Money Moral Dilemma: Should I park outside someone else's house to avoid paying?

SeduLOUs

Norman_Castle wrote: »

If you resent paying to park why did you choose a job which involves £8 per day parking as part of your commute?

He didn't - he has access to free parking in a nearby residential area.

andygb

I had this problem when I was commuting to London. The weekly parking would have added another £25 per week onto my already astronomic costs, so I parked about half a mile away from the station in a very quiet, unrestricted, quiet street on the outskirts of the village. For a few days it was OK, and then I returned from work one evening, to find stickers all over my windscreen on the driver's side, telling me in no uncertain terms not to park there (someone must have had real OCD, given the amout of stickers). I wasn't even parked near anyone's drive, yet some NIMBY just thought I shouldn't be there. It took an absolute age to get the stickers off the screen.
I didn't park there again, because I wasn't sure what would happen if I did.

Loanranger

I am shocked at the me me me attitude displayed here.

SeduLOUs

Loanranger wrote: »

I am shocked at the me me me attitude displayed here.

From who? The people parking legally or the residents who think they own the street?

POLAR_BILL

A lot of people work in London earning way more than if they work locally. They want their high wages but don't want to pay for parking. It is a huge problem in my town and parking causes problems for other road users and emergency vehicles.

2bFrank

If your not causing any blockages over driveways or making the road any more difficult to traverse then go for it, you pay road tax as much as they do.

But I'd park in a different location each day, and not outside the same house, otherwise I'd imagine one day you won't have a car to come back too.

My mum lives right near the tram station, and they have a private residential car park, with just enough space for the residents, mon-fri you could never find a space because of the idiot commuters. However one of the residents family got together after one commuter was agressive to the resident when pulled up, needless to say no commuter parks there now.

You need to be considerate because you don't know who you are antagonising.

Ebe_Scrooge

I used to live a few miles away from an area where this happened a lot - loads of side streets with unrestricted parking, commuters used to park there rather than paying to park at the nearby train station. The residents complained to the council, submitted a petition etc., to get the council to do something. The council did end up doing something - put double yellow lines all round, meaning the residents could no longer park there either.


Why they did that, rather than introducing a residents' permit scheme, I have no idea. But suffice to say the residents were not happy !

pugsydog

We have a single track, private road. It's near a station. The abuse we get from people who think it's a public road, even though it is signed as private, is unbelievable and downright intimidating. Friends on the public road are also abused if they dare to ask people to park considerately. The local bus often can't get through.

GeorgeHerts

The street belongs to everyone, not to the adjacent homeowners. If there is an unused space, you have a right (and it is definitely *not* immoral) to park there.


If there are seldom any unused spaces, then the parking should be metered. For everyone, including the homeowners. The Council should not allow itself to be bludgeoned into limited-time rules, or "no parking" for a short part of the day, to benefit the homeowners. Homeowners who leave rubbish (or nicked traffic cones) in parking spaces to "reserve" them should be fined.


If a homeowner wants his own parking space, then he should lease a private one, or buy a house with a drive.


Geo.

A_Star

I'm shocked at how inconsiderate people are on here! Not exactly being nice to fellow humans. Just because it's legal to park doesn't mean it's right.