The Council knows best....
Yesterday afternoon as I was sitting at my computer, enjoying a little post lunch relaxation, my peace was disturbed by a council lorry parking opposite the house.
Naturally I was It took them about an hour to
When I rang Embee to tell him (I won't repeat what he said because I don't swear but one word rhymed with 'mucking'). The real point is we had no warning that this was happening (a letter would have been courteous- dream on) there were no notices posted (too easy) to clear the road and as far as we know no one had complained about the parking- or had they!!! This has actually reduced the parking space and it remains to be seen if this will cause us problems by not being able to park outside our house. Along the main road there are several houses owning more than one car who regularly park in this road as they don't have sufficient frontage to comfortably park in their own driveways. It's also a real eyesore, but I expect I will soon get used to it... it does mean that we don't have to look at any parked cars from our sitting room window so that's the bonus :)
Labels: road signs
posted by ChrisB @ 8:23 am
19 comments
19 Comments:
Over here it's illegal to park that close to a corner anywhere.
So Dad has lost his favourite parking spot!
Go buy some gray spray paint.
swampy I would do just that if I had enough nerve!
Atleast you get a clear view to look out! Can't fight the govt!!:))
Rhymes with "mucking". Ha!
An unexpected result of this post was my son's excitement over seeing the picture of the lorry. He thought is was pretty special. He ooed and ahhed for a good 3 minutes (that's a lot for him).
Keep Clear - hmmm.. Here is would have said, "No Parking".
My parents brought me up never to use such language. And his own father would have used the word "bally" instead.
It's illegal to park that close to a corner here. They should have told you though!
We had our main street re-sufaced a few weeks ago. The council didn't tell anyone, so they re-surfaced around the cars! The patches are still there.
You should definitely have been informed. But, as everyone else has commented, your view will be better.
beckie how sweet that your little one loved the lorry :)
John that is absolutely mad and such a waste of time. I don't think the councils are known for their intelligence!
sam I did tell him off!!
asha & jenifer agreed the cars have gone but I'm still looking at those huge letters instead!!
why dont they just continue the double yellow - it means the same thing - no parking?
At least the view is better. I know how annoying it is to have people parking in your street. We get it from workers parking in our street as it's close to the town centre.
I'm with Swampy.
Hey. I'm the paint queen right now! Tank me up on margaritas and shout mexican slogans at me and I might be willing to do the deed;).
Actually, I wish the council would paint lines like that near one end of our house. People are forever parking in front of my ONE sitting room window. *irks me no end when there is plenty of other space to park* (I've put pot plants all along the front to thwart them though....it seems to be helping)
Do the yellow lines also mean "Keep Clear" or "No Parking?" If so, it seems that continuing the double yellow lines would be useful. Here the curbs are painted yellow, which is less obstructive. Additionally, there must be some general rule about parking too close to the corner.
You are right, a letter would be courteous.
Maybe a pedestrian was hit on such a corner and thats why the choice of words
certainly no parking would have been for cars
stay clear is all encompassing.
Hope the neighborhood cats can read
mjd the double yellow are the legal no parking I think these are the deterrent and it's working so far no one has parked there.
pamela I ought to walk around taking photos because our local council is spending a lot of money on 'traffic calming schemes' which don't seem to be very effective!!
tiger lambgirl I'll remember that offer!!
barbara luckily we only get cars from local houses and people visiting a doctors surgery. Sometimes we get a lorry using the next door B&B now that really does annoy me!!
ahh, but they don't suggest where you can park now that you are unable to park there ;)
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