Am i wrong to park here and would you mess with my wing mirrors if I parked outside your house?

@GlasgowGal2014 And funny you mention buying country estates because when these houses were built in the 1970s the street was in a rural area surrounded by fields. The hospital only opened 15 years ago, and the street wasn't designed in the expectation of residents having multiple cars so is narrow with no additional parking and lots of communal landscaped areas, hence the blind spots.

I said that it is annoying that people from the hospital park there to give OP the perspective of people living on such a street. I did not say that they should be prevented from parking there at all. I do think that people should park sensibly, and if you park in the route out of three people's drives, just round a bend and behind a bush so that you're not visible until the people coming out of those drives are a foot away then don't be surprised if someone smacks into your car. There would be exactly the same issue with cars driving out of the drives. Highway Code states that you shouldn't park within ten feet of a junction unless in a marked bay, and the cars parking in that spot are flouting that. And no I'm not doing a diagram because your post was bloody rude.

But surely they can if they want to.

The problem is there's more and more people/cars, and fewer facilities (our town used to have more hospitals and schools than now, even those there's many more people), and most employers used to provide free parking, and for those on a low wage, this can be a real problem. And most of the ones complaining no doubt park outside other people's houses when it suits them. I would never damage anyone's car/threaten anyone for parking, not only because it's nasty but because I wouldn't want a criminal record. I used to live near a school but had no problem with any legal parking, even if it was annoying.
You could get one of those dashcams that go in parking mode, and report him to the police for any damage/harassment. Remember a few years ago when people made spaces for nurses? Bet he was one of the clappers, too.

Sounds like you are parking legally. As long as you’re being sensible and not blocking driveways etc.

some people get very weird about people parking on “their” road. If they have a problem then they can complain to council and get permit parking.

hospital parking costs a fortune and from what I heard theres not enough anyway. So of course you can park on another road.

tuck your mirrors in and if they get damaged report to police.

Sadly many hospitals do not have enough space for staff to park even if they are willing to pay. The alternative is less parking for patients and visitors.

I live in a popular tourist town on one of the nearest streets to the town centre to not have permit parking. In the summer our street is always packed full of visitors parking, and we also have a public transport connection so get people parking on our street to go away on holiday. It’s annoying but that’s the way it goes when you live in a busy/popular area.

YANBU.

I live near a football stadium and hospital and we get loads of people parking here. Match days are chaos and hospital parking is just standard every day.

so many residents get worked up about it!! I really don’t get it - we chose to live here knowing it’s near a stadium and hospital! What did they expect?

@GlasgowGal2014 Do you really think that your parents and their neighbors should be entitled to park on their driveway AND nobody park outside their house AND accommodate their desire to reverse out ? ! Reverse in if you are too incompetent to manouver safely out . So an exclusion zone specially for them .?? Go buy a country estate . Honestly the preciousness , expectations and selfishness is rife . How do you think other countries or cities manage ?

Cars that are taxed and MOTed can park on any public road . People DO NOT own the public road outside their house .

I wonder are they paying towards the private garages and parking out the back ? Could it be they are pissed off with you parking outside their house while they have to keep the road clear and not park outside their own home.

@malificent7 I'd just fold your own wing mirrors in once you've parked.

Perhaps consider a dash-cam to catch whoever is doing it.

Some people think they own their street. If you live near a school or hospital, then expect people to park there.

A friend of mine used to live near the main hospital in Oxford. She made good money renting out her parking space to someone who worked at the hospital as she didn't have a car!

You could use something like "Just Park" to rent a parking space?

Yeah but that's kind of tough, isn't it. You don't have the right to have space for multiple cars outside your property, and you should have known that you were buying a house next to a hospital. Visit at various times of day before you buy!

If I wanted to park my car outside your house every day and then walk half an hour to work, for no reason whatsoever, I could.

If someone is just folding her wing mirrors in no one is going to be fussed about dash cam footage, apart from the OP. Road side - doing driver a favour as less likely to have mirror caught by passing vehicles. Pavement side - removing a hazard to pedestrians, particularly those with sight difficulties.

My parents live on a street near a big hospital and staff do park outside their house and it is a pain because whilst they have drives for their own cars it limits where visitors can park, including the carers that visit a number of their neighbours on a regular basis. An ambulance also couldn't get parked outside one older ladies home when she needed to go in to hospital and she had to be stretchered along the street which wasn't very dignified and made her quite distressed. Hospital staff also park in the space that my parents and their two immediate neighbours use to reverse out of their drives. It's a bit of a blind spot so regular visitors know not to park there, but it's only going to be a matter of time before one of them smashes into a parked car. I'm quite a careful driver but I've almost done it twice - black cars parked there in the dark are almost invisible.

I would get a dash cam with parking mode to catch whoever is messing with my car.

To park at the local hospital is £18 a day here and there really is very little parking.

Im not an NHS worker but going by friends and threads online, some hospitals are extortionate to park in!

From the OPs description there’s nothing wrong with her parking there. If the residents have a legitimate issue (other than possessiveness of the public road) then they need to try to get the council to put in parking restrictions of some sort. The residential roads near our hospital all do.

We have exactly the same concern as him when our roads become car parks on sunny days. The council ignores our requests for yellow lines but tbh drivers would sooner pay fines sharing the cost between passengers than walk a distance. Park elsewhere OP.

just fold them in, my car does it when you lock the doors, it’s a good thing

I understand why you do it (I am a Nurse too) but I also live by a hospital. Luckily I live at the back of the estate which is a bit too far for people to walk from however the road leading into my estate is rammed with hospital parking. It reduces the road down to one lane for a long way and it a major PITA as it is the only road on and off a large estate. Of course nobody can do anything aside from a sign saying 'no hospital parking' it is not illegal to park there. Still irritates me most days though.

Assuming you are parking legally and not unnecessarily antagonising those who live there, YANBU. I appreciate that people buying a property near a school or hospital etc need to have an expectation that there will be busy times on their road but I still think the decent thing is to avoid it wherever possible.

You seem to be legally correct. But I live near a hospital and I can’t tell you the stress it brings me to get parked at my own house. Dramatic I know but it really irritates me. Add to that, students renting a house across the street and I’m near signed in to the hospital myself lol

what you are doing can be quite annoying. My in laws live on a street very close to a hospital as well and so many people park for the entire day in front of and around their house. They do have extra parking at the back too but it’s taken up with other family cars (multigenerational home). It’s quite annoying if we have to go pick them up for appointments (they are no longer able to drive ), drop off my kid to be watched etc. Thankfully recently the council made parking on that road paid if you park for over 30 mins so it’s less of an issue now.
the hospital should provide you with permit or parking if that’s the only way for you to get to work.

Are you the only car that ever parks on the street?

Is he just folding your wing mirrors in or actually damaging them, OP?

I pay to park at work. Lots of people do. Maybe you should. I don't get the view that NHS workers shouldn't have to pay at all.