Street Parking

Barny1979

bryanb wrote: »

Er? No, a disabled bay is for people with a disabled badge, if it's on public road. Try checking if you think different. I can't be bothered to do it for you.

If the bay is an advisory disabled bay, it is unenforceable and anyone can park in there, blue badge displayed or not. If it is formally backed by a legal order and signing and appropriate lining, only vehicles displaying a blue badge can be parked in the bay.

bryanb

Barny1979 wrote: »

If the bay is an advisory disabled bay, it is unenforceable and anyone can park in there, blue badge displayed or not. If it is formally backed by a legal order and signing and appropriate lining, only vehicles displaying a blue badge can be parked in the bay.

My statement was regarding a disabled bay, not any other type.
With appropriate signs, road markings, TRO.

Anything else is just paint on the road.

Barny1979

bryanb wrote: »

My statement was regarding a disabled bay, not any other type.

As was mine.

soupdragon10

Oh for goodness sake, your boyfriend is able to walk from wherever there is a space. There is no automatic entitlement to park outside your house, having lived in a terraced house in a busy street I sometimes had to park in the next street. It never occurred to me to insist that my neighbours moved so I could park outside my house.

If you don't like the situation either apply for a dropped curb and park in the front garden or move somewhere with a driveway.

GwylimT

It's a public street anyone can park where they want, if your boyfriend wants to be able to park in a certain area then he shouldn't have chosen a property without dedicated parking.

Do you really expect people in the street to sit looking out the window all night until they can move their car in front of their house? Most people have far better things to do with their time.

specialboy

bryanb wrote: »

Er? No, a disabled bay is for people with a disabled badge, if it's on public road. Try checking if you think different. I can't be bothered to do it for you.

Anyone can park in a marked out disabled bay on the road unless there is a sign on a post saying otherwise, check it out.

bryanb

specialboy wrote: »

Anyone can park in a marked out disabled bay on the road unless there is a sign on a post saying otherwise, check it out.

A bay without a sign IS NOT a disabled bay.

I am aware of the requirements for disabled parking, as said in post 33 - check it out!

Norman_Castle

We have had a lot of trouble, including a note on the car just after my grandad died telling us we were not to use the disabled parking space because we were all able bodied.
we spoke to the council about this issue as i said before and they told us we were ok to keep using it until they came to take it away.

I am an honest person which is why i informed the council of every update after my grandad died.

Ive never had to deal with a situation like this before, hence the post. I myself am also not a driver so I'm at a loss as to how i should proceed.

If you are happy to speak to them start by politely asking them to leave space for another car when possible. Mention, un-accusingly, the note on the car and state how insensitive you found it and explain you advised the council and their response to you.
They do sound as though they have resentment about the disabled bay or possibly the motability car.

Throbbe

AdrianC wrote: »

It's a parking space on a public road. No more, no less. Everybody with a road-legal car has just as much right to it as anybody else, no matter where they live.

If your neighbours think they're somehow "winning", then leave them to their petty pleasures, and laugh inside at how empty their lives must be.

I wish I could 'like' this more than once.

Either the people in question are not the ones that contacted the local authority and it's just coincidence that they park outside the property, and you're making your own life a misery by getting upset about it, or they are small minded idiots, and you're making your own life a misery by getting upset about it.

Apart from the odd longer walk you have nothing to lose by rising above it, and you will have greater peace of mind, which is worth a lot more.

pinkteapot

I really doubt they're doing this to spite you. They just roll to a stop, get out and go into their house. It's a bit thoughtless to park such that a second car can't fit in, but that's all. Why should they come out and move their car as soon as humanly possible? If a space is vacated in front of their house and it bothers you that much, move your own car into it so it's closer to your house.

Don't put notes through the door - it really gets peoples' backs up. If you see them, have a friendly word and say would you mind parking closer to the end of the space next time, so we can fit our car in behind yours? They probably haven't even thought about the fact that two would fit there.

You're also assuming they were the curtain-twitchers who complained to the council. You don't know for sure that they were.