Ticketed whilst parked on driveway - thoughts?

[McVities]

To my uninformed eyes, it looks like they are not only parked on their own driveway, but also across the pavement.............and this will be what the ticket has been issued for.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/couple-hit-with...

[Black_S3]

Morons...

''However, despite putting the vehicle as tight to the wall as it could get, the car was still issued with a £35 fine – which will rise to £70 if not paid within 14 days.''

Their car is on the pavement because their ''driveway'' isn't big enough.

[creampuff]

The parked car is blocking 100% of the footpath.

[98elise]

Black_S3 said:

Morons...

''However, despite putting the vehicle as tight to the wall as it could get, the car was still issued with a £35 fine – which will rise to £70 if not paid within 14 days.''

Their car is on the pavement because their ''driveway'' isn't big enough.

Agreed. They need a smaller car, a bigger drive, or park sideways. The path is not part of their drive.

[anothernameitist]

Park lenght ways to the house, simple isn't it

[Mill Wheel]

anothernameitist said:

Park lenght ways to the house, simple isn't it

Driver of the car next door has got the right idea.

[esxste]

anothernameitist said:

Park lenght ways to the house, simple isn't it

That's contrary to accepted wisdom that universe revolves around them, and everything should conform to what they decree is right.

[Riley Blue]

anothernameitist said:

Park lenght ways to the house, simple isn't it

Too difficult for the car owners it seems.

[creampuff]

"We are going to try and contest it because I have always been told as long as I am not over the yellow line, there isn't a problem."

They obviously haven't been told by a pedestrian who has to stop walking on the footpath and start walking on the road to get past the blockage their car is causing then.

[over_the_hill]

The car isn't on a drive it's partly on a bit of block paving outside the front of their house.

It looks as if the neighbour has a dropped curb but they don't although it is a low curb.
They will not be able to park lengthways because they have his and hers to fit on (probably)

[Funk]

It looks like it, but are we sure that's a pavement which doesn't belong to them?

[vonhosen]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232506/Wh...

[Chris Type R]

Another photo on the Telegraph website - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Co...

Their poll suggests support for the "unjustness" of it all.

[Hackney]

That's not a drive, it's a paved over (small) front garden.
Ticket is for parking on double yellows which includes everything up to their property. Their car is not entirely on their property hence the ticket.

They should park like their neighbour, parallel to house. Morons.

[Hackney]

vonhosen said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232506/Wh...

This does seem odd, although I can see why even owning the land, the council "consider it" public.
He should've spent the £10k on a wall and gate.

[Funk]

Definitely pavement they're parked over:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8668645,0.159169...

[TooMany2cvs]

They've "been parking there since 2002".

Not a 15-plate Golf VII, they haven't. Any bets on it being longer than their previous cars? Definitely a LOT longer than that C107go - even though they've managed to PLAC with that, too...

[Mandalore]

In another story about this family, someone mentioned that they had two cars and a (works) van.

The other car probably parks nose in next to her in the evenings, but the husband had obviously taken it to his work, where allegedly he keeps 'his' van.


It makes sense to me.

[rev-erend]

creampuff said:

The parked car is blocking 100% of the footpath.

Agreed.

Also if they parked at an angle like the other car - they would not have made the pathway impassable.

[PAULJ5555]

Couple hit with parking fine for leaving car on their drive.


Its not a drive they have just paved over their front garden, there is also no drop curb.