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Neighbour spray painting pavement for their access

179 replies

Hallomiaddicted · 07/07/2017 17:58

My neighbour has spray painted the pavement next to my house outside theirs and put a passive aggressive note up about the dropped curb. Yes it is a dropped curb but the council have not put a single or double yellow. The access is pedestrian gated rather than a driveway. AIBU I don't agree with them marking out the road. My car wheel is slightly over because the on street parking is always completely choc a block. They don't have a car and we all pay over £200 per yr for a council permit.

Neighbour spray painting pavement for their access
OP posts:
kali110 · 08/07/2017 13:27

They do not have a disability
Oh right, are you their doctor then?
Or do they just have disabled tattooed on their head? Hmm
Or just maybe YOU DON't KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM.

sorry I don't know the Highway Code off by heart
Neither do i but even i know not to park in front of a dropped kerb.
If you're a driver why don't you??

Ceto · 08/07/2017 13:28

If the kerb was dropped for someone else and that is no longer needed, contact the council about getting the full kerb reinstated.

wondering23 · 08/07/2017 14:45

You've taken a pasting OP and you probably get the idea that you're in the wrong. Never mind, just realise in the future that you can't park over a dropped curb just because you don't think they need access.

As a PP said, it's about following the rules to make things run smoothly. Even mild breaches of the rules can upset the apple cart.

We have no lines on the road outside our house so people are fully entitled to park there. People often park very very close to the dropped kerb and even though they aren't over it (and therefore obviously aren't doing anything wrong) it makes it very difficult to see up and down the road for us to pull out. Other people probably don't realise that it's a pain for us, so there might be reasons you don't know about that affect your neighbours.

scaryclown · 08/07/2017 16:48

If they are council marks, check for planning applications

BishopBrennansArse · 08/07/2017 16:53

Well I wouldn't be able to cross the road using that dropped kerb in my wheelchair, either. Of course I'd try. Shame about any resulting scratches.

brasty · 08/07/2017 16:57

Those dropped kerbs are necessary for wheelchair users. People parking over them are very thoughtless.

simon50 · 08/07/2017 18:06

My partner is a mobility scooter user and we often get shoppers parking partly over the one lowered kerb crossing in our road.
Her scooter has collected a number of different paint colours trying to squeeze through the narrow gap the leave !!
If I was the neighbour I would be phoning the council to get you ticketed.

ComputerUserNotTrained · 08/07/2017 18:27

Is a dropped kerb much use to wheelchair users if it isn't matched by another on the opposite side of the road? Genuine question, this.

I've found poorly executed dropped kerbs a hindrance when walking along a pavement, especially in icy weather. It messes up the camber. There were some spectacularly shit ones where I used to live (they were there for drives, not as crossing points).

user1497366382 · 08/07/2017 18:30

My local authority has a policy of not enforcing dropped kerbs if they don't prevent the house owner getting in and out and as long as the dropped kerb is not for some other reason also. One neighbour of mine has just had the council install a dropped kerb and a big white line (so no-one else can park there) yet has maintained the garden such that no car can ever park there.

BishopBrennansArse · 08/07/2017 18:38

They're not a lot of help to be honest, I quite often find myself driving diagonally across roads, but without a dropped kerb I can't cross the road at all! Bit restrictive!

Cubtrouble · 08/07/2017 22:25

It matters not a jot what they need a dropped kerb for. You're wrong OP. But then you knew that.

maybeitssomethingelse · 09/07/2017 09:35

My mother has a drive, with a dropped curb, and people always park in front of it. To make matters worse, she lives next to a car park, which charges the first hour free, or £1 for the whole day! People still park blocking her access

Longtime · 09/07/2017 10:03

I had never seen kerb written curb before. Had to google. US English. completely misses point of the thread

flapjackfairy · 09/07/2017 10:08

The council have to put up notices if they want to put double yellows etc . They dont just roll up unannounced ! They put notices on lampposts etc that are like the planning applications to give people a chance to object. At least they do where we live !

Biker47 · 09/07/2017 10:25

Can you block your own dropped kerb?

Assuming there are no road markings and restrictions i.e. double yellow lines etc. you can park over your own dropped kerb, or someone elses with their permission.

SnickersWasAHorse · 09/07/2017 10:30

I had never seen kerb written curb before. Had to google. US English. completely misses point of the thread

Really? I believe the spelling curb is used in UK English to mean to restrain. As in to curb your spending.

Marymoosmum14 · 09/07/2017 10:44

Ot doesn't need lines, it is illegal to park on a drop curb as it is so people in wheelchairs or parents with pushchairs can cross the road, not just parking access.

mollyblack · 09/07/2017 11:03

If you apply and pay to have the kerb dropped at your house so you can create a driveway surely it's not there to facilitate road crossing for prams and wheelchairs?

Andrewofgg · 09/07/2017 11:07

Oh ffs mollyblack if the kerb has been dropped who cares who uses it to cross as long as it is not blocked?

Biker47 · 09/07/2017 11:10

Ot doesn't need lines, it is illegal to park on a drop curb as it is so people in wheelchairs or parents with pushchairs can cross the road, not just parking access.

It's not, if it's your own dropped kerb, or you have permission to park infront of someone elses. And dropped kerbs installed for vehicle access to residential areas aren't installed for use by wheelchairs or pushchairs, otherwise they would install another dropped kerb opposite to it on the other side of the road at the same time and install such things as bollards and textured paving slabs on the ramp,beause then it would be a pedestiran access kerb.

Oysterbabe · 09/07/2017 11:16

I was discussing this thread with my DH last night and he was adamant that it is not illegal to park over someone's drive if they are not on it, you aren't however allowed to block someone in. We argued about it for a while and after some googling I was very annoyed to discover that he's right.
www.safermotoring.co.uk/parking-near-private-driveway-what-law.html

Andrewofgg · 09/07/2017 11:24

Parking over someone's drive, legal or not, is foul and unneighbourly even if they are twats.

BishopBrennansArse · 09/07/2017 11:36

So wheelchair users should never go out then, Molly?

Notreallyarsed · 09/07/2017 11:41

Molly really? And what would you have wheelchair users do? Not leave the house in case someone gets arsey?