My parked car keeps getting scratched by passing traffic

Jackmydad

The only real answer is to move somewhere with parking.
We all park on the road at some time, some of us have nowhere else to keep our motors, but having a space to park on the road isn't guaranteed, let alone having a safe place to park.

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EdGasketTheSecond said:

But you might not be able to drive far either otherwise we'd all be getting £300 cars wouldn't we?

I suspect that the reliability (or not) of a £300 car isn't the reason why most people don't have them. I got rid of my last £300 car because I couldn't see it passing another MOT without some awkward welding. I'd have quite happily driven it to Lands End and back (around 700 miles round trip), and fully expected to get home without using measurable amounts of oil or water. My current car isn't a £300 car though because I want it to last 25 years, it would have been cheaper to buy a £300-£500 one every year but I'm getting too old to chase round looking under and around old cars now

Norman_Castle

OP, you're dealing with school run parents, both you and your car are irrelevant.

Undervalued

k3lvc said:

spiritus said:

KimJongUn88 said:

So you openly admit to parking on the apex of a corner which is causing an obstruction.  
You also openly admit to parking so as to reduce the width of the carriageway to a single lane.
You have caused this situation yourself.  

Don't be such a tool.
If you can go back to reading school you will notice that I said the street was reduced to one lane only due to parked car(S)...plural.
I also did not say I parked at the corner. I park outside my house which is at the apex of a curve in the road. 

So the (simple) answer you received isn't the one you want so you go on the attack.
You are one of the car(s) and therefore part of the problem. Curve vs corner is pedantic - the location of your car is causing enough of an obstruction that people are hitting it. Move it and let someone else take the damage

Quite!

Until a resident's parking scheme was introduced I used to live with the same problem. I didn't suffer from getting my own car scratched as I have a driveway (although getting in and out was a nightmare).

Technically, as I understand it, when cars park opposite each other the second one may be committing an offence if it reduces the available road width below a certain amount. However it is very difficult to get it enforced as there is no power to compel the keeper of the vehicle to say when it was parked. So unless a constable sees the second car park (and can be bothered) little happens!

OP, there is no divine right to park in your favourite spot on a public road! You may well be legally entitled to park there (unless you are the second car and make the road too narrow) but that doesn't mean it is wise to do so.

Otherwise, like we did, your only option is to campaign for residents parking (if your council has such schemes). Pester your local councillors etc. 

In fact if any changes are introduced regarding parking restrictions, the road will have to comply with modern regulations. That may mean double yellow lines opposite any parking bays etc if the width is below the current specifications.

treeroy

k3lvc said:

spiritus said:

KimJongUn88 said:

So you openly admit to parking on the apex of a corner which is causing an obstruction.  
You also openly admit to parking so as to reduce the width of the carriageway to a single lane.
You have caused this situation yourself.  

Don't be such a tool.
If you can go back to reading school you will notice that I said the street was reduced to one lane only due to parked car(S)...plural.
I also did not say I parked at the corner. I park outside my house which is at the apex of a curve in the road. 

So the (simple) answer you received isn't the one you want so you go on the attack.
You are one of the car(s) and therefore part of the problem. Curve vs corner is pedantic - the location of your car is causing enough of an obstruction that people are hitting it. Move it and let someone else take the damage

You have clearly never had to live with on street parking. Consider yourself lucky that you have a driveway because the OPs situation is common for  ALOT of people in teh UK.

to OP; Not much you can do, other than parking closer to pavement / wheels on pavement; placing a cone there (probably won't stop it); or, ultimately, finding a parking spot further down the road.

k3lvc

treeroy said:

k3lvc said:

spiritus said:

KimJongUn88 said:

So you openly admit to parking on the apex of a corner which is causing an obstruction.  
You also openly admit to parking so as to reduce the width of the carriageway to a single lane.
You have caused this situation yourself.  

Don't be such a tool.
If you can go back to reading school you will notice that I said the street was reduced to one lane only due to parked car(S)...plural.
I also did not say I parked at the corner. I park outside my house which is at the apex of a curve in the road. 

So the (simple) answer you received isn't the one you want so you go on the attack.
You are one of the car(s) and therefore part of the problem. Curve vs corner is pedantic - the location of your car is causing enough of an obstruction that people are hitting it. Move it and let someone else take the damage

You have clearly never had to live with on street parking. Consider yourself lucky that you have a driveway because the OPs situation is common for  ALOT of people in teh UK.

That's a grand assumption to make from my words
OP has 2 options, either park somewhere else or continue to receive damage

Undervalued

treeroy said:

k3lvc said:

spiritus said:

KimJongUn88 said:

So you openly admit to parking on the apex of a corner which is causing an obstruction.  
You also openly admit to parking so as to reduce the width of the carriageway to a single lane.
You have caused this situation yourself.  

Don't be such a tool.
If you can go back to reading school you will notice that I said the street was reduced to one lane only due to parked car(S)...plural.
I also did not say I parked at the corner. I park outside my house which is at the apex of a curve in the road. 

So the (simple) answer you received isn't the one you want so you go on the attack.
You are one of the car(s) and therefore part of the problem. Curve vs corner is pedantic - the location of your car is causing enough of an obstruction that people are hitting it. Move it and let someone else take the damage

You have clearly never had to live with on street parking. Consider yourself lucky that you have a driveway because the OPs situation is common for  ALOT of people in teh UK.

to OP; Not much you can do, other than parking closer to pavement / wheels on pavement; placing a cone there (probably won't stop it); or, ultimately, finding a parking spot further down the road.

There is no divine right to own a car if you don't have anywhere sufficiently safe and secure to keep it! Obviously if parked on a public road you must comply with the law and even then the chances of sustaining damage are higher than if it is on your own land.

In London and some other areas parking with the wheels on the pavement is an automatic parking offence. Even if it is not a simple parking offence where you live, it is technically an offence to drive a vehicle on the footway. Not often enforced (sadly) but it can be and even get you points on your licence!

There is no right to place a cone on a public road and you could potentially be liable for any damage it causes.

kev25v6

Park further into the road to make them pass one at a time, if the gap looks big enough they will try get through it, if it looks way too small they might not risk it. 

Hermione_Granger

spiritus said:

Don't be such a tool.
If you can go back to reading school you will notice that I said the street was reduced to one lane only due to parked car(S)...plural.
I also did not say I parked at the corner. I park outside my house which is at the apex of a curve in the road. 

You park your car in such a position that it is constantly getting damaged and you state that you could avoid this by parking elsewhere yet you won't do this because the parking spot is right outside your house.
Who exactly is the "tool"?

Johno100

kev25v6 said:

Park further into the road to make them pass one at a time, if the gap looks big enough they will try get through it, if it looks way too small they might not risk it. 

But some councils have the power to fine you if you are parked more than 19 inches away from the kerb, so that may not work.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253119/Traffic-wardens-given-tape-measures-fine-motorists-70-parking-19-inches-kerb.html