General Chat

were i live its every man and women for them self
my car is fully brief i park were i like as long as it is with in the law
and i can not be doing with over people haveing to park
in the same spot day in day out and getting grumpy if you take that spot

we do have some people that park and walk to the station
every day as long as there car as fully brief then yes thay can park were thay like

my HO is one of them grumpy people
so i ask if he has park the car i no he will say yes so i just tell him with some nice kind words to shut up

Yes Bob but then you're "That person" because people that do things wrong think you shouldn't ever report them but you need to learn to live in society...least that what they told me once when I did moan to them for breaking my down pipe by driving on it 15 feet into my property !! Trouble is if I live like he wants in his society there'd be trouble everywhere !!

Quite right Shirley, Caroline,if they park blocking a dropped kerb............Report em......!

Bob

WELL !! I know you have no right to park outside your own house BUT It's very frustrating when others who live in opposite cul de sacs who's bought their homes with no garages but have more than one car they want to park so they park outside your house and leave their cars for days on end

Hubby who had mobility problems was often having to struggle to get into the house cos I had to park up the road from the house, or the AGE UK. Coach couldn't get near the house to pick him up or drop him off

We put our car in our garage at the back of the house so it seemed that neighbours thought we didn't need parking and outside our house was for everyone but us . Very frustrating .

I do annoyed when someone parks and goes off somewhere and leaves their car for days on end . I would like to park at least near my house to unload shopping etc

What's really annoying is when someone parks on the road in front of yours when they have a driveway that can easily take that and more cars but they choose not too. I've had a car in front of mine since late Friday night and it's still there now Sunday morning; we have max three hour on street parking but if you complain you're "that person"; and it's right up to my driveway making it hard to get in and out but leaving their driveway nice and clear of course. When it's garbage pick up day or snow clearing it's bloody annoying too !!

we can tell recent immigrants or visitors from the UK .......

........ they park on the wrong side of the road.

That is just an annoyance on a residential street where there are no lines down the centre of the street. BUT ............

It is illegal to cross a central yellow solid line to park on the opposite side of the road, so the car would be towed, and the driver would get a fine and/or penalty points

............. as well as well and truly honked at as s/he made the manoeuvre :-D

Before we started driving in Australia we were warned about parking on the opposite side of the road.....a number of times...lolol

However, in Malta it's every man, woman or bus for themselves :-(

Sylvia, it is the same in WA regarding parking on the sidewalk

in UK as well, just looked it up in the Highway Code! - Rule 239 - but I've never seen it enforced and frequently see it done (tough it does mean in any traffic you have to drive across anything coming the other way) I don't think it is generally known.

Allan ..............

it is the same here in BC, and I think also the rest of Canada.

Nor can you park up on the sidewalk.

In WA it is an offence to park in such a manner as to cause an obstruction to a person's access to their driveway. Also, on all roads, you can only park in the direction of the traffic flow

do tell, Bob

Highway Code rule 242, page 82, and Road Traffic Act 1988. Section 86 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 quotes an exception.

Sounds as if there may be a bit local agro going on
His car and her car live on the drive.
They or close neighbours have adult children who have to park on the road.

TBH. we had a hissy fit the other day. First thing there were quite a few tradesmen's vehicles around. An ordinary car parked over-lapping our drive. 4 hours later when the road was otherwise clear, it was still there....and we wanted to go out!!!
"Oh, sorry. Is it in the way?"
Why did he think he was asked to move it???

Ann,
they were only asking politely...


myself I have a garage that is part of a 4 garage forecourt, that is maintained by the council, and I cant insist no one parks there.....although there IS a notice saying that the garages need access


Tis true as Bob says......BUT if you have a dropped kerb they have to park clear of it!!

Bob

Well I live no where near a station or school. I just live on a housing estate where we all have our own drives, and all drives here take at least 2 cars. There was a car parked outside the house and wondered if someone has done it deliberately.

Agree with Bob above.

Irritating as it can be, if a car is taxed, insured etc., and parked legally, there is nothing you can do about it. I would not have bought this house without off-street parking, as we are so near to a station giving direct access to the City.

People here do put out objects to block out a parking space in front of their house .................. I've seen very large paint cans, red traffic cones, small garbage cans, etc.

This is especially common close to shopping areas, or in tourist areas, but it is also done outside a house where there is a disabled person or health visitors need to visit and park close.


Unlike magpie ............... these are honoured by drivers.


It is also quite common here for the local municipality to agree to designate areas as Parking with Permit Only.

There must be a municipal by-law to allow that designation, then the homeowners on a block or street can get together to petition the Planning Department to agree to add their area to the list.

Again, such signs are usually honoured ............... there will be no cars parked in front of those houses while drivers are going round and round in circles trying to find a spot.


It is also illegal here to park within 30' of a road junction ........... whether that is minor or major ........... and most people honour that as well, going so far as getting out and carefully determining whether they are "safe" or not.

We used to live in a village with a river and beach going through it, and sometimes in the summer you couldn't move for people, and at times we were unable to get the car out for cars parked over our entrance. OH used to put bollards out, and the cheeky b's would even move them in order to park. Nightmare, we were glad to move!!!