lorry parking

globalds

Iceweasel wrote: »

You haven't picked up on any my points.

LeeUK is right - a truck operator needs a base to operate from and keep the vehicles overnight.

But is the truck really there 'overnight' - it might just be for a couple of hours and co-incidentally with the time you set off for work.

Is it there at mid-night for example?

yes ..it is parked up if I go out in the evening and I head for work at 7:40 a.m.

I guess the waste site does day hours ..8:00 or 9:00 open ?

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It is not parked over weekends

Iceweasel

OK then - that is breaking the terms of the Operators Licence.

You would be perfectly correct in notifying this to your local DVSA office.

The operator will get a ticking off - nothing more - and the vehicle will not be left there overnight again.

Good luck.

societys_child

Iceweasel wrote: »

OK then - that is breaking the terms of the Operators Licence.

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Unless the company premises are 150 miles away and the driver is "outbased" every night.
Not all trunks can return to the depot every night, thousands don't, even skip wagons. Recycling requires particular waste to be delivered to waste sites that can handle/ process it, a lot of it gets shifted around.

Obviously we don't know , perhaps the op should put some effort in and find out, if it bothers them so much.

Iceweasel

societys_child wrote: »

Unless the company premises are 150 miles away and the driver is "outbased" every night.
Not all trunks can return to the depot every night, thousands don't, even skip wagons. Recycling requires particular waste to be delivered to waste sites that can handle/ process it, a lot of it gets shifted around.

Obviously we don't know , perhaps the op should put some effort in and find out, if it bothers them so much.

I agree - not returning to the home base every night is fine - but parking in the same spot for a few nights every week might not be fine if it bothers local residents.

londonTiger

complaining the the council will be the first port of call. Permits and licenses are money spinners for the council and if a truck fleet is using public roads to park [read: without paying taxes/duties/permits] then the council is going to come down on them.

There was a scrapper down my road who was leaving junk on his flatbed for days on end. The council then splash a DESIST, COUNCIL AWARE stick all across the drivers door. Then I never saw the flatbed ever again.

neilmcl

globalds wrote: »

...when it happens across from you ..take the high road and leave it ..

Is it "across from you", I thought it was at the end of the road?

At the end of the day if it's not causing an obstruction or even causing a nuisance what's the big problem.

globalds

neilmcl wrote: »

Is it "across from you", I thought it was at the end of the road?

At the end of the day if it's not causing an obstruction or even causing a nuisance what's the big problem.

...when it happens across from you ..take the high road and leave it ..;)

sheesh ...some of you people are hard work ...I have my answer ..thanks everyone for the useful replies ..Next time I want to discuss ethics and morality I will post up that I am having some kind of soul searching episode...:rotfl:

gpc273

If you get no joy with your council then you can try your Traffic Commissioner, this is the department that run's the O licence system and believe me they wield real power in the LGV world.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/traffic-commissioners

mgdavid

globalds wrote: »

......
I am more concerned that a company would see fit to use my street as parking....... ..

it's not your street, anyone can use it.

londonTiger

mgdavid wrote: »

it's not your street, anyone can use it.

It's a residential street, not meant for haulage companies to park their fleet on.