The BAD PARKING thread [vol4]

[Funk]

Nope:

[5s Alive]

Other cheek now red and stinging.

[mgtony]

Vipers said:

Is that a car for the 'Ugly Car Thread'? Looks like a Hyundai has mounted a Peugeot.

[rolando]

Red9zero said:

G Thang said:

Vipers said:

Just parked my car, this bloke drives up, abandons his car, plugs it in and goes shopping, and they wonder why cars get dinged….. before someone says it, yes it’s “shocking”

He should be charged with obstruction.

Should have left his car at ohm.

Watt?

[Mr lestat]

5s Alive said:

Mr lestat said:

I wonder if there is a disabled sign under the car

Good shout. Giving myself a slap for not thinking it myself.

Apparently not, so he is just a dick then

[Bonefish Blues]

Mr lestat said:

5s Alive said:

Mr lestat said:

I wonder if there is a disabled sign under the car

Good shout. Giving myself a slap for not thinking it myself.

Apparently not, so he is just a dick then

I wonder if that 'pavement' is their frontage?

[Tim Reaper]

Not necessary to park on the pavement here , and take up most of it and make pedestrians walk right next to the dual carriageway .

[Mr lestat]

Tim Reaper said:

Not necessary to park on the pavement here , and take up most of it and make pedestrians walk right next to the dual carriageway .

And double yellow lines. What a

[Tim Reaper]

It's marginally better to park there than where I was standing ,which would block the view from the exit from the petrol station but

if he had driven another 100 metres ,there is a legal parking spot that some trucks use during the day .

[5s Alive]

Bonefish Blues said:

Mr lestat said:

5s Alive said:

Mr lestat said:

I wonder if there is a disabled sign under the car

Good shout. Giving myself a slap for not thinking it myself.

Apparently not, so he is just a dick then

I wonder if that 'pavement' is their frontage?

They appear to have a great deal more front than the lines suggest.

[kowalski655]

Killer2005 said:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politi...

Oh no, they can't park in their street. Picture shows them sat on their driveway

To be fair the article says they mmm ade the drive in response to the restrictions,and are complaining on behalf of other coffin dodgers who might not be able to do that. If it's a school run problem then residents permits don't seem to be out of place to me

[Vipers]

kowalski655 said:

Killer2005 said:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politi...

Oh no, they can't park in their street. Picture shows them sat on their driveway

To be fair the article says they mmm ade the drive in response to the restrictions,and are complaining on behalf of other coffin dodgers who might not be able to do that. If it's a school run problem then residents permits don't seem to be out of place to me

If the problem is people dropping their little darlings off, blitz them with tickets not the residents.

[PH User]

Vipers said:

kowalski655 said:

Killer2005 said:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politi...

Oh no, they can't park in their street. Picture shows them sat on their driveway

To be fair the article says they mmm ade the drive in response to the restrictions,and are complaining on behalf of other coffin dodgers who might not be able to do that. If it's a school run problem then residents permits don't seem to be out of place to me

If the problem is people dropping their little darlings off, blitz them with tickets not the residents.

How would you know the difference? You can't ticket one car and not another!

[Bonefish Blues]

PH User said:

Vipers said:

kowalski655 said:

Killer2005 said:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politi...

Oh no, they can't park in their street. Picture shows them sat on their driveway

To be fair the article says they mmm ade the drive in response to the restrictions,and are complaining on behalf of other coffin dodgers who might not be able to do that. If it's a school run problem then residents permits don't seem to be out of place to me

If the problem is people dropping their little darlings off, blitz them with tickets not the residents.

How would you know the difference? You can't ticket one car and not another!

Ship in keying woman

[monthou]

kowalski655 said:

Killer2005 said:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politi...

Oh no, they can't park in their street. Picture shows them sat on their driveway

To be fair the article says they mmm ade the drive in response to the restrictions,and are complaining on behalf of other coffin dodgers who might not be able to do that. If it's a school run problem then residents permits don't seem to be out of place to me

It's not a proper drive - no drop kerb.
It does seem odd / st that the council won't give permits to residents.

[S2r]

monthou said:

It's not a proper drive - no drop kerb.
It does seem odd / st that the council won't give permits to residents.

Residents parking schemes cost money to run and this is paid for by the permits.

Round here you can have 2 permits if you live on the street, the first costs £50, the second £75 and you can only have 2. You cannot buy one for a street you don't live on (I know that that seems obvious but I have been asked about it a number of times)

You'll also need to buy a pack of visitor permits for when your mates / family visit.

And if you change you car part way through the year, then there'll be an admin fee for that as well.

It's amazing how many people change their mind about having such a scheme on their new estate when they find out the costs involved - I've been involved in several over the past few years where residents have been quite abusive / angry and demanded it be put in place until I explain what it'll cost them at which point they tend to shut up.

[monthou]

S2r said:

monthou said:

It's not a proper drive - no drop kerb.
It does seem odd / st that the council won't give permits to residents.

Residents parking schemes cost money to run and this is paid for by the permits.

Round here you can have 2 permits if you live on the street, the first costs £50, the second £75 and you can only have 2. You cannot buy one for a street you don't live on (I know that that seems obvious but I have been asked about it a number of times)

You'll also need to buy a pack of visitor permits for when your mates / family visit.

And if you change you car part way through the year, then there'll be an admin fee for that as well.

It's amazing how many people change their mind about having such a scheme on their new estate when they find out the costs involved - I've been involved in several over the past few years where residents have been quite abusive / angry and demanded it be put in place until I explain what it'll cost them at which point they tend to shut up.

I understand there's a cost. Personally I'd be delighted in their situation to pay £50 or £100 a year to have their parking problem go away. Restrictions for a couple of hours a day probably aren't too painful for visitors, but it means residents can't leave a car on their own street.

[LargeRed]

monthou said:

......., but it means residents can't leave a car on their own street.

Residents don't own the street, sometimes they don't own a house on the street, just rent it.

sooner people learn they have NO RIGHTS to park outside the home they reside in.

[Sticks.]

monthou said:

I understand there's a cost. Personally I'd be delighted in their situation to pay £50 or £100 a year to have their parking problem go away. Restrictions for a couple of hours a day probably aren't too painful for visitors, but it means residents can't leave a car on their own street.

I live near a station and the restrictions are for half an hour on one side, a different half hour on the other.

[WarrenB]

monthou said:

S2r said:

monthou said:

It's not a proper drive - no drop kerb.
It does seem odd / st that the council won't give permits to residents.

Residents parking schemes cost money to run and this is paid for by the permits.

Round here you can have 2 permits if you live on the street, the first costs £50, the second £75 and you can only have 2. You cannot buy one for a street you don't live on (I know that that seems obvious but I have been asked about it a number of times)

You'll also need to buy a pack of visitor permits for when your mates / family visit.

And if you change you car part way through the year, then there'll be an admin fee for that as well.

It's amazing how many people change their mind about having such a scheme on their new estate when they find out the costs involved - I've been involved in several over the past few years where residents have been quite abusive / angry and demanded it be put in place until I explain what it'll cost them at which point they tend to shut up.

I understand there's a cost. Personally I'd be delighted in their situation to pay £50 or £100 a year to have their parking problem go away. Restrictions for a couple of hours a day probably aren't too painful for visitors, but it means residents can't leave a car on their own street.

Depends how well it's policed though. No point in paying £100 for a parking permit if none permit holders can still turn up and park with no enforcement.