AIBU to think he deserved the private road parking fine?

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so father parks on road which is signed as Private road
he gets a fine of £100

the road is private property and not an adopted road - so not maintained by the council - but by the reisdents

he is shocked that parking on private property would lead to a £100 fine - also this is signed at the end of the road

and is going to take this to court

AIBU to think he deserves the fine for ignoring the private road Sogn and then ignoring the parking fine sign

the publicity will also mean that others don't park there and the residents are getting exactly what they wanted

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/north-west-dad-stunned-hes-34646459?fbclid=IwY2xjawUjlyFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMWUyRjRzMURNeDZqTlhTb1NzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeQZ93ug9k_H6Z8zkJJ-Sr0t9qC4RZeNdwvwCV3-VQhNRsADlQ6Jt28ayAu7Q_aem_a0LCeXlaNMp7WY0slA0nOg

Yes I know. I did say that I’m mindful where I park.

Sometimes those other modes just aren’t feasible, are they ?

Lots of parents will be parking on the road (or half on the pavement), slightly further from the school. The streets between his house and the school will not all be private roads. There is a small car park opposite the school but he would have to be there earlier to get a space.

the point is he parked in a private road and possibly the residents have been inconvenienced - thus they now have got a parking company to fine people, so they stop

if your not doing that then its immaterial, as your unlikely to get a fine

If he has nowhere to park, so driving is off the cards, walking is the alternative.

Or riding a bike.

Or paying for a taxi.

Is your road adopted or a private road that you pay to maintain? If it is the former, a better comparison is whether you would mind someone parking on your drive while they dropped their child off. If it is the latter, it's ultimately not for you to mind people parking there because it is a public road for anyone to use (in line with the law).

ive just had a look on google maps and there are plenty of public roads without parking restrictions he could have put his car and walked to the school. They were further away from he school than where he parked but certainly not a mile and a half away, more like half a mile which would be 10 minutes with a primary school age child

My road is not adopted and we pay to maintain it like most new build estates round here but there’s no limited parking there. How come some roads have it and not others? Ours is about 0.3 miles from the school so not inundated with cars at drop off times

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I think this guy read the same article

I live near a school and cheeky fuckery parking is the bane of my life. Park further away and walk. No sympathy, and the sad face "stunned" pics in the paper are just cringe.

I live about 200m from a large primary school. Our council parking enforcement team was out the other morning and I saw them fine several cars. One of them was a woman whose car was actually parked outside her own house - but she lives right opposite the school and the road at that point has yellow zigzags and a sign stating not to park there. Others had arrived to drop their child off and had parked inconsiderately. It happens every morning.

We’ve had our drive obstructed by people who are “only going to be 10 mins” so frequently that a few months ago we paid to have a white line painted over our drive (think it’s called an H bar). Even with the white line though I still get a nitwit in a white BMW who obstructs my drive nearly every day because the white line and rules regarding parking over a dropped kerb apparently don’t apply to him. I’ve left a genuinely polite note and I’ve messaged the school. He still does it. I would be delighted for him to be fined.

Its up to the owners to get enforcement.
Our enforcement is more aimed at airpirt parking than the school (its a few milesfrom the airport, on a handy bus route) but covers all un permitted cars.

Can't work out what FAFO means, but I completely agree. Rather than accept he messed up, he has the temerity to make a huge deal of it in the local newspaper, in an attempt to further bluff his (nonexistent) right to park there.

They should unemotionally throw the book at him. I can't stand people who are so up their own arses they can't bear to be in the wrong.

FAFO = Fuck around and find out.

The white BMW driver is unable to read your note so you presume is driving with defective eyesight. Let the DVLA know.

It isn’t a school responsibility about unfit parents when it comes to parking unless so bad it could be considered a safeguarding matter.

Hardly hes a selfish twat who thinks his convenience on the school run is more important than people being able to use their own drives and even get in and out of their street.
More school run parents should be fined on an ever increasing scale until they learn not to park illegally on drives and private roads

I live on a private road and I’m sick of people parking here. Last night some dick decided to park at the end and it would’ve been a squeeze to get the car around. An ambulance or fire engine would have struggled. It was gone by the minting, but that’s not the point. We keep the road clean and tidy and our trees are topiaries 😂 I’m not even joking. I want to know who the clamping company is now.

I also live near to a school on a quiet residential road. I actually have no issue with parents parking but Jesus it doesn’t entitle anyone to part illegally which we see all the time. They block pavements, park across drive ways, park on zig zags and double yellows, park right on the junction at the end all rather than drive for another 20 seconds where they will find ample parking. They also open car doors and get their children out into the road. So if someone has the power to impose a penalty on a private road then I’m all for it. I’d love to know the defence.

Park where you like, on my drive, off it, I don't care. I don't suggest any deterrent. There's worse things a person can do than park their car. Like demanding £100 off a bloke for nothing. That's way worse behaviour.

@CatkinToadflax I have two schools very close by. Most of the road has double yellow lines, including over my dropped kerb driveway and still people block my drive every single day.

On the face of it, the man looks to be in the wrong. He was informed many times not to park in the private road. So he needs to pay the fine and will lose in court, probably.

That said, our British situation with parking at primary schools is just stupid. We know that people drive to school for a variety of reasons. It’s just a fact. We also know that there is very little quick and convenient parking for drop offs. So, inevitably, as it has been for decades, there are always problems like this. Until someone actually has sorts out the problem at its source, by creating convenient parking, the problem will continue for more decades. The guy is actually right - he should be able to drive up and quickly drop the kids off, for free. This should be a basic expectation. We are employing double think to pretend that it shouldn’t be a basic expectation.

The problem is that it should be the school and/or council who find a solution for it.

This is the equivalent of there being no public toilet provision, so somebody's solution being to let themselves into your house to use yours; or saying that we all need to eat, but they can't afford to buy food, so they simply help themselves to yours.

It’s not for nothing though is it? He’s parked somewhere he isn’t allowed

Yep. If all the time, energy and money that went into yellow lines, school streets, parking bans, fines, wardens, preachy fucking initiatives about walking etc, instead went into providing parking/drop off solutions, everyone would be happy.

I agree with you and made this point but got shouted down. several people on this thread think parents can magic parking spaces and time out of thin air