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Rocketman:
Hi Guys,
Can anybody give me  a few pointers.
My neighbour has just had his kerb lowered and his front garden paved so that he can park his works van "off road". He now wages verbal war on anybody who stops their vehicle in front of his house. Today we had a delivery and although his van was not in residence so to speak his wife came out and gave the delivery driver some awfull stick about it being illegal to park in front of their house. I might be wrong (I often am) but surely she was spouting utter warlocks :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

scorpio:
a drop curb is just that it constitutes no law regarding who can or cannot park over it, unless there is a vehicle on the drive then you can be done for obstruction. If the drive is clear and you park over it legally they can do nothing about it, at least that was what we was told for over 7 yrs when a locla social club used to park over ours while we was out. Amazing thing is they stopped doing it when I just drove into one and pushed it as far down the road as I could.

murph:
Check with the council and see if he has had permission to have it lowered.

Bob696:

--- Quote ---Q:     What is obstruction?
A:    Obstruction is when a driver parks a vehicle in such a position as to make it impossible to pass (including driveways). Simply making it difficult to pass is not obstruction even though you may have to  manoeuvre. Obstruction of the footway is blocking the passage of pedestrians, pushchairs, scooters etc.
--- End quote ---

From Wakefield CC (just happened to be the 1st I found)

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/22.htm
Ruke 217 From the highway code

Whilst it may be next to impossable to get someone nicked for parking due to lack of interest by the police it certainly is antisocial to park across someones driveway.  Just imagine getting home from work to find some lazy prat is stopping you from accessing your own property to save himself the effort of walking 6ft or so.

Tyke:
I suffer from the lazy gits parking across my driveway when they deliver to the property next door.

Think I'll quote that Rule 217 at those next door as I live very close to the Wakefield area. I wouldn't mind the neighbouring property already has a delivery area at the side of the building, off the main road . . . . if that fails I'm gonna put up a notice threatening to tow them off  :twisted:

Very annoying at times, particularily if I want to go out in a rush.

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