FabSwingers.com forum: Parking - are you considerate?

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

Apparently they're thinking of banning parking on pavements in some areas. It'll be down to Local Councils to police it.

I know people who have major parking wars with neighbours as they consider the space outside their house on the road is theirs. One goes out when the car gets moved to quickly move their car there!

Are you a chilled parker or does it wind you up? And just for the record I can parallel park, as men often seem to think we can't.

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

It has been an offence in my street for the past 6 years that i've lived here - as it is already in many areas - only it has been necessary for local authorities to post relevant signs in areas where this applies.

This change simply makes this a standard across the country and instead of signs being required where it is in force, signs will need to be posted where there are exemptions.

I'm totally for it.

Despite the signs, there are many drivers who still park on the pavement in my street, giving little room (or consideration) for pedestrians and the local authority have had to replace two kerb-stones that have been dislodged by such drivers outside my home.

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

I drive a fire engine, if in some roads people didn't park on the pavement, we couldn't get down them.

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

I always used to try to be considerate,and just park outside my own house...However my neighbours on either side just dump theirs wherever there's a space.so now I seem to have been driven to do the same.and of coarse everyone knows you don't own the parking spot outside your house,but it would be nice if everyone at least tried to

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

Many streets were in place and built before cars were common, and thus can't cope with the width of a vehicle outside their front doors.

Pedestrians have taken second place to vehicles for a while.

With wheelie bins being introduced it makes footpaths more restricted than ever before.

Some of my neighbours have their bins out for several days after they've been emptied

Councils now have legislation to make provision for Pedestrians under the active travel/ travel to work bills and by removing cars from footpaths can only be a good thing.

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

With wheelie bins being introduced it makes footpaths more restricted than ever before.

Some of my neighbours have their bins out for several days after they've been emptied

Councils now have legislation to make provision for Pedestrians under the active travel/ travel to work bills and by removing cars from footpaths can only be a good thing.

Why do people do that with bins if they have room to put them off the pavement.

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

Living in the sticks this isn't an issue. I feel for people who are not that mobile or pushing a pram when some tool parks directly across the pavement.

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

Streets and sidewalks in this country are generally so narrow that I don't really know what the answer is. In some places, if you park in the street you block other vehicles and if you park on the sidewalk you block pedestrians. I don't think there is a single solution.

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

I just couldn't live somewhere where I had to 'fight' for a parking space. My friend did that & she ended up obsessing about her neighbours every move for years, not good.

I'm considerate when parking, wouldn't dream of blocking someone's drive even for a minute.

And I too can parallel park

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

"Streets and sidewalks in this country are generally so narrow that I don't really know what the answer is. In some places, if you park in the street you block other vehicles and if you park on the sidewalk you block pedestrians. I don't think there is a single solution."

It's because our streets are older than the US

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

Most suburban ( or city) streets in UK were never built with cars in mind.

I'm alright, Jack

I have an acre to choose where to park my cars...

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By *errygTV/TS
over a year ago

denton

"Many streets were in place and built before cars were common, and thus can't cope with the width of a vehicle outside their front doors.

Pedestrians have taken second place to vehicles for a while.

With wheelie bins being introduced it makes footpaths more restricted than ever before.

Some of my neighbours have their bins out for several days after they've been emptied

Councils now have legislation to make provision for Pedestrians under the active travel/ travel to work bills and by removing cars from footpaths can only be a good thing.

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in my area pavements are being littered with shops A frame advertising boards, also not a good idea to leave your bin out after its been emptied as someone will fill for you, people will park part pavement to save on wing mirrors

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

And I too can parallel park

Should this be in the fantasy forum ?

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I'm a creature of habit and only ever park on one side of my street. Mainly because the other side is nose in parking and half the fuckwits round here can't seem to get in and out of their cars without banging their doors into mine. If I can't get in on the other side then I go and move it when there is a space. I didn't spend a shed load of cash on a car for inconsiderate arseholes to make dents in it.

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

And I too can parallel park

Should this be in the fantasy forum ?"

Hahahaha cheeky

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

"Apparently they're thinking of banning parking on pavements in some areas. It'll be down to Local Councils to police it.

I know people who have major parking wars with neighbours as they consider the space outside their house on the road is theirs. One goes out when the car gets moved to quickly move their car there!

Are you a chilled parker or does it wind you up? And just for the record I can parallel park, as men often seem to think we can't. "

People who park half on the pavement do my head in. It makes it dangerous for people in wheelchairs, with reduced mobility, or with pushchairs (or even people who are carrying a few bits of heavy/awkward shopping). They are just inconsiderate people, who don't care if a person has to get themselves into the road in order to get round their car - just because it was more convenient to park right in that spot.

We have a problem with a residential home opposite our house. They have an allocated parking space, but they never use it. All the staff just park on the road. So when all the staff are parked on the road and we can't park our car, we park in their space with plans to move it back onto the road when a space becomes free at the change of shift. This inevitably ends up with shitty letters left on our windscreen and even a call to the police (they know where we live... they can knock on our door or phone the number we've given them in the past if they desperately need us to move it).

We knew what the deal was when we moved into our house - we live in a set back terrace with no driveway or vehicle access. We knew we'd have to park in the road. But we didn't realise that the staff from the large residential home would all prefer to park in the road rather than in their own car park...

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I drive and park my car not solely in my own interest - consideration for others is essential. I have occasionally left part of the car on the pavement, only where it is the received wisdom to do so, it's improving safely and takes inches away from the pavement but leaving enough space for people with reduced mobility.

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

"I drive a fire engine, if in some roads people didn't park on the pavement, we couldn't get down them. "

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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield

"I always used to try to be considerate,and just park outside my own house..."

Considerate parkers park off street.

There is no legal right to park on a road.

Any vehicle parking on a road can get done for causing an obstruction.

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

I am the queen of parallel parking!!

I get hacked off when (invariably expensive) cars park hanging off the end a parking bay, it really makes me growl!

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By *ormalguy71Man
over a year ago

Tunbridge Wells

There used to be a Facebook group called parking wanders. It was Tunbridge Wells based and people would post pictures of cars badly parked in T Wells. The idea was to expose people and hopefully embarrass them into better parking in the future.

it was amazing how many pictures got posted per day, that was until two posters and the administration began getting threats of harm and ended up closing the site down.

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

a lot of roads are narrow here and so many parked cars on both sides that if we didnt park on the pavement there would be road block -

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By *anky_PankyWoman
over a year ago

Filthy Fuckeryville

I purposely bought a house with a large driveway on which we can fit three cars so I would never have the house parking issue unless we had a party....

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