Because we all love a parking thread... AIBU to think you don't park an articulated lorry in a residential cul-de-sac?

[Taz1212]

So I arrived home this afternoon to find that I couldn't turn left into our cul-de-sac because one of the residents has decided to park his articulated lorry in a parking bay large enough for one additional car (a car was already at the top end of it). His top half is completely covering the path and his rear end is so far out into the road that you have to either reverse into the cul-de-sac or drive past it, turn around in the road and approach it from the other direction.

He's been parking a large work van in the parking bay for the past few weeks (against the rules in our title deeds which state no commercial vehicles are to be parked overnight in the parking bays) but the van appears to have morphed overnight into this monster.

I don't think there's anything that can be done- I don't know where they live, but AIBU to think this is a bit nuts?

(Will attach photos in the next post- have blurred them so you can't read the details but thought I'd separate the posts in case anyone does think they are identifying)

Thanks Disgrace, I just saw A VERY BIG Truck and assumed it was an articulated lorry. If I do end up making formal complaints in future I will use the correct name!

What a piss take. Certainly needs pursuing. Why are the company not pissed off that he is using their truck to nick off and visit lady friends?

Sorry to hijack but we have a similar issue. There are loading bays at the end of the road which don't open until 8 and the HGVs turn up any hour from 5.30 am and park up in our tiny residential street. We are trying to get some action taken but our councillors are useless. disgrace do you know if this would generally be against the law?

Get those net curtains twitching. You need to do some detective work.

I hadn't realised this before, but, you ARE the elusive hairy trucker, Disgrace!

please say you are hairy, even if you are a woman

Our next door neighbour has several carers come in and for some unfathomable reason they dont pull all the way onto the drive so they are sticking out onto the pavement. Sometimes leaving about a foot or so between the back of the car and the road but a few totally block the pavement. I just dont get it...

Was it there last night Taz?

No, Fru no sign of it and no sign of the works van either. Everyone in the cul-de-sac used up all of the parking bay spaces quite early on, rather than parking in their drives, so if he did turn up there was nowhere for him to go.

Hopefully he's gotten the message but if he does reappear at a future date I will be sure to update with new photos.

It's so lovely and heart warming when all the neighbours join in to fight parking terrorism, isn't it?
It makes you have faith in humanity all over again. Bless. :)

I am hairy, but not a woman. My female colleagues? Let's not go there .

Preminstreltension: you need to get hold of whoever heads up the roads department and copy in your councillor. Then it might be an idea to photograph damage to verges, public urination (not in progress obviously) litter etc. Get hold of local TV and papers. They love sadfaces and angry talking heads; I did something similar and referred to chicken theft, prostitution and indecent exposure in under 30 seconds.

Good luck.

How hairy are you, Disgrace? I mean, I've known for ages that you're a guy ... but a hairy guy? Somehow, in my mind, you look sleek

I was going to post some photo suggestions of how Disgrace might look, but I got scared.
didn't know hairy trucker was a gay icon
lives a very sheltered life

OK great. We've definitely had damage to trees, pavements etc. I've taken pics and will forward them to our council. Have not seen any public urination as yet but will up my curtain twitching forthwith!

I am so pleased there is a MNer who really is a hairy trucker! :grin:

even

Then again, how do we know you really are a hairy trucker and not just a bored housewife?

All men of my age are hairy, especially the nostrils.

Actually, the best way to prove it would be to show you my forearms in about a week's time. The right one will be tanned, the left one not.

Steady on Disgrace. Can you hear that faint rustling of fans as we all try to cool ourselves down?

Final update. I showed the response to some of our neighbours and they also agreed it was a fob off so late yesterday I emailed the company back to say that we didn't think it was our responsibility to go knocking on doors to find out which house the vehicle belonged to so we'd decided to report him to the Traffic Commissioner (as per Disgrace's suggestion).

This seems to have worked and the company must have passed on my details because this morning, the driver's partner knocked on my door to apologise. Her partner had had a very long day at work, was tired and it won't happen again.

All done!

Result! Well handled (with bit of help from disgrace ;)

Well, I've since had another snotty response from the Company who see nothing wrong with what their driver did and will await to hear from the Traffic Commissioner. Suffice to say I won't ever be hiring a marquee from any companies based in Melrose.

I hope you do report him.

His partner came knocking on your door, not him, and his own company is daring you to report them.
Well...

Sounds typical for marquee hire; like scaffolders, they don't give a shit about the vehicle. If it were up to me, I'd go over the vehicle with a fine toothcomb, and I'd like to see the driver's forklift ticket for the Moffat on the back. Then turn over their tacho records. Then sniff for fag smoke in the cab (yes really, £300 offence).

Real hauliers don't do this shit.

BTW: 6 Daves out of 58 in the fleet, and 3 with Dave as a second name. Two of them are known as Big Dave and Even Bigger Dave.