Parking wars outside my house

[threebikesmcginty]

You can always park on someone else's drive, very difficult to be moved off without getting into trouble or it costing a lot of money.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

You can always park on someone else's drive, very difficult to be moved off without getting into trouble or it costing a lot of money.

Somebody did this to a friend as he lives near a train station.

Unfortunately he had ordered all the materials to do his patio. Which happened to be delivered to the end of the drive.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Some people will deliberately take two spaces to keep anyone from parking too close to their pride and joy.

I’ve seen this before, the car has 2 tickets in the window too.

It seems to be getting more common.

 

[BoldonLad]

Not at all, but those who park their cars off road should get a 90% rebate on their road tax...................oh no, wait a minute.

Quite apart from the fact there is no such thing as "road tax", my VED is £0/year (Renault Captur), so, 90% of nothing, is nothing.

I do park on my drive, however, garage is occupied by bicycles, motorcycle and assorted "may come in useful" items.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Parking the wrong way around on dark streets at night, that one gets me angry, even more so if they have just pulled over and are sitting in the car with the lights on.

This is one of my pet hates what numpties don't realise it's that even the dipped beam when parked at the wrong side of the road is blinding

 

[youngoldbloke]

I can't see how this can be resolved. The parking spaces in our village are now full. Almost every house now generates at least 2 cars, sometimes 3 or even 4, as children grow up and need their own transport. The increasing number of shared rented properties account for yet more cars - one for each occupant. It's a prosperous part of the country and many of the vehicles are bloated 4x4s, taking up even more space. There is very limited off road parking - I'm one of the few with rear access, from a narrow lane, but increasingly cars and vans are parked close to and opposite my gates making it almost impossible to drive in. We've reached tipping point, there's no more room. Bikes aren't going to solve the problem for the vast majority, we are 8 bleak, fast main-road miles from the nearest town, with a minimal bus service. Out of many hundreds only a handful of people commute by bike, that's all. What is the answer?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Ok,here's my rant. This area where i'm living now is bad for parking. Seeing as it's a sheltered accommodation/social housing(flats) area you'd think there wouldn't be a problem, as not many old folk and those down on their luck types would have a car. Yes,most of them/us don't but there's a git who owns a garage across the road who thinks all the nearby parking is his. He repairs mainly BMW's so you can imagine the oh so macho nobber mobiles that turn up. Fu.kwits with penis extension cars are never away from the place. The other day one of them mounted the pavement while me and my dog were walking. He actually sounded his horn,expecting us to move to one side so he could park his nobber mobile!!
The owner sticks these cars in every available space when they've been serviced etc,sometimes leaving them for days on end. If i nip out in my little car for an hour or so i can guarantee that there'll be a fecking BMW there when i return. He even parks the things on double yellows,sometimes again for days on end. Where's the traffic/parking warden when you want one i ask?! I bet if i parked on double yellows he'd turn up! My new year's resolution is to do something about this chap parking all over the place. I know it sounds a bit Victor Meldrew(ish) but getting one over on nobbers who worship penis extension cars will give me a purpose in life!

 

[toffee]

Better public transport

So how often do you think public transport should run to the small villages and when should they stop at night?

 

[snorri]

Quite apart from the fact there is no such thing as "road tax", my VED is £0/year (Renault Captur), so, 90% of nothing, is nothing.

Just my attempt to bring a little humour into a serious problem.
However, is it not time those who have balanced the cost of housing with and without offroad parking and opted for the lower cost of housing without parking should then be prepared to pay if they wish to occupy road space for long term parking?

 

[Profpointy]

Just my attempt to bring a little humour into a serious problem.
However, is it not time those who have balanced the cost of housing with and without offroad parking and opted for the lower cost of housing without parking should then be prepared to pay if they wish to occupy road space for long term parking?

Point of information - I actually opted for a house without parking as it enabled me to live somewhere where I would need to drive far less. Houses in town tend not to have parking wheras houses in the burbs require a car to run the most trivial of errands.

I suppose there is the odd house with parking where I live, but typically a lot bigger than mine and maybe an extra half million quid, so it's not realistically a lifestyle choice

 

[youngoldbloke]

Better public transport

Doesn't work. We've had better public transport. The private companies have obviously found it uneconomic. The few buses there are have only one or two passengers. They cannot cater for the differing destinations and times required. It's not like all the villagers were off to work at 7am to work in the factory in the local town, back at 6, nowadays. People need to get all over the place, at all sorts of times. Unless you could provide a massive subsidy or a completely new kind of service ('uber - bus' maybe?), for most villagers cars will continue to be more convenient, even with the parking and congestion problems they cause.

 

[snorri]

Unless you could provide a massive subsidy or a completely new kind of service ('uber - bus' maybe?), for most villagers cars will continue to be more convenient, even with the parking and congestion problems they cause.

.........but if the massive subsidy was being paid to provide public transport instead of propping up private motoring as at present?

 

[Dave7]

I just use the drive, off street parking was one of the main criteria when we were buying our house.

Same as us (he says quite smugly). I recall going to see what was a nice house....but it was obvious that parking would be a problem....so it was a non starter.

 

[Dave7]

Is there not a law against blocking a dropped kerb?

Some years ago I debated having some pavement dropped.... adjacent to the garden.. for a touring caravan. I was told that they (the council) would put lines down for me to prevent anyone blocking access.

 

[Julia9054]

I have to park my car on the road. Garage is full of bikes and we only have drive space for one car. Plenty of road space so that isn't a problem but it does mean my car has been vandalised 3 times in 2 years which is a pain.