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AIBU?

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to remove the disabled parking signs?

255 replies

DaisyBD · 23/11/2016 15:21

I live in a small rural town and our road has no pavements and road markings. Someone has moved into a house near the end of the road that has a wide frontage with a small wall. They also have a drive with space for three cars. Many of the people in the road don’t have off-road parking, so park pretty much anywhere there’s space, including in front of this house.

The new owners have put up disabled-only parking signs along their front wall, which has stopped most people parking there. We don’t need the space but occasionally our visitors do. I have seen the new neighbours but not talked to them – we live up the road a bit so they’re not close neighbours or anything – and although I can’t see any signs of disability, I know many disabilities are invisible.

However, they have loads of space on their own drive! I think they’ve put the signs up just to stop people parking outside their house. The signs are just the ones you can buy online, there’s no council disabled white line on the road or anything.

I feel they are being selfish and hogging the road, which they don’t own. WIBU to sneak over under cover of darkness with a screwdriver and remove the signs? Obviously they’ll hate me forever if they catch me, and I don’t want to spark a feud. But it just seems a bit cheeky and I want to be cheeky back. (DH thinks I’m insane, obv.)

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UptheAnty · 24/11/2016 14:19

I came for the diagram and am not disappointed.
As you were Grin....

2kids2dogsnosense · 24/11/2016 14:29

Thank you Daisy. I feel a lot more comfortable knowing that you are a Responsible Dog Owner.

It is truly a diagram of epic awesomeness. If Carlsberg did diagrams . . . they'd still not be as good as the MumsNet ones Grin

DaisyBD · 24/11/2016 15:02

he's a good dog, he poos just as we arrive at the edge of the woods so it's near the bin (as you can see).

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CockacidalManiac · 24/11/2016 15:04

Can we have a few doggers in the wood, please?

2kids2dogsnosense · 24/11/2016 15:11

Some one always has to Lower The Tone . . . Angry

DaisyBD · 24/11/2016 15:14

you're not making this easy for me

to remove the disabled parking signs?
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CockacidalManiac · 24/11/2016 15:16

Ooh, you're really good at drawing. I like those trees.

2kids2dogsnosense · 24/11/2016 15:21

Are those "rocking" lines around that car?

And what are those two doing behind the tree?

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OP- I thought better of you. You are a Great Disappointment.

CockacidalManiac · 24/11/2016 15:21

I think that you should do all the illustrations for every parking thread.

2kids2dogsnosense · 24/11/2016 15:21

Hahahahahaha!

Just noticed the Flasher Grin

DaisyBD · 24/11/2016 15:24

You are a Great Disappointment

That's what everyone says about me, sooner or later.

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DaisyBD · 24/11/2016 15:25

I don't think I can submit this diagram to the council.

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TheTantrumCometh · 24/11/2016 15:28

Is your dog watching the doggers? Confused

DaisyBD · 24/11/2016 15:39

he has very few personal boundaries I'm afraid

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CockacidalManiac · 24/11/2016 15:40

I'd be more worried if I was the bloke near the car. The dog might think it's a stick.

Quintessing · 24/11/2016 15:46

You must definitely send this diagram to the council.

It is what happens when nobody can park by the wall and the gate has been installed. The complete privacy make those woods a haven of fornication.

notgettingyounger · 24/11/2016 15:57

:-) I am loving the drawings! Who needs TV?

WindInThePussyWillows · 24/11/2016 16:04

When I started reading this thread I had no idea I'd be faced with an artistic shag fest! You're doodles are fab.
I'd report to the council after I'd stolen the signs and posted them through their letterbox.

ShowMePotatoSalad · 24/11/2016 16:09

"I don't think I can submit this diagram to the council"

OMG, this is amazing. Imagine if you did. It would definitely get them round in a jiffy (to look out for doggers). But then when they're on dogger-watch you can nab them about the parking!!

ShowMePotatoSalad · 24/11/2016 16:09

Can you add the council officers in to the picture? Looking at the doggers? with a clipboard?!?!!?!

Blossomdeary · 24/11/2016 16:12

Only the council can decide to put up such signs - check with the council that they have not done it and if they have not then you are entirely within your rights to park there. I would keep an eye on the comings and goings there - it may for instance be that someone in the family has a disability and an adapted minivan comes to pick them up to take them to places. If you can see no legitimate reason for the signs then I would just park there.

DaisyBD · 24/11/2016 16:16

here's the council officials coming up the road to check things out

to remove the disabled parking signs?
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Bogeyface · 24/11/2016 16:17

In my capacity as self appointed diagram judge, I award you full marks. Wonderful detail and beautifully executed, you have set a standard that other parking threads must strive to achieve.

Flowers Star Star Star Star Star

DaisyBD · 24/11/2016 16:20

how kind, thank you bogey. I'd have started on a larger scale if I'd realised how much extra detail would be required.

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Birdsgottafly · 24/11/2016 16:23

It could be that they've made an application for the official parking spot and have done this in the meantime.

It doesn't have to be mobility issues as to why you'd keep the space clear, there may be regular Nurse etc visits.

There was a thread on here which was about one neighbor out of the street parking outside another terminally ill neighbour. It wasn't worth the neighbour applying for a designated space, she would have been in a hospice by the time that it was granted. They'd also taken offence at being asked to be considerate.

I've been disabled for a year, I've had to give up my dog, this may be fun and games for you OP, but life is tough if you have major health issues.

I've been turned down for PIP, twice, as are many others. Bus passes take months and you've got to be well enough for the assessment. Life is shit for anyone disabled at the moment.

What's prompted you to make someone vulnerable, your target, before you know the facts?