Car control legal query
Discussion
Hi all,
Basically someone has moved in near to us who seems to have no ability with a car whatsoever. She cannot parallel park or even get close – it’s genuinely scary. On more than one occasion I and others have had to go out and help her because she comes home late at night and the constant revving for quarter of an hour at a time is very trying as she repeatedly tries to park.
When I asked whether she’d like me to park it for her she replied with ‘I must learn’. But it’s bloody dangerous, she has no car control whatsoever and is happy to leave the car if she manages to get it within two feet of the curb. More likely she will mount the curb with the rear quarter and leave the front quarter a foot and a half from the curb in the road – diagonal parking.
While I agree she must learn, I don’t think the public road on her own is the correct place to do this however I had decided to let it go.
She got permission to use a drive of the house next door with a dropped curb that they don’t use to park. This solved the revving problem… until last night …
She arrived home at 11pm last night to find someone had parked over the driveway she uses (an inconsiderate action of course) however rather than park somewhere else and write a polite note this woman decided to sit in her car and hold the horn on for 5-10 seconds a blast and repeatedly for a few minutes. She woke half the street and received a few choice words from several people who’d come out to see what the fuss was about. Now obviously this is pretty antisocial and not the correct way to deal with a parking problem.
So I wanted to ask here whether there is anything I can do to get her off of the road? She has demonstrated she deeply struggles with car control and the horn is the last straw. I can see her slipping off the clutch and running someone over (there are lots of children in the mornings when she leaves, we live next to a school) at some point and would like to raise my concerns. Any suggestions PH?
Basically someone has moved in near to us who seems to have no ability with a car whatsoever. She cannot parallel park or even get close – it’s genuinely scary. On more than one occasion I and others have had to go out and help her because she comes home late at night and the constant revving for quarter of an hour at a time is very trying as she repeatedly tries to park.
When I asked whether she’d like me to park it for her she replied with ‘I must learn’. But it’s bloody dangerous, she has no car control whatsoever and is happy to leave the car if she manages to get it within two feet of the curb. More likely she will mount the curb with the rear quarter and leave the front quarter a foot and a half from the curb in the road – diagonal parking.
While I agree she must learn, I don’t think the public road on her own is the correct place to do this however I had decided to let it go.
She got permission to use a drive of the house next door with a dropped curb that they don’t use to park. This solved the revving problem… until last night …
She arrived home at 11pm last night to find someone had parked over the driveway she uses (an inconsiderate action of course) however rather than park somewhere else and write a polite note this woman decided to sit in her car and hold the horn on for 5-10 seconds a blast and repeatedly for a few minutes. She woke half the street and received a few choice words from several people who’d come out to see what the fuss was about. Now obviously this is pretty antisocial and not the correct way to deal with a parking problem.
So I wanted to ask here whether there is anything I can do to get her off of the road? She has demonstrated she deeply struggles with car control and the horn is the last straw. I can see her slipping off the clutch and running someone over (there are lots of children in the mornings when she leaves, we live next to a school) at some point and would like to raise my concerns. Any suggestions PH?
The best thing, although tiresome, is to record her and when an incident arises, submit your evidence.
She obviously needs her car so maybe you and your neighbours could get together to write her a letter raising your concerns and suggest she attends some sort of driving school. Consist notifications of her actions will hopefully be enough.
Keep things documented and submit your evidence to the Police if its get dangerous.
She obviously needs her car so maybe you and your neighbours could get together to write her a letter raising your concerns and suggest she attends some sort of driving school. Consist notifications of her actions will hopefully be enough.
Keep things documented and submit your evidence to the Police if its get dangerous.
moebiusuk said:
The best thing, although tiresome, is to record her and when an incident arises, submit your evidence.
She obviously needs her car so maybe you and your neighbours could get together to write her a letter raising your concerns and suggest she attends some sort of driving school. Consist notifications of her actions will hopefully be enough.
Keep things documented and submit your evidence to the Police if its get dangerous.
Fair enough. I'll take a few videos.She obviously needs her car so maybe you and your neighbours could get together to write her a letter raising your concerns and suggest she attends some sort of driving school. Consist notifications of her actions will hopefully be enough.
Keep things documented and submit your evidence to the Police if its get dangerous.
Watch this space, I'll whack one on here for you guys to smile at!
I have a 20 something assistantqs that cant park for toffee and tail gates badly at time not aggressive just poor driving.
He has just taken delivery a brand new focus titanium and has kerbed all 4 wheels badly within weeks. However since he has never had an accident he qualifies himself as a good driver. He wont be told and I dont ever ride with him.
He has just taken delivery a brand new focus titanium and has kerbed all 4 wheels badly within weeks. However since he has never had an accident he qualifies himself as a good driver. He wont be told and I dont ever ride with him.
moebiusuk said:
The best thing, although tiresome, is to record her and when an incident arises, submit your evidenceput it on the internet for the laughs.
She obviously needs her car so maybe you and your neighbours could get together to write her a letter raising your concerns and suggest she attends some sort of driving school. Consist notifications of her actions will hopefully be enough.
Keep things documented and submit your evidence to the Police if its get dangerous.
EFA.She obviously needs her car so maybe you and your neighbours could get together to write her a letter raising your concerns and suggest she attends some sort of driving school. Consist notifications of her actions will hopefully be enough.
Keep things documented and submit your evidence to the Police if its get dangerous.
What was her reaction to the 'choice' words for the beeping?
I'd say you just need to be as direct as possible with her.
has she actually got a licence? UK test requires parking etc to be done so if she is that awful...? Some people from foreign climes try to drive on licences that dont require the same level of testing and training as we have in the UK, but they can only use it for a year I think before retesting..?
You may be surprised at how quickly she learns.
My brother would admit he isn't a 'natural driver' and couldn't parallel park very easily, but he moved to Newcastle to go to Uni and ended up living on a terraced street in Jesmond which was pretty rammed with cars.
Within a few months his parallel parking was amazing.
But then again... Maybe she's past learning??
My brother would admit he isn't a 'natural driver' and couldn't parallel park very easily, but he moved to Newcastle to go to Uni and ended up living on a terraced street in Jesmond which was pretty rammed with cars.
Within a few months his parallel parking was amazing.
But then again... Maybe she's past learning??
poo at Paul's said:
has she actually got a licence? UK test requires parking etc to be done so if she is that awful...? Some people from foreign climes try to drive on licences that dont require the same level of testing and training as we have in the UK, but they can only use it for a year I think before retesting..?
The test doesn't necessarily require any form of parking when I passed mine I didn't have to do a Parallel or Reversed park. She might have just gotten lucky when the examiner chose what manoeuvres she had to do.poo at Paul's said:
has she actually got a licence? UK test requires parking etc to be done so if she is that awful...? Some people from foreign climes try to drive on licences that dont require the same level of testing and training as we have in the UK, but they can only use it for a year I think before retesting..?
Only if the licence wasn't issued in the EU.Conversely, I know a few foreign climes where getting a licence requires a higher level of testing/training than in the UK, particularly for motorway driving and when it comes to lane discipline...
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