Single solid white line outside home

[Gibbo]

I think it's fair to say most households will have 3 or more cars at one point in the occupiers life (Man, woman, kid(s)).

 

I don't.

[sted]

it maybe fair to say some houses will have multiple cars but i dont see that as any different from a house with too few bedrooms move or do something about it. My road is becoming a pain on sunday i doubt i would of been able to get my car out as nextdoor (drives all join its just one lump of tarmac) parked on the road behind their oyher car and at a 30 degree angle and someone had abandoned theit ka in the middle of the road parked in the direction of travel. Now granted its a dead end but to get out i would of needed to get a lot of lock on the second i got out the garage and as it was nose in that wouldnt happen. People just seem to think thats as slose as i can get to my house and abandon their car there and not give a hoot about anyone else

[john]

I don't.

 

and to make up for it we had 4 in our household at one point But to be fair we do have a large drive suitable for 4 cars and leaves room for turning and visitors.

 

My place in London has 1 parking bay with it that cost £25K extra to have as there is about 500 bays on the development for something like 5,000 homes once its completed so win some loose some.

[TechMonkey]

What would you rather; people being slightly inconvenienced by cars parked on the pavement or a kid knocked down by a car because the narrow road is choke full of parked cars restricting visibility?

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But then the restriction of visibility is just moved from the road to the pavement, with the restriction of walking room forcing pedestrians on to the road in to traffic as well. In that situation I don't see the give and take, your vehicle takes over the pavement and the pedestrian gets the opportunity to get knocked over. If there are 3 cars in a house hold then they need to realize that they are the ones that need to make allowances and be polite and compromise as they are the ones needing extra spaces.

[pcstru]

What would you rather; people being slightly inconvenienced by cars parked on the pavement or a kid knocked down by a car because the narrow road is choke full of parked cars restricting visibility?

 

That seems like a bizarre and rather stark choice. I mean how about if visibility is restricted, drivers drive at a speed that is suitable for that visibility so that they actually pose little or no risk to kids? Or is asking drivers to suffer the slight inconvenience of driving with due care and attention a bit too much to expect these days?

Edited June 11, 2013 by pcstru

[LeMarchand]

Or is asking drivers to suffer the slight inconvenience of driving with due care and attention a bit too much to expect these days?

 

I think you know the answer to that one...

 

[Chris_in_notts]

Here is my car last november this is what happens when you park on the pavement... lol

 

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l208/chris_in_notts/roof.jpg

Edited June 11, 2013 by Chris_in_notts

[timbo343]

Finally got an answer to this problem with the Solid White Line outside my drive:

 

Keep Clear Markings on their own are unenforceable, it is the dropped kerb its self that any parking offence will relate to, as the obstruction of an access is an offence.

 

In that instance our parking services section would be the ones to enforce such restrictions, however when it comes to residential areas given the large amount of such markings and accesses, we simply do not have the man power to carry our regular patrols, so when it comes to residential areas they rely on the public reporting the obstructions so as they can come out and deal with the issue.

 

Typically speaking however they will not ticket property owners who are parked over their own access, as they aren’t blocking it to anyone but themselves, the issue here is they will not know who’s vehicle is who’s, so you would need to catch the warden should they be called out, but as I said in residential areas they are unlikely to be out unless somebody has reported a vehicle.

 

So i replied with:

Thank you for getting back to me on this matter. This matter may seem so petty however someone around the area said i should not park outside my own drive on the solid white line as some people take photographs of the offending vehicles and send them to the authorities which then results in an £80 fine which i thought wasn't true as it seems daft for getting fined for parking outside your own drive.

 

I wanted to make sure this wasn't the case and get it from the horses mouth, so to speak.

 

Which then got a reply of:

If a resident sent in pictures to our parking services it wouldn’t result in a fine, as a ticket can only be issued by a member of Parking Services who has witnessed an offense that has taken place, so I wouldn’t worry too much about the hearsay advice you have been given.

 

So not to worry, you would only get ticketed in person by a warden

 

Happy days!

[witch]

Good news!

Did they really write "who's" instead of "whose" or was that you?

(delays rant about illiterate public servants )

[timbo343]

The line "the issue here is they will not know who’s vehicle is who’s" that was the council, i have just copied and pasted their response from the email, so go ahead on the illiterate public servants rant

[Disease]

I had a white line over my dropped kerb and some annoying people down the road kept parking on the markings between mine and my next door neighbor's drive overhanging my dropped kerb. I called the council and the sent a van round who subsequently ticketed them for obstruction at a cost of £60. They have not parked there since.

 

They did say though that if I park there and someone complained they can ticket me as well.

[witch]

The line "the issue here is they will not know who’s vehicle is who’s" that was the council, i have just copied and pasted their response from the email, so go ahead on the illiterate public servants rant

 

Thanks

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :mad:

[witch]

I don't like being pedantic, but that hardly makes them illiterate.

Yes, it does, as a secondary meaning of "illiterate" is as follows:

 

Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature.

 

Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing.

 

So there

[annaboros]

A single white line alongside of the road is has a little confusion in terms of stopping or parking on it or even crossing single white line. - See more at: Single White Line Meaning Parking Road Rules in UK

 

[timbo343]

Wow, i remember creating this thread. After speaking to the council as the neighbour in question complained bitterly about me, it turns out the council were on my side.

 

Apparently a white line (capped white line, different to a middle of the road white lines) is there to stop people blocking access/parking in front of driveways or entrances however it is ok for the residences of the property (if it sits out side a driveway) to park on it, you aren't going to complain about yourself.

 

In terms of sending pictures to the council about it and taking reg plates, they were just theats.

 

At the end of the day, i think the neighbour was attention seeking and also they had nothing better to do with their time, they hardly left their property.

Edited October 17, 2015 by timbo343

[Oldun]

The road where I live is 2.5 cars wide, has wide 'speed humps' with an 8' wide flat top at pavement height to aid wheelchair users and parents to cross the road.

I have a white line across my drive that continues up to and over one of these 'speed hump/crossing points' It is also on a bend in the road. I have lost track of

the times I have reported vehicles that are parked on this line/hump AND on the pavement to the extent that to pass on the pavement you have to twist your

body and almost walk sideways. So far, no one seems interested in doing something about it. I'm dreading the day that someone is run down due to this type

of inconsiderate and dangerous parking.