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Old 07-12-2016, 16:33
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Hahaha. She reaped what she sowed.

Is it not allowed to use cones? I've considered acquiring some but presume it's not allowed given that I don't own the land outside my property.
Im not sure if it is allowed or not, but im sure someone would've posted 'you arent allowed to put cones outside your house, so you have no one to blame but yourself'.
They werent even dainty cones, they were the metre or so tall orange ones.
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Old 07-12-2016, 16:37
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Even though they have plenty of staff parking available? They selfishly/lazily prefer to park in front of people's houses?

Never said it was illegal - however, it is incredibly selfish.

FYI - it's a fairly busy road and don't particularly want kids having to cross busy roads to get into their own house purely because Lady Muck is too much of a lazy so and so to use their allocated parking.
Selfish? Have you checked your deeds to see if you own the road? If not, it isn't yours and so it's none of your business what happens there.

I agree it might be frustrating, but why not use your driveway or garage? And if you don't have one, why did you buy or rent a property without one if you have a car? Where did you think you were going to keep it?
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Old 07-12-2016, 16:42
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That's not my problem. People need to stop being so damn lazy.
Clearly she is not lazy if she does a 10 minute walk rather than park in the hospital car park...or you have some kind of agenda against this woman (which implies you know her and you are sure she works at the hospital) as you are no longer talking generally and are referring to her as lady muck etc
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Old 07-12-2016, 16:50
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I love these fishing threads, well done OP
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Old 07-12-2016, 16:59
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Regardless of the rights of wrongs of this I think that OP will find it extremely difficult to do anything about it. As other posters have said, they have the same legal right to park on the street as the owners of the houses. Unless you can convince the council to designate the road as permit holders only then you're not going to be able to stop random people from parking up.

I would have thought this would be a bigger issue with visitors to the hospital to be honest, i'm not sure why staff with free parking would want to park on the street.
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Old 07-12-2016, 17:02
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Is it not allowed to use cones? I've considered acquiring some but presume it's not allowed given that I don't own the land outside my property.
The answer is NO. Only the council or police can legally put out no parking cones. And since you'd probably have "found" the cones, they might just do you for theft by finding.

Any cones put out by anyone other than police or council (or contractors with their permission through a highways order) have no legal standing and can rightfully be removed by anyone wanting to park.
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Old 07-12-2016, 17:21
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What can I do? Would it be fair for me to put a note on the windscreen to ask her politely to use the staff parking? Vandalise her car maybe? I dunno. Either way - it's becoming a right pain.
I know you said you were joking but I would strongly suggest you do not go about vandalising cars. A lot of cars these days have cameras fitted that have parking mode.

Very handy for catching morons who think it's okay to bash your car because they think their needs are far greater than yours.

My in car camera has so far caught two drivers who hit my car whilst it was parked outside my house.
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Old 07-12-2016, 17:26
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It's also rather silly to vandalise a car parked outside, as the owner of said car will likely know exactly who did it - and can then come after you. Or burn your house down!
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Old 07-12-2016, 23:07
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There's a football ground right next to my road; the houses opposite's back gardens overlook the pitch. It's not a Premier League club (lower division) and my street has no parking restrictions and I sometimes have to park in the next street. When I don't have the football spectators parking there I have the local business proprietors doing it. It's very annoying but absolutely nothing I can do.

I have asked the Council to implement residents only parking (bizarrely, the next street along has it (further away from the Ground) but they said no due to the costs.
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Old 08-12-2016, 08:10
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My work charges for parking, many people resent having to pay £10 a month to park at work so they park on the residential streets nearby. It's not specific to you.

Go to the council if you are that bothered. My parents live on a single track lane next to a school and football club and 5 minutes from town. Over the years the council have put in double yellow lines, parking restrictions so you can only park there between 8 and 9 and 3 and 5 Monday to Saturday and send traffic wardens round on a daily basis. Before they had people parking there and walking into town for work and people on the school run parking there and then walking into town, the bin lorry couldn't get down and you could never get a delivery lorry down.
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Old 08-12-2016, 08:31
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Even though they have plenty of staff parking available? They selfishly/lazily prefer to park in front of people's houses?

Never said it was illegal - however, it is incredibly selfish.

FYI - it's a fairly busy road and don't particularly want kids having to cross busy roads to get into their own house purely because Lady Muck is too much of a lazy so and so to use their allocated parking.
I'm a bit confused as to how staff cars are going to cause safety issues on your road but your car isn't??
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Old 08-12-2016, 09:11
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I'm a bit confused as to how staff cars are going to cause safety issues on your road but your car isn't??
True. I think the solution is double yellows so nobody parks. Then everyone will be happy, and safe.
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Old 08-12-2016, 10:48
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True. I think the solution is double yellows so nobody parks. Then everyone will be happy, and safe.
Now that is a brilliant idea. Parking on roads and streets has got absolutely ridiculous with many residences having multiple cars. I suppose the ultimate solution would be if you have not got adequate space to park your car on your own premises, don't own a car. There are many properties which this already applies to on busy roads.
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Old 08-12-2016, 10:58
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If it's also upsetting your neighbours, it might be worth getting them onside, speaking with the council and seeing if you can get your road as permit holders only.
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Old 08-12-2016, 11:02
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Hahaha. She reaped what she sowed.

Is it not allowed to use cones? I've considered acquiring some but presume it's not allowed given that I don't own the land outside my property.
You could use them, but people could still move them.

I see it a lot in touristy seaside towns, people putting cones outside of their own house, but if I need to park I'll move them.
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Old 08-12-2016, 11:10
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It must be more convenient for them to park there than wherever else is offered. You have no right morally or legally to stop them. You could put a note under the windscreen i suppose, but personally i would just let them get on with their job saving lives.
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Old 08-12-2016, 11:22
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I'm a bit confused as to how staff cars are going to cause safety issues on your road but your car isn't??
I was referring to home owners who have to park down the street/over the road from their house - therefore having to cross roads or have a kid open the door onto the road rather than the path into the house. Yes, I know there are child locks and what have you but you know what I mean.

My only point is, that parking outside someone's house is just very inconsiderate. It's fairly obvious that a large percentage of home owners will have a car and will probably want to park there. She isn't doing anything illegal no, I've never insinuated that she is. I just don't understand why she parks in front of someone's house rather than using the staff car park. It makes no sense other than she is lazy.

Personally, I wouldn't park in front of someone's house. I'd always use a car park or somewhere else where resident parking is not required - basically because it's the right thing to do and I don't like to inconvenience others.

Didn't bother with the note. And no I didn't let her tyres down or anything. Will just let the bint get on with it.
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Old 08-12-2016, 11:25
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It makes no sense other than she is lazy.
As pointed out by a previous poster, how is she lazy by parking FURTHER AWAY from the Hospital? Please explain your logic?
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Old 08-12-2016, 11:48
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As pointed out by a previous poster, how is she lazy by parking FURTHER AWAY from the Hospital? Please explain your logic?
The overflow car park is further away than my street. Presumably the main staff car park is always full, hence the need for an overflow.
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Old 08-12-2016, 12:14
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As already said, you do not own the road outside your house, so you had no right to put a note on their windscreen.

If they were on your drive or blocking your drive in, fair enough. But normal parking on a road? Nope.

I live in a cul-de-sac, some 80 metres from the Thames, not far from Rotherhithe Tunnel.
There are 14 houses, six have drives leading to the garage under their house, mine is one of the six.
A few years ago, when I was fighting fit, I came home one lunchtime, and as I drove slowly down the road, (it is quite narrow, with 2 speed bumps), I saw a car reversing on to my drive.
No big deal I thought, he's no doubt turning round to go back out, but then he stopped, got out, and hit the zapper to lock his doors.
I stopped at the entrance to my drive, got out and asked if he was looking for me, he said, "No, why?"
I said, "because you've just parked on my drive."
I nearly fell through the floor when he said, "I'll only be 5 minutes, I want to take some photos of the ships on the river."
I said, "You won't even be 5 seconds, get that thing off my property immediately, or I'll damage it, or you, your choice."
He called me a miserable bastard, but he got in and drove away.
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Old 08-12-2016, 13:05
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Hi OP, you have my sympathies on this one. But sadly like the others have said its a public road and they have every right to park there.

I live in a small cul de sac and the residents across the street seem to think its fine to park theirs and their visitors cars there for days at a time unmoved. I should say its a narrow street and means those of us that live there have to squeeze in and out in our own cars. It also means any visitors we have can't get near including the carers for my elderly next door neighbour. Its also dangerous as they are half parked on the pavement on a blind corner! Its totally unfair - we pay more council tax than they do and I should also point out they have designated parking around the corner from them.

Nothing I can do though sadly. You could try asking the council for a 'residents parking only' sign. I considered this but couldn't face the hassle.

Some people are just selfish I'm afraid.
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Old 08-12-2016, 13:07
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Just how big is this woman's car that it is causing so much disruption? I originally thought it was a number of staff parking there but as I read it appears to be just 1 particular woman
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Old 08-12-2016, 13:22
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Personally, I wouldn't park in front of someone's house. I'd always use a car park or somewhere else where resident parking is not required - basically because it's the right thing to do and I don't like to inconvenience others.
Our of interest, what do you do when you get home and someone is parked in front of your house? Do you drive off and pay for a car park, find a non residential street a half hours walk away or park in front of someone else's house thus passing on the grief?

What about when you go and visit friends or relations? Do they all live public car parks, do they all have driveways or do you walk?

Parking in front of someone's house is unavoidable for the vast majority of visits.

I live in a road with more cars than houses and rarely get to park in front of my house and as all the streets around me are residential wherever I find to park is highly likely to be in front of someone else's house (there may be the odd non car owning household I suppose). That's modern life really, with children not leaving home at 18 like they used to it increasingly common place for a family to contain 3 or more adult s who all have separate jobs and separate cars.

Similarly when I go to visit my dad, my sister, brothers or a friend I park in a residential street thereby taking up someone's space (none of them live in town centers so there are no paying car parks where they live). Again this is pretty much unavoidable.
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Old 08-12-2016, 13:56
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I live in a cul-de-sac, some 80 metres from the Thames, not far from Rotherhithe Tunnel.
There are 14 houses, six have drives leading to the garage under their house, mine is one of the six.
A few years ago, when I was fighting fit, I came home one lunchtime, and as I drove slowly down the road, (it is quite narrow, with 2 speed bumps), I saw a car reversing on to my drive.
No big deal I thought, he's no doubt turning round to go back out, but then he stopped, got out, and hit the zapper to lock his doors.
I stopped at the entrance to my drive, got out and asked if he was looking for me, he said, "No, why?"
I said, "because you've just parked on my drive."
I nearly fell through the floor when he said, "I'll only be 5 minutes, I want to take some photos of the ships on the river."
I said, "You won't even be 5 seconds, get that thing off my property immediately, or I'll damage it, or you, your choice."
He called me a miserable bastard, but he got in and drove away.
Try living near a school - people taking their kids to school leave their brains at home .

My last house was near the school and I had cars parked across my drive (lowered kerb ignored) and even like the poster above - actually came home to find cars ON my drive.

One tip to the OP - you would not have this problem if a Councillor or member of the hospital board lived on your street.

Get someone in your street to stand for the local council as an Independent.
If they win the problem will be sorted ASAP, even if they lose you will get the other candidates knocking on your doors so you can get them to promise to do something.

Same with hospital Board, find out how you get on it - you may even find there are vacancies so someone could be appointed unopposed.
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Old 08-12-2016, 14:02
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Didn't bother with the note. And no I didn't let her tyres down or anything. Will just let the bint get on with it.
As mentioned above by charger21 is it just this one women that is parking on your street? I thought it was a lot more, yet you only seem bothered by this one lady.
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