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Parking outside of other peoples house.
- Thread starter PayOffWizard
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salty_Josh
Member
Don't park over people's driveways. Don't take up 2 spaces. That's what I've learned from 18 years of being a passenger. If you're not doing either of those things you're probably fine (unless you stole a disabled parking spot).
This.
And this.
These posts on the first page pretty much cover it.
Why should OP have a more difficult time parking because of some entitled homeowner who thinks they own the street?
The bolded could be asked of the homeowner who bought a house w/o a driveway or garage, and now thinks that they "own" the street parking.
Entitlement combined with a lack of thought for others. They don't care how difficult things are for others. They just feel that they "deserve" rights to a public space because it's near their house.
Sadly this doesn't work in San Francisco due to placard fraud. There are more disabled placards registered in SF than there are legal parking spaces.
The bolded should be asked of the passive-aggressive note writer, not the OP.
Residential parking just means commercial parking is not allowed.
And congrats on the cheap taxes. $5k/year Canadian isn't bad for a house.
Depends on the municipality.
For example, in Victoria, the restriction on single-family dwellings only applies if one side of the street is marked residential. It doesn't apply if both sides are marked.
Triggerhappytel
Member
It's not a spot reserved for that particular homeowner though. In the UK if you pay road tax you can park wherever you like if the parking is unrestricted.
We were one of the first houses in our sub-division (never do that three years of construction) and picked the largest lot and it was next to model home. For three years I had to put up with people parking in front of my house, in front of my mailbox, in front of my driveway and actually in my driveway, along with the occasional stranger peeking into the window to look at the inside of the house. We complained to the real estate agent and they did what they could but was annoying as fuck coming home to find a car in the driveway blocking my garage.
Now to your situation, just be mindful of residences, the one off parking is one thing, but all the time, not so much
Now to your situation, just be mindful of residences, the one off parking is one thing, but all the time, not so much
This is parallel parking right?
Try to be more cautious about where you're parking in relation to the available "spots" (i.e. where the parking sign begins and how other cars are aligned to that) to make sure you aren't squeezing someone out.
In your defense though it's entirely possible that when you parked and supposedly took up two spaces that you weren't the reason for that, it could have been someone else parked in an awkward way that was there when you got there that had already left before the person who wrote that note noticed your car and thought you were the reason for screwing up the parking on the street.
Try to be more cautious about where you're parking in relation to the available "spots" (i.e. where the parking sign begins and how other cars are aligned to that) to make sure you aren't squeezing someone out.
In your defense though it's entirely possible that when you parked and supposedly took up two spaces that you weren't the reason for that, it could have been someone else parked in an awkward way that was there when you got there that had already left before the person who wrote that note noticed your car and thought you were the reason for screwing up the parking on the street.
Felix Lighter
Member
Street parking is fair game but after a blizzard, fuck any neighbor that takes the spot I dug out in front of my house! Human scum!
Agent_ShortBus
Member
I guess I got lucky but my driveway at home can fit 8 cars and then another two In the street outside my house. I can understand parking issues living at an apartment complex but they at least give you a single parking spot so I have no idea how a place you live doesn't at least provide you a parking spot.
I imagine you parked behind them and blocked them into your driveway right? And when they asked you to move your car, you took your sweet time, right?
ReConstructDead
Member
Take up three spaces next time, that'll show 'em.
There's literally no room to provide a parking spot.
Greedings
Member
I lived on a street without designated parking. I was never out a space, but I found it super annoying when someone parked in front of my house, especially when I had just come back with a bunch of shopping bags.
I never made a fuss about it, I just grumbled under my breath...it's not reserved, but it's generally accepted that you park in front of your own house.
Taking up two spaces makes you a douche though. Can't get past that one.
I never made a fuss about it, I just grumbled under my breath...it's not reserved, but it's generally accepted that you park in front of your own house.
Taking up two spaces makes you a douche though. Can't get past that one.
Charles Brandon
Member
I'm sure everyone does park in front of their own house when they can.
PayOffWizard
Member
I've lived at my current flat for the past 3 years and only past my test a couple of weeks ago. ive also only had a car for 8 days and Am in the process of buying my own house.
thesuperfunk
Member
I am more amazed that OP has managed to occupy 2 spaces while parking a Ford Ka! Those things are tiny!
Greedings
Member
Of course, but OP said he parks on another street because he can't drive properly.
Why'd you even bring up America specifically when the OP and multiple people from the U.K. are the ones agreeing it's perfectly legal and fine to park in a public street?
That post is referring to streets containing terraced houses with no individual driveways, just a very small front garden. Parking in these areas is a bit of a free-for-all. The OP's neighbourhood is, I assume, fairly similar in terms of parking.
This looks like an old friends mums street in bath.
Haha, gotcha! Thanks!
Charles Brandon
Member
No he said he parked on another street because he doesn't have parking space outside his house. He parked in that street in particular because of some lame reason but the fact is that he's parking outside some cunts hoose no matter what he does.
SmokinGunZ1981
Member
I was thinking something similar, it really does look like Bath.
Just realised by the URL it is Bath.
It looks exactly like Faulklands Street in Bath near the Sainsburys.
Edit. Saw your edit!
curiouscharles
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Felix Lighter
Member
Probably just parking too far from the car in front/behind so he's essentially occupying space that could potentially hold more cars.
By who? The public street fairy godmother. You can feel how you want but it makes you just a big a douche as the person you are grumbling about.
Aarglefarg
Member
Not OP but it sounds like there aren't any lines, it is just something like parking halfway between two driveways that could otherwise have two cars parked between them.
Knightmarre
Member
People from an apartment complex would park in front of my house everyday. I got fed up with it and bought a cheap car that I park in the middle to reserve the space and just move it when I get home from work.
Having grown up in a terraced streets surrounded by other terraced streets, you park where there is a space. You park outside your house when there is a space to do so, more often than not there isn't. Most of those houses have families with 2 or 3 cars do unless we start stacking, it ain't happening.
Don't block driveways, don't park in a disabled space unless you are eligible, don't park more than a meter from another car if the space is too large. Fuck, I'd say half a meter.
How does that work? You still need to find a spot later for the garbage car.
The house diagonal to mine does this daily, even when there is no car in front of their house. Pisses me off so much.
I should also mention the cars are left in front of my house for days without being moved.
If you don't live on the street, and aren't visiting anyone nearby, then it's better etiquette to find another place to park overnight. I understand it's a public street, so OP isn't doing anything wrong, but how would the OP feel if this same thing was happening to them? OP would probably be posting a pic of the other person's car and the note he had to write to them to inform them of their shitty etiquette.
pantsattack
Member
I got a note very similar to this on the windshield of my car. "Since you're not from this neighborhood, we believe in a thing called courtesy. etc." I lived two or three houses from them on the same block, and houses only had one driveway parking spot in the alley or nothing. They went on about parking in the same spot for four days, which is valid, but at the time I commuted by bus weekdays and didn't need to drive much. I confronted the immediate neighbor who denied it, but my heart was racing and I was so shaking from anger I didn't keep going.
Knightmarre
Member
I have two cars, one to reserve the spot in front of my house by parking in the middle and the other that I drive to work. When I get home i move the middle car to the end and park both cars in front.
Psychotext
Member
No yellow lines, no dropped kerb? Fuck you, "your" space is mine.
If you want your own parking area, buy a house with a drive or residents parking.
That said, don't park like a cunt.
If you want your own parking area, buy a house with a drive or residents parking.
That said, don't park like a cunt.
if it's in the city, not much you can do. i would never expect to get a space in front of where i lived and parked whenever i could. the only time i got pissed was when we had to leave cones and shit outside our house because the gas company needed to park in front of our house to do something and people kept throwing them out of the way and parking there. if it's suburban i also wouldn't care as long as it's not an everyday thing.
My brother-in-law got a note like this when he would park his car on the street and then walk to the nearby train station. Apparently the person didn't like anybody parking outside of their house because they had no driveway.
His response was that they chose to buy a house near a train station with no driveway. Tough shit.
His response was that they chose to buy a house near a train station with no driveway. Tough shit.
Here is what I've learned has worked on double parkers...
1. Put a rock under their tire stem cap. 8 hours later, 4 flats and an unhappy parker. 24 hours later, no more double parking.
2. NOTHING ELSE.
I admit to doing this maybe a half dozen times while I was in college and was tired of shitheads double parking at my apartment complex. Don't be that shithead OP, you'll eventually run into someone like my younger self.
1. Put a rock under their tire stem cap. 8 hours later, 4 flats and an unhappy parker. 24 hours later, no more double parking.
2. NOTHING ELSE.
I admit to doing this maybe a half dozen times while I was in college and was tired of shitheads double parking at my apartment complex. Don't be that shithead OP, you'll eventually run into someone like my younger self.
Jezbollah
Member
Op, you've probably read enough similar replies to care about mine (there's been a lot!) but here are my thoughts:
Legality: if you have paid your road tax, have no restrictions of parking (lines, dropped kerbs etc) then you are by law entitled to park wherever you want.
Morally: you should park in one parking spot. You should take consideration for other drivers who also want to park. You should also take consideration for pedestrians and other road users about how laterally you park your car.
Now, your parking away from your house is at your own risk. Should anything happen to your car, you won't be nearby. Also others in the street may object and perhaps resort to tampering with your car. That is the risk you run. However if the residents don't have allocated parking they are in no position to object to you using their road. You are not doing anything criminal. If they do something to your car they will be.
Your driving experience is frankly irrelevant here, yes parking on a hill is difficult but it's not the point here. You will get better with experience but you have no excuse to take up two parking bays, that is inconsiderate and can inflame any potential situation.
Legality: if you have paid your road tax, have no restrictions of parking (lines, dropped kerbs etc) then you are by law entitled to park wherever you want.
Morally: you should park in one parking spot. You should take consideration for other drivers who also want to park. You should also take consideration for pedestrians and other road users about how laterally you park your car.
Now, your parking away from your house is at your own risk. Should anything happen to your car, you won't be nearby. Also others in the street may object and perhaps resort to tampering with your car. That is the risk you run. However if the residents don't have allocated parking they are in no position to object to you using their road. You are not doing anything criminal. If they do something to your car they will be.
Your driving experience is frankly irrelevant here, yes parking on a hill is difficult but it's not the point here. You will get better with experience but you have no excuse to take up two parking bays, that is inconsiderate and can inflame any potential situation.