Inconsiderate neighbourly parking - New restrictions?
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Sheepshanks said:
That's just horrendous in terms of parking. Our first house was on a similar, but not that packed, new estate - never again!
To be fair, there's new estate been dropped onto the edge of our village which is similar, and people have started parking on the main road passing the estate but the snag is it's a 40 limit so they shouldn't park without lights.
Yeah it's not the best to be honest. We have space on the drive for one and one parked in the garage. Shuffling around isn't the biggest hassle and ensures we don't block the neighbours, but seems one guy didn't get the memo.To be fair, there's new estate been dropped onto the edge of our village which is similar, and people have started parking on the main road passing the estate but the snag is it's a 40 limit so they shouldn't park without lights.
It would be a terrible shame if someone came with a fifty foot skip lorry and attempted to negotiate the bend without seeing their cars...
Or maybe the fire brigade might need to turn up at 3am for a car on fire.
The bin lorry at 6am on a Sunday to collect all their junk.
Or an ambulance when one of them is lying their dying and the amulance can't get through.
Or maybe the fire brigade might need to turn up at 3am for a car on fire.
The bin lorry at 6am on a Sunday to collect all their junk.
Or an ambulance when one of them is lying their dying and the amulance can't get through.
Drumroll said:
otolith said:
Mandalore said:
otolith said:
bmwmike said:
Cars primarily parked on roads should pay extra tax IMO. Got drive space for one car,cool, have one car then. Wish my local authority would ban pavement parking too.
Electric cars should help!mercedeslimos said:
It would be a terrible shame if someone came with a fifty foot skip lorry and attempted to negotiate the bend without seeing their cars...
Or maybe the fire brigade might need to turn up at 3am for a car on fire.
The bin lorry at 6am on a Sunday to collect all their junk.
Or an ambulance when one of them is lying their dying and the amulance can't get through.
There's a development near me, which I referenced in an earlier post, which matches the OP's situation exactly, which was why I surmised that he might live there (although it looks like it may be somewhere else). That place I was talking about have all of these exact issues, and complain loudly and constantly to all the relevant bodies about it, seemingly getting nowhere.Or maybe the fire brigade might need to turn up at 3am for a car on fire.
The bin lorry at 6am on a Sunday to collect all their junk.
Or an ambulance when one of them is lying their dying and the amulance can't get through.
I live a mile or so away but have walked and driven through there, and once everyone is home from work, even on the main drag through the middle of the development, you wouldn't be getting a fire engine through, not ever. Sadly it may take an emergency requiring these services, and the subsequent fallout, before anyone does anything about it.
At best, these new developments with very limited parking are a bit previous (vs the brave new no-personal-vehicle future envisioned by some). Even where I live, which was built in the 80s, there was plenty of provision for a couple of cars per house, off the road, but as families have grown up and nowadays with every teenage kid having their own car, it's bad enough even where we are. Fortunately I'm at the end of a small close and with my house being angled to the others and a large drive, I can park 6 vehicles without difficulty - but getting to the end of the road in the first place is sometimes awkward!
We have a similar problem. It is an adopted road (i.e. a normal side road, not private) just wide enough for two cars to pass but only just. Opposite lives some interesting people who park an old camper van and car partially on the pavement opposite our drive entrance. We have about the same amount of space as the picture.
They also similarly limit access to our neighbours drive. Personally, I don't give a stuff - its tight to reverse but perfectly doable and life is too short to give a s
t. My neighbour does care and regularly has words with them, all of which falls on deaf ears. They just don't care and there is nothing anyone can do to make them care.
Therefore, as I said, I just don't care! It doesn't bother me and I make a point for it not to bother me.
Sometime other people abandon cars like total spunk trumpets and the bin lorry can't get down to empty the bins. I also don't care as we just leave them out and they have to come again later or another day. If the council get hacked off having to send the lorry out twice, I am sure they will do something about it. The nobby neighbours clearly must know their actions cause this, but still they do it. Therefore there is NOTHING anyone can say or do, other than double yellowing the road, that will stop them.
The only way to solve the problem is to just accept it (and hope one day the bin lorry takes a huge chunk out of their car!).
They also similarly limit access to our neighbours drive. Personally, I don't give a stuff - its tight to reverse but perfectly doable and life is too short to give a s
t. My neighbour does care and regularly has words with them, all of which falls on deaf ears. They just don't care and there is nothing anyone can do to make them care. Therefore, as I said, I just don't care! It doesn't bother me and I make a point for it not to bother me.
Sometime other people abandon cars like total spunk trumpets and the bin lorry can't get down to empty the bins. I also don't care as we just leave them out and they have to come again later or another day. If the council get hacked off having to send the lorry out twice, I am sure they will do something about it. The nobby neighbours clearly must know their actions cause this, but still they do it. Therefore there is NOTHING anyone can say or do, other than double yellowing the road, that will stop them.
The only way to solve the problem is to just accept it (and hope one day the bin lorry takes a huge chunk out of their car!).
Dead_Donkey said:
The only way to solve the problem is to just get the double yellow lines painted 
Fixed that for ya 
Seriously though, it's good you don't let it get to you and whilst that is commendable, I will never understand the perspective of people who go around life so wholly unaware of their impact on others so as to inconvenience and anger them so frequently.
I lived in Africa for nearly 3 decades, I have seen first hand what happens when civility stops and anger boils over. It's better avoided and some people seem hell bent on trying their luck.
It's the modern way, again similar issue but on what's becoming a main road / short cut for the couple hundred houses being built.
Unfortunately I'm on a bend with a junction just to the side as well so get people parking over my lowered kerb on the junction restricting visability and you always get some pleb shooting round having a go if you pull out (not like a granny).
The only slight bit of joy i get is targeting the odd car with a fake parking ticket. People dont read the small print and even write to council complaining... I hope it's enough to help change their ways.
Unfortunately I'm on a bend with a junction just to the side as well so get people parking over my lowered kerb on the junction restricting visability and you always get some pleb shooting round having a go if you pull out (not like a granny).
The only slight bit of joy i get is targeting the odd car with a fake parking ticket. People dont read the small print and even write to council complaining... I hope it's enough to help change their ways.
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