Car being deliberately blocked in when parked on a road
Discussion
y282 said:
Deva Link said:
insanojackson said:
being pedantic but i believe they are all illegally parked, they should be parked facing the right way on a road during the hours of darkness.
Correct.I think some people honestly belive they own the road in front of their house. Some apparently normal friends of ours have a neighbour who gives piano lessons. If anyone parks and waits outside their house (typically no other cars are parked in the road) they'll stand in their window and stare at them until they move.
Deva Link said:
y282 said:
Deva Link said:
insanojackson said:
being pedantic but i believe they are all illegally parked, they should be parked facing the right way on a road during the hours of darkness.
Correct.I think some people honestly belive they own the road in front of their house. Some apparently normal friends of ours have a neighbour who gives piano lessons. If anyone parks and waits outside their house (typically no other cars are parked in the road) they'll stand in their window and stare at them until they move.
Sticks. said:
Doesn't it have to be so many metres from a junction too? (Excuse my vagueness)
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860243
DO NOT stop or park
* near a school entrance
* anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
* at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank
* on the approach to a level crossing/tramway crossing
* opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
* near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
* opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
* where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
* where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
* in front of an entrance to a property
* on a bend
* where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities
except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.
What I love is the vagueness - DO NOT is very clear, the 10 metres of a junction is fairly clear, but what does "near" mean in legal terms?
Sticks. said:
Doesn't it have to be so many metres from a junction too? (Excuse my vagueness)
Opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space.Lifted from the highway code. Amazing how many drivers dont seem to know this, at least round my way.
Vipers said:
Sticks. said:
Doesn't it have to be so many metres from a junction too? (Excuse my vagueness)
Opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space.Lifted from the highway code. Amazing how many drivers dont seem to know this, at least round my way.
Muncher said:
It's all very well saying it's not neighbourly parking there but if I can't then I have to park outside someone else's house.
That's probably what they're thinking too 'why is he picking on our house to park outside'I dunno Muncher you have too many cars for the size of house
can you convert the garage to a drive through or install a lift ramp?
or buy a lock up - not too bad an investment
or one of those flats with 3 garages underneath
Or loan me your car for the winter
Out of interest at what point do you measure the junction? The centre of the road? Where the road starts to curve?
You can see here where the Fiesta has been driven forward onto fresh snow, just to butt right up against it.
The fiesta has just been moved, they didn't answer the door to the police.
You can see here where the Fiesta has been driven forward onto fresh snow, just to butt right up against it.
The fiesta has just been moved, they didn't answer the door to the police.
Muncher said:
The fiesta has just been moved, they didn't answer the door to the police.
Pity the Fiesta didn't just get dragged/slid (in these conditions) back a bit in the night preferably into the middle of the road followed by a stat removal for obstruction 
Maybe the driver was pissed so they didn't answer the door to the BIB are you allowed to do that (If they were actually in ?)
speedyguy said:
Muncher said:
The fiesta has just been moved, they didn't answer the door to the police.
Pity the Fiesta didn't just get dragged/slid (in these conditions) back a bit in the night preferably into the middle of the road followed by a stat removal for obstruction Maybe the driver was pissed so they didn't answer the door to the BIB are you allowed to do that (If they were actually in ?)
I wonder what else they have to hide...
plg said:
speedyguy said:
Muncher said:
The fiesta has just been moved, they didn't answer the door to the police.
Pity the Fiesta didn't just get dragged/slid (in these conditions) back a bit in the night preferably into the middle of the road followed by a stat removal for obstruction Maybe the driver was pissed so they didn't answer the door to the BIB are you allowed to do that (If they were actually in ?)
I wonder what else they have to hide...
saaby93 said:
Muncher said:
The fiesta has just been moved
Good 
t!t.Some people have taken objection to someone else doing something they have every right to do. They have then taken it upon themselves to become self-righteous vigilante obnoxious f
ktards and immobilize on purpose a car which is nothing to do with them.Different scenario, you are driving along a 30mph, in a 30 zone. Some locals have taken a disliking to this as they feel the road should be 20. When you park to go to the shops (although not on the road as this is something terrible and you never do it) they clamp your car, refuse to remove it upon polite request, and then ignore the police who have to come to speak to them about it.
Would that be good too?
Edited by Robb F on Monday 20th December 11:30
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