The BAD PARKING thread [vol4]

[Vipers]

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!

You would if residents had permits, and it was permits only, wouldn’t it?

[monthou]

LargeRed said:

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.

If I'd parked on my street for 10 years and was suddenly told I couldn't I'd be upset. Presumably you'd take it more phlegmatically, and think 'Hey, I don't own the street.' Good for you.
No idea Why renting vs owning should make a difference unless your surname is Bouquet.
It's not about owning the parking space outside your front window.

Edited by monthou on Friday 24th December 18:16

[Red9zero]

I will have to try and get a picture, but a house on our dog walk, used to leave their wheelie bin outside their house with a No Parking sticker on it. That then graduated to two garden chairs, which at least they could move and actually park in the space. However, I walked past this morning and there must be ten plant pots lined up, a couple of feet from the kerb, stopping anyone from parking there. I assume they have gone away for Christmas and want to ensure "their" space is still there when they get back.

[edusa]

Red9zero said:

I will have to try and get a picture, but a house on our dog walk, used to leave their wheelie bin outside their house with a No Parking sticker on it. That then graduated to two garden chairs, which at least they could move and actually park in the space. However, I walked past this morning and there must be ten plant pots lined up, a couple of feet from the kerb, stopping anyone from parking there. I assume they have gone away for Christmas and want to ensure "their" space is still there when they get back.

Thats mental just report it as trash left on the street and the council will clear it up,so no cctv evidence or worse behaving neighbours.

[Disco You]

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

[Skyedriver]

Read that earlier on FB
So she drives a TRUCK and complains it won't fit a standard CAR space.

We get them up here in the summer particularly with motorhomes. Take up two or more spaces rather than part in the car park which will accommodate them.

[WarrenB]

Disco You said:

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

I wonder if she'd complain if she was buying a new coat, not apparently taking back faulty smoke alarm? Because that seems to makes a difference.

[Vipers]

WarrenB said:

Disco You said:

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

I wonder if she'd complain if she was buying a new coat, not apparently taking back faulty smoke alarm? Because that seems to makes a difference.

Why buy a tank! Pity more up my way don’t get a ticket for taking two even three bays, so irritating when car parks are nearly full.

And those who park in pick up bays.

[sim72]

Skyedriver said:

Read that earlier on FB
So she drives a TRUCK and complains it won't fit a standard CAR space.

We get them up here in the summer particularly with motorhomes. Take up two or more spaces rather than part in the car park which will accommodate them.

I wouldn't have been surprised if she's said it was too long, but she's parked in two bays because she reckons it's too wide.

It's narrower than a Q5 or an X4.

Indeed, it's pretty much the same width as my Passat.

[5s Alive]

Disco You said:

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

Our car fits perfectly well in standard spaces thefore we do so however if the opportunity presents we will park in dead corners or end spaces or in radiused areas where there are large triangular spots that give more room for manoeuver and avoid potential conflict.

I have some sympathy for those with larger vehicles and have no issue with them straddling bays for a short time or in lesser trafficked areas.

It doesn't require much thought to act in a reasonable manner according to the circumstances. It's not black and white - unless of course the conditions of use are actually written in black and white on a large sign as you enter.

I've actually parked in the deserted overflow of what used to be called the Macbeth Experience restaurant off the A9 only to find 2 liveried Transit vans parked close up either side. Drivers were standing in the entryway laughing their socks off.

[G Thang]

Disco You said:

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

She whinges about a £60 fine being a lot of money but drives around in a pickup truck for no apparent reason.
Mentions mum has dementia, as if it's some kind of get out of jail free card.

[5s Alive]

G Thang said:

She whinges about a £60 fine being a lot of money but drives around in a pickup truck for no apparent reason.
Mentions mum has dementia, as if it's some kind of get out of jail free card.

It's nice and shiny though, got to love a clean car.

[Spleen]

Disco You said:

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

Trout.

[Tommo87]

G Thang said:

Disco You said:

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

She whinges about a £60 fine being a lot of money but drives around in a pickup truck for no apparent reason.
Mentions mum has dementia, as if it's some kind of get out of jail free card.

Zero sympathy, for people who deliberately buy a big car and then feel they can complain that the same spaces that they have been using for years are now too small.

You bought it, you silly old bat.

[Vipers]

Tommo87 said:

G Thang said:

Disco You said:

Possibly one for the council thread in the lounge, but also works here…



https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17115426/parking-fin...

She whinges about a £60 fine being a lot of money but drives around in a pickup truck for no apparent reason.
Mentions mum has dementia, as if it's some kind of get out of jail free card.

Zero sympathy, for people who deliberately buy a big car and then feel they can complain that the same spaces that they have been using for years are now too small.

You bought it, you silly old bat.

Do modern big tanks wheel base actually not fit in a parking bay?

[5s Alive]

Vipers said:

Do modern big tanks wheel base actually not fit in a parking bay?

In a Costco bay, yes. Most others barely. I've (on rare occasions) seen Q7's and the like parked squarely in a bay leaving very limited room in the bays either side for any mid size upwards vehicle to do the same.

Perhaps they would take up less space straddling two?

[ConnectionError]

[gazza285]

ConnectionError said:

That deserves footprints straight over the top.

[Tommo87]

5s Alive said:

Perhaps they would take up less space straddling two?

Only, if you throw away the entire concept of anyone else being able to use that second space.

Because, ‘greed is good’.

[HTP99]