To want the car to move!

Sorry @MumblesParty I meant to say ludicrous post by @Tallerandtall ^

Well said too. And yes - what a ludicrous and nonsensical post by @MumblesParty

Got naff-all to do with the issue in question!

But yeah you're right, what kind of selfish arse parks their car directly outside someone house 24/7 for FOUR WEEKS FFS?! Breathtakingly selfish and thoughtless behaviour. Sadly, some of the posts on this thread illustrate that society is becoming more and more self-serving, mean-spirited, pig-headed, and downright bloody selfish!

100% this. Very well said. 👏

This is a case of 'just because you CAN do something, it doesn't necessarily mean you should!'

This thread is mental. People just deciding they know better than the actual law then encouraging criminal damage.

As not moved for a month report to the council that it's abandoned...some poor person might have had their car stolen.

The highway is not your personal parking space

It might be someone who live in a street nearby on a main road or bad parking that has gone away or can't drive for whatever reason and has left their car in a safe place. Somebody from the main road near us used to do that probably because of the likelihood of the car getting scratched or the mirrors damaged on a busy road

It isn’t necessarily abandoned. We have four cars and it’s quite normal for one to sit without being driven for a month or so.

@Tallerandtall what a strange link to make, between GP surgeries and parking!

The point is the time this car has been there. 4 weeks. Not moving at all, day and night. That’s a long time to leave a car in a spot that you know is likely to be needed by people who actually live there. So although the residents may not have a legal claim to the space, they surely have more of a moral right to the spot than a random person who wants to ditch their car for a month! That’s not entitlement, it’s common sense.

And as a GP, I would never complain about not getting antibiotics for a sore throat!

I am lol but it’s still bloody annoying!!

Do you do that for several weeks?

It doesn’t take a genius to realise that if you leave your car outside someone’s house for several weeks, where there is no driveway parking, it is likely to inconvenience them. So, the options are:-

1. the car owner doesn’t realise this is inconvenient, which suggests they’re so stupid they probably shouldn’t be driving.
2. something unexpected has happened eg hospital admission.
3. they just don’t give a shit.

Judging from most of the replies on here, sadly I think option 3 is the most likely.

@TheLizardQueen Ah, so now you're learning that it's not your space.

I live on a street with some houses having drives and some with no parking. The residents are all pretty considerate of one another, and most of the time we can park our one car near our house.

Every year there is a music festival nearby, the organisers put stewards on the local streets to ensure residents can park. It works well. There is also a football ground quite close. I never take my car out on match days, it’s mayhem.

Strangers do park, I suppose when their streets are full, but to leave a car somewhere for several weeks just feels a bit off.

@AngelicKaty nope but it’s right outside my house and I’ve parked in the same spot for 17 years. I’m aware I don’t own the space but still, it’s very frustrating when I can’t get parked near my house

Name( car reg/photo) and shame here worked for me.

https://www.mysociety.org/wehelpyou/report-illegal-parking/

In fact, someone might have already photographed and put it on, check your postcode @honeyandbutterontoast. One for my postcode shown in here, isn't even illegally parked, just an ongoing nuisance.

No thanks, I have a moral compass and respect the law.

@TheLizardQueen But what do you mean by "my space"? If you mean a designated parking space that you bought or rented with your property then yes, that would be infuriating. If, however, you have the same situation as OP, with no off-street parking and no restrictions on the public highway (such as resident permit parking), then that's what you have to accept can/will happen.

@Okonomoyaki

And yet weirdly the OP has found similar info to me...
Sure you can report a car after 2 weeks. If the checks are made and it's MOT'd and not stolen and is parked legally etc then they won't move it.

I’ve had a car parked in my space for the last 6 weeks. Very frustrating, there’s nothing I can do since it’s taxed and MOTd. Ive no idea who it belongs to either 🤬

Why do you have a car if you don't drive it for months at a time?

Really? So you're seriously suggesting that OP should disregard what is clearly written on askMID when doing such a check:

You are only entitled to the insurance information about the vehicle for one or more of the following reasons:

• you are within the United Kingdom; AND
• it is either registered/owned/insured by you or your employer;
• you are permitted to drive it;
• you are an Insurance Broker or Agent and acting on behalf of your client.

It is an offence to wrongfully obtain information of this nature without any of the above reasonable causes. The information provided must not be used for any purposes unrelated to this enquiry.
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When you park 'a long way away' are you parking on a non residential road?