Phoenix Magazine November 29Th 2024
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Parking Outside Your House
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- No - 197 votes
- 47%
- Yes - 129 votes
- 31%
- It depends where you live - 96 votes
- 23%
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Absolutely not.
I used to live in a road where there were a couple who would routinely place traffic cones outside their house as soon as their car left the kerbside. It really was comical to watch.
On more than one occasion other residents would move the cones so they could park, and the rows that would ensue were equally comical.
The couple steadfastly believed it was their "right" to park outside their house, and would brook no argument that it was anybody else's right to park there.
Incidentally - under what circumstances does "It depends where you live" have relevance?
I used to live in a road where there were a couple who would routinely place traffic cones outside their house as soon as their car left the kerbside. It really was comical to watch.
On more than one occasion other residents would move the cones so they could park, and the rows that would ensue were equally comical.
The couple steadfastly believed it was their "right" to park outside their house, and would brook no argument that it was anybody else's right to park there.
Incidentally - under what circumstances does "It depends where you live" have relevance?
The fact is that I pay my road tax which entitles my vehicle to be on a road (a highway maintained at public expense). Every other motorist who pays their road tax has the same entitlement. The road outside my house is just that - a road. Ii have no more "right" to park there than anyone else.
I could see fisticuffs breaking out all over the land if this became law
(I have moronic neighbours who honestly believe that the road outside their house, opposite their garden wall, is actually part of their drive)
I could see fisticuffs breaking out all over the land if this became law
(I have moronic neighbours who honestly believe that the road outside their house, opposite their garden wall, is actually part of their drive)
This was a while back but I dropped the kerb outside my drive for access, I spent a lot of money digging out & finely my drive was sorted, I do not have issues with people parking out side my home as said, it's the road, but what does annoy me is the ignorant pratts that park partway across knowing that access is needed.
Our street is a dead end and runs off a Main Street. There are only 8 houses. If we all park correctly there is space for everyone. Apart from 1 house who have 2 cars we all reverse up the street which makes it easier and less dangerous when joining the main street. In doing so we do not take up as much space to park. I am forever telling the 1 house to do the same and learn to park when they moan about parking.
The system fails if this is allowed. Once reaching one's destination one has to be able to stop and park. If all is owned then this can not occur. It is the main reason why allowing retrospectively created "drives" and dropping the kerb is wrong too. Doing so effectively gives the house owner rights over the public road. It's yet another example of modern society's insanity.
That stated, it is simple good manners to park your vehicle outside your own residence if possible and not stick it outside someone else's, unless unavoidable. Even if unavoidable, ring the changes day by day; spread the imposition around.
That stated, it is simple good manners to park your vehicle outside your own residence if possible and not stick it outside someone else's, unless unavoidable. Even if unavoidable, ring the changes day by day; spread the imposition around.
It is frustrating where we live, but we have to resign ourselves to the fact. Many problems are caused when people park and take up three spaces. Someone else parking on (not in) your drive, is altogether different, although I wouldn't do what Tora Tora Tora suggests or you will be charged with criminal damage.
