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Parking thread

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 15:29

Am I a CF ? Picking my dc up from high school I park in a residential road nearby ( we live about a half hour walk away but there is a very busy 60mph road they would have to cross) I would never usually park over someone's drive even though I am sitting in the car . There is however one driveway in particular which leads to someone's garage with a van parked on the drive which is clearly never used . I don't think it has been driven in years ! Has at least one flat tyre and moss growing all over it . The wheelie bins are permanently behind the van . So I sometimes park over that driveway while I am in the car . Today a man came out of there and rather stroppily asked me to move . I apologised and parked elsewhere.
But aibu to think he is an idiot ? The drive way is on the side of his house so I'm not even visible from his window . What difference could I possibly make to his day by being there ? He was actually going out as I watched he get into another car !

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FrancisCrawford · 28/06/2018 20:04

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 20:11

There is nothing special about me , and I would never have left my car . I was in the car the whole time with my keys in the ignition. I also wouldn't have parked there if there was any chance of the van moving . It's practically up on blocks ! I'm sorry but I still really don't see the problem with that . Although I am very grateful for everyone's feedback . I realise as a bit of a socialist hippy type that often my views are not the norm , so I will be mindful in future of other people's need to mark their property and I'll not do it again .

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nogrip · 28/06/2018 20:14

Yeah you cf. Don't park down my road or it's bananas up the exhaust for you

Fairenuff · 28/06/2018 20:17

Glad to hear that you will in future be mindful of others people's property. It's only common courtesy to respect that.

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 20:18

@FrancisCrawford again thank you for your input . However to reassure you, there is absolutely no environmental impact as I drive past their school on my way home from work. And there is absolutely no safe walk home. The park is in the other direction. Also as a busy working mum , time restraints mean I often have to pick the kids up in order to get them to their various ( often sporty ) after school activities . Again not the point of the post !

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 20:20

@GreatDuckCookery ah , I'm enjoying being called a cf . In my 48 years no one has ever called me that before . Wink

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BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 28/06/2018 20:22

Maybe he has an agreement to let someone else who does the school run park there?

Fairenuff · 28/06/2018 20:22

Not to your face anyway Wink

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 20:22

Yeah you cf. Don't park down my road or it's bananas up the exhaust for you

Fair enough Grin

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 20:24

@BreakfastAtSquiffanys
That's a really good point , I hadn't thought of that . Thank you x

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 20:25

@BreakfastAtSquiffanys although judging by some of the comments on this thread it seems likely he was just being an arse Wink

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SickOfSitting · 28/06/2018 20:25

Maybe he doesn't use the driveway but parks in front of it? By telling you to move ensures you know you cannot park there, even if the driveway looks like it isn't used.

bettytaghetti · 28/06/2018 20:28

Perhaps the reason the van is in disrepair is that the owners have become elderly or disabled (or banned from driving!) and so rely on taxis being able to get close to their house to pick them up, but have to keep contending with parents like you, sat with their cars idling outside their house. I don't blame him for being peed off!

BMW6 · 28/06/2018 20:28

The fact that he hasn't moved his van off his drive for years so you weren't blocking him in is irrelevant. Its HIS drive so HIS property, and he has every right to deny your car from it.
Do you really not see that?

BMW6 · 28/06/2018 20:29

FFS the only arse is YOU!

FrancisCrawford · 28/06/2018 20:36

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 20:47

@FrancisCrawford how do you do that thing where you copy in bold some of my replies ? I can't seem to do that . Thanks x

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GreatDuckCookery6211 · 28/06/2018 21:02

How far is the driveway from the house?

Stewpudding · 28/06/2018 21:08

I live directly opposite a primary school and have numerous cars park across my drive (so I can’t get in or out) each day; as soon as someone leaves, someone else pulls up. I’ve learnt to only be annoyed by the ones that pull up and get out and leave their car fully in front of my drive to go into the school, or take absolutely ages to move, say loading/unloading their kids first whilst I’m sat in car (usually tooting Wink). If I got annoyed by anyone who stopped in front of my drive i’d be angry all the time and lead a very unhappy life. So actually, provided you move as soon as you see someone want to get in or out of the drive/ask you to move, then I don’t think you are being unreasonable. Smile

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cabsav · 28/06/2018 21:12

@FrancisCrawford You put an asterisk before and after the text*
Thank you .

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Sparklesocks · 28/06/2018 21:24

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should

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