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Jul 30, 2014 19:43:01 GMT
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Can see both sides, if you no longer park there then he won, if you retaliate - no one wins. I would commute in something like this with a camera installed to watch for people vandalizing my car.   People parking in front of your house can be annoying, my next door but 1 neighbors park on the road in front of my house, which because I spent £3k making my drive have more parking spaces is not a problem, but they have their own drive that some days they don't use! so when both cars are parked up, you cant see cars coming down the road. Making backing out with a 10 week old child a bit nerve racking. |
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Jul 30, 2014 20:09:59 GMT
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In that case you complain to the council asking for a permit parking arrangement, you don't vandalise someone's pride and joy. People park outside my house most days because parking is tight, because they know I have a drive, as long as they don't block that I'm happy. If they parked outside my house before I built the drive, I just parked down the street, fair is fair, it's a public highway that we all pay for. I didn't say I approved of his actions, they clearly aren't acceptable and what you're suggesting is the proper way to go.......but neither is it acceptable, morally at least, to use a residential street to avoid paying for parking at work. I lived in a street some years back where none of the bonafide residents, or their guests, could get parked in their street anywhere between the hours of about 08:30 and 17:30. Most commuters don't realise, or if they do they don't care, what an impact they have. Without being negative surely you realised that before buying a house there? If it is a public road people have the right to park wether its for commuting or not |
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I agree that I can see it from his view too. I would be frustrated if the same thing happened to me every day. But that being said, on average I probably parked there maybe twice a month. Three times if it was a bad month for my timekeeping. Most of the time I would make it in on time and there would be plenty of spots closer to work.
I just got a message from the police saying this:
"Following the initial investigation, your crime has been reviewed to see whether there are viable opportunities for further investigation. As a result, it has been concluded that at this time unfortunately there is insufficient information to proceed, and that the specific investigation into your crime will now be closed."
There was a lot more to the email, but that is the most important part. What is even the point in trying to go down that route in the first place! Has anyone else had problems with idiots like me and did the police do anything for you or fob you off like they have done?
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luckyseven
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Jul 31, 2014 10:31:02 GMT
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Mate, the police are so snowed under that unless someone is actually under threat of death and/or physically injured they won't bother. They simply don't have the resources to dedicate to sorting out parking disputes, they're too busy shovelling up 24-hr drunk fools stabbing each other down Wetherspoons Alley. When my car was smashed into by an idiot who didn't understand the concept of "Give Way" the copper who attended said it was one of the most clear-cut 100% fault accidents he'd seen but warned me there and then they wouldn't act on it cos I hadn't been injured and essentially any crime/damage against property is now so low a priority they won't bother. Sure enough, a couple of weeks later I got a polite letter saying "sorry, son you're on your own". Sadly, it ain't right but it's how it is. It's up to you whether you take the law into your own hands or shrug and get on with your life.
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Last Edit: Jul 31, 2014 10:32:11 GMT by luckyseven
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compass
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Jul 31, 2014 10:59:12 GMT
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I`d go the route of carry on parking there (after suitable time has passed before you buy new tyres, making all houses nearby know why the car won`t be moving). I`d then install the camera as someone else noted, and wait for it to happen again. Then the police have evidence, so can`t just walk away.
With regards to actually parking there; if there`s no residents parking, you`re perfectly entitled to park there. I don`t buy the argument that people can see his point of view. As annoying as it may be, anyone is allowed to park on the road there, no matter who the house it is outside belongs to. Anyone who buys a house on a subsequent road should know this.
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Jul 31, 2014 11:34:23 GMT
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The guy should live where we do, as we are next to a school, close to the town centre, and close to the train station (Metro). Some days we have 20-30 cars parked (often badly) around our street most of which are from people walking to work/shops/station and yes it can be very annoying having to park in a different street, but nothing you can do about it. I'm just glad we don't have permit parking, as we have too many cars for our household
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Jul 31, 2014 14:59:15 GMT
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You don't even need the camera, just a note on the dashboard saying " if you're close enough to read this then you're on CCTV. My car has been vandalised in this street, please beware of vandals".
I've used a note like that on cars and motorbikes when we lived in the city centre.
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THE_Liam
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Jul 31, 2014 15:06:39 GMT
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To me, if you want guaranteed parking, live somewhere with a drive, allocated parking or permit parking. The public highway is for any member of the public, end of story.
Where I work, there's some free parking in the street, but there's a carpet place who complain that their customers can't get into the car park easily, so every morning they put cones out for 30-40 feet either side of the entrance. If I turn up and fancy parking there, I pull up, chuck their cones over the car park wall and choose my place - you can't just claim parts of the public highway. I'm half glad they do it, because most people think they're allowed to do it and so just drive on, it saves me a place. The manager has come out and shouted at me before, and I've told him to report me to the police if he thinks what I'm doing is illegal.
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Not a bad idea on the camera. Could use a gopro installed somewhere in the car. But then again if this guy is willing to slash tyres maybe he is willing to break in. I read another post on the forums a while back where someone broke into a car and removed the tax disc, so this (obviously quite mad) guy could do that and just steal the camera too.
Then I'd be out another set of tyres and a gopro! So frustrating I called the police officer on the case and he was so dismissive of it.
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Bolf
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Replace tyres and put 80 psi in them.
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THE_Liam
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Just cross your fingers that he gets hit by a car, or gets a really nasty STD, karma will out  |
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Replace tyres and put 80 psi in them. 80psi and a permanent ink that sprays on his clothes and hands Not a bad call. Obviously time and venting on the forum has helped, but still appalled people like this exist. Seen a couple of other posts on these forums about similar things, so it doesn't look like it's a one off. |
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You don't know anybody with a Chieftain tank do you, as you could park it outside his house for a while, and you have the knowledge that he can't possibly vandalise it |
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i once new (previous family of sorts) a guy from newbury/reading area who got into a similar spat with neighbours a few years back, but he just happened to own a scrap yard, and ended up buying in one of those turreted military scout car thingys into the yard. being MOT exempt, it was promptly parked on the road outside said neighbours house, for a couple of years or so! apparently became quite well known in the area, covered in gaffiti, etc.
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