You do NOT own the parking space outside your residence.

[battered]

Trabi601 said:

Sump said:

Well regardless of the situation or reasons, you can park wherever the fk you want legally.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Actually you can't. A mate parked on a suburban street and went out on the pop. The next morning he got a call from the Plod.
"Is this your car?"
"Yes. What of it?"
"It's parked on XYZ street"
"Yes it is, since yesterday, what of it?"
"Do you have any business there today?"
"Today? No"
"Then we want it moved."
"Not just now, I had a load of ale last night and I'm not fit to drive. You want it moved, be my guest, but I'm not getting in it because I'm still p*ssed."
"Right. Well as soon as you sober up you move it because you don't have the right to leave your car where you please if you don't have business yourself being there."

[TarpaTow]

Sir Lord Poopie said:

Council in my area made parking illegal outside your own property without a permit so I park my car on a street that has no parking restrictions.

Went to my motor and one of the residents parked literally 5.000 mm away from the bumper blocking me in. Anyway the resident can see me from the living room inside their home and opens the front door, I ask him if the car is his. He says yes and asks me where I live because I leave my car there and it causes them problems according to him. Obviously tell the idiot it is none of their business where I live and I can park my car where I like as there are no parking restrictions on this road and my car is legal - taxed and insured.

So I just wanted to let these idiots know - and I'm sure plenty are reading this - you do not own the parking space outside your residence.

Also the idiot has done himself no favors because if my shed gets vandalised guess who'll be getting a visit.

It would probably help you if you had a decent car. Why not get a BM, I have a 2-series Active Tourer and I can guarantee that people would be really pleased if you parked right outside their house as they can benefit from a class performance car parked outside and their friends and neighbours would think it was theirs.

I'm fortunate that my allocated space is right outside my property, so I can look at the BM any time by just looking out of the window. I know some of the neighbours sometimes look out of their windows just to look at it.

If I was you I'd happily pay for a permit just to be able to look at my car. Have you ever owned a BM? You definitely wouldn't want to leave it in another street.

You've obviously done well to be a Company Director, have you thought about getting a permit through your company? When I'm more sucessful and a Company Director, I'll have a chauffeur so it won't really matter whether I have an allocated parking space or a permit.

Would your company stretch to giving you a chauffeur to save you the stress? If your work is anything like mine, the less you need to worry about, the more you can concentrate on progressing your career and bringing more money in.

What sort of car do you drive? You could think about a self parking one, they're very good at getting in and out of tight spaces, worth a thought.

(Hope you don't mind me mentioning; 'favors' should be spelt 'favours'. My old Housemaster always said that if you want to get on in business, learn to spell. You are what you spell - spell well). I've actually changed it a bit, but he used to quote some old rock group (Genisis?) who used to sing 'you are what you wear, wear well.

[hornetrider]

Trabi601 said:

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Do one muppet.

[saaby93]

Sump said:

Well regardless of the situation or reasons, you can park wherever the fk you want legally.

the word in that sentence that needs some examination is the last one
You don't have a right to park anywhere, and particularly repeatedly outside someones house with whom you have no business.
It doesn't often get to court, but there is precedent

ETA too later battered already got it

[hornetrider]

battered said:

Actually you can't. A mate parked on a suburban street and went out on the pop. The next morning he got a call from the Plod.
"Is this your car?"
"Yes. What of it?"
"It's parked on XYZ street"
"Yes it is, since yesterday, what of it?"
"Do you have any business there today?"
"Today? No"
"Then we want it moved."
"Not just now, I had a load of ale last night and I'm not fit to drive. You want it moved, be my guest, but I'm not getting in it because I'm still p*ssed."
"Right. Well as soon as you sober up you move it because you don't have the right to leave your car where you please if you don't have business yourself being there."

Give over.

[battered]

hornetrider said:

battered said:

Actually you can't. A mate parked on a suburban street and went out on the pop. The next morning he got a call from the Plod.
"Is this your car?"
"Yes. What of it?"
"It's parked on XYZ street"
"Yes it is, since yesterday, what of it?"
"Do you have any business there today?"
"Today? No"
"Then we want it moved."
"Not just now, I had a load of ale last night and I'm not fit to drive. You want it moved, be my guest, but I'm not getting in it because I'm still p*ssed."
"Right. Well as soon as you sober up you move it because you don't have the right to leave your car where you please if you don't have business yourself being there."

Give over.

Yes, I was sceptical too, but my mate isn't much prone to flights of fancy. They don't do many flights of fancy in Grimsby. In fact they don't do many flights of any kind, but that's another tale. So my money is on it's true. You could of course, in your own language, say "do one" but you'd be wasting your breath.

Edited by battered on Saturday 14th January 22:39

[Centurion07]

battered said:

hornetrider said:

battered said:

Actually you can't. A mate parked on a suburban street and went out on the pop. The next morning he got a call from the Plod.
"Is this your car?"
"Yes. What of it?"
"It's parked on XYZ street"
"Yes it is, since yesterday, what of it?"
"Do you have any business there today?"
"Today? No"
"Then we want it moved."
"Not just now, I had a load of ale last night and I'm not fit to drive. You want it moved, be my guest, but I'm not getting in it because I'm still p*ssed."
"Right. Well as soon as you sober up you move it because you don't have the right to leave your car where you please if you don't have business yourself being there."

Give over.

Yes, I was sceptical too, but my mate isn't much prone to flights of fancy. They don't do many flights of fancy in Grimsby. In fact they don't do many flights of any kind, but that's another tale. So my money is on it's true.

Then you'll be losing your money. It didn't happen.

[MDMA .]

Must be a st company if you can't afford a decent place with a driveway or garage and have to park on the fking road.

[Centurion07]

saaby93 said:

the word in that sentence that needs some examination is the last one
You don't have a right to park anywhere, and particularly repeatedly outside someones house with whom you have no business.
It doesn't often get to court, but there is precedent

ETA too later battered already got it

Custard.

[Sheepshanks]

hornetrider said:

battered said:

Actually you can't. A mate parked on a suburban street and went out on the pop. The next morning he got a call from the Plod.
"Is this your car?"
"Yes. What of it?"
"It's parked on XYZ street"
"Yes it is, since yesterday, what of it?"
"Do you have any business there today?"
"Today? No"
"Then we want it moved."
"Not just now, I had a load of ale last night and I'm not fit to drive. You want it moved, be my guest, but I'm not getting in it because I'm still p*ssed."
"Right. Well as soon as you sober up you move it because you don't have the right to leave your car where you please if you don't have business yourself being there."

Give over.

I had a mate who got into a very similar argument with a copper in Liverpool He ended up getting done for causing an obstruction.

[SuperHangOn]

OP should apologise and park elsewhere. Then buy the mankiest, rustiest, graffiti covered and rat infested LDV Convoy to legally dump on the road outside their house.

[dazwalsh]

Just buy the permit and stop pissing off your neighbours, we all know your legally allowed to park there and that might send a tingle through your nudger but its infuriating for the chap who has your car outside his house every day despite you living on a different street. It would boil my piss.

[BrettMRC]

Sir Lord Poopie said:

Amusing / bewildering isn't it; until the authorities abuse their power. They'd have trouble finding my residence these days, however please do not derail the thread.

Your OpSec is rubbish - you need to try harder if you really want to go off grid.

[battered]

Centurion07 said:

Then you'll be losing your money. It didn't happen.

Do you want his number so you can check the exact address? It would have been somewhere near the Rose & Crown in Scartho, given where he used to drink at the time.

[Iva Barchetta]

TarpaTow said:

It would probably help you if you had a decent car. Why not get a BM, I have a 2-series Active Tourer and I can guarantee that people would be really pleased if you parked right outside their house as they can benefit from a class performance car parked outside and their friends and neighbours would think it was theirs.

I'm fortunate that my allocated space is right outside my property, so I can look at the BM any time by just looking out of the window. I know some of the neighbours sometimes look out of their windows just to look at it.

If I was you I'd happily pay for a permit just to be able to look at my car. Have you ever owned a BM? You definitely wouldn't want to leave it in another street.

You've obviously done well to be a Company Director, have you thought about getting a permit through your company? When I'm more sucessful and a Company Director, I'll have a chauffeur so it won't really matter whether I have an allocated parking space or a permit.

Would your company stretch to giving you a chauffeur to save you the stress? If your work is anything like mine, the less you need to worry about, the more you can concentrate on progressing your career and bringing more money in.

What sort of car do you drive? You could think about a self parking one, they're very good at getting in and out of tight spaces, worth a thought.

(Hope you don't mind me mentioning; 'favors' should be spelt 'favours'. My old Housemaster always said that if you want to get on in business, learn to spell. You are what you spell - spell well). I've actually changed it a bit, but he used to quote some old rock group (Genisis?) who used to sing 'you are what you wear, wear well.

When do you know your thread is in trouble ?

When Tarpa tow trolls it with his BMW bolx.

[saaby93]

Centurion07 said:

saaby93 said:

the word in that sentence that needs some examination is the last one
You don't have a right to park anywhere, and particularly repeatedly outside someones house with whom you have no business.
It doesn't often get to court, but there is precedent

ETA too later battered already got it

Custard.

Afraid its in the regs Centurion - otherwise as someone else said you could get a rusty old DAF van (or anything else )and permanently park it outside someone else's house just because you dont want to lower the tone of your own neighbourhood.
It's usually only used when someone doesnt toe the line and move it

[Blakewater]

hornetrider said:

Sir Lord Poopie said:

4) I do not wish to be put on a database so the authorities know where I reside

They do know where you live my dear fellow. Sleep easy.

This makes me wonder what you aren't paying and who you don't want catching up with you.

What you're basically saying is that for the sake of trying to save a few quid, and perhaps to try and avoid having to pay taxes and finance debts you've run away from, you're doing something that isn't illegal but is selfish and antisocial.

You don't know if this guy is disabled and needs to park outside his house because he can't walk from further away. It's certainly going to be a massive inconvenience to everyone in that area if you make the space outside his house yours because that suits you, this guy has to park outside someone else's house and get grief from that person who in turn has to park outside someone else's house and so on.

If you want to stick it to the council move house now, make a driveway on your property, rent a garage so you're not paying the money to the council, park outside without a permit and see how much they actually enforce the permit parking. Taking your crusade to this guy's front door is no more clever than him making his point to you by parking close up to your car.

[anonymous-user]

Sir Lord Poopie said:

Several reasons:

1) Cost and admin
2) My current residence is temporary which means I could leave at any time
3) I already pay good money to use the road in the form of car tax
4) I do not wish to be put on a database so the authorities know where I reside

So
1) cost (=tight)
2) tight
3) tight
4) bullst nutter reason.

And who's the asshole here?

[Prohibiting]

This is why I would never even consider a house without a driveway.

[Nigel Worc's]

Prohibiting said:

This is why I would never even consider a house without a driveway.

+1 !