How to stop someone parking on a verge?

[CoolHands]

Ok some 's people of traveling persuasion took up residence about a year ago in a house to the right of this pic. They now drive every day up and down the path to stop outside their house, in one of three positions.

• Sometimes two wheels on the road, two on the verge;
• sometimes all four wheels centrally on the verge;
• sometimes two wheels on the verge two wheels entirely covering the pavement ie the whole vehicle (a ford galaxy I think) covers the pavement and grass.

Now it is churning up the verge so it looks st. There is a side road behind me in the pic which they could park in and walk round to their house without hazard; there is a sub road opposite their house they can & sometimes do park in (although they like to stick it half up on the verge over there too); ie they just have to cross that main road in the pic (it's not that busy).

Since I'm not powerfully built I don't want to approach them myself and tell them how they're fking up the neighbourhood by making it look unsightly, and clearly don't worry about stting on their own doorstep what should I do? I'd like the council to stick in big wooden posts, but they'd have to be severe to prevent this lot I'm sure, else they'd mysteriously get knocked over if they were too spindly.

So, any recourse? I'm not an immediate neighbour, just a nosy busybody who lives very nearby, and to be frank it pisses me off. In these days of 'austerity' I doubt councils even want to spend money on something like posts even if they would have in the past?

edit ps they don't park there all day just drive on & off as necessary - so they are unlikely to get done by a traffic warden for parking on the pavement, since they don't park it and leave it. It 's just the repeated use that is churning it up.

Edited by CoolHands on Tuesday 28th February 11:05

[matthias73]

People used to do it at my dads house, until he politely asked them not to, and they stopped.

But those of a travelling persuasion are often not taken to listening to peoples requests.

[Risotto]

A council in my area installed chunky wooden posts about 2 feet high at the corners of each verge and ran metal rails between them to stop residents parking like this, although it was for safety reasons as the road in question was a busy dual carriageway.

[Lord Pikey]

Cant see the pic as its blocked. But what about painting some big rocks white and putting them on the verge?

[Marlin45]

Bury spikes in the mud?

[markmullen]

Caltrop.

[Garlick]

Put a horse on it.

[TomTheTyke]

There was a problem similar to this is Barnsley (just to help the stereotype some more it was indeed behind the old Barnsley Main pit) there also used to be a major glassworks up there but that too closed leaving loads of waste land. Now the gypsies parked up there and still do but so many of their mates turned up that they had to move onto grass verges nearby. The council put up chunky wooden posts about 2 feet high with similar posts joining them horizontally along the top. Not 2 weeks went by before the gypsies (for arguments sake it could have been someone else but really...) had bent the metal brackets apart and helped themselves to all the top bits of timber along a substantial length of road.

[Agoogy]

How did the vehicles make those marks with that tree in the way?
How about a little sign saying "stay off the grass" or soemthing similar...see how they respond to that...

[matthias73]

Just had an idea:




Edit: wow, you guys work fast

[Davey S2]

[LC926]

matthias73 said:

Just had an idea:




Edit: wow, you guys work fast

but these wouldn't work, they'd just push into the mud, plus would you really want to put these under a pie keys car ? i wouldn't

[Agoogy]

OK plant a tree, put a protective guard thing around it, then a sign on it saying it is being monitored by CCTV by local "neighbourhood watch" volunteers...

[matthias73]

LC926 said:

matthias73 said:

Just had an idea:




Edit: wow, you guys work fast

but these wouldn't work, they'd just push into the mud, plus would you really want to put these under a pie keys car ? i wouldn't

Okay, a variation of sorts.
Furthermore, I wouldn't either, but that doesn't mean we can't post ridiculously fun sounding ideas, does it?
pffft

[CoolHands]

Lord said:

Cant see the pic as its blocked.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cWkzK0uRiaE/T0y...

[Ari]

Similar situation near me. One in particular drives a Land Rover and parks it on the grass verge just because he can, even if there's plenty of parking spaces! Grass is ripped to shreds, just mud and puddles in some places, blimmin shame.

Contacted council, they said "there's a shortage of parking so we have to allow people to park there". Fine say's I, tarmac or gravel it then. "Can't afford it" comes the response.

In fact, years ago there was an abandoned car on it, grass growing up through the bonnet. The council would carefully cut around it every time. I wrote and said, oi, what about this untaxed uninsured heap rotting away, it's been there years. Was told "we know who owns it so we cannot treat it as abandoned and remove it".

I said "but no tax, no insurance". "Not our problem, speak to police". Spoke to police, "not our problem it's on council land, speak to them".

So I asked the council whether they would confirm in writing that if I bought an old wreck, put the V5 in my name, and deposited it on their park in front of their offices, that this was entirely legal and there was nothing they could do? No response. Asked again, no response and then the "couldn't be moved" wreck was towed away...

The short version of all that being, if your council are anything like mine, you're on your own.

[davepoth]

[matthias73]

I've come to the conclusion that caltrops and cans of red bull are not enough.

You need these guys.

[NotDave]

Can sympathise OP. OHs neighbours have 5 cars and refuse to park ANY on the driveway.

The grass on both sides of the road is now churned, potholed, and muddy after 3years+ of this. Including cars over-hanging the driveway.



I find that when possible, dumping my snotter, parked in the same spaces, but all on the road, curbs their enthusiasm, and they park properly.


Best was dumping a shogun sport with tow-bar for 3days solid, across their usual patch.

[CoolHands]

Agoogy said:

How did the vehicles make those marks with that tree in the way?

I did an expert photoshop to show you. They drive either side of the tree.