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SpidersWeb said:
pocketspring said:
Earthdweller said:
Ha ha! My mate used to live down a road opposite a train station. Of course, people would park down there to avoid the car park charge. He used to go mad about people parking outside his house. No matter how many times I told it was a public road, he wouldn't listen. In my town an unknown resident in one of the streets near the station decided they didn't want commuters parking there.
They didn't bother putting any 'do not park here' notes on the commuter's cars, they simply put a screwdriver through a body panel, or slashed the tyres, or poured paint-stripper over it.
Lots of shouting about it on FB about how it was legal to park as it was a 'public road', but people quickly stopped parking there and even a decade on that particular street is empty of commuter cars.
WarrenB said:
Would that not increase insurance premiums for the locals? Folk with damaged cars would claim on their insurance, the area/street the damage took place would have an increase in claims showing it as a high risk area?
Would the sort of person who does that kind of damage give a s
t if his neighbours got higher premiums?mikey_b said:
WarrenB said:
Would that not increase insurance premiums for the locals? Folk with damaged cars would claim on their insurance, the area/street the damage took place would have an increase in claims showing it as a high risk area?
Would the sort of person who does that kind of damage give a st if his neighbours got higher premiums?WarrenB said:
Would that not increase insurance premiums for the locals? Folk with damaged cars would claim on their insurance, the area/street the damage took place would have an increase in claims showing it as a high risk area?
Would it?The people with the damaged cars don't live in that street, or even nearby, and many lived up to 15 or 20 miles away.
For it to increase a car insurance premium your insurance company would need to ask you where you parked your car during the day, and all the insurance quotes I have filled in have simply asked 'home, street, public carpark, or secure car park' not which exact street if you parked on the street.
It would obviously increase the premium of the people who had their car damaged, but that wouldn't impact the person who was vandalising the cars, and that is assuming that the vandal even owned a car.
Caddyshack said:
Yes, I think that is exactly what the sort of nutter who stabs someone would do.
We had a labourer not turn up at our place, someone had attempted to break in to his van and garage 3 nights on the trot, on the 4th night they found him waiting for them, tooled up. He was arrested for affray or ABH.
Only mistake was getting caughtWe had a labourer not turn up at our place, someone had attempted to break in to his van and garage 3 nights on the trot, on the 4th night they found him waiting for them, tooled up. He was arrested for affray or ABH.
SpidersWeb said:
WarrenB said:
Would that not increase insurance premiums for the locals? Folk with damaged cars would claim on their insurance, the area/street the damage took place would have an increase in claims showing it as a high risk area?
Would it?The people with the damaged cars don't live in that street, or even nearby, and many lived up to 15 or 20 miles away.
For it to increase a car insurance premium your insurance company would need to ask you where you parked your car during the day, and all the insurance quotes I have filled in have simply asked 'home, street, public carpark, or secure car park' not which exact street if you parked on the street.
It would obviously increase the premium of the people who had their car damaged, but that wouldn't impact the person who was vandalising the cars, and that is assuming that the vandal even owned a car.
pocketspring said:
Ok, going by your way of saying things on here, you said there hasn't been a commuter car parked there for a decade. So have you checked that road every minute of every hour of every day for each car for the past ten years and asked each person if theyre a commuter? Of course not, so stop bending from one extreme to other.
"bending from one extreme to other" WTF are you talking about.Is it that difficult for you to understand that a decade ago there was a period of serious vandalism to commuter's cars on that street, and since then the street is empty compared to all those in the surrounding area.
As for the vandal identifying commuter cars, as the street is near a railway station and not any shops, factories, etc, then it isn't exactly rocket science if a car turns up at 6.30am and someone walks off in the direction of the station, and then the car remains there until 6.30pm.
Now you might be the sort of person that wants to test if the vandal is still operating by parking your car there and then hiding out in some bushes all day so you can leap out stab them with a screwdriver if they are, but most people prefer to just get on with life and being a small town where word gets around they simply avoid that street and park elsewhere.
pocketspring said:
Ok, going by your way of saying things on here, you said there hasn't been a commuter car parked there for a decade. So have you checked that road every minute of every hour of every day for each car for the past ten years and asked each person if theyre a commuter? Of course not, so stop bending from one extreme to other.
Read between the lines :"Trouble is that is all fine saying 'public road' until you run into those who don't give a damn.
In my town an unknown resident in one of the streets near the station decided they didn't want commuters parking there.
They didn't bother putting any 'do not park here' notes on the commuter's cars, they simply put a screwdriver through a body panel, or slashed the tyres, or poured paint-stripper over it.
Lots of shouting about it on FB about how it was legal to park as it was a 'public road', but people quickly stopped parking there and even a decade on that particular street is empty of commuter cars."
I don't think the "unknown resident" is as "unknown" as the OP is trying to portray.
r3g said:
I don't think the "unknown resident" is as "unknown" as the OP is trying to portray.
Nope, the identity of the person doing this was never discovered.And if your comment was some snarky attempt to insinuate it was me - well f
k the fk off, because it wasn't - I was a commuter but couldn't be bothered with the hassle of the street parking and the walk, so just paid to park in the station car park.SpidersWeb said:
r3g said:
I don't think the "unknown resident" is as "unknown" as the OP is trying to portray.
Nope, the identity of the person doing this was never discovered.And if your comment was some snarky attempt to insinuate it was me - well f
k the fk off, because it wasn't - I was a commuter but couldn't be bothered with the hassle of the street parking and the walk, so just paid to park in the station car park.
SpidersWeb said:
r3g said:
I don't think the "unknown resident" is as "unknown" as the OP is trying to portray.
Nope, the identity of the person doing this was never discovered.And if your comment was some snarky attempt to insinuate it was me - well f
k the fk off, because it wasn't - I was a commuter but couldn't be bothered with the hassle of the street parking and the walk, so just paid to park in the station car park.r3g said:
pocketspring said:
Ok, going by your way of saying things on here, you said there hasn't been a commuter car parked there for a decade. So have you checked that road every minute of every hour of every day for each car for the past ten years and asked each person if theyre a commuter? Of course not, so stop bending from one extreme to other.
Read between the lines :"Trouble is that is all fine saying 'public road' until you run into those who don't give a damn.
In my town an unknown resident in one of the streets near the station decided they didn't want commuters parking there.
They didn't bother putting any 'do not park here' notes on the commuter's cars, they simply put a screwdriver through a body panel, or slashed the tyres, or poured paint-stripper over it.
Lots of shouting about it on FB about how it was legal to park as it was a 'public road', but people quickly stopped parking there and even a decade on that particular street is empty of commuter cars."
I don't think the "unknown resident" is as "unknown" as the OP is trying to portray.
Old chap in the house across the road passed away so a couple of cars were parked there for a few days as family were helping his widow. Snotty notes appeared on those too.
Turned out it's an old lady who lives further down the street who doesn't like people parking there because when she's walking to the bus stop with her bags she finds it frustrating to 'squeeze' past!
I worry people think it's me!
Saleen836 said:
This post didn't go the way the poster was hoping.....
They havn't lived there long enough yet to hear the gun noise from Salisbury Plain when the army train
New folk move in, complain about stuff that's been going on for years.They havn't lived there long enough yet to hear the gun noise from Salisbury Plain when the army train
Two examples, 1980's Lancaster Park, Morpeth. New housing, backed onto historic woodland. New house owners wanted the trees cutting down.
Lovely pub in a North Yorkshire village, had music nights, usually a Friday IIRC, full pub, no trouble, great atmosphere. New people next door complained about the music and eventually got it stopped.
Skyedriver said:
Saleen836 said:
This post didn't go the way the poster was hoping.....
They havn't lived there long enough yet to hear the gun noise from Salisbury Plain when the army train
New folk move in, complain about stuff that's been going on for years.They havn't lived there long enough yet to hear the gun noise from Salisbury Plain when the army train
Two examples, 1980's Lancaster Park, Morpeth. New housing, backed onto historic woodland. New house owners wanted the trees cutting down.
Lovely pub in a North Yorkshire village, had music nights, usually a Friday IIRC, full pub, no trouble, great atmosphere. New people next door complained about the music and eventually got it stopped.
My own favourite example which I have referenced in this tgrwdf before, I think, was when someone moved to Lossiemouth aka RAF Lossiemouth. A nice house overlooking the west beach... directly under the landing path for many a typhoon and the like.
A few times a year you could expect his rants to make it into the featured letters section of the local rag, The Northern Scot. Had my own run-in with him for having a jetski and daring to use it as intended.
A few times a year you could expect his rants to make it into the featured letters section of the local rag, The Northern Scot. Had my own run-in with him for having a jetski and daring to use it as intended.
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