A colleague has just asked me a question and it seems to me that the knowledge on here will give a better answer than I can -
He lives on a normal road, opposite a football pitch with no parking restrictions. Someone has taken to parking directly outside his house meaning he's having to park down the street when he'd prefer to park outside his property.
I'm inclined to think there's not much he can do except have a chat with the car owner or leave a polite note on the windscreen, but he'd appreciate any ideas/advice you can give.
Thanks
Lee -- You don\'t sell the steak, you sell the sizzle
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To be brutal, tough luck. You can't stop people parking legally just because it's a bit inconvenient.
If someone had a 'little chat' with me about that, I would be seriously annoyed.
Hardly 'Nuisance Parking', more 'Perfectly Legal Parking'. :)
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This was discussed at great length a few weeks ago and the overall opinion was that if it is a public road, a legally taxed and insured vehicle can park anywhere on it, so long as there are no parking restrictions and access to a property or driveway is not obstructed
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I'm inclined to think there's not much he can do except have a chat with the car owner or leave a polite note on the windscreen...
You could argue that even this is taking things a bit far. If it's a public road, and the driver isn't causing an obstruction, he's doing nothing wrong.
I often work late and have last pick of the spaces in my road. I therefore sometimes go weeks without being able to park directly outside my home, and my own parking causes a similar minor inconvenience to neighbours. It's hardly a tragedy and I haven't heard anyone in my road complain about it.
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The short walk will do him good...;-)
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Ask your council for a "Residents Parking Scheme";being near a railway station,it was the best thing that happened to us.
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..but a nightmare if you're a multi-car owning family and you only get 1 or 2 permits (as happened to my daughter's road in Nottingham).
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Ask your council for a "Residents Parking Scheme";being near a railway station,it was the best thing that happened to us.
When we lived in Surrey the council introduced a CPZ, we campaigned against it, we were also near a station and suffered from commuter parking to a degree however the CPZ restricted the available parking spaces by a much greater degree than the commuter's cars had previously. For instance we were one of only a few houses that had a drive, we used to park across our own drive however once the CPZ was in place we had a yellow line across the end of our drive! Not to mention the unsightly poles etc.
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Summed up in a few words, a householder has no rights or control over what happens outside his property on a public road. If his access is obstructed, that is different.
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Pretty much what I already suspected tbh. I'm fortunate enough to have my own parking spaces and garage but I can see that it's a pain if you can't park near your own house.
But then most houses and roads were built in times before families had 2,3 or 4 cars.
Thanks anyway
Lee -- You don\'t sell the steak, you sell the sizzle
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But then most houses and roads were built in times before families had 2,3 or 4 cars.
Most houses were built before most families had a car at all.
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My question to anyone who complains about others parking outside their house:
"So, where do you park when you go out in your car"?
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"So, where do you park when you go out in your car"?
When parked my car is either in my garage, on my (or someone else's) drive, or in a car park ~ never by the side of the road.
Many years ago my car was parked outside a friend's house and it was hit by a passing car and sustained damage of about half the value of the car and which took 11 weeks to repair. This experience tends to colour my judgement regarding suitable parking places. Fortunately all my current friends have a drive.
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I have more than one car. One is in the garage; most other garages in my locality are full of junk (roadside parking hereabouts would be mostly unnecessary if garages were used for their intended purpose). Another is on my drive. A third is in a marked public parking space. The fourth is in a lock-up. I park on the road as little as possible, partly to minimize the risk to my car(s) and partly out of consideration for others. The fewer cars parked on narrow suburban roads, the better. That said, I do realize that in many localities there is no alternative to roadside parking.
However, legalities aside, one of the human rights I cherish is the right to be treated considerately by others. So in circumstances where there is room for discretion, I'd like others to do what I try to do and apply some thought and consideration before defaulting to "I'll park there and there's nothing you can do to stop me". Just like the friendly acknowledgement to the driver who has given you priority in a difficult situation, a little social lubrication goes a long way and enhances the quality of motoring life.
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Difficult to get a space outside my house, I only get ratty when a certain Volvo driver with one of the antique tank style ones takes up about 3 spaces after she's bumped into cars at the front and end of the space when reversing in.
Normally I park wherever I can, and play a sort of musical chairs with the car by gradually shuffling it down the road over the next few days. Eventually, I get the spot outside my house again!
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We have a problem where we find it difficult to get out of our drive because of cars parked on the other side of the road. It requires a 16 point turn to get the car moving without running anyone over on the pavement.
Although no-one is technically blocking our driveway they do make it very difficult at times.
Is there anything we can do other than have a quiet word?
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If it is that bad I should think that access must be restricted for the bin men's truck and emergency vehicles such as a large fire-engine. In that case you could invoke Health and Safety concerns and the police would be interested.
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Assuming you go into your drive forwards, reversing sensors would allow you to make the most of the available road width when coming out. Widening your gateway might help as well, both going in as well as out.
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