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

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malificent7 · 27/01/2026 19:47

Long story.
I work in a hospital. Rather than pay for parking, I park on a residential street 10 mins walk away. The residents have their own private parking , garages and visitors parking out the back. No driveways and no yellow lines on the wide road.
I park on the roaf. An aggressive man stopped me one day and told me an ambulance couldn't get past. Plenty of space. I pointed out there was space enpugh and no double yellows bitoved anyway.
From then on whenever i parked on the road my wing mirrors have been messed with. I only park on that street now if all other streets are full.
Am I being unreasonable to a: park there. B: to continue to do so if there are no other options/ last resort?

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Original poster
malificent7 · 27/01/2026 20:19

There are no drives as they have private garages and special parking.

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HeddaGarbled · 27/01/2026 20:16

Anyone who lives near a railway station, shopping centre or large employer is plagued by people who clog up their streets with all day parking rather than pay to park in the car parks provided for them.

Original poster
malificent7 · 27/01/2026 20:14

The residents have visitors parking round the back.
I have no clue who parks on my road as im always at work.

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ClarasSisters · 27/01/2026 20:14

You can park legally but still park like a dick. Are you parking like a dick?

If they're just folding your wing mirror in they're probably doing you a favour.

MargaretThursday · 27/01/2026 19:55

You are allowed to assuming a fire engine can get through.

However I know the estate next to our local hospital had a dreadful time with cars parking there all day every day. They have space on their drives for a car, yes, but if they've got visitors, two cars, arrive back at the wrong time, car "only a little bit" across the drive but enough so they can't get in etc.
Everyone thinks "it's only little me" parking there. But the number of "only little me" people added up into a pain in the neck every day.

The estate now has residents' parking only and it has changed the feel of the state from being a car park with stressed drivers to be a family estate where the children can walk around without the danger that the latest car who is late for their shift won't be watching properly because they think there's a space ahead and they're trying to get there first.

Saucery · 27/01/2026 19:54

How has he messed with them? Broken or folded them in?
Sounds like you are parked legally but I couldn’t be doing with the hassle of damage to my car so I’d probably find somewhere else to park. It must be very annoying to have staff overspill parking in a residential road, however legal it is. I know my nearest hospital has had decades of problems with it which has never been addressed by management.

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