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Trades man yelled at me from his van after I called him about his parking!

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pontipinemum · 28/07/2025 10:06

On Saturday I was in my very small town with my baby and toddler. Baby was in the pram, I was holding the toddlers hand.

There is a pedestrian crossing, not a zebra crossing, at one point in the town. There is a dropped kerb, a yellow box, and blister paving on the path beside it. There are a few of these in town and it is a constant problem with people blocking them.

A van was blocking it this time, since his number was on the side I decided to call him, I said 'Hi, you are parked in a yellow box blocking the pedestrian crossing, where the kerb is dropped to let people cross easily' He said he was doing a quick job.

I then crossed the road by lifting the toddler, and lowering the pram backwards onto the road. It is a little steep. I was able to then use the dropped kerb on the other side.

The man returned to his van and happened to drive by me. He yelled out the window at me that 'it is not a pedestrian crossing you idiot' something else I didn't catch. And smirked/ laughed. I just said it is. I felt a bit intimidated.

It is inconvenient and dangerous for me with a pram. But blocking those crossing means that people who use wheelchair cannot cross at all. And we have 3 (that I know of) people who use electrical wheelchairs in town.

YABU - not your business where he parks stay out of it
YANBU - it was OK to call him on it

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PhilippaGeorgiou · 29/07/2025 14:22

Iocainepowder · 29/07/2025 13:50

Yeah, i just said the signs exist. I can’t be sure but I doubt this applied to OP’s case anyway.

I get that, and I suspected they would be those sorts of signs - which is why I asked. Because they don't allow what they were implying they allow. Wasn't having a go at you.

eastegg · 29/07/2025 20:36

ClosetBasketCase · 28/07/2025 12:13

I would have just crossed the road and got on with my life! Honestly - what a petty inconsquensial thing to complain about!
In the town where i went to uni, there were lamposts right in the middle of the pavement - which was narrow anyway - i take it you'd be one who campaigned to shut the whole road for a year to rip them all up, and put them somewhwere else - thereby removing much needed parking instead?
Christ alive

Your username seems appropriate.

What have lampposts in the pavement got to do with road safety, which is what the OP’s actions were about?

And the van driver’s parking was not inconsequential, clearly. It was over a part of the kerb designed for people with restricted mobility. Of course it has a consequence.

pontipinemum · 31/07/2025 16:11

Just to make it clear, I didn't confront him face to face. I called the number on the side of the van.

I was in town earlier - without children, and it wasn't blocked. I took a picture in case anyone is interested!

Trades man yelled at me from his van after I called him about his parking!
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