Visitor parking spaces…

[IJWS15]

Was going to add a comment to the last thread but it appears to be closed, to avoid that I won’t mention any towns….

Son lives on an estate with some parking spaces marked for visitors, all properties have allocated parking. One resident has clearly taken possession of a visitors bay for his EV and has a charging point on the wall of his house beside it with the charging lead laid across the footpath.

Wonder how long it will be before someone trips over the cable.

If the space is ever free I would park in it and leave my car there for a few days while his battery runs down.

What is the position of cables across footpaths?

[normalbloke]

IJWS15 said:

Was going to add a comment to the last thread but it appears to be closed, to avoid that I won’t mention any towns….

Son lives on an estate with some parking spaces marked for visitors, all properties have allocated parking. One resident has clearly taken possession of a visitors bay for his EV and has a charging point on the wall of his house beside it with the charging lead laid across the footpath.

Wonder how long it will be before someone trips over the cable.

If the space is ever free I would park in it and leave my car there for a few days while his battery runs down.

What is the position of cables across footpaths?

Tell your son to move, tell him his dad is a ‘tard for wanting a aggravate the neighbour and add to the escalation, and the position of the cable would generally be on the ground. HTH.

[Nuttbelle]

Major health and safety issue ! Doubt he has personal liability insurance though so I wouldnt walk by it and trip if I was you.

There is going to be a major law suit on this situation for sure so be interesting to see the compensation awarded to someone who is hurt

[119]

A picture speaks a thousand words.

[Richard-D]

IJWS15 said:

If the space is ever free I would park in it and leave my car there for a few days while his battery runs down.

Why?

[paulrockliffe]

A friend had a charger installed in a similar setup, they ground a channel in the pavement. WTF.

[Sebring440]

Richard-D said:

IJWS15 said:

If the space is ever free I would park in it and leave my car there for a few days while his battery runs down.

Why?

Because he's a twunt.

[0ddball]

What going on with all these peasants with no driveways? Going forward, I think you should have parking for at least 4 cars before you can register on here. That would keep the riff raff out.

[darreni]

0ddball said:

What going on with all these peasants with no driveways? Going forward, I think you should have parking for at least 4 cars before you can register on here. That would keep the riff raff out.

Seconded.

[Sheepshanks]

Nuttbelle said:

Doubt he has personal liability insurance though so I wouldnt walk by it and trip if I was you.

If he's got house insurance then that would cover him.

[donkmeister]

0ddball said:

What going on with all these peasants with no driveways? Going forward, I think you should have parking for at least 4 cars before you can register on here. That would keep the riff raff out.

A 4 car driveway? Sounds a bit "affordable housing" to me. I've never seen a courtyard so small that it couldn't comfortably accommodate 8 cars, and a cart lodge is a wonderfully space-efficient way to store a few extra plus the staff.

[Sigmamark7]

I live on an Estate. I inherited it from Daddy, but have no idea where the cars live, because I have a man who looks after those things!

[MickC]

darreni said:

0ddball said:

What going on with all these peasants with no driveways? Going forward, I think you should have parking for at least 4 cars before you can even buy a car. That would keep the riff raff out.

Seconded.

EFA and Thirded!

[ClaphamBoxS]

donkmeister said:

0ddball said:

What going on with all these peasants with no driveways? Going forward, I think you should have parking for at least 4 cars before you can register on here. That would keep the riff raff out.

A 4 car driveway? Sounds a bit "affordable housing" to me. I've never seen a courtyard so small that it couldn't comfortably accommodate 8 cars, and a cart lodge is a wonderfully space-efficient way to store a few extra plus the staff.

Anyone whose front gates are in the same postcode as their house should be barred..

[Vanden Saab]

MickC said:

darreni said:

0ddball said:

What going on with all these peasants with no driveways? Going forward, I think you should have parking for at least 4 cars before you can even buy a car. That would keep the riff raff out.

Seconded.

EFA and Thirded!

Judging by our neighbour's sons parking, 4 spaces should be a minimum.

[Hol]

IJWS15 said:

Was going to add a comment to the last thread but it appears to be closed, to avoid that I won’t mention any towns….

Son lives on an estate with some parking spaces marked for visitors, all properties have allocated parking. One resident has clearly taken possession of a visitors bay for his EV and has a charging point on the wall of his house beside it with the charging lead laid across the footpath.

Wonder how long it will be before someone trips over the cable.

If the space is ever free I would park in it and leave my car there for a few days while his battery runs down.

What is the position of cables across footpaths?

Is it one of those weird situations like the other thread where the visitor space is closer to the house (and in this scenario the power hookup) than the actual allocated space.

If so, I can see why the installer might have gone that route, BUT it’s still an official visitor space, and as quoted many times on the other thread - anyone can legally and morally park there.

I’m assuming he didn’t have the courtesy to speak to any other residents whose visitors used the same space first?

[Retroman]

IJWS15 said:

Was going to add a comment to the last thread but it appears to be closed, to avoid that I won’t mention any towns….

What is the position of cables across footpaths?

It constitutes an offence / fine from memory, even if covered when it comes to charging cables.
Whether the council will enforce it, is another matter.

[GasEngineer]

Sebring440 said:

Richard-D said:

IJWS15 said:

If the space is ever free I would park in it and leave my car there for a few days while his battery runs down.

Why?

Because he's a twunt.

Who is the twunt - the one hogging the visitor space or the one parking in it to annoy him.

[normalbloke]

GasEngineer said:

Sebring440 said:

Richard-D said:

IJWS15 said:

If the space is ever free I would park in it and leave my car there for a few days while his battery runs down.

Why?

Because he's a twunt.

Who is the twunt - the one hogging the visitor space or the one parking in it to annoy him.

Yes.

[Letstryadifferentcareveryyear]

Retroman said:

IJWS15 said:

Was going to add a comment to the last thread but it appears to be closed, to avoid that I won’t mention any towns….

What is the position of cables across footpaths?

It constitutes an offence / fine from memory, even if covered when it comes to charging cables.
Whether the council will enforce it, is another matter.

Bedfordshire council are trialing a scheme whereby they will insert a specially designed slot into the pavement between your property and the kerb specifically for you to be able to run a charger cable to a car without it being a trip hazard.

It's called a Kerbo Charge Cable Channel.