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

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

Wow this really has been eye opening, people are very entiled about the public road they live on... Ffs annoying people and hurting their feelings by parking on a public road?

Do most mn ERS contastly look out of their windows to see if there is a new car parked there? Then immediately report it to the police...

I'm a bit worried about .my friends car who will be staying at my house for two weeks. Should I flyer all the neighbours to say my friends car will be parking on the public road?!

We left our car with friends near gat wick airport...and parked on the public street. But we left the keys so if the ala went off it could be sorted.

I wouldn't just leave it on a random street.

Slightly different scenario though isn't it? You're a resident and your friend has asked you about it. The OP is just dumping their car in a street unknown to the regardless of any inconvenience it may cause residents because they're a cheapskate. My mother lives in a edwardian terraced street. I'd be livid if I knew she had to traipse down the road with her weekly shopping because some inconsiderate twat decided they wanted to leave their car outside her house for a fortnight.

Lived in london, limited parking so parked often streets from my flat. Never had a problem and as in london we left the cars for weeks as didnt need it apart from when we escaped to visit family. If the road is a public road anyone can park there!

My DSis and BIL used to leave their car and keys with me and I would drive them to the airport and pick them up - they got to park and we all got a chance for a chat. Alas no "open" spaces near me any more. I don't know if my neighbours resented it; too bad if they did.

Are you 100% sure you can park there? We live in an area full of Victorian terraced cottages and it's ALL residents' parking only with wardens coming by every day.

I live in a village a few miles from an airport, with a rail link to the airport. People park their cars legally but inconsiderately (opposite people's drives etc) for 2 weeks. There are a large number of locals who think nothing of keying such cars.

OP - I don't think most MNers have said THEY feel entitled to the(ir) road. Most MNers have pointed out that unattended cars all over the country, get vandalised, or the alarms go off, or the council decide to resurface... TWO WEEKS isa long time to leave a precious, expensive possession out on the street.

Opposite drives?

Come on now. That's not blocking a drive. You may have to manoeuvre a bit, but so what? It's no different whether it's a visitor or someone gone to the airport.

So Stinkers you would not be livid presumably if someone on your mum's street had a friend visiting who parked their car outside her house for a fortnight? Because of the different scenario? Even though it had the same effect and you would not know? I just don't get it.

I used to live very near to an Airport and people occasionally abandoned their cars on the nearby side road while they went on holiday for 2 weeks. Their cars were often vandalised by the time they returned, damaged tyres and broken windows mostly. I think it must have been done by annoyed locals to be honest, rather than kids. (Not me, BTW)

However, what really pissed me off was when they tried to use my long-ish driveway to park or turn around in. God knows what they were thinking!
It was obviously a drive to the house and not part of the highway. DH went really loopy at one male driver who did this and scared him shitless.
(Picture angry sweary tall Glaswegian)

This thread just epitomises the selfish sad me me me society we have now.

Loads of people pointing out that it's a public road and you have an equal right to park there as the residents do.

I love that word "right" and "rights".

But what about responsibility to others? What about consideration for the residents?

Nobody knows who lives behind closed doors. Parking in the street might cause no problems but it might equally cause real difficulties.

Andrewfogg summed it up by saying "I have no idea if it bothered anyone in the street but too bad if it did"

What a lovely neighbourly attitude, what consideration. Not picking on that poster particularly but they summed up in that comment the overwhelming opinion of this thread.

Personally I'd be ashamed to be do selfish and self serving.

OP I personally would advise against it, if only because two weeks is a very long time to leave an expensive possession unattended.
It isn't worth risking.

Think it's personal choice!

Yes it may be inconvenient... But people don't have unalienble right to park outside their house.

I've lived in loads of places with difficult on street parking... Once near a sea front with loads of hotel and visitors, and once near a major uni... However it was the price we paid... Or rather didn't pay, for living somewhere so nice /convenient.

Don't do it OP. Its not legally wrong, not morally wrong, just a bit twatty and you might not be able to relax as much about it (whether or not its a holiday you are going on).

Someone used your drive to turn around in and your dh went out swearing and shouting at them? Presumably in an aggressive way? He sounds like a horrible person. You should of just called the police, they would of told you to fuck off and stop wasting their time.

People parking legally in a public road is "selfish" "twatty" "unneighbourly" and means the whole society has gorn to the dogs?

You people seriously need to get a fucking life. And a hobby. Christ on a bike.

People parking legally in a public road is "selfish" "twatty" "unneighbourly" and means the whole society has gorn to the dogs?

You people seriously need to get a fucking life. And a hobby. Christ on a bike.

I think countessmarkyabitch has just won this debate!!!!

I don't.

What about this don't some people get? If you're parking in a road with adequate parking for everyone, and you're not causing any undue hassle to anyone else, fine. It's legal and no-one will give many shits. I certainly wouldn't.

If you're causing problems for parents with young toddlers/babies or people with mobility problems because they can't park near their house because you were determined to save a few quid, then you are an inconsiderate twat.

How do you know if you're causing someone genuine problems instead of just a minor irritation? You don't. So it's better to err on the side of being a little bit thoughtful.

Some of you clearly revel in not giving a shit about others. And Countess 'get a fucking life'? Just horrible.

I don't understand the 'no turning' signs and shouting at someone turning either- what difference does it make to you if someone does that? If I had a driveway I can't think why it would bother me if someone used it to turn.

If parking is in short supply and so you can end up carrying shopping/small children for miles I understand why people get shirty about people parking outside their house and it is inconsiderate but not if there is lots of space and at worse you might end up outside next door...some people really are too uptight about it.
The best eg I can think of is when I took the DCs on a picnic/walk. I parked on a street- actually it used to be a main road before it was diverted. So nice and wide, lots and lots of parking space, houses only on one side and a workshop (closed) and a hotel/pub (vacant). I parked outside some semis - both with empty drives! ...thinking that was considerate - kept the parked cars together ish all on one side, room for two cars to pass without stopping etc.
When we came back there was a car parked really closely behind mine, the empty drive and another car outside the workshop wall. Someone was looking out the window of one of the houses. A few seconds later they came out and got into a car parked outside the workshop and drove down to turn round, then they parked up behind the car behind mine, in front of their drive but left the engine running - I thought they were waiting for someone to come out of their house. While I was faffing taking off dirty shoes, giving the DCs drinks etc etc the person whose house I was directly in front of had come out - I said a cheery hello and they blanked me - they got in the car directly behind mine, turned the engine on and sat there - I was being polite letting them go first . Then it twigged -as soon I pulled away they pulled into my space and the car behind pulled into the space they'd vacated....all that fuss to move up one car space to be absolutely directly in front of their own house!!!! Now I found that really really precious...

Well then Manhattan, you better not ever park anywhere since you can't ever know if you are causing anyone else inconvinience. Do you canvass every road you ever park on? No, then maybe you're an inconsiderate twat then?
Thread full of sanctimonious rubbish.

I completely agree with Grateful.

Too many people harp on about their "rights" and they are "entitled to" without a second thought to anyone else. When did people become so bloody insular and selfish?