Esate Living, is it normal for cars to park...

gazzabboi

could always drop a box of nails outside your house, that will make your neighbours reluctant to park there again.

sonastin

Our village comprises long rows of terraced houses on a major road plus our little estate which has decent wide roads and plenty of space for on-road parking. Some of the terraced houses are owned by a housing association. Needless to say there isn't enough space on the main road for all the residents cars to be safely parked and some of the folks in the village park round the corner on our side road. The stuck-up full-of-herself thinks-she-better-than-everyone neighbour at the end of our street spray painted the round outside her house with the words "this is not a housing association car park".

Now, I am pretty sure that it is perfectly legal for people to park their cars on any public highway provided it isn't subject to the parking restrictions set out in the highway code - even people who rent from the housing association. Pretty sure that ain't going to impinge on anyone's parking rights.

And I am pretty sure that I'd prefer my neighbours in the village to park safely on our side street than be forced to park unsafely on the main road, or try to squeeze too close to the junction which blocks visibility of the traffic and makes it dangerous to pull out.

What I can't understand is why she can think she is so much more important than everyone else that she is entitled to graffiti the public highway in order to protect her view (which is of the back alley behind the terraced houses btw!)

I agree in a perfect world no one would park outside anyone else's house but there's a lot more in this world to fix before we get round to that one.

amiehall

I honestly can't see what the issue is. It's just the road, you don't own it. Why is it such a big deal to park a few houses down, wherever a space is free. This is how a normal road works surely? I would be annoyed about people blocking the pavement, but the idea that the space directly outside your house belongs to you is one that I find really annoying. Surely everyone parks in the closest free space to their house and that's how cars end up in the space in front of your house? Why does it matter? Considering that you have your own garage, it doesn't even affect you!

Manchee

I've gotta say, all those comments about taking up more space than is needed and moving cars from the garage onto the road just to make a point - thats just really selfish, creating more difficulties for the rest of the community around you. Shame on those with that kind of attitude, thats whats so wrong with the world now days, the kinda thinking of "fu@k everyone else, I'm alright Jack". Pah.

Lord_Baltimore

RedfordML wrote: »

To be fair, as pointed about by plenty and I agree, I own the house not the road, fair enough.

Having relected on it over the last 12-24hrs and coming back to an empty road, I agree there are bigger and more important things to worry about.

Fair enough, you're evidently not sufficiently concerned about the difficulties your partner experiences with the buggy or the frustration you expressed in the OP.

I suppose people in wheelchairs who can't get past cars on the pavement will have to suck it up too; and blind people; and kids.

Sometimes ignorance and un-neighbourly activity can have further consequences but we can leave it to those who can't see or can't walk to sort out their own problems.

Manchee wrote: »

Shame on those with that kind of attitude, thats whats so wrong with the world now days, the kinda thinking of "fu@k everyone else, I'm alright Jack". Pah.

Once the context changes, so does the focus of that statement.

Kaz2904

Our council are in the process of removing the pavements in my road. We are a tucked away terraced cul de sac, some noises have drives and garages, most do not. Because we are a narrow Victorian street, everyone parks up on the pavement down both sides of the road. If they didn't, it would be impossible to get up the road. Nobody walks on the pavements, we all walk down the middle of the road.
This only works because we are a small community who know each other, the kids all play out in our road too. It's impossible to come up here fast as it's tight even with people up on pavements both sides, it's a bit of a hill and you never know when a child could dart out in front of your car.
Most of us are considerate with our parking.
In fact, we returned at 10:30pm one Christmas Eve and our neighbour came rushing out to move their car from in front of our house. We said to leave it as we were off out the next day anyway and we have legs and can walk up the hill.
A couple of times I have gone out to people parked in front of mine and asked them to drop their car down the hill so they are half across my gate because I am right on the end where people turn and they are likely to get hit but if people know the road, they know I don't have a buggy so can come across my gate.
We all know who's cars are who's so can go and knock on the door to get it shifted if necessary (it seldom is though).

The work to our road is only happening because of the shocking state of the carriageway but they did consult with residents to see what the preferred plan was. We are keeping the original gulleys by the kerbs, losing the kerbs and it will all be flat but at least will have the "look" of a pavement when the road's empty.
When we had the jubilee, we all just wheeled bbq's and tables and chairs out the front too! It was mad chaos with all the kids and dogs and cats rampaging through the houses

Manchee

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Once the context changes, so does the focus of that statement.

Maybe I'm being a bit dim, but what do you mean?

Lord_Baltimore

Manchee wrote: »

Maybe I'm being a bit dim, but what do you mean?

Well, without unpicking the whole thread, it goes something like this:

1. Some people habitually park on pavements;
2. This can inconvenience anyone who uses the pavements (perhaps particularly the disabled);
3. Some of us think this is ignorant;
4. Options for dealing with the ignorant are limited and there is very little local residents can do about it except to respond in a manner that encourages people to think about the consequences of their ignorance. This is achieved by inconveniencing them.
5. You appear to feel that responding to ignorance is 'what is wrong with the world today';
6. Others, me included, feel a response wouldn't be necessary if everyone took a little more time to consider their neighbours and the less fortunate.

I agree tit for tat isn't the most desirable solution but during the cold war 'mutually assured destruction' kept the World from annihilation .

tupelotomemphis

My brother used to smash one of the car windows with a catapult from his bedroom at night if anyone parked outside his house. It did seem to work!:whistle: