The BAD PARKING thread [vol4]
Discussion
Spleen said:
Blackpuddin said:
Really hope someone sets up a camera to capture the owner of this when they come to pick it up (story put up on BBC an hour ago).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-6140716...
That won’t be very exciting then, he’ll just get in his car drive off. It’s not like there’s anything to stop him?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-6140716...
As an illustration:
We live 800m from the local primary school where Mrs V. teaches. 90% Mrs V. walks in unless she has a lot of stuff to carry or the weather is bad. Our previous next door neighbour would drive to collect her kids from the school and park about 800m on the other side of the school because of lack of parking spaces...
We live 800m from the local primary school where Mrs V. teaches. 90% Mrs V. walks in unless she has a lot of stuff to carry or the weather is bad. Our previous next door neighbour would drive to collect her kids from the school and park about 800m on the other side of the school because of lack of parking spaces...
vikingaero said:
As an illustration:
We live 800m from the local primary school where Mrs V. teaches. 90% Mrs V. walks in unless she has a lot of stuff to carry or the weather is bad. Our previous next door neighbour would drive to collect her kids from the school and park about 800m on the other side of the school because of lack of parking spaces...
We live 800m from the local primary school where Mrs V. teaches. 90% Mrs V. walks in unless she has a lot of stuff to carry or the weather is bad. Our previous next door neighbour would drive to collect her kids from the school and park about 800m on the other side of the school because of lack of parking spaces...
That's depressing - because it doesn't surprise me at all.SkodaIan said:
That happened to my sister once in Edinburgh, and isn't necessarily bad parking. In her case, she had been away on holiday and the warning signs only went up after she left. They didn't surface the road around her car though, instead used a parking enforcement truck to pick it up and move it round the corner.
Presumably Darlo council didn't have/couldn't afford one of those, or perhaps the hill was too steep to use one.
A similar thing happened to me about ten years ago. My wife and I were away from Wednesday to Sunday and so left my car in its usual spot on the road outside our house. The village fete was on the Saturday and, unbeknown to us, the council decided to put parking restriction cones out in several roads to stop the usual visitors blocking driveways etc. A great idea, but they didn't actually bother to tell anyone in the village.Presumably Darlo council didn't have/couldn't afford one of those, or perhaps the hill was too steep to use one.
Consequently, what visitors then saw was apparently a car flouting the parking rules even though it had been there for days before the cones went out with no prior warning. Still, someone was kind enough to express their displeasure as i came back to a dented rear wing with a nice bootprint in the middle of it. Then again, it was a Range Rover so I probably deserved it anyway...
SkodaIan said:
Blackpuddin said:
Really hope someone sets up a camera to capture the owner of this when they come to pick it up (story put up on BBC an hour ago).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-6140716...
That happened to my sister once in Edinburgh, and isn't necessarily bad parking. In her case, she had been away on holiday and the warning signs only went up after she left. They didn't surface the road around her car though, instead used a parking enforcement truck to pick it up and move it round the corner.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-6140716...
Presumably Darlo council didn't have/couldn't afford one of those, or perhaps the hill was too steep to use one.
I hadn't noticed it was moved until I drove past it in my van one afternoon, I only used the car occasionally.
FatboyKim said:
From the photo it looks a bit unfair delivering the car there 
COM31E said:
SkodaIan said:
Blackpuddin said:
Really hope someone sets up a camera to capture the owner of this when they come to pick it up (story put up on BBC an hour ago).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-6140716...
That happened to my sister once in Edinburgh, and isn't necessarily bad parking. In her case, she had been away on holiday and the warning signs only went up after she left. They didn't surface the road around her car though, instead used a parking enforcement truck to pick it up and move it round the corner.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-6140716...
Presumably Darlo council didn't have/couldn't afford one of those, or perhaps the hill was too steep to use one.
I hadn't noticed it was moved until I drove past it in my van one afternoon, I only used the car occasionally.
k, is that the quality nowadays?
Bonefish Blues said:
Red9zero said:
Bonefish Blues said:
I don't give that sign long
There are No Parking signs outside every house, but that the angriest one I've seen so far. No official restrictions anywhere though. 
Good plan
Mr lestat said:
Bonefish Blues said:
Red9zero said:
Bonefish Blues said:
I don't give that sign long
There are No Parking signs outside every house, but that the angriest one I've seen so far. No official restrictions anywhere though. Good plan
Desiderata said:
Vipers said:
I don't see very much wrong with that. Assuming there are no parking spaces big enough for the van, at least he's tucked it away in a corner where it's not obstructing anything.
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