to park my car on a residential street for two weeks and walk two miles to the airport

[suzzieanneba46]

Is any there anything legally / morally wrong with this? I would save almost 50 just for a short walk..

Thanks for that cow, looks like a quiet road can't see that annoying any sane non pearl clutching person :)

How close does your sister live? Are there any parking restrictions there? I can't see what they can do if someone parks legally.

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airport, and yes there's a is a special number for residents to phone for cars that are just left outside their houses

The special number is surely for badly parked cars or for cars that are parked contrary to any parking restrictions. There is NO WAY it's just for legally parked cars who are parked for a couple of weeks.

Why don't you ask them instead of assuming suzzie? Your car is going to stick out like a sore thumb in a quiet street like that when you dump your mud crusted banger there. I should imagine there might be residents who will be concerned that's it just been abandoned there permanently - you wouldn't want to cause anyone unnecessary concern, would you?

I think if you live near an airport, it's not just the odd strange car parked on your road now and then.

100s of people do it, day in, day out, 2 weeks at a time, all year round. Your own guests can't park anywhere, a fire engine can't get down the road, pulling out of your own driveway is difficult, people have dumped their cars half on/half off pavements making it difficult for wheelchair users, queues build up as it's been reduced to a single track road. all the bloody time It's a right pain in the arse.

Down my Mum's road it got utterly ridiculous to the point an emergency vehicle couldn't get down her road.

Yes, it's a public road, but I can totally understand why the residents got thoroughly fed up with it

Have you also looked at off airport parking?

For Bristol, the Waggon and Horses does 2 weeks open air secure parking with a transfer service to and from the airport for £30.

I parking is a problem down a road near an airport then they should implement parking restrictions.

Despite all the epic pearl clutchers here, im still failing to see the issue in legally parking my car on a quiet road.

This thread is brilliant; I've had a good laugh. I've learned so much e.g who knew that parking opposite a drive was a no no?! The layout of most residential streets where I live means that parking bays opposite drives. I particularly loved the comment about neighbourly agreements to have unofficial parking spaces even though the houses have drives. How much space do you blimmin' need?

I'm also fascinated in people who seem to know the movements of all cars in their street. Do you curtain twitch all day? I'm not sure I'd notice a different car because our road is so busy and so, you park where you can which is usually a different place every day. As long as you're not parking so close to me that I can't get to my boot (blue ford focus, I'm looking at you!!) then it doesn't affect my life.

I think most people would notice an old rust bucket parked up outside their house in a quiet residential street for a fortnight. Doesn't make them a 'curtain twitcher'.

Do people in quiet residential streets never change cars then?

Suzzie - I know you're still failing to see the problem. As I've already suggested, rather than second guessing their reaction why don't you just pick a house, park up outside, knock their door and tell them what you're planning to do with your car for a fortnight?

Change cars?

I dare say the odd resident does have a car of a similar vintage/condition, Wayfarer. However, a) residents would recognise a familiar car, and b) if it's a heap of crap (which the OP seems to be suggesting) they may suspect that it's just been abandoned because the owners don't want to pay to scrap it. From what's been said already it may well be the OP will consider this when the time comes, because it'll save her £0.04.

I would imagine anyone in that street in the photo would notice a knackered old car parked in the road for 2 weeks.

It's a really nice, well kept street. I bet they'll just love being woken up by the OP coming back late with her suitcase!

This thread has been an education to me as well. I never knew people did this. The people I know either a) arrange transport to and from the airport or b) pay to park in a designated car park (the clue's in the name). And yes, car parks do cost money but you factor that in as part of your expenses.

Who are these people that constantly monitor the public road outside their homes and illegally try and harass people who park on it? The public road is owned by everyone ie the public. How obsessed and how much time would you have to have on your hands to be able to recognise and monitor every car that parks on a street of terraced houses?

And seriously, how much inconvenience can one non-resident cause you in such a neighbourhood? If its that busy for parking, its likely if there is a gap some other member of the public, including your neighbours or one of their visitors, will park in it anyway. Whenever I've lived somewhere without private parking, I've always been aware that I might need to park quite far away if its busy.

My car isn't a load of crap! Its only 7 years old punto. I could give it a wash to make it less of an eyesore on the poor people that will be putting up with it on a public road by their house. But I probably won't bother.

I would imagine you wouldn't have to have any time on your hands to notice a scabby old car parked out in front of your house in a quiet residential street for 2 weeks.

And if one person - and then another - and then another - and so on - start parking in your lovely quiet residential street, where kids are able to play out because there's minimal traffic, and you aren't bothered by drivers returning to their cars at all hours once their flight has landed etc etc, then very quickly the nice street you live in becomes a not nice street - simply because people cba to use the designated car parks.

As I said I don't expect to park near my house. I don't expect to park a long way away for two weeks just because random people want to save on parking.

Even better, the street is less than a mile away from the airport.

I'm at all the rude comments about the OPs car - just because it's old or inexpensive doesn't make any difference whatsoever.

I'm also at the rude comments about the OP not wanting to pay £50 - she said it is a big amount for her. It's practically a days wage (for some) for a 15 minute walk each way.

Also, I'm sure if it was 100's of people then the residents would get parking restrictions implemented.

I'm still at the suggestion that people are "tight" not to buy a house with off road parking.

No, the age of the car doesn't matter - but the OP seems to be pretty determined to dump a battered, mud covered car outside someone's house and has already said that while she could wash it to make it less of an eyesore she probably won't bother. Charming.

As for £50 being a big amount - next time OP, save a bit more money. If you can afford a few hundred quid for a foreign holiday put a pound a week aside and you'll be able to park in a proper car park.

Seeing as how you posted this on AIBU, I'll add my tuppence to the discussion. I think you would be massively unreasonable to park any aged car (in any condition) on a private road for 2 weeks. What might appear to you to be a private road might have a number of things (already highlighted in the thread) happen on it in 2 weeks.
I know in the estate that I live in car alarms go off and that is not on a quiet road. If your car alarm was going off for anything longer than a few minutes, I'd be in contact with the local police to do a check on the number plate (if they do that) to see if it was abandoned as there clearly wouldn't be anyone around to disable the car alarm.
It's not a case of being precious about parking (but to some it might be), it's about being considerate to those that are left with your car to deal with. They have to negotiate around your car that they wouldn't have to do if it were parked in a carpark. They have to deal with the car alarm issue (if and when it arises).
Probably nothing legally wrong with doing it and I somewhat agree with you OP that if residents don't like people parking on their street if they are located near a public amenity, then they should get parking restrictions established but they wont be established in time for your 2 week trip. So in the meantime, try not to be inconsiderate to your fellow citizens and park in a designated medium/long term car park and suck up the costs.

SirChenjin , then very quickly the nice street you live in becomes a not nice street - simply because people cba to use the designated car parks.

That's a bit of an example of people making up rules to suit themselves, I'm afraid. There is no such rule, or indeed any such law. In a public street, people can park wherever they want. There is no rule or law that airport users must use a "designated car park".

All this is because we live in a democracy, and are not governed by mob rule, but by laws made by parliament.

But how on earth do people notice the difference in say one silver or white Peugot parked in the street they live in, as opposed to another? Or Punto or whatever very average, nondescript, unnoticeable car there is. Do these people never leave the house, staring at life outside from behind a curtain? Do they not have jobs?

You don't think you ABU OP. Why not start a thread asking for the best place to leave your car instead?