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Well here's an interesting update which proves to me that there are some childish people in the world...and I am holding in being childish too!!

Unfortunately I missed the moment they returned to the car to find it wouldn't start. When I opened the curtains the car had gone. (about 10am)

I really do hope the battery was dead...according to the wife the interior light was off at 3am so it must have died by then (can't see that they came out to check)

An hour or so later I went out to the shops - but what do I see parked just slightly down the road and up another street - the same blue car. I walked up and checked it - it had the same stickers in the back windscreen.

This was the same street where my wife had to park her little red car on Thursday as there were no spaces in the street - she then happened to have a day off Friday so the car stayed there until she went to work this morning. Let me tell you though that this space parked in is at the end of an adjourning "close" and at this end there are no houses, so no drives to block, no cars to block in. So it therefore transpires (as I have monitored this car all day and it has been out three times and parked back in the same space in the close each time) (I sound like a right curtain twitcher here) that the driver thinks that she owns that part of the street and clocked that my wife's red car is usually on our drive or infront of the house so she purposely (twice) parked over the drop kerb to "teach us a lesson" ???

Am I overreacting? I feel like being equally childish and going to park my car in this spot tomorrow when they go out!  See what they do. 
I have no qualms over anyone in the street parking in front of the house as its quite a wide stretch to park in - just not over my driveway...so why were they so childish? 
if I wasn't such an upstanding member of the community I'd be tempted to do "something" to the greasy woman's car! Grrrrrrr.



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There are plenty of people in life who are arseholes, especially on the road. I'd treat it like a tailgaiter, move out of their way and let them go off into the distance until they find an equally idiotic friend to collide with.

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I feel for you - i live in a cul de sac. at the bottom are some 3 story flats, parking their is a bit hit and miss, my drive backs out onto the access road and 9 times out of 10 their are cars/vans parked opposite my drive half on half off the pavement - which means its almost a 3 point turn to get out of my own drive! - and to top it all the local school has had a massive re bulding carried out - marvelous! but somehow they removed the parking facilities for the staff - guess where they all park now - they even park on the corners so you cant see the access to the main road... - we've all left polite notes, they are usually found torn up on the floor, the school dont want to know, police usually send two plastic police people round (sorry Mark!) who are great at sympathising with you, but do nothing like putting tickets on the cars for obstructing the highway etc - were now getting a petition up for yellow lines 15 mtrs either side of the corners so we can bloody see where were going!

Your woman obviously has territorial issues lol   

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Until our street was cul-de-sacked last year to stop people rat-running down to Blockbuster on the corner at speeds up to 40, there was always this woman from the main road parking her damned 4x4 on our front, sometimes blocking our neighbour's drive (I say drive, he's had his gate widened to take the car on the front garden). She treated the spot like it was her territory - just short of marking it. Since the bollards and the landscaping (trees up either side of the avenue) no trouble.

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police usually send two plastic police people round (sorry Mark!) who are great at sympathising with you, but do nothing like putting tickets on the cars for obstructing the highway etc -

Parking has been decriminalised. therefore is dealt with by local authorities or agencies employed by them!

Is the highway obstructed... ie no one can get through? if so then that can be dealt with... and is technically an arrestable offence!  

we're now getting a petition up for yellow lines 15 mtrs either side of the corners so we can bloody see where were going!

And who is going to enforce the yellow lines? you have already said noone deals with parking as it is... the other option to stop this is residential parking permits... however you will probably say why should i pay to park outside my own house? 

I would have either had a word or left a note (probably a note coz of the hoodie guy).

I wouldn't have gone looking for her though and would have found it very funny when the car wouldn't start in the morning

I would like to just let you all know however that getting my car out to go out on a Friday or Saturday after 11am involves traipsing round the Chinese restaurant, Thai Restaurant, hairdressers, barbers and wool shop downstairs to find out which idiot is incapable of parking in a marked space and has therefore made it impossible for me to get my car round.  Monday and Wednesday are great...if you haven't moved your car by 10ish, you have to get the guys who run the solar panel shop downstairs to move three or four of their vans and the knitting shop ladie's gentleman friend to move his car so you can move you car more than a half inch.

I'll certainly rememebr next time I move to think more carefully about parking before I take somewhere.  I remember thinking when I first saw this place, "great, there's a carpark."  It didn't occur to me that there's a carpark because the restaurants downstairs are busy.  If you come home later than half five in the evening, you have a fair trek up the main road (with the two monsters...not fun lol) to get to the next parking space that isn't restricted to 2 hours.

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Is the highway obstructed... ie no one can get through? if so then that can be dealt with... and is technically an arrestable offence! Hi Mark... - its more a hazard i would say, yes  you can get out but its nudge your nose out a bit at a time as they park almost on the apex of the turning and its a very busy B road to get out into, its pretty much a gamble - plus the part you need to get out onto is full of the school employees cars obstructing your view - i would have thought that in itself is some kind of offence worthy of a word or two?

As far the yellow lines we just want them on the corners with enforcement signs?, the fact they are their and they COULD get a ticket might be enough, if they want to play russian roulette as to if they get a ticket then fine, enough get one and the word will get round in the school to leave a decent sapce so we can exit safely. 

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This item was edited on Sunday, 5th February 2012, 13:12

i would have thought that in itself is some kind of offence worthy of a word or two?

Sadly not... i would perhaps approach your local council 'roads safety officer', see if they have any sway in getting road markings put in place, obviously any history of accidents, photos of the problems, near misses may assist... also speak to the fire brigade, could they get an appliance through if near be?