Collegue Got A "don't Park Outside Of My House" Note On His Car

[Spot]

For me that is the answer right there. It's a 'highway', not a f*cking car park. No one should be allowed to park on roads, full stop. Not even the t*ssing homeowner. In fact, especially not them. If they don't have off road parking, they should not have a car.Think how much nicer and quieter it would be and so much better for walking and cycling.Think how much cheaper terraced houses would be and kids could play out without the fear of getting run over.

Hahahaha. No. Less cars and parked cars = people that still have cars are driving even faster.

[okaycuckoo]

Apparently expecting a parking space near your house is unacceptably selfish but parking anywhere you like isn't

Well he's parking near his work on public ground.

He may even spend more time in the vicinity than the homeowner. And pay more for the "privilege" in nasty stealth taxes.

Maybe the homeowner is running a brothel. Maybe the homeowner is gay and trying it on with coy little notes. Maybe dying of old age, but still hoping ... Or sumfink.

I say, Lock 'em up! Together. With a bar of wet soap. And make them pay for it. All of them. Forever.

[Guest_FaFa!_*]

I had a neighbour complain about me blocking his drive; I had to point out to him he didn't own a car.

So what? He doesn't have a car so you can obstruct the entrance to his property and no-one is allowed access to his drive? Maybe your neighbour had friends/family coming round, deliveries, workman etc all of which may need/want to use his drive. I am pretty sure this is illegal, you are lucky your car didn't get towed. Don't be such a nob.

[happy_renting]

Drivers don't pay for the road maintenance.

Yeah, yeah, all tax goes into one big pot, blah blah blah.

Drivers pay road tax, fuel tax, vat, vat on the fuel tax. It goes into the pot. A small amount of that is used for building and maintaining roads. The rest goes into government ponzi schemes.

[happy_renting]

For me that is the answer right there. It's a 'highway', not a f*cking car park. No one should be allowed to park on roads, full stop. Not even the t*ssing homeowner. In fact, especially not them. If they don't have off road parking, they should not have a car.Think how much nicer and quieter it would be and so much better for walking and cycling.Think how much cheaper terraced houses would be and kids could play out without the fear of getting run over.

And everyone would walk to the mill or coal pit to work, because they didn't have a car. And in your world, buses wouldn't be allowed. Or possible, because kids would be playing in the street.

Maybe you should ban kids too. Not enough space in terraced houses for them anyway. They have small back yards. People should not be allowed to let kids on roads. If they don't have gardens, they should not have kids.

[Dorkins]

Yeah, yeah, all tax goes into one big pot, blah blah blah.

Drivers pay road tax, fuel tax, vat, vat on the fuel tax. It goes into the pot. A small amount of that is used for building and maintaining roads. The rest goes into government ponzi schemes.

The cost of maintaining the road surface is not the same as paying for the space it occupies.

[Frank Hovis]

Talking of notes on cars, I heard of guy who returned to his car to find a dent in it.

A note under the wiper read: "Sorry I hit your car. There are people watching me writing this, thinking I'm leaving my name and address. I'm not".

The old ones are the best

I'm surprised that no one has criticised the business that can't be bothered supplying enough parking spaces for their staff.

Surely, this is an example of socialising costs, while keeping the profits?

To take an example: Tesco decides to not supply any car-parking any more. Customers can just park in the nearby residential streets. Tesco has just saved a load of dosh. Taxpayers have to pay for maintenance of parking spaces that are used exclusively by customers of a business.

This is a result of planning restrictions, thanking you fatty Prescott. Having been through a process to get a new office it is impossible to get through planning with a car park sufficient for the number of staff that will work there. The aim of this restriction is to make it difficult for people to park at work so that they will be forced into buses, car sharing etc. Fine if you're in London, useless if you're somewhere rural where the same rules apply. Just another green law aimed at making your life and that of residents in the surrounding streets that little bit more unpleasant.

[Limpet]

And everyone would walk to the mill or coal pit to work, because they didn't have a car. And in your world, buses wouldn't be allowed. Or possible, because kids would be playing in the street.

Maybe you should ban kids too. Not enough space in terraced houses for them anyway. They have small back yards. People should not be allowed to let kids on roads. If they don't have gardens, they should not have kids.

Where do I sign?

[libspero]

Drivers don't pay for the road maintenance.

I think I'd dispute that.

Road maintenance costs around £9bn a year. VED raises £6bn a year alone, fuel duty a further 22bn so we are looking at £28bn before we start including taxes on new registrations and VAT etc.

Motorists also create the majority of the demand for the roads (without them we would only need foot paths).

Since motorists create both the demand, and generate 3 times the revenue required to finance them.. I would say that they effectively pay for the roads they use.

[libspero]

I would turf over residential streets and make all cars from foam rubber.

Surely if this is what residents want (safer residential roads), there is nothing to stop them petitioning the council for speed bumps in their cul-de-sac, or even paying for cobbles or something similar (is that legal these days? would look a lot nicer than speed bumps).

I'm not convinced they actually do want this as most of them would probably find them irritating themselves.. but if they do, surely they have the power?

[SarahBell]

Parking is the biggest blood pressure raiser you can imagine.

When we got word about the allotments near us going ahead I was shocked to hear how a couple of people were going ballistic because of the thought that someone might part outside their house.

Seriously mentally off their heads apoplectic with rage.

Ironically these people are the worst offenders for parking in the way of other people AND they both have drives.

[WorkingForTheMan]

Parking is the biggest blood pressure raiser you can imagine.

When we got word about the allotments near us going ahead I was shocked to hear how a couple of people were going ballistic because of the thought that someone might part outside their house.

Seriously mentally off their heads apoplectic with rage.

People like this need to have a serious word with themselves

[Frank Hovis]

Parking is the biggest blood pressure raiser you can imagine.

When we got word about the allotments near us going ahead I was shocked to hear how a couple of people were going ballistic because of the thought that someone might part outside their house.

Seriously mentally off their heads apoplectic with rage.

Ironically these people are the worst offenders for parking in the way of other people AND they both have drives.

People like this need to have a serious word with themselves

They won't live very long if they're reacting like that to something trivial.

[Ascii]

So what? He doesn't have a car so you can obstruct the entrance to his property and no-one is allowed access to his drive? Maybe your neighbour had friends/family coming round, deliveries, workman etc all of which may need/want to use his drive. I am pretty sure this is illegal, you are lucky your car didn't get towed. Don't be such a nob.

To be fair, I wasn't actually blocking his drive, I was blocking his view. That was his objection.

(In fairness I didn't point that out).

The point I was making (badly) was that people get this all out of proportion. I can't park directly outside my house, I have to park about 50 feet away. Now if my neighbour (has same problem as me) parks where I normally do my missus goes slightly mental (slightly more mental would be more accurate). I just park another 15 feet further away; it's no biggie.

[SarahBell]

To be fair, I wasn't actually blocking his drive, I was blocking his view. That was his objection.

(In fairness I didn't point that out).

There's an **** on our street who parks his giant taxi van in front of his neighbour's house. She doesn't have a dropped kerb and so he can keep parking there.

[Superted187]

Spoke to the colleague in question this morning. When he returned to his car last night the home owner was standing outside of her house with a neighbour and basically shouted at him.

He said she shouted "YOU MUST NOT PARK HERE, I CANNOT GET MY CAR IN AN OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY"

This is completely false he didn't block any of her drive space. He said he ignored her and got in the car. He's going to get the note from his car at lunchtime and I'll post it up here then. She's apparently a bit rough looking and I imagine she doesn't work if she's got time to stand outside of her house waiting to harass people that are perfectly legitimately parked on the street.

[Superted187]

I'm surprised that no one has criticised the business that can't be bothered supplying enough parking spaces for their staff.

Surely, this is an example of socialising costs, while keeping the profits?

Our situation is that we're a small company (40 people). We rent some office space in a block that has 4 other companies, and we all share one car park.

It's more that the landlord hasn't provided enough space. And there simply isn't room to put any more space, we're in the middle of town.

For me that is the answer right there. It's a 'highway', not a f*cking car park. No one should be allowed to park on roads, full stop. Not even the t*ssing homeowner.

Nice thought but we've built masses of housing with no parking provision, so this would be impossible. So we ban parking on roads, where does everyone park their cars that they use to get to and from work, and to conduct their business?

[Frank Hovis]

This was a running problem recently for Capita just outside Cheltenham, it got nasty:

A vigilante has smeared dog mess on cars belonging to workers at the Capita site in Bishop's Cleeve.

Police are hunting for the culprit who targeted six car door handles along Meadoway.

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Outrage-dog-mess-attack-cars/story-11856983-detail/story.html

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Capita-parking-problems-remain-Cleeve/story-11936878-detail/story.html

[Ascii]

There's an **** on our street who parks his giant taxi van in front of his neighbour's house. She doesn't have a dropped kerb and so he can keep parking there.

I'm struggling to see a problem with that. My guess is that it's a residential area and you would only see the other side of the street.

I do have some sympathy though; I've lived in an area with a high concentration of taxi drivers and the number of 3 or 4 car houses makes life awkward.

[SarahBell]

This was a running problem recently for Capita just outside Cheltenham, it got nasty:

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Outrage-dog-mess-attack-cars/story-11856983-detail/story.html

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Capita-parking-problems-remain-Cleeve/story-11936878-detail/story.html

Is that aimed at Capita rather than bad parking?

Where I used to live near the university parking was horrific. I couldn't have got near my house in a car/taxi/ambulance during term time.

Always makes me smile when I hear about student debt knowing how many of the buggers have cars.

[Frank Hovis]

Is that aimed at Capita rather than bad parking?

Where I used to live near the university parking was horrific. I couldn't have got near my house in a car/taxi/ambulance during term time.

Always makes me smile when I hear about student debt knowing how many of the buggers have cars.

Purely the parking, I know Capita are not liked on here because of the TV licensing theft but to most people they're just another company.

I went to college in the late 80s, I knew one undergrad with a car and that was falling apart and he worked all summer stacking shelves to afford it.

When I went to college for the second time in the late 90s the majority of undergrads had cars. Purely because of the easy availability of debt.

[57percent]

Road maintenance costs around £9bn a year. VED raises £6bn a year alone, fuel duty a further 22bn so we are looking at £28bn before we start including taxes on new registrations and VAT etc.

What about all the overseas wars to maintain the cheap oil supply? At least some of it should be factored in.

Plus, if we were costing it, you'd have to include some kind of rental on the land.

[Jie Bie]

Purely the parking, I know Capita are not liked on here because of the TV licensing theft but to most people they're just another company.

I went to college in the late 80s, I knew one undergrad with a car and that was falling apart and he worked all summer stacking shelves to afford it.

When I went to college for the second time in the late 90s the majority of undergrads had cars. Purely because of the easy availability of debt.

When I went to Uni from 99-03 hardly any of my fellow students had a car. One that I can remember had an old crappy vauxhall nova.

Maybe a spike in the 90s in student car ownership was followed by a dip in the early noughties? I remember when learning to drive finding out the cost to get insurance for me as an 18 year old would have been unaffordable....

[thombleached]

When I went to Uni from 99-03 hardly any of my fellow students had a car. One that I can remember had an old crappy vauxhall nova.

Maybe a spike in the 90s in student car ownership was followed by a dip in the early noughties? I remember when learning to drive finding out the cost to get insurance for me as an 18 year old would have been unaffordable....

I went in '03 and I was the only person in a block of 24 that had a car. I seemed to remember my brother's generation (uni in '96) having a higher rate of ownership of car (we went to the same university). Not too sure why though

[bendy]

To be fair, I wasn't actually blocking his drive, I was blocking his view. That was his objection.

(In fairness I didn't point that out).

The point I was making (badly) was that people get this all out of proportion. I can't park directly outside my house, I have to park about 50 feet away. Now if my neighbour (has same problem as me) parks where I normally do my missus goes slightly mental (slightly more mental would be more accurate). I just park another 15 feet further away; it's no biggie.

Just because he doesn't have a car doesn't give you the right to park over his drive. Visitors, for example.