"Residents only" parking sign

[Neonblau]

rlw said:

Mave said:

You walked to school without supervision when you were 4 years old?

And me, from 5. How the fk else was I going to get there? We didn't have a car and my parents worked.

Me too, from 4 1/2 and I had to cross two roads and walk through woods. I never died.

[hornetrider]

Probably a private sign from the residents to try and deter school parents, if there is no other signage. You could always call the council and see if it was unadopted?

[Mr E]

Derek Smith said:

I was walking my grandson home from school. I was playing a little game from a book series he enjoyed: that's not me car, its [for instance] wheels are too big. (You have to have grandkids.)

THAT'S my car, its bumper is so squishy!

(Corvette?)

[Oakey]

What never ceases to amaze me in these threads is the stories of people parking on someone elses driveway. That just seems like asking for trouble, if you came back to find your car keyed / tyres let down then it would hardly come as a surprise (to most rational people).

[HaplessBoyLard]

Derek Smith said:

The justification for such behaviour is often 'it's only five minutes' but then if they'd started just two minutes earlier they could - radical idea alert - park further away and walk the few yards extra.

I get this with the mothers who pick up from the child minder next door to me when I get home from work and they're parked across my drive.

I don't give a st if it's only 2 minutes. I've been at work all day and want to park on my drive and go indoors, you inconsiderate mingebag.

They could park 30 yards round the corner while they pick their progeny up, and quite why they need to hold a full on fking board meeting on the door step at 1715 every afternoon is beyond me.

Nothing so irritating as a militant mother.

[Durzel]

It's staggering to me that people think it's justified because "it's only 2 minutes" (like it's ever just 2 minutes). The idea that private property is irrelevant if the trespass is only for a short period of time is staggering.

The argument that one shouldn't buy a property near a school if they don't want to have to put up with that is specious, and rather offensive. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to buy property far from schools.

[oyster]

If it's a private road and they don't want people parking there then surely they all chip in to get an access gate installed.

Put their money where their mouth is.

[Roo]

oyster said:

If it's a private road and they don't want people parking there then surely they all chip in to get an access gate installed.

Put their money where their mouth is.

I'd love to do that on my road to stop the inconsiderate parents using it as a car park.

Gets a bit problematic though with deliveries, bin collections etc..

[Dodsy]

I particulary like the mums who stop on the yellow zig zags outside the school to drop their kids off. I've challenged a few and been told to ' F*** off, this is a drop off zone'. Um no its not you daft bints. And the ones who pull up in the coach stop outside school then leave the car parked there while they have a nice chat with their friends, forcing the school coaches to stop in the middle of the road to unload the kids.

We've had PCSOs around before now but they seem to also think all of the above is fine but then berated my Mrs for parking down a side road (through road not a cul de sac and no yellow lines) out of everyones way because ' the chap who lives in this house doesnt like cars stopping outside his house'.

[FunkyNige]

hornetrider said:

Probably a private sign from the residents to try and deter school parents, if there is no other signage. You could always call the council and see if it was unadopted?

There's a similar case near our office - fairly new estate so the road isn't adopted yet but it's right next to the railway station so commuters are using it to park for the day. One resident has taken particular exception to this and has put up 'Residents parking only', 'CCTV in operation' signs, and has even nicked a real 'No return within 30 minutes' type sign and stuck it up on a lamppost.

Can understand it must be massively frustrating to have the road outside your home used a car park, but when people are given the choice of £50/week or nothing it's hardly surprising!

[aka_kerrly]

Durzel said:

fk You Got Mine culture. Every parent of this ilk thinks their child is the most important thing on Earth, and property, ethics or simple manners are just the things they expect other people to respect.

This I can agree with having spoken to some parents who continue to use the private residents only car park at the back of my apartment block because they really cannot understand what PRIVATE , RESIDENTS ONLY and ACCESS ONLY mean.

What really ticks me off is knowing that the school regularly send emails to parents instructing them not to use the car park because of the number of complaints they have received after parents have 1) crashed into residents cars and fked off leaving no details only one was caught on another residents cctv 2) prevented a fire engine having access which resulted in a neighbour nearly dying 3) crashed into the car park wall - which us residents then have to foot the bill for 4) crashed into the traffic bollards that were only put in place to stop them parking over the pavements 5) damaged the drain covers by parking on the pavement among other things.

Selfish bds the lot of them.

Those who think that by moving near a school we have somehow invited this sort of behavior how would you feel if I parked my car at the end of your driveway and proceeded to stand about chatting whilst you wanted to go to work - oh I know you should leave for work 20 minutes earlier and stop being so selfish!?

[LordHaveMurci]

Our lad goes to a great primary school in a lovely village about 6mls from where we live, thus we have to drive him to school.

The school are having some building work done causing an even bigger shortage of parking, this has resulted in the Police being present on several occasions as many parents (Mothers mainly) have been parking wherever they like, double yellow lines, private drives etc & got nasty when challenged.

Yes it is a hassle but with a little thought & a short walk it doesn't need to be an issue but as one poster above pointed out, these people think their little precious is the single most important thing in the entire universe & everybody & everything else can fk right off.

[Hol]

So, can I safely park outside someones house and tell them to 'do one', if they point out that the marked parking bays are for residents only???

Can I actually sue the local residents if they happen to take a day off work and park in my 'normal' space


I have not actually considered any of the above, and I walked to school with friends from age 6 and on my own from age 7.
But, it would be nice to know the answer to the original question, without all the extra words

Edited by Hol on Wednesday 19th November 13:58

[Stevoox]

Chatting to friend about this last week. He was speaking to his girlfriends' Dad who recently had someone park across his drive. The "quick 5mins drop off" happened to be the time he leaves for work and was now blocked in.

Luckily he had a second car parked on the road (but needed the van off the drive). The owner came back to find their car had been pushed all the way down the street and sticking out of the 'T' junction

[LordHaveMurci]

Stevoox said:

Chatting to friend about this last week. He was speaking to his girlfriends' Dad who recently had someone park across his drive. The "quick 5mins drop off" happened to be the time he leaves for work and was now blocked in.

Luckily he had a second car parked on the road (but needed the van off the drive). The owner came back to find their car had been pushed all the way down the street and sticking out of the 'T' junction

I'd love to believe that, I really would.

[jbsportstech]

konark said:

It never ceases to amaze me that people who buy a house near a school seem to get upset by parents dropping their kids off and parking for a few minutes. It's like buying a house near a sewage works and then moaning about the smell. People should do their 'due diligence', if they don't like a lot of traffic at 9am and 3.30pm buy somewhere else.

Depends on a number of issues, we have moved to a road were my other half would aprk to take the kids to school so we can't moan when others do the same as long as not blocking my drive.

However I have seen residents only bays being used for school run a nearby road and these are almost like driveways as they are separate concrete bays which are private land.

I would say if the road is council then no, but otherwise your parking on a private road and shouldnt, I also like to use a bit of common courtesy and not upset people were I park when I have been on school runs.

[bluenosewrx]

I'd fking waterboard the mums, happens all the time at my home, they have no consideration for others and regularly block buses in as its a major bus route.

Its only a matter of time before the stealth tacks comes out at night and watch them park with burst tyres the selfish boots.

sorry, gets me raging

[BHML]

Just talked with the council responsible for this road. Apart from small pockets of land near the garages, the remainder of the road is adopted and under no parking management system. So provided people park within the marked bays, it is legal to park there. They said it's no different to someone parking on the road outside your house.

[andburg]

if it was a private road and people were abusing I'd get a fake monitoring and enforcement sign put up ask a friend at the school to start a story that they had received a ticket!

I'd imagine that should stop people

[aka_kerrly]

andburg said:

if it was a private road and people were abusing I'd get a fake monitoring and enforcement sign put up ask a friend at the school to start a story that they had received a ticket!

I'd imagine that should stop people

That's a rather good idea..........