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

Aylesbury_Duck

trinidadone wrote: »

so what would you do then, make a rule only for this street to have one car???

There's no need for another rule. The ones in place are sufficient. Residents can own as many cars as they like, as long as they can park them all legally. It seems that some can't park one in a compliant manner.

trinidadone

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

That's alright then. They should just be allowed to carry on and never mind the rules.

Or perhaps they should only buy cars that fit on their property. Would they buy a sofa that was too big to fit in their living room and expect the overhang to poke through a party wall into a neighbour's lounge? Yeah, why not.

The drivers have lived 20, 30 or even 40 years in this street, with cars and not a problem. all of a sudden its now a problem. I think a solution is needed, rather than a typical blame the drivers. This could be a cash strapped council to fill the empty coppers.

Aylesbury_Duck

trinidadone wrote: »

The drivers have lived 20, 30 or even 40 years in this street, with cars and not a problem. all of a sudden its now a problem. I think a solution is needed, rather than a typical blame the drivers. This could be a cash strapped council to fill the empty coppers.

There appears to be a solution. Park properly and legally or get fined.

I may choose to speed along the same stretch of road every day for 40 years. Does that make it ok to do continue to do so because if I get caught, my defence is: "all of a sudden it's a problem"?

trinidadone

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

No they are not. The photo in the article clearly shows they are not. Whether the council will continue to enforce the rules is another matter, but they aren't parked legally.

We must be seeing two different pictures then. I see a row of cars parked on driveways infront of residents street doors, with very short drive ways. I guess you see different, so we will agree to disagree.

trinidadone

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

There appears to be a solution. Park properly and legally or get fined.

I may choose to speed along the same stretch of road every day for 40 years. Does that make it ok to do continue to do so because if I get caught, my defence is: "all of a sudden it's a problem"?

your speeding is unrelated to the residents parked on this street.

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

trinidadone wrote: »

They are parked legally, they are on their own property, outside their home

Not if their vehicle overhangs their property. If the car don't fit fine somewhere else to park.

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

trinidadone wrote: »

We must be seeing two different pictures then. I see a row of cars parked on driveways infront of residents street doors, with very short drive ways. I guess you see different, so we will agree to disagree.

Yes, driveways unsuitable for modern cars.

molerat

trinidadone wrote: »

your speeding is unrelated to the residents parked on this street.

It's the same, just because you have committed an offence for a long time does not make it OK. Parking hanging over the footpath really annoys me.

Stoke

Some fairly harsh people on this forum.

nicechap

trinidadone wrote: »

so what would you do then, make a rule only for this street to have one car??? maybe the reason why the car owners are parking at a 90 degree angle is because the driveways might be like that? no one has come up with a honorable solution as yet???

No, but they are the ones who have more assets than space to store them, so its a problem of their own, selfish, making.

Maybe they should look into renting garages nearby - gumtree suggests it'd be cheaper than tickets.

https://www.gumtree.com/garage-parking-to-rent/ilford