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Thankyou, it made me feel good too. He hasn't done it since.
Me and my neighbour got together a few weeks ago and dobbed-in the horrible Polish bloke who has THREE cars parked on the road outside his house without bothering to tax any of them. That's just taking the p!ss. One of them has now been taken away, but the other two are still there despite still showing as untaxed on the DVLA website. but glad you did that too to be honest.
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Thankyou, it made me feel good too. He hasn't done it since.
Me and my neighbour got together a few weeks ago and dobbed-in the horrible Polish bloke who has THREE cars parked on the road outside his house without bothering to tax any of them. That's just taking the p!ss. One of them has now been taken away, but the other two are still there despite still showing as untaxed on the DVLA website. If people are coming over from Poland to live they need to pay car tax, they are probably uninsured too as you can't get insurance without tax, therefore speaking to the local community police may get action if they are uninsured too - the police can check on the database. |
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I'd keep chasing with the DVLA, council etc if necessary emali the local newspaper with pictures of 3 untaxed cars on the road and the council or whoever will soon do something about it.
If people are coming over from Poland to live they need to pay car tax, they are probably uninsured too as you can't get insurance without tax, therefore speaking to the local community police may get action if they are uninsured too - the police can check on the database. |
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I think your concerns and your complaint are entirely justified. Pavements are for pedestrians.Buy a smartphone. Even the most primitive smartphone will have a good enough camera. One of the best things about my smartphone is that it has a 12Mp camera. It means I always have one on me and the amount of photography I've done has vastly increased. But even going back to my first smartphone it was 4Mp.
There are few reasons now for most people to bother with a DSLR. You have to be a very dedicated and creative person to see any advantage. ![]() i don`t want a phone, i`ve got a few old ones kicking about, i`ll just wave one like i`m taking a shot
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Good for people to continue to raise this issue on the forum - it quite rightly irritates a lot of people.
In all the years that I drove a vehicle, I always parked it in a car park. Coming to live near Leominster, Herefordshire, it is a frequent occurrence that vehicles are parked on the pavements. So one vehicle parks on the pavement, blocking it and half of the street. Another vehicle comes along, driving on the pavement the other side. Not only that, but the motorists are so impatient with each other, sounding their horns when there is no need. This so annoyed me that I haven't gone into the central streets of Leominster for many months now. There is a railway station and plenty of businesses out of town that mean it is not at all necessary to go into the central streets of Leominster. If Leominster in Herefordshire want myself and others to visit the town centre businesses, then they have to stop vehicles coming into the central streets during shopping hours. It is entirely within the hands of the traders and the Town Council whether they want just a few people in cars, or lots of people in a car-free environment. That's the only way to fight this issue. Throw the problem back onto the people who are allowing it to happen. |
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I'd keep chasing with the DVLA, council etc if necessary emali the local newspaper with pictures of 3 untaxed cars on the road and the council or whoever will soon do something about it.
If people are coming over from Poland to live they need to pay car tax, they are probably uninsured too as you can't get insurance without tax, therefore speaking to the local community police may get action if they are uninsured too - the police can check on the database. Bald tyres, missing wing mirrors, permanently damaged lights and tyres very low on pressure. Most of these belonged to the Eastern Europeans. I asked one Polish man about it and he said they simply don't care. His car was always maintained by the way and it annoyed him that they get away with it! |
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Good for people to continue to raise this issue on the forum - it quite rightly irritates a lot of people.
In all the years that I drove a vehicle, I always parked it in a car park. Coming to live near Leominster, Herefordshire, it is a frequent occurrence that vehicles are parked on the pavements. So one vehicle parks on the pavement, blocking it and half of the street. Another vehicle comes along, driving on the pavement the other side. Not only that, but the motorists are so impatient with each other, sounding their horns when there is no need. This so annoyed me that I haven't gone into the central streets of Leominster for many months now. There is a railway station and plenty of businesses out of town that mean it is not at all necessary to go into the central streets of Leominster. If Leominster in Herefordshire want myself and others to visit the town centre businesses, then they have to stop vehicles coming into the central streets during shopping hours. It is entirely within the hands of the traders and the Town Council whether they want just a few people in cars, or lots of people in a car-free environment. That's the only way to fight this issue. Throw the problem back onto the people who are allowing it to happen. The traffic wardens could also I some common sense too. I used to serve a family who all had a lot of mobility issues and for years they would shop and arrange to be picked up outside our store. The car was there for under a minute while they loaded up, we usually helped too. The traffic warden that had been there years just ignored it happening as he knew we had many older customers and those less mobile. He left and the new person had a zero tolerance approach. Even a few seconds stop was enough for a ticket despite it never causing any problems or generating a single complaint. |
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If Leominster in Herefordshire want myself and others to visit the town centre businesses, then they have to stop vehicles coming into the central streets during shopping hours. It is entirely within the hands of the traders and the Town Council whether they want just a few people in cars, or lots of people in a car-free environment.
That's the only way to fight this issue. Throw the problem back onto the people who are allowing it to happen. |
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what about pedestrians blocking the roads, Soho is a nightmare for this, it takes about five minutes to drive down Old Compton Street, they think we won't run them over but one day they will come unstuck ?
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what about pedestrians blocking the roads, Soho is a nightmare for this, it takes about five minutes to drive down Old Compton Street, they think we won't run them over but one day they will come unstuck ?
![]() Get the hell out the way, Donny. |
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It sounds like there is a chronic need for more (and reasonably priced) car parks.
Or free at the independent shop killing supermarket! I want to shop locally but the weight of some items means I can't carry them without frequent rests and a lot of back pain. Catching the bus is almost as expensive too. About £1.50 for a mile and a half! Actually more expensive as it's a £3 round trip. |
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The car park of the distribution centre I worked at would have kept the police and DVLA busy for days!
Bald tyres, missing wing mirrors, permanently damaged lights and tyres very low on pressure. Most of these belonged to the Eastern Europeans. I asked one Polish man about it and he said they simply don't care. His car was always maintained by the way and it annoyed him that they get away with it! Overstaying foreign cars are according to the police a menace on the roads as they can't be insured or MOT'd so not taxed, they can park/speed and be driven with impunity as can't be traced by their foreign VRM. Also you can only legally keep a non UK registered car in the UK for six months without UK registering it (there was a polish couple in the next street who were driving around in a polish registered heap for 18 months which was obviously not taxed/insured or MOT'd as you can't a non uk vehicle, before suddenly being replaced by a UK registered heap). |
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Walk somewhere the roads are not so narrow?
We have complained to the council so many times about ignorant car\van\lorry drivers parking fully on pavement on the road where we live. Tough luck if you can't walk in the road. The council don't do anything about it because they don't have the manpower to nick these ignorant drivers but just put up posters telling drivers not to. |
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Not just pedestrians blocking the roads, but also the pavements themselves; The amount of times city boys are stood outside their most recent favourite destination pub taking up the whole pavement.
Get the hell out the way, Donny.
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How often would a family, with 3 kids who can drive still living at home, buy a house? Not very. Even 2 kids who can drive. At least one bedroom has to be assumed that it's for children who are still in school, maybe even 2.
On top of that as well, there's a lot of couples who share a car nowadays with prices going up. |
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what about pedestrians blocking the roads, Soho is a nightmare for this, it takes about five minutes to drive down Old Compton Street, they think we won't run them over but one day they will come unstuck ?
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We have complained to the council so many times about ignorant car\van\lorry drivers parking fully on pavement on the road where we live. Tough luck if you can't walk in the road.
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On occasions it has been known round our way for people to accidentally brush past with a screwdriver in their hand, allegedly
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You are lucky, at least you have a pavement! My close has none after the first 10 yards, idiotic planning approvals were given for the development 25 years go and we still have to suffer their stupidity.
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Here's one of them, on a busy thoroughfare. If you push hard enough you can move the hedge a bit and walk sideways. There's plenty more too and I saw two elderly people from the nearby flats having to walk in the road too.
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To be fair, you're very unlikely to get run over in a cul-de-sac.
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That's a fallacy, there are many commercial vehicles using it daily, often having to reverse, as well as the locals with their two and three car families. Kids are at most risk and the built-in sharp bends presumably intended to slow traffic in fact make things worse for them. Admittedly parked cars on pavemented roads are a danger too, I'm not claiming that it's any more dangerous here than there, just that penny pinching has created an unnecessary danger.
How many people do you suppose get run over by reversing vehicles compared to those travelling at 30mph?
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I have a neighbour that half parks on the pavement outside his front door despite there being multiple parking spaces less than 20 steps away. I have no idea why he does it, a wheelchair or buggy probably couldn't fit past his car. I'm assuming it's laziness on his part
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Cars tend to do this around me despite drives/garages/carports available for them to park. I have to admit fighting the temptation to get my keys out is quite hard. They do it though to make sure emergency services have enough room to get through. They were all blocking the road before the council sent out letters.
As annoying as it is I have to admit I'd rather pavements blocked than emergency services not able to get where needed. |
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Our council seems to think that the semis opposite need no parking restrictions on the road outside their houses, despite them having garages and room for another car on their drives. Meanwhile, us poor plebs in our terraced homes on this side who have no garages or drives are treated to a double yellow. Go figure, as the annoying phrase goes.
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but glad you did that too to be honest.


How many people do you suppose get run over by reversing vehicles compared to those travelling at 30mph?
