A road sweeper's started parking outside our house

A road sweeper's started parking outside our house

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CoolHands

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18,496 posts

194 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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one of these monstrosities:



now I know normally everyone on here gets a bit "you don't own the road" "they pay road tax" etc when people moan about cars doing it, but this is a bit of a liberty, non? Its fking big and ugly

Edited by CoolHands on Wednesday 23 July 18:29

gengas

23 posts

118 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Where would you rather it parked?

Infront of someone else's house? Lol

s p a c e m a n

10,752 posts

147 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Think there be some rules about parking HGVs on the public highway, need more info biggrin

snoopy25

1,858 posts

119 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Regardless................I think your being alittle too precious about whats parked outside your house. Will it soon be only Lambo's and Ferrari's allowed once Ford, Vauxhall and Peugeot's irk you? lol

Nels0n

235 posts

180 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Does it enhance or detract from your property?

alangtt

278 posts

161 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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I'm not sure he can, something maybe about the operators licence.?

richs2891

895 posts

252 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Used to have a problem with cars parking outside my previous house, I found letting the tyres down sorted the problem

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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gengas said:
Where would you rather it parked?

Infront of someone else's house? Lol
Why not?

alangtt

278 posts

161 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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It will probably move after it gets it diesel stolen.

CoolHands

Original Poster:

18,496 posts

194 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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gengas said:
Where would you rather it parked?

Infront of someone else's house? Lol
in a yard, which businesses like this ought to operate

snoopy25

1,858 posts

119 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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richs2891 said:
Used to have a problem with cars parking outside my previous house, I found letting the tyres down sorted the problem
Did you have a drive? if so fair enough...............if not everyone pays roadtax so they can park where ever the hell they want!


lamboman100

1,445 posts

120 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Roadsweepers are cool. Would be cool to drive one for a halfday or something. Along with a snowplough, a piste basher (for ski resorts), a digger, a dumpertruck, a dustcart, a tank and a minesweeper. Someone should open an experience centre where you can drive all the big machines together in one go for 500 quid a day or something (yes, I know you can go to tank school etc., but noone in the UK does all the big machines in one place for convenience).

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

169 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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What a bloody eyesore.

That would also piss me off.

You will probably find it belongs to someone round the corner on a different road, and he is parking it there because he doesn't want it parked outside his own house.

Burn it.

richs2891

895 posts

252 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Did not have a a drive but the garage backed onto the side street, having cars blocking my garage was V annoying to say the least.
More so when my car was blocked in.
If do this approach, been out when the owner with the let down tyres is advisable.

Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

158 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Buy my beater. Park in front of your house. Job jobbed!

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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richs2891 said:
Did not have a a drive but the garage backed onto the side street, having cars blocking my garage was V annoying to say the least.
More so when my car was blocked in.
If do this approach, been out when the owner with the let down tyres is advisable.
That would be really annoying

Dammit

3,790 posts

207 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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Why not ask him not to park there, give him your reasons.

Bound to go well.

0a

23,879 posts

193 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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lamboman100 said:
Roadsweepers are cool. Would be cool to drive one for a halfday or something. Along with a snowplough, a piste basher (for ski resorts), a digger, a dumpertruck, a dustcart, a tank and a minesweeper. Someone should open an experience centre where you can drive all the big machines together in one go for 500 quid a day or something (yes, I know you can go to tank school etc., but noone in the UK does all the big machines in one place for convenience).
What a fantastic idea. All plant will become like supercars are now - "when I drove the Ferrari on the experience day I didn't like the flappy paddle gearbox" - we can all become experts on sweeping, scooping and swooshing.

Can I add in a request for one of those giant bendy buses at airports, a crane, and an old v8 ambulance?

Riley Blue

20,915 posts

225 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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alangtt said:
It will probably move after it gets it diesel stolen.
Only if it's towed or pushed...

GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Friday 30th May 2014
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I doubt that the holder of the opertator licence is allowed to leave that on the street. It has to be parked up at the address the licence is registered to, unless the driver stays with the vehicle.

Naughty.