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A parking one!

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holidaysareoverated · 29/07/2015 10:02

We have put in a new driveway and the council have dropped the kerb outside. However, they have failed to remove the markings that there used to be a parking space there. The markings are a bit of a mess as the old markings are there alongside the guides the council have put there to show where they are moving the parking space to.

A young girl has come along, parked her car, put her headphones in and walked off in the direction of the town centre. I didn't have time to run out and stop her and the headphones meant shouting after her wouldn't have done any good.

Would I be unreasonable to request that the council send a warden out to give her a ticket?

There is no way that she could have missed that she was parking across our drive. It's large and has a big car parked on it. There were 2 parking spaces there and our drive is bang in the middle... she has parked her small Fiesta in the middle too. So right over the dropped kerb with no attempt to leave any room for access. Had it still been a parking space she would be effectively stopping another car from being able to park there. If she had parked at the beginning or end of the bay we could have still got off our driveway.

So What would you do?

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SoupDragon · 29/07/2015 12:19

Should the OP be forced to drive illegally by driving over the pavement though? Hypothetically, it could cost her a lot of money.

SoupDragon · 29/07/2015 12:19

(I would probably drive over the pavement though)

lunar1 · 29/07/2015 12:20

I'd ring now to get her towed, it could take them hours to come out. When do you have to leave?

PrimalLass · 29/07/2015 12:20

The OP has said the markings are unclear. She's not going to get arrested for going over the kerb when she's blocked in and has already reported it.

CadleCrap · 29/07/2015 12:21

I love a parking thread!

RealityCheque · 29/07/2015 12:21

Just drive over the pavement ffs. Don't be so fucking spiteful. :(

Sparklingbrook · 29/07/2015 12:23

I am a bit confused. you say she has a resident's permit, but she has a ticket because the wardens pounce on anyone without a permit.

NoisyOyster · 29/07/2015 12:23

Why should she have to drive over the pavement reality??!

It's a dropped kerb. It's a drive. The woman shouldn't have parked there.

rumbelina · 29/07/2015 12:26

Please don't get her towed. If you can drive over the pavement do and give her a warning this time - next time get her towed.

FungusTheBogeymam · 29/07/2015 12:27

I've done it, accidentally. I don't know how I missed the dropped kerb - probably because the drive was overgrown and there was no car parked on it - but I did. Luckily I was only there for a short time and the person whose drive it was had been able to park a couple of houses down, but I was mortified to come back and find a sweary note on my windscreen. He was OK about it in the end.

In this case, though, I can understand why she wouldn't have noticed, if there's a painted parking bay on the road. That needs addressing, and quickly - because she won't be the last person to do it, if the bay remains there.

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holidaysareoverated · 29/07/2015 12:29

I don't want to get her towed... I just want her to come and move her bloody car!

There is no way (despite what my DH says, who is not here but at work) that I could safely get out of my drive by going across the pavement. We are on a corner on a hill. I would be reversing out and up the pavement . So effectively driving backwards towards anybody who happened to be walking on the path and hoping that they or I spot them in time. I am a nervous driver at the best of times so no way would I be prepared to try that manouevre.

Or I would have to drive across my neighbours property destroying part of their boundary.

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The5DayChicken · 29/07/2015 12:31

Do people really not notice when they park over a dropped curb??

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holidaysareoverated · 29/07/2015 12:35

To clarify... she does have a permit but the permit doesn't give her the right to park over a dropped kerb. Parking restrictions kick in here at lunchtime and wardens are out in force to catch out people who have parked for shopping or the station and not got back in time.

I had assumed she would be back before 12 but as she has a permit she could be there all day. She obviously thinks she is ok to park where she has and is covered by her residents permit. But one of the wardens has ticketed her... I would presume because she is parked over my driveway.

If you could see how she has parked you would see that she has parked in such a way that she is parked only across my drive (with big car in so obviously a drive in use), when she could have parked at the front or back of the marked bay and only been slightly overhanging me. So it would have been tight but I wouldn't be blocked.

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ijustwannadance · 29/07/2015 12:36

Surely reversing out of drive normally you would be watching out for same pedestrians as going over pavement. Does her parking permit have address/house no. on?

Sparklingbrook · 29/07/2015 12:36

It's all very complicated.

allithwaite · 29/07/2015 12:37

is there not a reference number on the permit? could you report it that way.

BitOutOfPractice · 29/07/2015 12:41

I agree with ijustwanna - you have to cross the pavement every time you come out of your drive...I don't see why it's different to do it now

MrsJK · 29/07/2015 12:43

I was also going to add the same thing, can the council not give you details of where the permit is registered if a they are a resident? Although prob data protection and all that jazz…….

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holidaysareoverated · 29/07/2015 12:49

When I'm reversing out of my drive I'm reversing straight back onto the road. Anybody walking towards me can see me inching out, and can clearly see a driveway and therefore anticipate the chances of a car. If I reverse out and up the pavement I would be reversing around a corner towards any pedestrians who wouldn't be expecting a car coming towards them on the path.

It's probably hard to understand without seeing it but it's the angle that I would have to come out at. I would be having to go right rather than left (like I normally would) and the visibility would be poor. I'd also have to reverse up the pavement for quite a way to get access to the road. So really quite dangerous for any pedestrians.

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holidaysareoverated · 29/07/2015 12:53

To further clarify... I wouldn't just be reversing out across the pavement like normal. I'd have to actually reverse up and along the pavement.

I don't want to get her towed.. I could do without the hassle and stress myself. I just want the silly girl to come back and get her car.

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Buzzybuzzybumblebees · 29/07/2015 12:58

Don't risk dangerous driving because of her , I'd ring the police for advice

Flamingopie · 29/07/2015 12:59

Why do you keep putting emphasis on your big car and her small car?

DayLillie · 29/07/2015 13:01

Can you enlist the help of a neighbour to act as lookout and get you out of your drive?

DayLillie · 29/07/2015 13:03

I always reverse into my drive. It is easier to see if it is safe, than it is when you reverse into the road. It is also easier to get out when people have parked right up to the dropped bit of the dropped kerb which happens frequently.

Lj8893 · 29/07/2015 13:06

I wouldn't be driving illegally, dangerously and uncomfortably because she has blocked you in.

I would report her, get her towed. It's harsh, I know, but I don't see another option here.

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