Ashbx wrote: » However, maybe look at it from the other point of view! Sometimes the people might not have another choice!! My parents house does not have a driveway, nor do they gave the space for a driveway so growing up I had no choice but to park on the road (we had three cars in the family). Thankfully where I lived, there was plenty of spaces so I didn't have to park outside someone else's house but if we didn't have that facility, I would have had to park outside someone's house whether I liked it or not.....contrary to what Linka said, why should I have to lug my shopping from down the road just so I don't park outside my neighbours house.
awec wrote: » If it's on-street parking then it probably isn't their space at all. Some people have this notion that they are the only ones allowed to park on the road outside their house.
--LOS-- wrote: » But why are you parking in front of someone's house??
seamus wrote: » Sticking a cone out is not illegal unless you are disrupting the flow of traffic. Likewise, there is nothing illegal about moving the cone and just parking in the space. People who put the cones out are relying on the fact that most people are just too lazy and/or timid to get out and move the cone before parking.
holystungun9 wrote: » I know a guy who got so pi55ed off at people parking in front of his house leaving him with having to park his van a few streets away that he would pick up some dog crap with a stick and smear it under the car door handle. The "offender" gets back to their car,reaches for the handle and gets poo in their hand. It is a scummy thing to do but if it happens all the time I can see why you would lose the plot Not sure if they have a residents permit system now but in the past so many people abused that street to go to the shops or cinema.
Linka wrote: » I'm glad this discussion came up. Firstly, I agree with Madam. With no thanks to neighbours on one side of my parents I have to park down the road in order to visit (my Father keeps his car in their drive way). My parents are getting on a bit in age, with my Mother frequently visiting hospital at the moment. I also take her to do her shopping and any other errands that need doing. The people next door have FOUR cars. They take up the space in their drive and the other three are parked outside the very nearest houses including outside my parents. They aren't really the kind of reasonable people that you could have a chat with about the matter either. Parking outside your neighbours home mightn't be illegal, but I think it is inconsiderate. Having to take your parents shopping out of the car from down the road up to the house is a pain in the hole.
conorhal wrote: » It's not those people that are annoying to me so much as the ones that seem to think they're entitled to park outside their own house, park their missus car outside their neighbours house and their teenage brats junker outside the neighbouors three doors down. Typically it's these kind of people that generate such traffic cone territorial pissing.
CTYIgirl wrote: » We do it outside my Nanny's most Sundays and some Saturdays. She lives near Croke Park and if it wasn't done, she wouldn't have a space to get back to in the estate. She'll leave the garda no parking cones outside her house when she leaves, and bring them in when she's back. Parking in her estate on match days is at a premium, after her heart attack she made an application and the guards gave her two cones.
fasttalkerchat wrote: » The Guards give out those cones? I thought they were all nicked! I know someone who painted a box junction in the turning space beside his house and was told to remove it or be brought to court.
awec wrote: » They are entitled to do all those things if it's on-street parking. It's on-street parking on a public road - it belongs to everyone. That there are houses on the road is coincidental - so long as nobody is blocking any entrances or the road itself then that is as considerate as people need to be.
razorblunt wrote: » 2 stories: 2. Where I live in the UK, we have resident parking but it's unassigned, only one person has a favoured spot which is fine as he drives a big van that needs extra space. The rest of the parking is unassigned except for the top floor flats which has 2 spots (with the use of a pole if needed). The ground floor duplex has a garage but most cars wouldnt fit in there. Now, someone just moved in with the New 2014 Kia Picanto I think and they were parking outside their garage with the bumper at the door and 1/4 of the car itself on the road (not a main road but used for rear entry to lifts). I've mentioned it to him as have others to use one of the many free spaces that are, no word of a lie, 7 feet away. He refused. Someone was cleaning their balcony last week on the 2nd floor and a potted plant fell off, catching the bonnet and windscreen. Karma was seen leaving the scene quickly!!
Mr.Micro wrote: » Those cones have no legal status, as it's not Garda business or a Garda operation going on. Any person could remove the cones and park there quite legitimately, so long as he or she have road tax.
