote: »

Would it annoy your if it were a neighbour though? or would you like me be miffed but just put up with it?:o

It would depend on how many cars my neighbour had. If they had 3+ vehicles and continued to use the space directly outside my house, I would get very annoyed. However, if they only had one car and someone had parked in their space, I would understand.

Should that become a regular occurrence, I would find out why this is happening and request that person who keeps taking the space to stop. Especially if they never move it.

Angry_Fanboy

Carpi09 wrote: »

Should that become a regular occurrence, I would find out why this is happening and request that person who keeps taking the space to stop. Especially if they never move it.

And hopefully that person's response to your request to stop would be something along the lines of, "You have no claim whatsoever to that patch of tarmac simply because it is outside your house. My car is taxed and insured and can be parked on the public road wherever I choose as long as it is legal and safe to do so. Good day to you."

marvin

Angry_Fanboy wrote: »

And hopefully that person's response to your request to stop would be something along the lines of, "You have no claim whatsoever to that patch of tarmac simply because it is outside your house. My car is taxed and insured and can be parked on the public road wherever I choose as long as it is legal and safe to do so. Good day to you."

I rented a house in a quiet country village for a couple of months with a girlfriend and outside that house, although legal to do so, parking caused a bit of an obstruction to the road so I decided to park on a stretch of road 100 yards further down where it would not cause an obstruction.

One morning on getting back to my car I had a note on it saying that these spaces were for the exclusive parking of the residents there and no one else. I looked around could see no official signs saying residents of numbers 1-5 only and put the note back through their letter box with something similar to what you suggest written upon it.

Angry_Fanboy

marvin wrote: »

I looked around could see no official signs saying residents of numbers 1-5 only and put the note back through their letter box with something similar to what you suggest written upon it.

And quite rightly too.

I'm amazed how many people feel they have some sort of entitlement to the patch of public road in front of their house.

I park in whatever space I can find closest to my home, and fully expect my neighbours to do the same.

beverleykim

Well I am one of those people that put a cone outside of my house and before you all have a go let me explain why. I live 5 minutes walk from a station, and I am sick and tired of people parking their cars outside of my home and commuting to London whilst there is plenty of spaces available at the station. Our road is like a car park with selfish people parking both sides of the road and causing obstruction, blocking drives and deliveries. We would be in awful trouble should an ambulance or fire engine urgently be needed. The problem is we are the only village around that does not have parking restrictions so we have people driving for miles (and I mean miles) to park their car free of charge and catch the train to London. We also have people that leave their cars for two weeks at a go whilst they then catch the train to the airport for their holidays, very inconsiderate. Our neighbours and I have had enough, we have deliveries not turn up before as the van or lorry cannot get down our road, the road sweeper could only manage to get down half of the road, and the police have had to be called to remove cars so that a removal lorry could get down because cars park both sides and so closely it is hardly possible to get a car down. Cars park close to corners making pulling out of our road very dangerous too. I am fed up with these inconsiderate drivers and await the outcome of our local council decision regarding parking restrictions here, even if we have to pay for permits.

Carpi09

Angry_Fanboy wrote: »

And hopefully that person's response to your request to stop would be something along the lines of, "You have no claim whatsoever to that patch of tarmac simply because it is outside your house. My car is taxed and insured and can be parked on the public road wherever I choose as long as it is legal and safe to do so. Good day to you."

Well considering we have a drive, anyone who blocks this and then responds with your challenge would be put into a category of stupid.

It is common courtesy to allow permanent residents to have a space outside their own home. They are not claiming any Tarmac.... When you have had a long hard day a work, what you dont need is someone preventing you from parking near your own home.

So tell me, you can't find any legal car space for over 1 mile because they are occupied by tourists who are visiting for a week. They do not plan to move their car, you are telling me, you are happy parking a mile away from your home because you think this is fine.

aileth

Slightly off on a tangent, but we live on a cul-de-sac where the road width is -just- wide enough to carefully and slowly pass if there's two cars. There is a road next to our cul-de-sac where you could see your car easily from any window of any of the houses and which has umpteen spaces on. Are people really so lazy that they have to park their car on the cul-de-sac, causing inconvenience for others (If they park opposite a driveway on one side, it is very very difficult to get out or in, sometimes impossible if they park with a 'wide berth') rather than just park it a few metres extra away and be able to see it? I really understand the damage argument, worrying when you can't see your car, but what about this situation? Surely it's pure laziness!

ginger_jesus

At my sister's old flat in Glasgow unallocated parking spaces were provided in the car park outside. It was free for anyone, residents or otherwise. One of her neighbours drove a sports car and used to reverse park it at the far right hand side of the car park, but would always deliberately leave it straddling the white line separating the two spaces. I took this to be to try to ensure there was a respectful distance left between his pride and joy and anyone else's car. Out of principle I always parked my old banger as close to his as I could manage so that he couldn't open the drivers' door.

unholyangel

1886 wrote: »

I can totally see why people do it if they're having a skip delivered or a removal van is coming but to do it to reserve parking for themselves is really, really ignorant..

I think moving the cones is funny, maybe a word could be written out of the cones lol

May I suggest gathering with a group of friends, a foldaway table/chairs etc and then sit around the table, each wearing a cone while enjoying some tea and scones. Perhaps sandwiches too if you want to make a day of it. If you frequent any MMO's or the like, you could even turn it into a meet.

Heck i'm pretty sure if you put the suggestion out on fb.....people will volunteer to do it on your behalf as part of one of those flash mob things.

pmduk wrote: »

Sadly, many motorists are selfish, look how many park illegally despite there being available visible legal parking spaces . here have been police officers locally caught illegally parking marked police vehicles so they can go shopping. (They've been [STRIKE]disciplined for it[/STRIKE] told not to get caught again.)

My mums neighbour, cant drive and gets no visitors. She gets picked up once every 2 weeks on a sunday by her family and taken to theirs for dinner. Yet she is convinced its illegal for anyone to park outside her home. If you dare stop outside hers (for even 5-10 mins while running in to drop something off)....you will be verbally assaulted, have a note left on your car and (more frequently lately) she will take to trying to throw stuff (sticks, buckets of water....whatever she can get her hands on) over you or the car.

Its a quiet residential street. They dont have people parking there for a station or town centre or anything of the sorts. I usually park either up or in front of their driveway, but if their car isnt there (or if i know one of them will be going out shortly) and they could be back any second.....I have to park in front of someone elses.