Neighbour parking EVERYWHERE!

BoingBoing_2

I've seen a fair bit of 'parking rage' up at my kids school. A new business recently opened next to the school, and the new propriator took offence at parents parking outside the business as it stopped clients from parking there. They started standing in the road outside the business at school drop off and pick up times, just to stop parents parking there for 15 mins!

After 1 incident (where the parent was verbally abused) the police were called and, unfortunately, we were all told we were not to park there as it was a dropped curb, but the propriator parks there all the time - so much for the poor clients then!

Would it really have killed their business off if they had allowed parents to park there twice a day?No, but their arrogance in the matter has probably generated alot of negative feeling towards their business and the majority of the parents certainly would not recomment that business to a friend lol

CYBERCIDERSAVER

In the village near me, a guy has taken over the local hotel. It's a village with very little parking and people would often use the car park to pop into the library or florists or post office, staying 5 or 10 minutes tops...

The new owner gets quite upset by this and has actually blocked people in with his own car.
I know its a private carpark but having an entire village that hates you (word gets around fast here) can't be good for business.

Then again he is a total Basil Fawlty. A kebab shop opened up next door, and on the side wall overlooking the hotel car park they erected a nice big sign.

He believes it's a blight on his posh hotel

First the hotel owner took the sign down (illegally)
Now he has erected a huge sign on "stilts" to obscure the kebab sign!
The police have investigated.
(I'll leave the racial abuse sustained by the kebab shop owners for another forum):mad:

But I digress....

pennypuppy

Solutions may be
A notice followed by a private clamp.
contact planning/roads service, is the access road for the emergency services if so notify authorities of blockage
Cow dung neatly around her car door!

dubsey wrote: »

We have something similar (although my husband is on a car forum and they all have parking problems too so it's very common), the access to our back garden is at the side of our house. There is a small path from our gate leading to the road, but no pathway running parallel to the road-just a small strip of our grass. My son cycles to school and frequently has to bring his bike all the way through the house and go out the front because someone has parked -not only across our path - but sometimes on it! We've also had occasion to miss the bin men because someone blocked the bin in on our path and they couldn't get access to it. I put up a nice polite sign (in case people didn't realise it was someone's exit and was used) which vanished within a week.

I saw a young lady (the worst culprit) parking there one day, politely introduced myself and asked if she wouldn't possibly mind parking about a foot further down just to keep the path clear. She went totally ballistic! Asked me who I thought I was, her parents had lived in their house opposite my back garden for 20 years so she could park wherever she damned well pleased. I pointed out (still smiling and nice) that actually she was parked ON my garden whereby she said tough, slammed her door and went into her house :eek: Turns out the previous owners of our house had a run in about the parking as well.

I have put large pots of plants either side of the path as a deterrent but they stop with their door alongside the path as an opening for their door.

Any other suggestions, before I jump up and down in the road John Cleese stylee?

Rabiddog_2

Its all so petty isnt it? A little bit of talk goes a very long way. Empathy, empathy, They've all got it infamy!

NitNat_2

On the receiving side of all this......

I get the bus to work (and would love to say it's because I'm eco friendly, but it's really because parking in the city centre costs me £18 a day which I can't afford). It's only a mile to the nearest bus stop, although I usually have to carry 2 very heavy bags with me and I have a degenerative back condition which makes this v difficult.

So... I drive as close to the bus stop as I can and park at the other end of my residential road. There are usually quite a few spaces at 8am, and during the day there are many more. I am home at 4pm. It's a road of terraced houses, none with drives, so I understand things can be tight in some areas, although during the day this stretch isn't ram packed at all. I have never been particularly bothered myself if I have to walk an extra 20/30 paces to get to my front door so am quite surprised at recent events....

I have had my car keyed along every panel over the last 2 weeks (which I've had quotes for and just cannot afford to have repaired), then yesterday a 'warning' note was left on my windscreen, telling me this was my last warning not to park there anymore. I must add that it's anywhere in a stretch of about 100 yards that I park as there are always several spaces at that time of day so I'm not continually outside the same house. There are no drives to block, and I consider myself to be a fairly considerate person, and will never park in the one disabled space that has been painted on the road.

So, what should I do now? I have spoken to the police who were actually enormously helpful in that they and finger-printed the piece of cardboard the note was written on to link to any further events (somehow). Although all they could advise me to do was drive further into the city and park on another residential road, or get cctv fitted inside my car (how on earth would that work??). I wish it was as simple as "just walk to the bus stop" but it's not something I could do 5 days a week, and I don't yet qualify for a blue badge.

Any offers of advice/insight would be welcome, or any tips on how to deal with this?

I was wondering whether to knock on each door along that stretch of houses and ask to speak to them about the note (which I have a photocopy of) until I find the person and try and have a friendly conversation about it (non confrontational from my viewpoint), although it's a very aggressive note, and I suspect being a young female, this would not be helpful?

I know I have the right to park anywhere on a public road, although am not one that will jump up and down screaming it from the rooftops, and generally I'm too easy going to bother getting wound up about these things as it's not that important.... until now that is, where the damage will cost almost £1000 to repair. I can't see what I'm doing is so wrong..... or is it just me? : (

*Louise*

^^I think what was done is extremely excessive and threatening.

I doubt knocking on doors would help tbh, they will either be too cowardly to admit it, or they might be the violent type :eek:


Just a thought - could you drive to the next bus stop and park there, or is that not feasible?

NitNat_2

I was angry and upset yesterday but have decided against attempting to talk to the people around there...

Good plan though Louise!! Tomorrow I'm going to try and drive to the next stop and see what parking is like without causing difficulties for anyone living there. Any further along the route is impossible, so fingers crossed. I must remember to get off the bus early though!:D

Badger_Lady

If they're upset about anyone being able to park there, their gripe is with the council, not you! You are abiding by the law (which your objector obviously isn't).

If they're that worried, they should petition to the council for residents' permit parking (my old road at my last house did this - ironically I couldn't get a permit and had to start parking on a neighbouring road).

But as long as that road is public, they have no right to threaten and criminally damage the property of a law-abiding fellow human being.

MrsE_2

My mother is in her 70's. Shes just stopped driving about a year ago.

She lives in an OAP apartment block. Its long & narrow & has a car park at one end. She lives in the last flat on the other end.

Its a residential road. The houses virtually all have drives from 1 or 2 cars.

She used to park on the road. There was a seperate gate & entrance for her end.

Its a wideish road, everyone who parks on the road parks on one side, so there is no bobing in & out for traffic. Plenty of room for parking one side & two way traffic.
She didn't like to park in the flats car park as its a long walk for her to her flat, especially if shes carrying anything. Its a couple of hundred yards & not fantastically lit in the dark either.
When she parked on the road, her gate was just at the roadside & 15 foot up the path & she was in the block & hers was the first flat.

She found a hand written note on her car telling her not to park there anymore & to use the car park.
She ignored it, because of the distance & dark.

She had her car windows smashed in. Can't remember now if it was all or some......

taxi73

Well I've just read this thread and it beggars belief!!!..you with parking problems consider the "offending parkers"" as selfish etc etc...but then all condone criminal damage to these so called offenders!!!...( I'm talking about the posters that are actually moaning)...
If somebody is blocking your drive this is a road traffic offence and can be dealt with by traffic wardens.
If it is a public highway then anyone can park where they please as long as it isn't a double yellow line, a restricted area or they are not parked with wheels on the pavement, not blocking a legal driveway a dropped kerb and are parked close enough to the kerb so as not to be causing an obstruction to other roadusers or pedestrians and that all wheels are within white markings....so no offence committed..maybe annoying to you but if parked correctly in these circumstances then you have no cause for complaint however much it annoys you!!!
If they are parked illegally then inform the traffic wardens who will be more than happy to issue tickets as they love to raise revenue!!!
I live in a row of terraces and we have resident only parking..this allows you a resident pass and a visitors pass...rarely are either of my two cars parked outside my door..our residents pass and visitors passes allow us parking on the street or any of the other 20 streets and does not guarantee us a place anywhere..thats something we live with....you can park any vehicle less than 3 1/2 tons commercial or not..the only exception to the rule is that funeral cars and removal vans don't need a permit...so TAXIS are allowed on ours but not minibuses...
I also agree with the hotelier why should the villagers be able to park there for free ..what about his customers wanting to park!!..he's not responsible for the authorities lack of car parking spaces
Some things aren't worth fretting about.