IIRC, if there is a covenant about caravans, boats, etc., then everyone in the road has to get together and take action.
Amazon drivers did something similar to us. I used my finger to write in the dirt on the rear doors "I park in residential streets because I have a small willy".
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3rd Jan 2024 2:16 pm
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Seems to depend on what’s in the deeds to the house. I’ve seen people who’s deeds prevent them parking outside their own house, quite happily park outside someone else’s. Normally if they work for someone, it’s easy enough to rectify with a quick phone call, but if they are owner/operators, then that presents a problem.
3rd Jan 2024 2:18 pm
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Re me getting the hump at the local Travis Perkins, they are open, paint has been collected, all is well with the world and they are forgiven. No more trying to scrape the last out of the old tub with a teaspoon!
3rd Jan 2024 2:23 pm
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With regards to parking a large van in a residential area, this might help;
Parking a commercial van in a residential street.
At first, it sounds like a silly question – why on earth wouldn't you be able to?
But while you might assume that parking your van outside your home is a simple necessity, other factors often come into play. Here's what you need to know about parking a commercial van in a residential street.
Neighbours. Vans can be viewed as an eyesore by neighbours, often due to their size and any signwriting that may be adorning the exterior. Also, if they haven't been parked particularly sensibly, they can block someone's view as they pull out of their drive. So try to make sure you park in a way that couldn't reasonably be considered a nuisance. Parking partly on the pavement, for example, could stop someone with a pushchair, pram or mobility difficulties from getting past.
Tax and insurance. If you're driving a company van, you should check with your employer that their tax and insurance allows you to park it at home overnight. If it's your van, you'll also need to make sure your insurer allows you to do so – you should have been asked where you parked the van when you took out the policy.
Parking restrictions. If there are parking restrictions on your road, make sure you comply with them. If you need a permit to park, it's possible that it will only cover a car, not a van – or it may only cover a van if you own it, which won't be the case if it belongs to your employer.
House rules. If you park on your drive or in your garage, check your house deeds to make sure there are no covenants or planning restrictions forbidding the parking of commercial vehicles in residential driveways. This is rare but is the case on some new estates.
Pitiful parking. The Highway Code says you should park facing the same way as the traffic, and not within ten metres of a junction. Leave extra space if you park next to a car with a blue badge, as the driver or passenger may need more room to get in or out.
Leave a light on. When it's dark, if your van weighs more than 2,500kg, you must leave its sidelights on when you park. Any vehicle parked on a road with a speed limit of more than 30mph also has to have its sidelights on in the dark.
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That's because they've used all the asphalt making speed humps Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
3rd Jan 2024 9:04 pm
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Nothing to get the hump about.
3rd Jan 2024 9:19 pm
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Regarding lighting on parked vehicles - whatever the laws they are simply not enforced thesedays.
As for vehicle removal - if a vehicle is not taxed &/or MOT'd & on the Public Highway it is considered abandoned if not used for some time.
IF, the vehicle does not have a fuel filler cap it is considered a fire risk and can be removed with 24 hours of it being reported to the local authority - always worth reporting to the Fire Service as well.
It would be a shame if the filler cap fell off & rolled away in the high winds.
I was feeling really smug earlier ... changed a headlamp bulb on SWMBO's Antara in under 30 minutes - not bad as it involves removing the grille that is fastened in with 2-part fasteners that break when you look at them (ok, there were a couple missing from doing it last time) and the headlamp takes a strange amount of fiddling to get it in or out of its proper position.
Then as I picked up the tools from the top of the battery, saw this ...
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took another 30 mins and broke 1 clip and lost another in the process.
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7th Jan 2024 1:37 pm
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You could have just left ot off, then fitted it when the bulb next blows.
7th Jan 2024 3:47 pm
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Did you retrieve the pliers, or has the engine obtained a ‘new rattle’? An ex-Disco3 / FFRR owner ......
Paying Halfords a few quid for a prepubescent oik to do it seems a bargain alternative.
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8th Jan 2024 7:37 am
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Chewing gum! We paid (via our taxes) for all the pavements in our village to be relaid with attractive granite paves, some nice patterns, and the job was well received by the locals and we were proud of it.
3 years later, it’s just covered in disgusting chewing gum blobs. 1000’s of them! They are all concentrated outside the bars in the village. me off and I think the bars should be made to pay.
/grump mode off/
8th Jan 2024 9:05 am
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is it all chewing gum? We have, what looks like chewing gum, all over our paving slabs at home. Turns out its berries and/or the berries as sh@t by birds. Really hard to remove, even with a jet-wash.....
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. What a shame….
me off and I think the bars should be made to pay.
