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Parking...

21 replies

bonnibaby · 08/07/2008 13:03

To be cross when the student teachers up the road park outside my house then leave their car there for days and all go off in one of their others together meaning i have to park miles away and carry my 2 year old son who is disabled and 7 month old daughter and leave one of them in the car/house whilst carrying the other to and fro when they have seen me struggling GGRRRRR!
Have looked into getting a disabled bay but apparently they dont have to honour it anyway so no point!

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posieflump · 08/07/2008 13:06

I don't think there is no point looking into getting a disabled bay as most people will acknowledge it

Doodle2U · 08/07/2008 13:07

Out a note on the windscreen?

Doodle2U · 08/07/2008 13:08

Put

ClareVoiant · 08/07/2008 13:11

how annoying for you.

can you pilfer a couple of cones from somewhere to put outside your house?

I'd put a polite notice on the windscreen, and ask at the college to make it known that the residence requires disabled access.

still worthwhile going ahead with a disabled bay, surely, at least it would make other road users aware.

ClareVoiant · 08/07/2008 13:12

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bonnibaby · 08/07/2008 13:28

Thanks,i think the note is a good idea, how could i word it to sound polite and not arsey?

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HermanMunster · 08/07/2008 13:35

are they parked illegally, or just on the public road outside your house?
if it is on a public road,they have paid road tax and are not violating any parking regulations then although it may be unbelievably annoying for you, they have every right to park there.

ClareVoiant · 08/07/2008 13:36

You could keep it short and sweet i.e.

"Please note that 'no27 arcacia ave' requires disabled access 24hrs a day, and we thank you for keeping this space clear in the future"

FabioTheWhisperingCat · 08/07/2008 13:37

I think you have to get the disabled bay.

ClareVoiant · 08/07/2008 13:39

I think your problem lies in the fact that if its public parking, and there are no signs to say otherwise, no one will know you need disabled access to your house.
Could you temporarily do a sign and laminate it and stick it on your gate or something?

fortyplus · 08/07/2008 13:39

It's true that they don't have to honour a disabled bay, but most people do. Near me there are some streets of terraced houses where parking is a real problem. I always admire the fact that the disabled bays are either empty or have a disabled car in them. I suppose even the people who might abuse disabled bays at a supermarket don't want to look bad in front of their neighbours!

HermanMunster · 08/07/2008 13:40

i'd imagine a disabled bay is the only way to go.
even if by law people don't have to obey it, most people are not so ignorant that they would park somewhere that had been marked as necessary for someone with a disability.
whereas putting a note on their car may stop these current people from parking there, it will do nothing to notify/deter others from parking there.
and putting cones out on a public road to mark a space for yourself is something that will immediately get some peoples back up and (if like me) they will go out of their way to move the cones and park there.

Blu · 08/07/2008 13:43

Sadly, I don't think you can get disabled bays fo children under 3, maybe 5.

You could ask the college, or organisation they are attached to - to look at thier 'transport plan and advise on good practice? But then arranging to go off in one car rather than individual cars probably IS good practice!

I would put cones out - no guarantee but it might work.

fortyplus · 08/07/2008 13:45

Disabled badges used to be available for children over 2, so presumably it would be the same for a bay.

sarah293 · 08/07/2008 13:47

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fortyplus · 08/07/2008 13:47

How about putting cones on the path rather than in the road, with a laminated sign saying 'Please keep clear for driver with disabled chuild. Thank you for your consideration.'

fortyplus · 08/07/2008 13:49

riven - you were lucky - the council has to set up a no parking notice to legislate that a bay is enforceable - it costs about £1000 and most councils won't do it. They paint the bay and then rely on goodwill.

greenlawn · 08/07/2008 13:50

Surely its not true that people don't have to honour a disabled bay? Otherwise what would the point be? I thought it was ILLEGAL to park in one, unlike in supermarkets etc where its up to the supermarket?

Well if it isn't it should be!

CarGirl · 08/07/2008 13:51

start the process of the disabled bay now by the time you get it your dc may be old enough.

greenlawn · 08/07/2008 13:51

Sorry riven/fortyplus - just seen your posts. I can't believe that's true!

fortyplus · 08/07/2008 15:26

Well I can assure you it's true - my Grandad had a disabled bay and one particular man started parking in it regularly. I asked the local police to ticket him but they couldn't. It's the same with zig zags outside schools - if there are no signs up to indicate the hours of operation then the council hasn't gone through the process to make them mandatory and they are advisory only. You can still sometimes get people ticketed for causing an obstruction, though. I'm a school governor and we had to fight tooth & nail to get the zig zags made mandatory at the local primary school.

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