To remove the parking cones?

This, we successfully petitioned for our road to become residents only because of school parents parking. I don’t know your exact situation but ours we had parents blocking driveways & garages, they also became abusive when asked to move. In the end they couldn’t even get onto the road because of their behaviour, the council put up cones and had a warden there for 4 years stopping cars even entering the street at school times, it’s now fully resident parking only, cars can come up and down now but are reminded weekly by the school that if they don’t want the road closed off again, respect the residents.

Christ, all this angst about the poor little children and the extra long day. Didn't realise my DD11 had been so deprived doing exactly those hours since 8 months old.

We bought our house nearly two decades ago (London, terrace, pretty central with incredible transport links). There was plenty of parking. Several years ago, the roads closer to all nearby stations became residents only. And the council won’t let anyone drop a kerb as it’s a residential area… So we are snookered if the DC need to be dropped at a bus stop for an early club etc as some tight git from zone 4 or the Home Counties who wants to save on the train fare swoops on the park. See it’s an emotive topic! But they’re perfectly entitled to do this. It’s all legal and I would never key a car. I do think OP should just take one of the other parks that doesn’t have a cone there or drive a bit further. OP if you’re in London it’s very unusual to have to drive to reach primary school. Are you out of catchment?

@SprayWhiteDung anyone can buy a cone easily and legally - I bought them when I was moving house so the removal van could get parked easily. Obviously discussed with neighbours beforehand- was just in case of the odd kid/tradesman parking really.

I had no idea kids felt so strongly about being able to visit stately homes !!

ooh hang on, is this the origin of the stately homes threads?

You can but honestly I'd be infuriated if I couldn't get parked outside my own home and had to traipse a baby and toddler u the street in the cold and rain because some inconsiderate tw@ parks their car there daily until 6pm . I'd have no issues letting tires down daily until they got the hint

I live on a street near a) a tram route, and b) a football ground. Some houses, mine included, don’t have off street parking, but we knew when we chose to live here that it’s free parking on most local streets for commuters and match goers. Most Saturdays we get park runners looking for a space to park too. Sometimes it’s a pain, but we don’t own the street.

What do you suggest the family give up if a parent reduces their income? Breakfast club can be fun, as can after school club.

But she can cross that bridge when she comes to it.

Wrap around childcare is the reason that when your child has a life threatening illness or accident, they arrive to a staffed hospital.

You need to park at the station or leave your car at home!

I would suggest you don't assume what I'm familiar with.
Anyway, I've had my say. I suspect OP will happily continue to use a residential street as her own private car park until residents parking is introduced.

It was the 1990s. The government introduced a 'cones line'. They marketed it as a way for the public to report supposedly idle workmen, Tories that they were. But secretly it became a dating service for lonely cones seeking their soul mates. And so they began to recover their numbers and become more established in the wild. They bred. They became feral. And then.....

I would suggest you search all the threads on Mumsnet where people are asking for advice following their flexible working requests have been declined and the steam of comments saying 'there's not much you can do, you will have to find another job working 3 days a week'.

You then move onto the threads that say 'i need to work part time but it only seems possible if you're long established in a job and put a flexible request in' and 'why are jobs that fit around school hours so hard to find'.

The road is outside the houses belonging to the residents, so it's probably reasonable they might park there more.
I do think anyone parking outside someone else's house should be considerate of those who actually live there, and not view it as regular long term parking.
I sometimes park outside folks houses, but wouldn't do it routinely and for hours at a time, because it's just inconsiderate. OP knows this, but it makes hervlife easier.

I wasn't suggesting anybody got up and left halfway though. 🫣

I explained why your first sofa 'analogy' isn't an appropriate analogy. I'm more than happy to leave our interaction on this particular thread at that. 👍

Get dash cam

Likewise yours, if I'm honest too.

This blows my mind. Surgeons? Barristers? Clinicians? Teachers? Can you not appreciate that there are many jobs whereby you can’t just get up and leave halfway through or work from home?

So you would be just as annoyed at a resident of the street leaving their car parked there all day as well?

If your point is that nobody should use more than 'their fair share' and shouldn't park there for longer than, say, an hour a day, then although that isn't the law, I would see your thinking.

I can't work out if some people posting are unhinged, trolls or downright thick!!
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For reference i am a part time flexible worker but have a lot of respect for all workers of different industries, professions and experience who take steps to make their family life work in a variety of different ways! There is no uniform structure that is right or wrong.

TBH your posts are making less and less sense.

I'm confused now. I raised the scenario of somebody leaving their car parked on their own drive when it's not being used, and asked if that is 'dumped'; and then you mentioned the exact same scenario as though it hadn't already been mentioned?!

But why shouldn't OP's car normally live outside someone else's house, if that were the most convenient place for her to usually leave it all the time whilst she isn't using it? Why does the person who happens to live nearby have any more right for their car to 'live' there?

Both of them are using the parking space with equal permission from the council - which could be withdrawn at any time if they decided to paint double yellow lines down the road for any reason.

Do I have any more perpetual right to claim a bench in the public park near my house than somebody else who happens to live further away from the park?

I've never known a job where there is absolutely no flexibility tbh, but hey ho.