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Is It Illegal For Me To Park Here?
I have a neighbour who rents a garage from a housing association. The garage is next to but separate from their house and has a car parked on its drive, a car which, whether taxed or not i'm unsure, is most certainly off the road and unused. They have the opinion that i am stopping them from using the garage however I am unable to figure out how this is as the car never ever used. There is a dropped kerb but I fail to see how I am causing any kind of obstruction to a permanantly parked vehicle. Anyone know where I stand?
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Woofgang's right. If there's a dropped kerb on a public road then it means that the local authority has granted a right of access to the adjacent property. It's illegal to obstruct that access.
Sometimes my neighbours and I park across each other's driveways but always on the understanding that we never leave cars there when we go out and that we will always move the vehicle if/when asked.
Sometimes my neighbours and I park across each other's driveways but always on the understanding that we never leave cars there when we go out and that we will always move the vehicle if/when asked.
I agree, Woofgang, but there is no specific law that actually states that parking across a dropped kerb is illegal. Any prosecution would have to be brought under the legislation that prohibits 'causing an obstruction' and that would be very unlikely to happen unless a complaint was made where the dropped kerb exists solely to provide access to a private driveway (rather than, for example, to assist wheelchair users getting onto a public footpath).
The police know that many people will park across their own driveways when another household member's vehicle is already on the drive (or permit a visitor to block their own vehicle in by parking across the driveway). It would be crazy for them to bring a prosecution for 'causing an obstruction' under such circumstances. Similarly, in the questioner's circumstances, they would probably assume that there was no objection to a vehicle being parked across the driveway unless they actually received a complaint.
The police know that many people will park across their own driveways when another household member's vehicle is already on the drive (or permit a visitor to block their own vehicle in by parking across the driveway). It would be crazy for them to bring a prosecution for 'causing an obstruction' under such circumstances. Similarly, in the questioner's circumstances, they would probably assume that there was no objection to a vehicle being parked across the driveway unless they actually received a complaint.
///From 31 March 2008 there is a legal requirement to follow the parking enforcement framework contained within Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.
Changes to Regulations
##The power to enforce against parking across dropped kerbs. ///
That's from this: http://
Changes to Regulations
##The power to enforce against parking across dropped kerbs. ///
That's from this: http://
@v1ckzen Why do you want to park there? Don't you have elsewhere that you can park?
As to the legality I am not sure, but common courtesy and politeness should surely inform your actions. I would not park across their drive unless I have first obtained agreement with the neighbour and ensured that I could move my vehicle should they require access...
As to the legality I am not sure, but common courtesy and politeness should surely inform your actions. I would not park across their drive unless I have first obtained agreement with the neighbour and ensured that I could move my vehicle should they require access...
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