If you have a driveway should you use it?
Discussion
Prompted by the van thread, if you have a driveway should you park your car on it instead of the road?
I have a driveway long enough for about 4 cars but tend to park one of my cars on the road, I do this because I keep my other car in the garage and tend to use that one on a daily basis. Because the drive is only wide enough for one car if I parked the other one on the drive I would have to move it off and back on the drive every time I wanted to go out / come in.
It's not ideal to leave it on the road however it doesn't cause an obstruction and it is parked legally.
Looking round a fair few people who have driveways tend to use the road as well, is it really that much of an issue?
(Should I go and hide?
)
I have a driveway long enough for about 4 cars but tend to park one of my cars on the road, I do this because I keep my other car in the garage and tend to use that one on a daily basis. Because the drive is only wide enough for one car if I parked the other one on the drive I would have to move it off and back on the drive every time I wanted to go out / come in.
It's not ideal to leave it on the road however it doesn't cause an obstruction and it is parked legally.
Looking round a fair few people who have driveways tend to use the road as well, is it really that much of an issue?
(Should I go and hide?
)I think it all depends. It is a bloddy pain shifting cars round. To get my Mustang out involves moving the Mondeo a street away and walking back but we still use the drive as we have 3 cars so still occupy part of the road outside.
What annoys me are the people who have hardstandings opposite us relating to 4 terraced houses and they never use them but clog the road instead. The hardstandings don't lead anywhere so there's no reason not to use them and it means cars have to be parked on the pavement on both sides being narrow roads.
What annoys me are the people who have hardstandings opposite us relating to 4 terraced houses and they never use them but clog the road instead. The hardstandings don't lead anywhere so there's no reason not to use them and it means cars have to be parked on the pavement on both sides being narrow roads.
nouze said:
With on street parking spaces being in short supply the only issue I see is selfishness.
See my latest post in the van thread.What yoore effectively doing is claiming a piece of everyone's street as your own as a parking space. Why not park a caravan or a trailer on the street just to make it clear youre staking a claim?
defblade said:
I'll bet 99% of people with a drive have told the insurance that that is where the car will parked of a night....
That would be a very stupid thing to do. All it would take when your car got nicked, is for the insurance company to ask the neighbours where the car is usually parked, and they'd have grounds for refusing to pay out. Contrary to common sense, on-street parking can bring safety benefits. Manual for Streets, the guidance for highway design, encourages on-street parking to slow traffic down without the need for speed bumps. Also, if you park your car on-street, you are more likely to interact with your neighbours, keep an eye out of antisocial behaviour etc.
Depends what you drive I guess, but for 99% of non-petrolheads on-street parking is their preferred option.
Depends what you drive I guess, but for 99% of non-petrolheads on-street parking is their preferred option.
LuS1fer said:
I think it all depends. It is a bloddy pain shifting cars round. To get my Mustang out involves moving the Mondeo a street away and walking back but we still use the drive as we have 3 cars so still occupy part of the road outside.
What annoys me are the people who have hardstandings opposite us relating to 4 terraced houses and they never use them but clog the road instead. The hardstandings don't lead anywhere so there's no reason not to use them and it means cars have to be parked on the pavement on both sides being narrow roads.
This is a bit pot and kettle, no? Regardless of your excuse for not parking in your space, you are doing the same as the people opposite.What annoys me are the people who have hardstandings opposite us relating to 4 terraced houses and they never use them but clog the road instead. The hardstandings don't lead anywhere so there's no reason not to use them and it means cars have to be parked on the pavement on both sides being narrow roads.
kambites said:
defblade said:
I'll bet 99% of people with a drive have told the insurance that that is where the car will parked of a night....
That would be a very stupid thing to do. All it would take when your car got nicked, is for the insurance company to ask the neighbours where the car is usually parked, and they'd have grounds for refusing to pay out. LuS1fer said:
What annoys me are the people who have hardstandings opposite us relating to 4 terraced houses and they never use them but clog the road instead. The hardstandings don't lead anywhere so there's no reason not to use them and it means cars have to be parked on the pavement on both sides being narrow roads.
Do you live in a newish estate by any chance? There has been a trend over the last 20 - 30 years of putting parking in stupid places where people don't actually want to use them (like round the back in a court, or off away from the front door) so people ignore the designated parking and instead use the street. Bad design leads to bad parking.The solution? Streets that are designed with parking in mind. Think of all the best places to live you know - I bet they are older neighbourhoods with on-street parking or driveways onto the street.
Old guy across the road from me has a drive that is 2 car wide. He has his car and another park there occasionally. I don't have a drive, and use the residents bay parking outside my house. This old guy will use his drive 50% of the time, but park in the bay the other 50%? His drive is then empty for a week.... whilst I can't park outside my house because he's left his car there.
That's just selfish in my opinion. I've been tempted to park on his drive when he does that!
That's just selfish in my opinion. I've been tempted to park on his drive when he does that!
I have a driveway big enough for 3 vehicles but currently have 4 so one has to go on the road. Well, in a little layby thing opposite if it's free. I don't see the problem as it's taxed, tested and insured and there aren't any parking restrictions.
I think it annoys the guy opposite if I park in the layby because he can only get 1 car on his drive and 1 in his garage so is always shuffling them round and he seems to think he has sole access to the layby but I don't really give a toss.
I think it annoys the guy opposite if I park in the layby because he can only get 1 car on his drive and 1 in his garage so is always shuffling them round and he seems to think he has sole access to the layby but I don't really give a toss.
excel monkey said:
Last time I renewed my insurance with Admiral, there was no difference in price for street or driveway parking. Parking in a garage usually gets a discount, but my garage was built in the 30s and probably could fit an Austin 7, but not a modern family car...
Interesting. I was told there was no difference between a garage and a driveway in my area, but that both were preferable to the street. (That was Esure.)We have a garage and a 1 car width, 2 car long drive leading to it. My car is kept in the garage and the OH on the drive in front of the garage. Even though I am first out and last in every day, I'd rather keep my car tucked up in the garage so therefore I have to shuffle the cars twice a day. It takes a couple of minutes and really is not much of a hardship. The only reason I can see for people not to use their drives fully is laziness IMO.
I agree with one of the posters above that roads should be designed to accomodate more parking, as people don't use their garages for cars that often these days, and are too lazy to move a car to get another out. It really irks me to see the state of modern housing estates with cars parked all over the place and many not using their drives. They're so profit driven however they would rather squeeze in an extra housing plot than provide enough car parking. We're lucky enough to live on an estate built in the 70s so its not so much of a problem, but there are still a few who choose to park on the strret, and while its perfectly legal etc etc it just causes unnecessary obstructions and slaloms, cluttering the streets.
I agree with one of the posters above that roads should be designed to accomodate more parking, as people don't use their garages for cars that often these days, and are too lazy to move a car to get another out. It really irks me to see the state of modern housing estates with cars parked all over the place and many not using their drives. They're so profit driven however they would rather squeeze in an extra housing plot than provide enough car parking. We're lucky enough to live on an estate built in the 70s so its not so much of a problem, but there are still a few who choose to park on the strret, and while its perfectly legal etc etc it just causes unnecessary obstructions and slaloms, cluttering the streets.
I have 2 pretty selfish neighbours who like to stretch their authority over the street. Both neighbours living opposite each other, like to park on the road despite both having double driveways, to see how much of the area out side their house they can occupy by parking their car there, instead of the huge empty drievways.
the street is a ul-de-sac so does effect other neighbours that live past them.
I just long for the day one of the cars receives a mysterious dent or scratch. I certainly wont have noticed this.
They seem to wind each other up quite badly by doing this. More than any other of the neighbours!
I think its selfish and ignorant not using your driveway when there is absolutely no reason not to.
the street is a ul-de-sac so does effect other neighbours that live past them.
I just long for the day one of the cars receives a mysterious dent or scratch. I certainly wont have noticed this.
They seem to wind each other up quite badly by doing this. More than any other of the neighbours!
I think its selfish and ignorant not using your driveway when there is absolutely no reason not to.
defblade said:
I'll bet 99% of people with a drive have told the insurance that that is where the car will parked of a night....
My insurer specifically stipulated - based on the quote saying 'parked on driveway at night' - that my car has to be on the driveway between 10pm - 6am if my car is at the same post-code as the address on the policy.Edited by FamilyDub on Wednesday 10th August 11:40
This has always been a major issue for me. When my wife and I bought our first house together we really wanted the size and character of a Victorian terrace - it was everything we ever wanted. A really nice 4 storey, huge rooms, enough room to have gatherings and a cobbled road which was nice.
Initially Sarah didn't drive so we only had one car and most people only had one car.
It wasn't long til the builder over the road, with his car plus pick up, sons became 17 and they had 5 cars.
We were always first out and last back so chances of getting parked were slim so we started parking down gaps between each 4th house which worked really well as we got 2 cars in what would have been 1 space and left the space outside ours for our nextdoor neighbour.
For a different reason we decided to move, rented that one to my little brother and now have a garage for two and drive for 6 when we had our last party - I still park my daily on the road though. It's a very tight road and it does slow people down!
Initially Sarah didn't drive so we only had one car and most people only had one car.
It wasn't long til the builder over the road, with his car plus pick up, sons became 17 and they had 5 cars.
We were always first out and last back so chances of getting parked were slim so we started parking down gaps between each 4th house which worked really well as we got 2 cars in what would have been 1 space and left the space outside ours for our nextdoor neighbour.
For a different reason we decided to move, rented that one to my little brother and now have a garage for two and drive for 6 when we had our last party - I still park my daily on the road though. It's a very tight road and it does slow people down!
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff