Gants Hill residents fed up of ‘stupid’ fines for cars parked on drives

Johno100

Hong_Kong_Phooey. wrote: »

How can there be no obstruction caused if the car over hangs the footpath?

photome

Stoke wrote: »

Agreed, so what small car do you recommend for a family of perhaps 5 or 6? Dad, Mum, Three Kids? You might get away with something like a Ford Focus for a family of 5, but then modern Focus' would probably be too big as well. Family of 6 and you've got bob hope chance of fitting in anything smaller than either a people carrier or something a bit ridiculous like of those Honda FR-V things with three front seats... which thinking about it, and FR-V is probably too big as well.

I suppose povvos like this should just stop pro-creating right?

What are povvos and why do you keep calling all this streets residents povvos

Johno100

photome wrote: »

What are povvos and why do you keep calling all this streets residents povvos

povvo (plural povvos)

(slang) one who is poor, a pauper

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/povvo

alanrowell

Possible solutions

1) Smaller car
2) Move.

The End.

Norman_Castle

^ They could remove the bay windows.

Stoke

alanrowell wrote: »

Possible solutions

1) Smaller car
2) Move.

The End.

Move where?

Aylesbury_Duck

alanrowell wrote: »

Possible solutions

1) Smaller car
2) Move.

The End.

3) Accept the occasional fines

It's probably cheaper than moving.

Aylesbury_Duck

Stoke wrote: »

Move where?

It's up to each householder that isn't prepared to switch their car to a model that will fit on their drive and isn't prepared to accept being fined. Moving would surely be a last resort whereas switching cars would probably be a sensible step to avoid being fined in the future.

I'll say it again. No one would buy a bed too big to fit into their bedroom, a bath too long to fit in the bathroom, a sofa too big to fit in their living room or a range cooker to fit into a standard 600mm appliance space. Why is buying a car too big to fit on your drive different? If you need a large car for whatever reason, you need to find a place where you can park it correctly. It's no one else's responsibility other than your own. It's not the council's responsibility to bend the rules to allow you to do what you want because you "need" to park your car outside your house.

peachyprice

Roland_Sausage wrote: »

There's a tube station nearby? Then they can park their cars 5 miles away and get the tube home. Sorted!

Yes, that would work, especially when all the other tube stations have similar parking restrictions in the nearby streets.

I suppose they could stay in hotels from Monday to Saturday and use the car park there, then park on their street on Sunday. Sorted.

adonis

Stoke wrote: »

Agreed, so what small car do you recommend for a family of perhaps 5 or 6? Dad, Mum, Three Kids? You might get away with something like a Ford Focus for a family of 5, but then modern Focus' would probably be too big as well. Family of 6 and you've got bob hope chance of fitting in anything smaller than either a people carrier or something a bit ridiculous like of those Honda FR-V things with three front seats... which thinking about it, and FR-V is probably too big as well.

I suppose povvos like this should just stop pro-creating right?

Reminds me of this story,
A man with eight kids boarded a bus, when they were all seated there was no room for him so he clung swaying to a strap.

Another passenger sized up the situation and tapped him on the shoulder,
f**ked yourself out of a seat didn't you.:rotfl:

How many residents have f**ked themselves out of a parking space.;).