Parking as they did, half in half out of the drive, they stopped me using the sloping bit of the pavement to reach the road which I'd normally have used to get round the flat bed truck. As this was the last pavement drop before the corner blocking it meant back tacking and then walking to the corner to the main road and turning it on the road and carrying on on the road to the next drop at which I could rejoin the pavement. Not all pavements are gentle enough to allow easy decent and assent with someone in a wheelchair.
That is doubtless true but in this residential area everyone has a driveway and the roads are wide enough for three cars, two parked either side and still enough room to drive through. There wouldn't be enough room for three vehicles if one was that flat bed but it's the last house and they could park on the road beyond the house opposite, if you can follow that, they choose not to. Parking on the road or road and pavement just seems to be the norm for many people. I don't know why. Even when we had four cars in the household all were parked off road. It isn't that difficult and one or two car households could easily manage to get their cars off the road if they chose to.
Anyway this is the positive thread so I'll end with positivity, of sorts
Every now and again a drunk drives down and bashes a few cars and they're then parked off road until the owners relax and go back to normal and don't bother. Maybe we're overdue a drunk.
..not the rest.
You're right,Richard. They think they're being helpful to motorists but if they think about it, it would be better to partk fully on the road and not encourage a vehicle to squeeze by as an oncomingh vehicle passes at that point. Also, if you spoke to the driver he/she would say that it was ok as there as enough room for people to get by. They NEVER think of those categories I've mentioned above,the blind, poorly-sighted, moms (it's usually moms isn't it..lol) with children and pushchairs, wheelchair users. Often, it's a case for a couple of going single file too. I get annoyed when people who visit neighbours and put two wheels on the grass verge (1.5m wide) at any time but especially when it's wet so we end up with tyre ruts. The local council were recently nearby trimming large branches off trees and they parked their truck with two wheels on the verge and now we have 2-3 " deep ruts which will take a while to re-grass. We had a chap who was living nearby as a lodger and when he came home from work he drove onto the verge..all four wheels and 35m (I measured it) before the spot he parked at opposite the house. Deep, deep ruts. It's not even illegal. I saw him one day and quickly weighed him up and asked him and he said he just hadn't thought. .He still parked there but drove onto the verge only 10m before stopping..lol. He's since moved and the grass looks lovely
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It should be an offence but as you say, it isn't. The kind of parking shown in the photo (link) of the car against the steps is very bad..completely blocked the footpath.I've always thought we're too lax in this country re parking offences but that offender would get a ticket...unnecessary obstruction. I'm, surfer that a A Traffic Warden could issue one of those.
What you can LEGALLY do if someone blocks your driveway
More cars and increasing parking restrictions are making people bolder about where they parkwww.kentlive.news
If I do catch the driver I give them a polite lecture, but I doubt it makes much difference as it’s how they are used to parking everywhere. Our pavement is narrow and they sometimes leave no gap with hedge etc. The road is only one lane in each direction so there is some hold up if there’s a parked vehicle but it isn’t really a problem as not heavy traffic mostly
. I’ve had conversations with departing burglars nearby, and some potential ones on my property.
Why not just reverse the wheelchair off the pavement? You don't need a dropped kerb. I had to do it all the time with my dad on my road as neither side of the road had a dropped kerb.
He is right it isn't illegal to park across an empty drive. Best one is, it isn't illegal to park on someone's empty drive either.We had our VCO (Vehicle Crossover) widened in collaboration with out neighbour................lovely job they have made of it too
I am none too sure if he is 100% correct but in a rather annoyingly odd way I see what he is getting at!!! ?
It is trespass and as such a civil matter, so there isn't anything you can do about it with immediate effect. You would have to take the vehicle owner to court which can be a lengthy and expensive process, with guarantee of winning, and only if you do win can the authorities remove the vehicle. So if it is just parked there for a few hours, a day, or few days, you will just have to put up with the inconvenience.
I’ve never had any problem with that — maybe I’m more polite than you
Maybe. I wouldn't like to take the chance,though as there are some pretty nasty folk out there.
I suppose it depends on what was happening in mid-field
Someone's post on our local Facebook group asking for recommendations for a painter/decorator to paint their marionette. You've got to love autocorrect.
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Just watched it...cool.The latest Twitter upload from the RAF Red Arrows is a bit special.
https://BANNED/rafredarrows
Not pleased and a bit puzzled - looked as if it hadn't managed to link to the Time Clock to get the time signal. 
then said they were good machines and as it's a digital invertor (????) it was probably a
Mrs F messaged Oasser last night (was ordered on her Amazon account) and received a reply first thing this morning asking for her contact details so that they could send a new one out.
Is that a free cattachino?
The engine test cell I work in closes at the end of the month, if not sooner. I get to move to another test cell and the lazy lump of lard on the opposite shift to me is moving to a totally different cell and becomes somebody elses problem.
Ironically as he has managed to avoid changing a single one of the 9 clutches that have required replacing in the last 15 months, he is moving into a cell testing clutches.
. I think you’ll miss him too.
I may have to report back on how he gets on tomorrow. He has 8 tests to run. I managed 9 this afternoon/evening, so he's got no excuses. But the test has to be run manually where he will have to set the speed, throttle and spark himself, there isn't a computer controlled test to do it for him.That’s a shame, we shall miss your posts about him brightening our day
