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

unholyangel

jgriggle wrote: »

I resent paying to park so I chose a job which is 5 minutes walk away from a residential street in which I can park for free.

So you criticise the homeowner/residents for taking the cheaper option despite there being on street parking available outside their homes, yet its perfectly fine for you to take the cheaper option and utilise that same street parking because you chose to work in the vicinity?


Not saying it belongs to them, just pointing out the snowflake hypocrisy in your logic.

Lets hope you never run into someone like my ex-neighbour or you'll come back to find your car totalled and - due to !!!!ing off any residents who may have seen what happened - no witnesses. Although in our case it was someone blocking access to the entire residential area - parked on a entrance road thats only wide enough for 1 vehicle, on a no waiting sign, on double yellow lines and within 5ft of a junction when there were plenty of spaces just 10-20ft away. I've never understood why some people would rather park like a !!!!! than walk an extra 10-20 ft.

asdesigned

cjdavies wrote: »

My bad, no because I choose to live somewhere where it's away from these things.

Also you are legally entitled to do so as the people who live there don't own the road and are more entitled to park there.

And that's my point. You don't have an issue parking your car when you come home from work, so it's easy for you not think it's an issue for others. I have said that no one has a legal leg here, it's just very frustrating when you have a long walk home after work because of other people's penny pinching. If you can park on your own drive then I suppose it is difficult to have empathy for others that live there regardless of their health or physical fitness as long as the commuters have an extra couple of quid in their pockets. Train stations have car parks for a reason and if you cannot afford to park there then get a job closer to where you live. maybe with a drive of your very own.

abubbler2

Its only a moral dilemma if you do so inconsiderately. I live in an area adjoining the Royal United Hospital in Bath, an organisation much wedded to "green" policies (which means restricting parking on site and ignoring the massive overflow into adjoining roads!) I used to park on my drive in order to allow the road space for those visiting and working at the hospital. I have also led in resisting yellow line and residents parking zones as people have to park somewhere and these will only move the problem elsewhere. Sadly, after the fifth time of being blocked into my drive by people squeezing two cars into a space by my gate which is only large enough for one, I have taken to parking in that space permanently, so if I need my car, I can use it. Yes, people do have a right to park on the road, but only if they are considerate to those who live there.

neilmcl

jgriggle wrote: »

I don't really care about the inconvenience to the residents or any offence I may be causing them.

And I think that says everything that needs to be said about some people's attitude. What a nice person you are.

asdesigned

neilmcl wrote: »

And I think that says everything that needs to be said about some people's attitude. What a nice person you are.

You are so right. I notice that the advocates of parking where the hell they like aren't the ones living in streets where it is an issue. If I have to travel somewhere I will look for a multi story, or long stay car park. Or if that is too expensive or i'm staying a while then I use a service like yourparkingspace where people rent out their drive way or allocated parking spot. You don't annoy anyone, save some money and it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Teapot55

asdesigned wrote: »

. . . If I have to travel somewhere I will look for a multi story, or long stay car park. Or if that is too expensive or i'm staying a while then I use a service like yourparkingspace where people rent out their drive way or allocated parking spot. You don't annoy anyone, save some money and it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Sort of hypothetical (I don't need to park anywhere) but not (have relative in housing association house miles away from me who has unused space on drive five minutes' walk from a major hospital) . . . surely if you 'rent out' your driveway you could get into big trouble, either with the housing association or the local council or the tax man or the benefits people (not sure if relative gets any benefits though)?

Andy_L

When I used to live in the parking catchment area for Watford Junction the parking problems wern't caused by commuters (because when I was coming home to park they were leaving, traffic problems yes: parking problems no). It was caused by us residents of Victorian terraces owning more cars than they was space to park them in

happyinflorida

Saving £1000 a year is not to be sniffed at, so yes, I'd do it.

Mercdriver

jgriggle wrote: »

I park every day on a street which is a row of terraced houses and have done for 14 years. None of these houses have driveways or front gardens, the only parking is on the street. It's a one way street and cars park either side.


I don't really care about the inconvenience to the residents or any offence I may be causing them. They chose to live on street which is close to the town centre and has no driveways or residents' parking. No-one forced them. I have as much right to park there as they do. Delivery services can access it fine - they just stop and block the road for a bit. As do the residents when they are unloading their shopping from their cars before going to find somewhere to park.


Being able to park my car outside my house is important to me and it would annoy me if I couldn't. This is precisely why I chose a house with a driveway.


The reality is that most of the residents' cars have already left by the time the commuters' cars arrive, and vice/versa at the end of the day.

Using your own argument, no one forced you to take a job that required you to commute and be subject to car parking charges. No one forced you to take a job that didn't pay you expenses for those parking fees either.

Stop being an arrogant ignorant muppet.

jgriggle

neilmcl wrote: »

And I think that says everything that needs to be said about some people's attitude. What a nice person you are.

I'm quite lovely according to my friends and family.


I stand by what I said though - if you own a car but choose to live in a house which has no drive, on a street with no residents' parking scheme you rather bring these problems on yourself.


I'm not shelling out the best part of £2000 a year for the car park just to appease some total strangers who think that living in a house gives them more right to park on the road outside it than anyone else.


Anyone's free to park in the street where I live. However it doesn't bother me as I chose a house with a driveway. Private, off-street parking is one of my non-negotiables when choosing somewhere to live.