Parking motorhomes on residential streets

Herzlos

If you've got a community police officer it may be worth asking them if there's anything they can do about the hazard, not the inconvenience. Especially if it's parked on the pavement (which isn't allowed in a lot places now). 

I'm curious as to whether these are just random locals parking due to lack of space at their own place, or a driveway dealer or similar parking them out of the way and you've become a hotspot, or even a campervan storage facility using you as overflow. In the latter 2 cases it'd likely be against some council regulations about businesses but if the former then it'd be above board if rubbish. 

Grey_Critic

What about Permit Parking or would that create problems?

rollingmoon

twopenny said:

It's been half on the pavement on occasions...

Then that one is illegally parked, surely? Good luck get anything done about it, mind. 

As for involving councillors, IME you have little chance of getting any useful response there unless it's an election year.

twopenny

Yes, don't think there's much to be done. I've parked my car in front of my house but he went off and annoyed someone else.
Parking permit wouldn't go down well in our tiny community or the tennis club. 
Yes, we're all almost all ill in our tiny cul-de-sac so each household has someone using a rotator or mobility scooters. Grandchildren in push chairs so the pavement is needed.  That's why we're all here.

Actually, it's such a problem now in this area with the numbers of huge vehicles and tiny roads.

 So a councillor may have a say. We have some good ones.

ontheroad1970

rollingmoon said:

twopenny said:

It's been half on the pavement on occasions...

Then that one is illegally parked, surely? Good luck get anything done about it, mind. 

As for involving councillors, IME you have little chance of getting any useful response there unless it's an election year.

Parking on pavements is only illegal in certain places, like within London.  Otherwise it is only illegal where specified. It's different if it causing an obstruction.  I've had that issue in my area with delivery vans and builders parking on the pavement even though it doesn't solve the issue of cars having to wait to allow others to pass, as the road is simply too narrow even with the van parked on the pavement.  If I am forced to push my child's pram onto the road around the van, then I contact the police on 101.

twopenny

The problem is that there is no one to enforce misdemeanours. 
I can understand some of them but with no enforcement some people start taking advantage and have no respect for others.

Grey_Critic

I was reading the other day where the Police had charged some motorists with various things. Parking on the pavement no MOT etc. but interestingly parking facing in the wrong direction, I forget the exact wording.

When parking on the main road then you must park in the direction of travel you must not have white lights facing oncoming traffic.

There was a time when a bobby on the beat handed out tickets for such offences. I once got a ticket for not having a tax disc. I had actually removed it the night before so I could tax it. In those days when you went into the post office to do so you had to take your tax disc with you. People parked on Infirmary Street in Leeds to do so at the Post Office in City Square - some enterprising coppers used to go on there and hand out tickets for no tax discs.

Mildly_Miffed

twopenny said:

Parking permit wouldn't go down well in our tiny community or the tennis club. 

Then you must accept that any road-legal < 3.5t vehicle can be parked there overnight, or for weeks, perfectly legally... so long as it is not causing an obstruction.

The only way to restrict the vehicles that can is via permits.

Bigphil1474

Seems a bit strange having motorhomes parking on your street if you are near the seaside, especially as there is nobody in them. Could it be a storage scam? Basically owners pay someone to store it for them, and the company just store them on your street. I'd definitely try the local councillors, they love causing problems creating work for council employees.

twopenny

No scam. People buy these huge things and have nowhere at home to park them or don't want the inconvenience of having them in their drive so they park wherever is convenient to them.
It's online where you can park for free because it's not patrolled and where they can take advantage. 
Many are considerate but a lot are not.