Maybe I'm getting more intolerant as I age, but poor parking is really beginning to rile me. It's either a lack of competence or consideration or both.
And breathe....
Saw this fine example of stopping on Friday, it was there all day.
Maybe I'm getting more intolerant as I age, but poor parking is really beginning to rile me. It's either a lack of competence or
consideration or both.
And breathe....
to me thats more worthy of 3 points and a £60 fine than 50 in a 40
I'd want to measure the car behind as well, which looks too close to the junction.
Times like that you need a really ratty 4x4 with substantial bull bars to highlight the problem to the other driver 
yea , should have put it on the childrens playing area with the other!
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Originally posted by nick205
I'd want to measure the car behind as well, which looks too close to the junction.
Times like that you need a really ratty 4x4 with substantial bull bars to highlight the problem to the other driver
People who park on tight unsighted corners are the worst aholes, IMO.
It is just complete and utter laziness. You just get going past them when someone comes from the opposite direction.
Funny how the Police never see what they should!
theyre not speeding though, so theyre not doing anything wrong...
some of the parking round our way is apalling, cars left about half a meter off the kerb or on the kerb... also, why do people think its acceptable
nowadays to drive into a space, bump up on the pavement then back down to get into a space?
its called parallel parking and its not hard!!!
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theyre not speeding though, so theyre not doing anything wrong...
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Originally posted by designer
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theyre not speeding though, so theyre not doing anything wrong...
It is illegally parked!
It is extremely unlikely that plod will do anything and that means that the driver can get away with it, they know they can get away with it and they do. I get angry at that kind of attitude same as parking outside schools on the yellow chevrons, zig zags next to pedestrian crossings and on double yellows just to go to an ATM.
We used to have the same problem opposite the gate to my sisters house, that's at the end of a narrow road, right on a junction.
We had somebody who worked in the offices round the corner, always parking there, because they thought the work car park was too tight.
Because there were no road markings, the police wouldn't do anything.
So, after asking the woman for over a week, if she could park her car either further up the road, or in her work car park, as it was obstructing our
access in and out of the house (it would take 4-6 shunts to get in or out with her 4x4).
I had to back my Scammell tank transporter, down my sisters drive, to winch out a tree stump, which took around 20 shunts to get into the drive, after
we'd asked her to move while we got the lorry in and out. But, unfortunately, when I was leaving, my foot slipped off the clutch, and the front
bumper of my Scammell removed the roof of her car...
Did you know, you don't get a no claims bonus on commercial vehicles...
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Originally posted by fha772
We used to have the same problem opposite the gate to my sisters house, that's at the end of a narrow road, right on a junction.
We had somebody who worked in the offices round the corner, always parking there, because they thought the work car park was too tight.
Because there were no road markings, the police wouldn't do anything.
So, after asking the woman for over a week, if she could park her car either further up the road, or in her work car park, as it was obstructing our access in and out of the house (it would take 4-6 shunts to get in or out with her 4x4).
I had to back my Scammell tank transporter, down my sisters drive, to winch out a tree stump, which took around 20 shunts to get into the drive, after we'd asked her to move while we got the lorry in and out. But, unfortunately, when I was leaving, my foot slipped off the clutch, and the front bumper of my Scammell removed the roof of her car...
Did you know, you don't get a no claims bonus on commercial vehicles...
Yeah, it was funny really, apparently the car park wasn't as tight as she thought...
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Originally posted by fha772
We used to have the same problem opposite the gate to my sisters house, that's at the end of a narrow road, right on a junction.
We had somebody who worked in the offices round the corner, always parking there, because they thought the work car park was too tight.
Because there were no road markings, the police wouldn't do anything.
So, after asking the woman for over a week, if she could park her car either further up the road, or in her work car park, as it was obstructing our access in and out of the house (it would take 4-6 shunts to get in or out with her 4x4).
I had to back my Scammell tank transporter, down my sisters drive, to winch out a tree stump, which took around 20 shunts to get into the drive, after we'd asked her to move while we got the lorry in and out. But, unfortunately, when I was leaving, my foot slipped off the clutch, and the front bumper of my Scammell removed the roof of her car...
Did you know, you don't get a no claims bonus on commercial vehicles...
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Originally posted by fha772
We used to have the same problem opposite the gate to my sisters house, that's at the end of a narrow road, right on a junction.
We had somebody who worked in the offices round the corner, always parking there, because they thought the work car park was too tight.
Because there were no road markings, the police wouldn't do anything.
So, after asking the woman for over a week, if she could park her car either further up the road, or in her work car park, as it was obstructing our access in and out of the house (it would take 4-6 shunts to get in or out with her 4x4).
I had to back my Scammell tank transporter, down my sisters drive, to winch out a tree stump, which took around 20 shunts to get into the drive, after we'd asked her to move while we got the lorry in and out. But, unfortunately, when I was leaving, my foot slipped off the clutch, and the front bumper of my Scammell removed the roof of her car...
Did you know, you don't get a no claims bonus on commercial vehicles...
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Originally posted by Ninehigh
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Originally posted by fha772
We used to have the same problem opposite the gate to my sisters house, that's at the end of a narrow road, right on a junction.
We had somebody who worked in the offices round the corner, always parking there, because they thought the work car park was too tight.
Because there were no road markings, the police wouldn't do anything.
So, after asking the woman for over a week, if she could park her car either further up the road, or in her work car park, as it was obstructing our access in and out of the house (it would take 4-6 shunts to get in or out with her 4x4).
I had to back my Scammell tank transporter, down my sisters drive, to winch out a tree stump, which took around 20 shunts to get into the drive, after we'd asked her to move while we got the lorry in and out. But, unfortunately, when I was leaving, my foot slipped off the clutch, and the front bumper of my Scammell removed the roof of her car...
Did you know, you don't get a no claims bonus on commercial vehicles...
Do you still have the Scammel? Looks like there's another car on the OP's pic that needs you to make it into a convertible
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Originally posted by fha772
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Originally posted by Ninehigh
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Originally posted by fha772
We used to have the same problem opposite the gate to my sisters house, that's at the end of a narrow road, right on a junction.
We had somebody who worked in the offices round the corner, always parking there, because they thought the work car park was too tight.
Because there were no road markings, the police wouldn't do anything.
So, after asking the woman for over a week, if she could park her car either further up the road, or in her work car park, as it was obstructing our access in and out of the house (it would take 4-6 shunts to get in or out with her 4x4).
I had to back my Scammell tank transporter, down my sisters drive, to winch out a tree stump, which took around 20 shunts to get into the drive, after we'd asked her to move while we got the lorry in and out. But, unfortunately, when I was leaving, my foot slipped off the clutch, and the front bumper of my Scammell removed the roof of her car...
Did you know, you don't get a no claims bonus on commercial vehicles...
Do you still have the Scammel? Looks like there's another car on the OP's pic that needs you to make it into a convertible
I've still got the Scammell, and a 4x4 Dodge 50, and a 1942 6x6 Dodge WC62 troop carrier...
I hate people parking like this, it's utterly ignorant Sadly the police seem to do very little about this.
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Originally posted by designer
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theyre not speeding though, so theyre not doing anything wrong...
It is illegally parked!
Have the people complaining about the police ever tried calling them? The ones driving around probably aren't too bothered about stopping to give
out parking tickets (plus the associated paperwork) but if you phone the non-emergency number and say someone is obstructing the road they might send
someone round when they're not busy.
It is annoying, though. Especially when there are a few spaces further back.
Someone at work was recounting a story from the marina he lives in where they have "No parking" signs for a very good reason. Someone parked
there and soon found out the space is needed for the 12 ton forklift to move boats around. They picked the car up with the forklift and moved it
somewhere more convenient.
saw a police car the other day sat/parked/dumped about midway across one lane of a single carrigeway road on a bend, no plod to be seen, either they
were very lazy or it had broken down.
either way it was causing an obstruction, but they did leave the roof flashers on!
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Originally posted by MikeRJ
I hate people parking like this, it's utterly ignorant
It's been a very long time since I read the highway code, but iirc you aren't allowed (therefore illegal) to park within 15 yards of a
junction with a main road (which I'm guessing that is, given the giveway lines/road condition etc.
Perhaps someone with a copy could have a read then we'll know for sure.
ATB
Simon
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Originally posted by Simon
It's been a very long time since I read the highway code, but iirc you aren't allowed (therefore illegal) to park within 15 yards of a junction with a main road (which I'm guessing that is, given the giveway lines/road condition etc.
Perhaps someone with a copy could have a read then we'll know for sure.
ATB
Simon
Hmm, dvla has it on its website (well done it):
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860
242
You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.
[Laws RTA 1988, sect 22 & CUR reg 103]
243
DO NOT stop or park
•near a school entrance
•anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
•at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank
•on the approach to a level crossing or tramway crossing
•opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
•near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
•opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
•where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
•where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
•in front of an entrance to a property
•on a bend
•where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities
except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.
So it's covered by law in 242.
ATB
Simon
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Originally posted by nick205
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Originally posted by Simon
It's been a very long time since I read the highway code, but iirc you aren't allowed (therefore illegal) to park within 15 yards of a junction with a main road (which I'm guessing that is, given the giveway lines/road condition etc.
Perhaps someone with a copy could have a read then we'll know for sure.
ATB
Simon
...and maybe pop a laminated A4 photocopy of the relevant page under their wiper
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Originally posted by Simon
It's been a very long time since I read the highway code, but iirc you aren't allowed (therefore illegal) to park within 15 yards of a junction with a main road (which I'm guessing that is, given the giveway lines/road condition etc.
Perhaps someone with a copy could have a read then we'll know for sure.
ATB
Simon
to establish Could be worse, where I live it's all illegally parked lorries and coaches which are usually dumped there for a few days at a time.
The biggest problem is that there seem to be far too many people who don't even consider parking when they buy or rent a house. What some of
those shows about house moving and you'll see loads of people that want to buy 'Character properties' where there's clearly not
enough parking for the three or four cars they had outside their current house.
Then you have the worst kind of a'holes. People who have somewhere to park and either don't use it or use it in a stupid way so they're
obstructing other parking. These include people that park on the traffic calmin they put through new estates where all the houses are off the road,
people like the mx5 described above that when there isn't parking available just park next to it and my Neighbours who park all there cars on the
street leaving their own parking space that noone else can use empty so anyone who visits me has to park afew streets away, even though theres
actually parking available for about 20 cars most of the time. Honorably mention again to my nieghbours who when forced to park in there own parking
spaces feel the need to park over the line into my space and in the non existant space behind my car so there isn't room to get out.
The police are rarely intrested in illegal parking, and when they do actually do anything you get some winey cluff moaning in the paper about how
they're being picked on and the police not sorting real crime. Crashing into them is the only way they'll learn. Even better if you know a
decent lawyer so you can actually tell them you crashed into them and charge it to there insurance.