Am i wrong to park here and would you mess with my wing mirrors if I parked outside your house?

[malificent7]

Long story.
I work in a hospital. Rather than pay for parking, I park on a residential street 10 mins walk away. The residents have their own private parking , garages and visitors parking out the back. No driveways and no yellow lines on the wide road.
I park on the roaf. An aggressive man stopped me one day and told me an ambulance couldn't get past. Plenty of space. I pointed out there was space enpugh and no double yellows bitoved anyway.
From then on whenever i parked on the road my wing mirrors have been messed with. I only park on that street now if all other streets are full.
Am I being unreasonable to a: park there. B: to continue to do so if there are no other options/ last resort?

I pay for the privilege of parking legally on the roadside and will continue to do so. Its called taxing my vehicle. I wouldn't be paying on a car park. People know what the liklihood is when they purchase a house near a hospital or school. It's up to them to complain to the hospital or local authorities to have residents only parking.Until then I'll carry on.

For perspective...the property I park outside of is currently unoccupied ...no driveway anyway. I tuck my mirrors in but I assume that Mr territorial high horse up the road messes with them. Im very stubborn so will get a dashcam.

Get dashcams for your car, I think you can get ones that stay on recording even with ignition off

Goodness, I thought my nearest hospital was expensive at £10.70 for >6 hours.

There's another hospital in the Trust that's further away, and parking there is £8 for 6-12 hours, but then shoots up to £18. There's very little on-street parking nearby, and it's not served by many bus routes, either.

My late DP was offered a job there, but turned it down when he realised how costly the parking would be.

It may be annoying but streets are public and you're allowed to park there.
We lived next to a school for a couple of years. We knew people would park down our street to pick up and drop off. That's life. It was only really annoying if they parked badly and blocked us in.

I agree, it can be very expensive and disproportionally more expensive for those on the lower pay bands than those on the higher ones. At the hospital I worked at the top bods often got free parking whereas those on significantly less money didn't.