Nigel-YZ1
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- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
Nice parking
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Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
Yes but a 318i isn't a REAL BMW
I don't see the problem with parking in a cycle lane, after all which idiot dreamed up a facility that doesn't take into account actual road use. There's a few around here which run through residential areas. You can't use them because people have no choice but to park in them and as for delivery vans and workmen, that's pretty valid in my view. Just get rid of all the damn cycle lanes or build them properly.
That beemer is pretty thoughtlessly parked, agreed. Not so sure about the Mercedes van as I don't know the circumstances.
As I've said on another thread, I have some sympathies with that. Anyone that has lived in London and moved flat will know, sometimes you have to cause a disturbance and rely on the patience and acceptance of others.
As I've said on another thread, I have some sympathies with that. Anyone that has lived in London and moved flat will know, sometimes you have to cause a disturbance and rely on the patience and acceptance of others.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
FTFY
Amanda P
Legendary Member
- Location
- York. Well, York-ish...
Eh? It's compulsory to own a car and park it in a cycle lane?
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
Yes but a 318i isn't a REAL BMW
Phew! That's all right then :-)
oh yeah, I see... they might have to walk a bit further and that's clearly not on!!
No, sometimes it may not be. Try crossing a road with 2 of you lugging a sofa! Then a fridge, then a washing machine... etc etc etc. You get the picture. I'm with reiver on this one; sometimes you have to live and let live.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
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abo
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Stockton on Tees
Well when you consider the house they are (probably) visiting, there is plenty of drive space
After work hours they often have a Transit van parked before the give way line (where I was stopped when I took the picture) which makes it a major pain when you are driving along there as vision to the pinchpoint is blocked.
I've dropped an email to my local councillor anyway, hopefully he'll have a look.
+1 to that.
A bit of tolerance on all sides wouldn't go amiss. Everyone has to live with inconveniences as we live in ever crowded towns and cities. Its not ideal where he is unloading but thats just life, perhaps you could have discussed it with him and suggested an alternative parking position.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
Kinda on topic. When I lived in Guildford parking even remotly near my place was a nightmare. I kept getting parking tickets for very minor infringments. I asked the local police what I could do about it and was told "Parking is a privelidge, not a right". That has stuck with me.
Sh4rkyBloke
Jaffa Cake monster
- Location
- Manchester, UK
I was (possibly niaively) thinking that there would be space behind the queue of other parked cars so he could slot in there (seems to be from what can be seen through his passenger door window)... not double park; which, as you say, would be just as dangerous. Not only does he appear to be blocking a mandatory cycle lane which is for contraflow, as well as being on double yellows... he's also blocking most of the road with his door. I'm all for giveing and taking... but that's just taking the pish, IMO.