fed up with cars parking outside of my house how do i stop this?

Question

can i put no parking signs on my wall?

Answer 1

What I find really annoying is people who park outside their houses, half on the pavement, opposite a junction and obsuring the entrance to a drive.

The police won't take action because the pavement is council property, and the council won't take action because the area should be treated as having double yellow lines as being opposite a junction.

The really gripping point is that all the houses concerned have masses of off road parking available, virtually in their back gardens.

Answer 2

Let's get this right. In the UK no-one (including yourself) has any right to park on the public highway except in a designated parking place. That's a fact. So none of us has any "right" to park outside our properties, though we all tend to do so, and there's nothing we can legally do to prevent anyone parking where we think we should be able to.

Actually, in a street near here the residents were getting fed up with the same thing and tried various ploys like cones, trestles, oil-drums etc to "reserve" spaces. In the end the police came along & told 'em to remove them or be charged with obstructing the highway!

Answer 3

It is not illegal to let someones tyres down, providing there has been no criminal damage, honest truth.

Had a friend in a similar position, of course you'll have the car stuck until they can sort it out, but if it is a reoccurring problem who the hell in their right mind is going to keep parking their car in the same spot?

Although of course putting up no parking on walls, and challenging anyone who parks on the front are safer more morale ideas, though from that experience there is a constant "What am I doing wrong?!" response. There seems to be an increasing lack of consideration.

You could also club together with a neighbour or another member of the household with a car and essentially block the person in by parking close either side.

Answer 4

Where I live anyone can park along the roadway unless the road is marked as " no parking ". I also don't like people parking outside my house, especially when I have lived places that I also parked outside and we had to jockey for places. Now I have a short driveway and park my car in my backyard. I can put it anyway I want there, facing any direction that I like. LOL

Answer 5

Sell up and move somewhere without a road so nobody including you can park outside your house.

This is a typical submission from someone who I bet parks their own vehicle on the road somewhere else in the country every day and does not think that is wrong!!

Answer 6

Depends on who is parking there. If it's commercial drivers you might have some leeway. Example, a garage used to occasionally park cars outside my house (on public road) as they wasn't enough space in they own garage. I complained to council that they were illegally expanding outside their business planning permission. Also, that the garage was using the street as unpaid security. Guess what happened? garage soon stopped.

People park outside my house. So, if they're not genuine bona fide street guests (most usually leave their car and go to work), I have a few surprises.

If I know what time they'll collect the car, I lean a ladder on their car and put dirty rags on the bonnet pretending to fill my car with them - I then apoligise to the owner!

I've rested my bum on the bonnet of the car pretending to use my mobile and get off the car totally ignoring the owner, with my loud angry shouting (yes it contains F and p words) argument on the mobile. Nobody likes to interrupt an argument.

I've also played football against my old car (I've 2 cars - one's a banger for work) and made sure I've kicked the ball hard against the door of my car. This impresses him/her no end.

Get 2 cars and try and block him in, then drink whisky or your favourite tipple, therefore, you can refuse to move your car as you're drunk. He'll have to call the police to move the car. The police can't force a drunk man to drive ;-)

Place a piece of wire down his window, he'll think someone tried to steal it - watch his face and he'll think twice about parking there.

One of the best is to have a gang of kids around the car - mostly my son's football pals.

Then if you're really P'ed off, there's the "slightly" illegal tactics.

Answer 7

Get a really old rusty and rough looking Land Rover, go Green laning and come home smothered in mud.
Then park right up against the the usual culprit.

Answer 8

not much you can do about it, unless you have disabled parking, or the car is obstructing other vehicles.
you cant just put no parking signs up yourself. if you have a real problem, maybe the police would give you some advice?

Answer 9

Unless you take it up with your city council, there's nothing you can do about it. The city council can vote to limit, or regulate, street parking. But it is a two-edged sword. You, and any friends/relatives, also have to abide by the same limitations on parking. It can end up being one of those things, like "be careful what you wish for, you may just get it".

Answer 10

Anybody can park on any road where there is no official restriction, when it does not cause an obstruction or in the opinion of a Police Officer is not contravening any Contruction & Use Regs.