Kids playing football in the street/cars

aileth

I feel your football pain OP. I'd be interested to know what a PCSO would say as I've been close to ringing 101 sometimes. We don't have a garage, just a drive, and I visibly twitch when I hear the sound of football against metal.

I hope you get somewhere talking to the parent/parents, as unfortunately we have done with our football pest and were met with a tirade of abuse. Good luck.

iwb100

Bottom line is that having kids does not give you a special "right" to irritate anyone else or interfere with their lives.

If someone doesn't like a ball being kicked against their house, then it's their house and their wishes should be respected. If they don't want kids running on their lawn, again their lawn, their choice. And that must be respected.

If they don't like a ball hitting their car, then again their car and that should be respected.

Having kids does not give you the right to do whatever you like to your neighbours just because your children are "playing". The fact people are suggesting it does, is ridiculous. I'd not be happy if they were booting footballs near my car. Or running on my lawn or flowerbeds or kicking the ball against my house. When you have kids you need to do what most decent parents do, and make sure they have somewhere safe to play that doesn't infringe on the lives of other people. Bottom line.

nodiscount

Q519: Can ball games be legally played on a public road?



Aside from the legal issues it is not safe for children to play on roads. This can also cause a nuisance for lots of people in the area who are wary of driving down the street for fear of knocking over a child or getting their cars damaged.

Putting aside possible traffic or public order issues, it is generally an offence to play ball games on a public road/street, if it is to the annoyance of residents and other users of the street. It is an offence created as a bye-law by the local council. This may not apply to every street, there could be some designated as 'play streets' (and similar), where games are allowed, and the bye-law may not exist at all in some towns.

If this is is a problem in your street, then contact your local neighbourhood policing team who will be able to offer advice and assistance.

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q519.htm

aileth

nodiscount wrote: »

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q519.htm

Oh my god is this true? Thank you so much for finding this. Now I have some ammunition to strap to my belt seeing as I can't do anything if they scale my 6-7 foot fence and traipse around my secure back garden (which is a bloody joke).

Al1x

I wouldn't be too happy either if there a lot of kids playing football outside my house. We have had a ball kicked through our front window by kids playing football across the street (we live on a main road as well)