OT: White van Man!
mad4x4 - 26/11/11 at 12:58 PM
yet another deliver to our place and ye again another courier reversing on to the grass verge to turn. YODEL this time....
Surely the area the size of a double garage and the widith of a road would be big enough..... when I challenged hime he said...."you
couldn't do any better" - F* I can turn my ford range with the a trailer up there (just) he only had a LWB transit!
Why do these folk think it is ok to drive up the grass!!
Ninehigh - 26/11/11 at 02:55 PM
Put some big rocks down?
David Jenkins - 26/11/11 at 03:07 PM
Some of my neighbours who live on a narrow twisting lane got fed up of articulated lorries cutting the corner and messing up their grass verges (edge
of their garden, not public highway verges), despite there being clear signs at each end saying that it was unsuitable for HGVs. In the end the
neighbours cast concrete in large plastic flowerpots, painted the lumps white, and put them the regulation distance from the road - these are 18"
high, and heavy.
One HGV came along a little while later, tried to take the corner very badly, and burst a tyre on one of these bumps. The driver created blue murder,
until the householder offered to call the police for him - at which point the driver backed down because he realised he was in the wrong on many
counts, and risked having to pay compensation for the damage to the garden. The word obviously got back to the place where the lorries were coming
from, because very few come that way now!
So maybe a few 'significant bumps' are needed in your garden! 
[Edited on 26/11/11 by David Jenkins]
splitrivet - 26/11/11 at 04:07 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Put some big rocks down?
Think you'll find thats illegal, and if owt happens because of it whoever placed the rocks would be liable.
If its a persistant problem tell the council and they'll fit those little white triangular plastic doodahs, thats what they did near the cheapo
carvery pub just up the road from us when brain dead morons were parking on the verge right on the brow of a hill.
Cheers,
Bob
mad4x4 - 26/11/11 at 04:34 PM
It's all private land so some nice decorative chain and posts has been ordered 
That will teach the >>>>>>ers
TheGiantTribble - 26/11/11 at 04:37 PM
Never mind large rocks/concrete upside down plant pots
Minefield
Should make 'em have second thoughts.
David Jenkins - 26/11/11 at 07:41 PM
quote:
Originally posted by splitrivet
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Put some big rocks down?
Think you'll find thats illegal, and if owt happens because of it whoever placed the rocks would be liable.
Depends how far they are from the edge of the road - there's a legal distance (can't remember what it is just now) where it's regarded
as part of your property and not part of the roadway. If it's regarded as part of your property then it's tough luck on whoever drives over
it - shouldn't have been driving on your property! For example, if someone drives over your rockery - are you liable, or the pillock who put his
car there?
motorcycle_mayhem - 26/11/11 at 09:36 PM
I guess if you make things too difficult, it becomes an 'issue' for access.... delivery surcharges, or perhaps next time your delivery gets
delivered at the the private/public intersection point.
Neighbours putting rocks out, with a little overgrowth following, have resulted in a few damaged service vehicles around here, school buses and the
posty's Transit Connect. Some perspective on 'life' here perhaps..... it's only grass(?)
morcus - 27/11/11 at 06:54 AM
If you say alot of vehicles have hit stones on your neighbours garden, does that not suggest their is an issue as alot of people are driving on his
garden?
Ninehigh - 27/11/11 at 07:14 PM
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by splitrivet
quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Put some big rocks down?
Think you'll find thats illegal, and if owt happens because of it whoever placed the rocks would be liable.
Depends how far they are from the edge of the road - there's a legal distance (can't remember what it is just now) where it's regarded
as part of your property and not part of the roadway. If it's regarded as part of your property then it's tough luck on whoever drives over
it - shouldn't have been driving on your property! For example, if someone drives over your rockery - are you liable, or the pillock who put his
car there?
Yeah I have seen this done where the house has their own garden, then the footpath, then another 10 or so foot of grass before the road. Large white
stones have been put down about a foot in from the curb. Not massive but enough to damage a car if you drive over them.