A pavement parking odyssey

[Alex321]

I'd be interested to hear your views, as "no words" doesn't tell me what you think!

My thoughts: There doesn't look to be much space on that pavement to fit a wheelchair through. Secondly, if you buy or rent a house with limited spaces, that's on you, and doesn't then justify parking on a pavement partially obscuring someone else's driveway. Thirdly, the driveway owner has little recourse because that's not a dropped curb (I wonder if they even got permission to drive their car across the pavement to access their driveway? Maybe I missed that).

You can't get that permission without a dropped kerb. That driveway is not legally useable.

I have similar issues with my tenant and their neighbour who are both as bad as each other. There is space between the houses, on the road, for 2.5 cars. The curb is not dropped. They both think that they have a right to park outside their house, on the public highway. I have informed them that there is no ownership attached to or associated with the road, you can park there if not obstructing the road or the pavement. But they still do things like move their cars 6 inches when the other is out, just to be awkward

Which of course, they are perfectly entitled to do, since there is as you say, no ownership of that space.

But still stupid and unnecessary aggravation.

 

[Mike_P]

There are quite a nunber of non dropped kerb driveways. Its a loophole in current highway and planning legislation that needs fixing. A dropped kerb always needs permission from the local highway authority and may need planning permission.

 

[Alex321]

There are quite a nunber of non dropped kerb driveways. Its a loophole in current highway and planning legislation that needs fixing. A dropped kerb always needs permission from the local highway authority and may need planning permission.

It isn't really a loophole.

They are illegal to use. It is not legal to drive across the footway if there is no dropped kerb.

It is not a legal loophole, it is the enforcement that is the issue.

 

[DRM]

Just two equally selfish, entitled idiots

 

[C R]

I'd be interested to hear your views, as "no words" doesn't tell me what you think!

My thoughts: There doesn't look to be much space on that pavement to fit a wheelchair through. Secondly, if you buy or rent a house with limited spaces, that's on you, and doesn't then justify parking on a pavement partially obscuring someone else's driveway. Thirdly, the driveway owner has little recourse because that's not a dropped curb (I wonder if they even got permission to drive their car across the pavement to access their driveway? Maybe I missed that).

I have similar issues with my tenant and their neighbour who are both as bad as each other. There is space between the houses, on the road, for 2.5 cars. The curb is not dropped. They both think that they have a right to park outside their house, on the public highway. I have informed them that there is no ownership attached to or associated with the road, you can park there if not obstructing the road or the pavement. But they still do things like move their cars 6 inches when the other is out, just to be awkward

Two entitled idiots as bad as each other. What I found most galling was the total lack of self awareness.

 

[PeteXXX]

New(ish) build estate near me..
Nearly every house has space for two cars off-road.. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Drago]

I live on a fairly upmarket new build. All have garages, some double, and driveways for multiple cars. Most do use their driveways, but a couple of drivers do seem to have confused the kings highway for a car park. Fortunately I live down a private spur so none of that directly affects me.

Interestingly, of the 100 or so houses mine is the only garage with a car stored in it, although one chap down the road has some kind of off-road dune buggy in his.

 

[PeteXXX]

Garages are usually used to store ⅔ empty tins of paint, unused bikes & rusty shears..

 

[Dadam]

Garages are usually used to store ⅔ empty tins of paint, unused bikes & rusty shears..

Oi, stop peeking in my garage!