Button wrote:I have a deal of sympathy with TWD's predicament, not least because my other half faces the same problem when arriving home any time after 4.30 to 5pm - to the extent that a house move on our part seems probable. What winds me up even more is oldies who park outside my next-door neighbour (young mum with toddler + baby) even when there is curb space outside their own property, simply because it's easier to do that than to parallel park.
The snag is, moving from a 'no rules' situation to a rules-based one (e.g. one resident's parking permit per household/property) requires enforcement and therefore enforcers.
Sorry to hear that Button. The person I mentioned who parks on yellows and moves in the morning told me today that they are definitely moving soon, the primary reason being that they are fed up with the parking situation.
Irony is that their house, being the newest on the street, actually has a drive next to it, WHICH THEY CAN'T USE, primarily because the parking situation is so bad that when they have an early shift they risk being unable to leave said drive because of other vehicles parked near (near, not over) said drive. Catch flipping 22. I'll bet there are lots of drives left out of action for this reason.
So it's reached a stage where people are feeling that they have to uproot because they can't park late at night (unless they want to have to get up and move their car halfway between sleep time). That makes me cross. It's not a viable option for many.
I'm kind of against residents permits schemes though. Aren't they almost always mismanaged? With cash strapped councils selling more permits than spaces and therefore you now pay for the privilege of still having no guarantee of a space!