Rusty Bottoms
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Hi all, just venting some anger here with a serious question over UK parking and traffic laws. First of all, our house is located at the end of a narrow alleyway in a small Scottish town. We're getting blocked in by cars almost once a day now, if not twice, and it gets worse in summer when traffic increases.
The main street alley entrance has double yellows and a couple rather small no parking signs on the buildings, but lazy arses commonly either block part or all of the entrance. Anyone who has any common sense can tell they should not park there, but loads of people do. I've had a number of shouting matches with people, and have come close at least three times to physical fights asking people to move - a lot of people act greatly offended and it escalates from there. If I need to drive somewhere, we are completely trapped unless I go around all the shops and hotel and find out who owns the car and have them move. Likewise, if I'm returning home, I'll slow down and brake to turn in, and then find it's blocked and have to cancel and continue straight - this irritates people behind me and may well cause an accident. Naturally, I'm sick of all this BS.
Parking wardens or police never ticket.
First of all, the rational approach - I'm emailing or calling the council on Monday to see about having white no parking stripes and better signs put up, but they may not do anything. I'll try the police as well and see what they say.
Secondly, I hate to damage the factory front bumper on my nicely restored V8 LJ70, but I'm at the point where I'm considering temporarily strapping an old car tyre to the front like a bush truck to try and push the offending car's front end out in the street enough so I can get out for work, doctors, etc. or indeed a real emergency like fire or flooding or medical - which I would do in a heartbeat anyway as we have a small baby. I have a 3-ton trolley jack which would make it a lot easier to shift front ends too. I would assume the car will receive at least moderate damage. Oh well.
So...(seriously)
A.) Do you think my LJ70 would be able to push most cars front ends sideways on tarmac you think? Not like a Transit or large vehicle, mind. I'd inch up in low range and then apply the pressure - not going to ram them like a Hollywood movie.
B.) Would I get in massive legal trouble as they are parked illegally?
C.) Just buy 4 car dollys from machine mart and roll it back or out?
D.) Other ideas if the council does nothing? (we don't want to move, love it here other than the parking fiasco)
I'm at my wits end here.
The main street alley entrance has double yellows and a couple rather small no parking signs on the buildings, but lazy arses commonly either block part or all of the entrance. Anyone who has any common sense can tell they should not park there, but loads of people do. I've had a number of shouting matches with people, and have come close at least three times to physical fights asking people to move - a lot of people act greatly offended and it escalates from there. If I need to drive somewhere, we are completely trapped unless I go around all the shops and hotel and find out who owns the car and have them move. Likewise, if I'm returning home, I'll slow down and brake to turn in, and then find it's blocked and have to cancel and continue straight - this irritates people behind me and may well cause an accident. Naturally, I'm sick of all this BS.
Parking wardens or police never ticket.
First of all, the rational approach - I'm emailing or calling the council on Monday to see about having white no parking stripes and better signs put up, but they may not do anything. I'll try the police as well and see what they say.
Secondly, I hate to damage the factory front bumper on my nicely restored V8 LJ70, but I'm at the point where I'm considering temporarily strapping an old car tyre to the front like a bush truck to try and push the offending car's front end out in the street enough so I can get out for work, doctors, etc. or indeed a real emergency like fire or flooding or medical - which I would do in a heartbeat anyway as we have a small baby. I have a 3-ton trolley jack which would make it a lot easier to shift front ends too. I would assume the car will receive at least moderate damage. Oh well.
So...(seriously)
A.) Do you think my LJ70 would be able to push most cars front ends sideways on tarmac you think? Not like a Transit or large vehicle, mind. I'd inch up in low range and then apply the pressure - not going to ram them like a Hollywood movie.
B.) Would I get in massive legal trouble as they are parked illegally?
C.) Just buy 4 car dollys from machine mart and roll it back or out?
D.) Other ideas if the council does nothing? (we don't want to move, love it here other than the parking fiasco)
I'm at my wits end here.