General Chat

I once got a "Polite" warning from a pcso in Oundle, was delivering stuff to a shop,for obstructing a dropped kerb!

I was fined, a few years back, for parking with a few inches of tyre next to a dropped kerb leading on to someone's drive. For years the drive hadn't been used but someone new had moved in and got stroppy about people parking near the drive. There was plenty of room for them to still drive on but I still had to pay up!

Lizx

My neighbour had a go at my daughter for parking outside his house - double yellows outside mine, I'm on the corner.
Apparently he has a bad leg (occasionally - when he's not erecting illegal structures in his back garden.)
He (like me) has no room to park in his garden, no dropped kerb - nothing, yet he thinks he has the 'right' to that area.
Oh- and apparently his son should park his works vehicle as close to my house as he can - and his motorbike, and when they have visitors, anyone parking on 'their' side of the road is in the wrong etc etc


Guess where I suggest any visitors I have park, if they can ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

....just a cars length down from the double yellows.....

My neighbours friends across the road (they're only friends with each other - not with anyone else in the road) also had a go at my daughter for parking opposite my house. Apparently the woman of the house (who was shrieking at her) suffers stress if their car isn't right outside their house.
Daughter (a health visitor) noticed cut scars up her arm, so, sort of believed her.

I've also seen this woman attack a young woman and her child who had the 'audacity' to park outside their house. I went up to the young woman and said I would be a witness if she wanted to report her. She didn't - was in utter shock - but moved her car.

It is annoying though when we all have garages but all the world and his cat use garages as storage and then park in the rosd

Hubby got increasingly unsteady on his feet and couldn't manage to walk up the garden to get into the car as it involved steps

He went to day care on a wed and was picked up by a people carrier, sometimes they had to double park so the carer could assist him to the vehicle
We did look at getting a dropped kerb or disabled parking . He had a disabled tiicket but as he wasn't in receipt of benefits we weren't entitied to a disabled parking space

It's all a bit ?? . If you try to keep yourself off benefits then you are on your own

If you claim then the whole world of benefits open up to you

I garage the car because I can but I would Ike to unload shopping etc at times at the front and not struggle down the sloped garden cos I am having balance problems now

Yes I know you don't have rights to the parking outside your home but it's bloody annoying when someone parks and doenst move the vehicle for several weeks :-( :-(

I used to have cars park in front of house garage doors , part of the school run, twice a day.

Went from nuisance to very annoying. Did any one listen NO :-| :-|

No. It’s if you park actually on her drive/ in her front garden without her permission.

Locally we wish more people knew about the rules & wish that the council would occasionally enforce them. People park within 10m of the junction with the main road. It’s ‘blind’ if you’re turning in left from the main road.
They also park directly opposite our side turning which is within 15m of the main road. It’s sometimes a 3-D jigsaw trying to turn out.

So, when I park on the highway and across the end of the driveway of my friend's house that I am visiting and she knows and is happy about it and even suggests it, am I still committing an offence then because I am on the highway?

s86 refers to a driveway outside of a house but within the curtilage of the property ie not the highway itself. The interpretation of just what is a driveway v waste ground can be very contentious.

It is an offence to obstruct a driveway. Highway code 242. It is covered by the Road Traffic Act 1988. Section 86 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 quotes an exemption " Where the vehicle is parked outside residential premises with the consent (but not consent given for reward) of the occupier of the premises.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41399134

Andy

When I served as a Highways Engineer in Bristol I had the drop curbs removed from a large number of properties on major roads where they had been installed without permission. This did wonders for the traffic flow and people getting to work but was wildly unpopular with the property owners esp as after-the-fact permission was not granted.

Somebody got hold of my car reg. After the third time it was vandalised I had to change motor and park at the Bridewell :-(

By and large the police are utterly disinterested in parking matters even where bad parking blocks ambulances and fire engines - the latter was a factor with the Grenfell disaster. Highways Dept who now have the responsibility to control parking are mainly interested in revenue generation even though such policies are illegal.

Given how much easier traffic flows when the schools are out a block ban on parking or stopping in urban roads with schools 0800-1800 would do wonders. 3 points penalty, £ 100, doubled for ear bashing school staff.



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This always confuses me as one seems to negate the other.
1. Is there anything more annoying that waking up and drawing back your curtains to find someone blocking your driveway?

Unfortunately, there is next to nothing you can do about it, the Bristol Post reports.

In fact, if you live in a town centre or built up area, where parking is at a premium, people blocking your driveway aren't actually (technically) doing anything wrong.

2. in front of an entrance to a property

:-S :-S :-S

Illegal parking is a serious pet hate for most of us, but police have urged people not to call them if someone is parking on double yellow lines or outside your house.

Phoning 999 for such things is not a police matter, unless it causes a dangerous obstruction, the Birmingham Mail reports.



You risk getting a fine if you park on yellow lines
It's actually local authorities who deal with fines for parking in places you shouldn't.

The police will only issue tickets if a vehicle is obstructing the highway or posing a danger to others.

From zig-zag lines to double yellows, we've created a handy guide on all things parking:

When can you park in a bus stop?

Easy - never.

Highway Code rule number 243 warns motorists: "Do not stop or park at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank."

When can you park outside someone's house?

Is there anything more annoying that waking up and drawing back your curtains to find someone blocking your driveway?

Unfortunately, there is next to nothing you can do about it, the Bristol Post reports.

In fact, if you live in a town centre or built up area, where parking is at a premium, people blocking your driveway aren't actually (technically) doing anything wrong.

The police are often keen to remind people that it's not their 'right' to park in front of their house - unless there's a designated parking space in place.

If your road is governed by residential parking permits, or is private, it's different.

If not, other members of the public aren't breaking the law, as long as they're complying with general restrictions, and not causing obstructions to vehicles travelling.

When can you park on zig-zag lines?

The general rule is no, you cannot.

Yellow and white zig-zag road markings indicate that parking is prohibited.

If you ignore the law you are risking both a fine and penalty points.


However, yellow zig-zag lines need a sign to be legally enforceable and are a civil matter.

White zig-zags are enforced by councils and the local police.

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/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.