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By *ellhungvwe OP   Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Driving to the gym just now and I have to go down a narrow road that normally has parked cars on one side and just enough space to drive on the other. Today someone had parked on the other side as well and basically blocked the road.

Clearly it is crappy behaviour but it did make me wonder whether it is illegal or not. Thoughts?

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By *tripper9Man
over a year ago

Blackburn

So necessary vehicles can’t get past, bin wagons

ambulances, fire engines, police etc

Selfish parking, hope someone takes their mirrors off!

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By *ormorantMan
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

Depends on road markings, signage etc but could be Highway Obstruction.. (see Google for more info)

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By *ellhungvwe OP   Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham

The road was literally blocked - their wing mirrors were safe.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

I would see double parking as parking on the same side as one already parked.

This is parking on the other side.

Knobbish thing to do.

Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

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By *ellhungvwe OP   Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham


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Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

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That’s the question that I couldn’t work out.

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By *ormorantMan
over a year ago

Lincolnshire


"

Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

That’s the question that I couldn’t work out."
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The person who caused the obstruction. If the road was previously passable until they parked.

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By *ellhungvwe OP   Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham


"

Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

That’s the question that I couldn’t work out..

The person who caused the obstruction. If the road was previously passable until they parked."

How would the police work that out?

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By *ellhungvwe OP   Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Realistically what the road needs is a double yellow on one side.

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By *ormorantMan
over a year ago

Lincolnshire


"

Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

That’s the question that I couldn’t work out..

The person who caused the obstruction. If the road was previously passable until they parked.

How would the police work that out?"

The same way they establish if any other offence has been committed. Investigate, cctv, interview, find witnesses..

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

I always thought it was down to road markings first, then common sense afterwards.

If you get out of your car and can see you could possibly cause a problem for other road users and don’t look elsewhere then you’re a prick. Not sure how the Police would react to your predicament though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It should be.

If there's a fire I hope the fire engine just rams through and pushes the cars out of the way. No time to piss about trying to move them or find another route.

Some people are ignorant cunts.

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By *ellhungvwe OP   Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham


"

Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

That’s the question that I couldn’t work out..

The person who caused the obstruction. If the road was previously passable until they parked.

How would the police work that out?

The same way they establish if any other offence has been committed. Investigate, cctv, interview, find witnesses.."

Doh - one of those really obvious answers

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

Parking like that does my box in. I have some neighbours that park all over the place which makes it difficult to get into my runway (drive). One parks his works van diagonally on the pavement at the corner as you turn into the street. He also keeps his car on the road as well. I really want to live because of it.

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By *ood time Chris BMan
over a year ago

TAUNTON AREA


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Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

That’s the question that I couldn’t work out..

The person who caused the obstruction. If the road was previously passable until they parked.

How would the police work that out?

The same way they establish if any other offence has been committed. Investigate, cctv, interview, find witnesses.."

Police? Investigate? That's a joke

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross


"

Who’s to say which one of them is blocking the road? As the removal of either one would make the road passable again.

That’s the question that I couldn’t work out."

You should've felt the bonnets and lifted the hottest one

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

There are two large silver vans near me who park on the opposite side of the road to a large white van and this is all on a curved bend to the road. I have to approach at 3 miles per hour and look well ahead as I go round the curve in case someone coming the other way collides with me ......

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT


"There are two large silver vans near me who park on the opposite side of the road to a large white van and this is all on a curved bend to the road. I have to approach at 3 miles per hour and look well ahead as I go round the curve in case someone coming the other way collides with me ...... "

In the event of an accident, who is ultimately responsible, it’s the knobb heads doing the parking but it’s the driver having the bump that ends up paying.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross


"There are two large silver vans near me who park on the opposite side of the road to a large white van and this is all on a curved bend to the road. I have to approach at 3 miles per hour and look well ahead as I go round the curve in case someone coming the other way collides with me ......

In the event of an accident, who is ultimately responsible, it’s the knobb heads doing the parking but it’s the driver having the bump that ends up paying. "

What if I just push the car round the bend ... that's not driving is it ?

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By *ellhungvwe OP   Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham


"Parking like that does my box in. I have some neighbours that park all over the place which makes it difficult to get into my runway (drive). One parks his works van diagonally on the pavement at the corner as you turn into the street. He also keeps his car on the road as well. I really want to live because of it. "

Parking near a junction is illegal (rule 243 of the Highway Code) - you shouldn’t park within 10am of a junction.

We have a roundabout near us that a builder always parks his van on. Not sure how many rules that breaks but never anything done about it.

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