Taxed, MOT'd, insured, and dumped.

[anonymous-user]

Fully expecting the answer to be 'nothing' but is there anything I can do about two cars which have been dumped in my street? First one appeared at least six months ago and the second about three months ago. None of the neighbors know who owns them, and no idea why someone would just park up two cars for that amount of time.
The first one is a 13 plate, looks in good nick and just sat there mouldering. I checked online and it seems to be fully legal, but when the mot ran out at the start of November I thought it might be moved, and sure enough, yesterday it did...apparently just to get an mot and now it's back again. The other is a bit older and scruffier, with a flat tyre, but again, checking online it's fully legal.
I know it's not 'my' road and anyone can park there, but permanently losing two places in the street is a pain in the arse and anti social behaviour if nothing else. When the mot ran out on the first one I reported it as dumped online with our local council and nothing happened, presumably because it's taxed and insured.

[anonymous-user]

The OP, earlier -

[cptsideways]

MOT history now tells you where it was MOT'd, might be worth asking with them

[steveo3002]

news flash

road legal car parked on road !

[anonymous-user]

[Marlin45]

Breadvan72 said:

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[anonymous-user]

Thanks for the help all. Clearly not a life threatening situation, but it is a pain in the arse. So everyone else would genuinely be happy for a car to be dumped outside their house and not moved for six months?

[steveo3002]

i wouldnt be happy but if the car is road legal its allowed to be there same as anyone else , maybe theyre not happy when you park in the street

[Mandalore]

Nothing you can do about the car as (potentially) the only rule being broken was when the car remained parked on the road when the MOT ran out.
Even then, it wasn't actually in use and nobody would care.


On a positive note, the rest of us get to see who all the weirdos are.

[HantsRat]

Spumfry said:

Thanks for the help all. Clearly not a life threatening situation, but it is a pain in the arse. So everyone else would genuinely be happy for a car to be dumped outside their house and not moved for six months?

Well it hasn't been dumped. It was picked up to get an MOT then parked up again so clearly has an owner. Possibly someone who only drives a couple of times a year. Maybe the owner is trying to sell it and it's parked up waiting for a sale?

Either way, It's road legal and no reason why it can't be parked there.

[anonymous-user]

Fair enough. Personally I think it would be weirder not to notice a car that hadn't moved for six months, but it's up to you.

[anonymous-user]

It's not illegal, but it is inconsiderate and quite selfish. Let the front hedge grow a little higher so you cant see it from the morning room?

[mattwade24]

Could it be a bait car placed there by the police? Do they even use this tactic anymore?

[herewego]

Maybe the owner wants to keep his drive and the road outside his own house clear for his family/visitors. Why should he care about anybody else. Don't answer that.

[mgv8]

I get why this would bug you, but as everyone has said little you can do. The only option is to leave a note, but not much chase that will do anything.

[Riley Blue]

I'm trying to get my head round the idea that parking a taxed, MOT'd and insured car at the roadside is 'anti social behaviour' because of the length of time it has been there.

[Richard-390a0]

Spumfry said:

Fair enough. Personally I think it would be weirder not to notice a car that hadn't moved for six months, but it's up to you.

There was a similar situation near me recently, two 2002 approx Clios parked up in a residential road which only moved for MOT's the rest of the year slowly deteriourating due to road spray, flat tyres, tree sap, going green, keyed & even being pushed out of the way by other vehicles to make space. Then they both disappeared within a month or so of each other recently. I can only assume it was a neighbourly dispute or something as there wasn't enough parking for one car per house let alone two & as they were spaced apart not even outside of one particular house. Fair enough it's legal but it's lacking common courtesy leaving it deterourating outside of someone elses house imho.

[Seesure]

Spumfry said:

Fully expecting the answer to be 'nothing' but is there anything I can do about two cars which have been dumped in my street? First one appeared at least six months ago and the second about three months ago. None of the neighbors know who owns them, and no idea why someone would just park up two cars for that amount of time.
The first one is a 13 plate, looks in good nick and just sat there mouldering. I checked online and it seems to be fully legal, but when the mot ran out at the start of November I thought it might be moved, and sure enough, yesterday it did...apparently just to get an mot and now it's back again. The other is a bit older and scruffier, with a flat tyre, but again, checking online it's fully legal.
I know it's not 'my' road and anyone can park there, but permanently losing two places in the street is a pain in the arse and anti social behaviour if nothing else. When the mot ran out on the first one I reported it as dumped online with our local council and nothing happened, presumably because it's taxed and insured.

Simples ... hire a big **** off tractor and tow a huge trailer full of sheep and rip the crap out of the cars as you drive by... they'll soon get moved and half of PH will support you as the owner(s) of the cars were parking inconsiderately so anything else is fair game especially if you say the road was blocked....

[Zetec-S]

Richard-390a0 said:

There was a similar situation near me recently, two 2002 approx Clios parked up in a residential road which only moved for MOT's the rest of the year slowly deteriourating due to road spray, flat tyres, tree sap, going green, keyed & even being pushed out of the way by other vehicles to make space. Then they both disappeared within a month or so of each other recently. I can only assume it was a neighbourly dispute or something as there wasn't enough parking for one car per house let alone two & as they were spaced apart not even outside of one particular house. Fair enough it's legal but it's lacking common courtesy leaving it deterourating outside of someone elses house imho.

Quite possibly the answer. OP, are you aware of any issues with your neighbours?

(I know if I ever won big on the lottery I'd be tempted to buy a few rusty old Mercedes Sprinters and leave parked (legally) in a few choice locations

[amancalledrob]

Riley Blue said:

I'm trying to get my head round the idea that parking a taxed, MOT'd and insured car at the roadside is 'anti social behaviour' because of the length of time it has been there.

Perhaps not anti-social but certainly unsociable. In some streets parking space is at a premium, so you'd understand why this would be annoying if the car belongs to no one on your street but still makes things difficult for you and your neighbours. My butler reports that on roads of terraced housing where there are no driveways it's an absolute pain