* Started to read the story.
* Journalist spelled “meter”, instead of “metre”.
* Instantly stopped reading.
I would OF continued otherwise. /s
Alternative headline.
Man who parks like a twat blocking the pavement decides to park like a twat blocking the road.
“but no bins will be getting emptied on Thursday – it’s not my problem”.
Until Friday morning when he starts screeching his bins haven’t been emptied
Hmm, you wrote “journalist”. I suspect a GCSE in English and no other formal tertiary qualifications are possessed by that writer.
Probably got a ticket because he parked on the pavement where a telecoms box or lamp post already narrowed the pavement… yet he’s claiming common sense!
I think the council needs to get painting some double yellow lines down these roads. It’s mental that we allow people to claim public space to store private property.
Man given ticket for one offence commits a different offence in protest. It’s all fun and games until it’s you and yours that needs that fire engine/ambulance/police car.
Except surely that’s not legal, it’s obstructing the highway. Please bring the update when he gets fined again for blocking the road
Gary is rather dim.
Gary doesn’t appreciate that even if there are no parking restrictions, that it is an offence to park a vehicle if it causes an obstruction – [www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/103/made](http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/103/made)
And Gary doesn’t appreciate that boasting about blocking the road means he admits to doing it wilfully which is a separate offence that carries a penalty of up to almost a year in prison – [www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137](http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137)
Gary is a bit dim.
At least some of the houses on that street have had the good sense o turn the scrubland in front of their properties into driveways. Plenty of space to park all those vehicles off the road if they could be arsed.
I know he’s being a dick, but the guy is right about curb parking.
Whatever your stance on whether people should have cars or not (I would argue it’s more of a necessity in England because our public transport is dog shit) if every car had to park on the road instead of the pavement overnight, it would be carnage.
Whilst I am fortunate enough to have a wide road where curb parking isn’t a necessity, some of the roads parallel to mine simply don’t have the width without. Telling people “park somewhere else” or “get rid of your car” really doesn’t solve any problems, it just creates more.
Can’t believe I scanned the whole thread and didn’t see him doing compo face even once. Not good enough Gary.
Street View shows that people are parking entirely blocking the pavement which is unnecessary.
It’s another case of a street with more cars than it can handle without more residents turning their gardens into driveways and some of those properties don’t look to have enough space to hold a van.
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* Started to read the story.
* Journalist spelled “meter”, instead of “metre”.
* Instantly stopped reading.
I would OF continued otherwise. /s
Alternative headline.
Man who parks like a twat blocking the pavement decides to park like a twat blocking the road.
“but no bins will be getting emptied on Thursday – it’s not my problem”.
Until Friday morning when he starts screeching his bins haven’t been emptied
Hmm, you wrote “journalist”. I suspect a GCSE in English and no other formal tertiary qualifications are possessed by that writer.
Probably got a ticket because he parked on the pavement where a telecoms box or lamp post already narrowed the pavement… yet he’s claiming common sense!
I think the council needs to get painting some double yellow lines down these roads. It’s mental that we allow people to claim public space to store private property.
Man given ticket for one offence commits a different offence in protest. It’s all fun and games until it’s you and yours that needs that fire engine/ambulance/police car.
Except surely that’s not legal, it’s obstructing the highway. Please bring the update when he gets fined again for blocking the road
Gary is rather dim.
Gary doesn’t appreciate that even if there are no parking restrictions, that it is an offence to park a vehicle if it causes an obstruction – [www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/103/made](http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/103/made)
And Gary doesn’t appreciate that boasting about blocking the road means he admits to doing it wilfully which is a separate offence that carries a penalty of up to almost a year in prison – [www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137](http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/137)
Gary is a bit dim.
At least some of the houses on that street have had the good sense o turn the scrubland in front of their properties into driveways. Plenty of space to park all those vehicles off the road if they could be arsed.
I know he’s being a dick, but the guy is right about curb parking.
Whatever your stance on whether people should have cars or not (I would argue it’s more of a necessity in England because our public transport is dog shit) if every car had to park on the road instead of the pavement overnight, it would be carnage.
Whilst I am fortunate enough to have a wide road where curb parking isn’t a necessity, some of the roads parallel to mine simply don’t have the width without. Telling people “park somewhere else” or “get rid of your car” really doesn’t solve any problems, it just creates more.
Can’t believe I scanned the whole thread and didn’t see him doing compo face even once. Not good enough Gary.
Street View shows that people are parking entirely blocking the pavement which is unnecessary.
It’s another case of a street with more cars than it can handle without more residents turning their gardens into driveways and some of those properties don’t look to have enough space to hold a van.