I recall, from the 1970s, a lodger in a local house,  who was parking regularly in front of another neighbours house and who did not relent, despite polite requests,  found that his wheels parted company with his car one morning when travelling through the local shopping centre on his way to work. Unaccountably, all his wheel nuts had become loose overnight.

 

Once was enough, didn't do it again.

 

 

.https://pedestrianliberation.org/the-law-2/

 

See section on Parking in front of dropped kerb as far as pedestrian access is concerned. and parking in places likely to cause injury and also parking at night on a public road.

 

I've got visitors to the church next door to me, who have startied, again, to park on the pavement of the unadopted accessway, whilst they pick up their kids from classes run in the church.  Not only have they (And others) ruined the pavement by  doing this in the past  but the pavement runs past my kitchen window, so you get all the petrol and diesel fumes coming into the kitchen. Not nice.

 

Last Saturday,  I went out and confronted them, took pictures (Which included a picture of a  50% empty church car park), spoke to the group leaders in the church and backed it up with an E-mail + photos sent same to church secretarty.

 

See if  the "Nice" approach works this Saturday

 

According to the reference above, driving on the pavement and parking on the pavement is an offence (Even on private roads), parking within 10 metres of a junction is an offence and parking on pavement is specifically identified in legislation passed for  the Greater London Council in 1974.

 

These buggers only do it 'cause the public road is now in a parking control zone and they can't be arsed  to take their vehicle off-road and  park in the Church car park.

 

My first floor bog window directly overlooks the location - most unfortunate if a capless bottle of  hydrogen peroxide/sodium hypochlorite/ Clunkclick pee fell out the window onto one of these vehicles - don't think they'd get much support from their insurers (Assuming they had any car insurance of course).

 

 

Nick

Edited 20 January, 20179 yr by Clunkclick

LOL.

Turn the other cheek.

Goodwill to all men and women & suffer the little children.

 

Why did you not object to the planning permission of this New Build church or is it actually one that has been there since before you moved next to it?

Some might have had an idea that it might be busy on Sundays and even other times of the week.

Put some 'adYellow' urea solution in their tanks if they keep parking there.

 

If they are correct in their faith I'm sure the good Lord will convert pee into Unleaded or Derv as required.

I get this on a regular basis, sometimes can't even get on my drive for parked cars right across it. It's a cul-de-sac so we are at the end. I've often parked blocking their way out so they have to ask me to move. I get all sorts of excuses from didn't realise it was a driveway to I didn't even see it was a house there at the other end of the driveway, or I was only 2 minutes when it's been there an hour.

Mate had the same problem he contacted the police and they went and warned the offending parkers when given the reg numbers. He lives near the hospital, two streets away and they can park blocking his drive all day. They sorted his problem out with s single white line across his drive.

Interesting, Is it not Illegal to block a dropped curb access to a drive. 

But I think the OP SAID

 

meaning that if I want to get out I need to perform a three point turn/manoeuvre just to leave my own house - hmmmppphhhh.

In which case, every time they parked there, I'd make a point of wanting out ( and blocking access onto public highway is an offence) of wanting out. Just give them time to settle and go round and ask them to move. Or if you get blocked in at set times- put your car out and block parking on opposite side. ( Not forgetting to take a photo, to prove you were there first)

Not really MkIII related but because I have a MkIII am asking the question here!

 

Long story short - my neighbours parents, who are around *very often*, have a bad habit of parking their large Mondeo in front/opposite my driveway meaning that if I want to get out I need to perform a three point turn/manoeuvre just to leave my own house - hmmmppphhhh.

 

They will do this even if their daughters driveway is clear!!!!!!  Indeed, they never park opposite her driveway as that would impede her access and quick getaway.

 

I asked him very politely today to stop doing this as I have a large car and I need to do daft manoeuvre just to get going.  I am either going to prang his or my car by mistake.  TBH no apology or recognition of what he was doing.  He just doesn't care - as long as he and his daughter are all right.

 

You know if you illegally park at a hospital or other public building you get window stickered which leave an awful mess when you try and get them off.  Where can I purchase these stickers from?  Am sure if this happens to him he will rethink his parking ideas.

 

Far too many selfish people in the world that only think of what can make their life easier with little respect for others.

 

Rant over.

There could be some light at the end of the tunnel. I have to deal with the issue you raised with my job, there is supposed to be new laws coming into effect this year in Scotland that's meant to target this kind of problem. I believe it's aimed more at parking on pavements but heard whispers it's also going to include restricting access

It will be where people have legitimate driveways that they got planning permission for and dropped kerbs done after applying and paying for who ever does the approved work and not done over a weekend by DIY / mates or tin home dwellers.

http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35702721

Share your pain.

 

I live on a residential road that gets very busy, living opposite a small but busy family run garage/MOT centre that uses the road to park customer cars, right near a secondary school and 6th form college...with very few of the other 20 or so houses in my road having off street parking.

 

I by contrast have two driveways and a garage.  Both driveways have drop kerbs and are white lined.

 

All the same people continually park on the white lined, raised kerb section between my driveways thats barely big enough for a small family hatch.  When they do it obscures one or both drop kerbs and makes entry/exit to the driveways often quite challenging.  More often than not its my neighbours and their visitors that tend to do it.  Despite being civil about it I've had a bit of an unofficial falling out with one neighbour over it.

 

I kind of live with it and deal with it as I need to.

 

I gather the white lining is just a deterrent, but where I live I gather if someone parks across or causing obstruction (parking too close) to a drop kerb they can be reported to the local council parking enforcement with a potential PCN being slapped on their car if they follow it up.

 

Legally (where the police are concerned) I gather if someone blocks access to a drop kerb of a vacant driveway (preventing entry) we have no grounds for complaint...though if someone prevents us from exiting our drive we can report them to the police for obstruction and request the car be towed....or the PCN route through the council....not sure which would be the most reliable in truth!

 

 

 

 

 

If only it were a new build church, then planning law would have rated it for maximum numbers attending and provided adequate parking places  (Presumably off-road, as its a parking control zone now) for the numbers attending.

 

As it is, there's only one entrance to the church car park, there's not enough room when the car park is even 33% full (Capacity is 10 cars max) for drivers to turn round, so the majority reverse out onto the public road, there's no drive-thru  designated put-down/and pick-up point on the church property, and the numbers attending by car is just too many for the local infrastructure.

 

One would have thought that the organisers could have minimised this by laying on a  pick-up service for the kids using a people carrier and/or have a meeter/greeter for each group stationed in the car park, so that parents attending by car could safely hand over their kids who then could be conveyed into the relevant class by this responsible person, thus minimising the time the parents need to be parked-up.

 

How much would that cost for a Saturday morning ? Judging by  the average size of the cars that pitch-up, its not outwith their pockets.

 

Saturday is the worst day, as they seem to have anything from 2-3 groups operating in the church simultaneously. Total overload for the infrastructure. If it was organised half-properly it wouldn't be.

 

I'm having to put out "No Parking" signs and blocking the pavement (Temporarily) with wheelie bins to stop em parking. Seems to have partially worked. That and  a chat with  couple of the group leaders and an  e-mail to the Church Secretary.

 

This morning I confronted a bloke at 08:00, who'd driven into the service road (Totally blocking the service road), parked it in the service road, de-camped the car with his kid and left the engine running and driver window open - this was right outside my kitchen window so i could hardly miss it.  As I pointed out to him, obstruction of a highway, is an offence,  leaving a car unattended with the engine running is an offence, parking within 10 metres of a junction is an offence. And, the church car park had 2 cars in it at the time. Sheer laziness.

 

Then you get others who deliberate drive on into the estate and park-up illegally in residents parking bays and then happily march over the flower bed separating the Church from the estate access way, rather than use the well-appointed footpath entrance - about 10 metres away. Sheer bone idleness and a contempt for other local residents considerations .

 

And sometime you find, when you remonstrate with them, that they use their kids as "Human Shields"  and moral justification for whatever they've done - Psuedo middle class Creepy hippocracy.

 

Last resort would be getting the Polizei involved . . . they'd probably have a,  field day with  all the other stuff, road tax, MOTs, insurance, Construction and Use. Let alone pressure groups (RNIB National Campaign).

 

 

Nick

 

 

 

 

 

 Without getting preachy, there must be a better way or organising things like this to minimise disruption

Edited 28 January, 20179 yr by Clunkclick