howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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an enraged bus driver had to revers all the way back to clarendon place, turn into malvern road then folkestone road because of this.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Why on earth did she park so far from the kerb
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#4
Mr Marin sir,We do we know it was a lady then,but the person has parked that way because of the fence on the path if the person got closer they could not open the nearside door.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#5
Howard would that fall outside the 50cm limit you mentioned on another thread?
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#6
very brave of you martin, cars could get through but delivery vehicles and the bus could not.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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#7
brings us back to the old problem
the car behind is parked on the kerb to allow the busses to get through
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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#8
It goes back to the same old unresolved debate that narrow road, lorry, car and bus do not mix.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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the ongoing debate, that will remain ongoing
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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#10
Given that the standard front number plate 520mm wide, the distance from the kerb is scaled at about 300mm and well within the law. Even so, given the circumstances surely "obstruction" is the case.
Terry
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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sunday parking to let the bus through.
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#13
usually the cars are parked so far on the path, a pedestrian cannot walk past them they have to go in the road, which is very dangerous, we have asked time and time again for double yellows to be put all down that part of the road, but no luck, but then as you can see what good are the lines people just park over them, they park how they like these days, I swear some do not know what the lines or dropped kerbs are for
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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no sunday bus service brian, doesn't always get through in the week sometimes.
agree about the double yellows there sheila, don't forget that from tomorrow there will be a clampdown on people parking across dropped kerbs.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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#15
double yellows???
1; will it solve the problem (doubtful)
2; even if it does happen will it be enforced?
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Consideration is the key, here; if people were more considerate about how they park, there'd be enough room for large and small vehicles to get through and enough room on the pavement for pedestrians too.
You can't enforce consideration.
Roger
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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roger;
the ongoing problem(as your probably aware)is the parking on the pavement.
Just go go through it again,
There are no alternative places to park without just moving the problem
2;there is forecast a double the amount of cars on the road in the future so the problem will get worse
3; if the cars park only in the road, there isn't enough room for the bus to get by, thus it stops a lot of our elderly
those with pushchairs etc, from getting out
4; This problem has gone on for some time, and unlikely ever to be resolved
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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there are many parking alternatives keith, most houses have a space at the back to park and garages in the main alleyway are unlet.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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In an ideal world all narrow roads would allow parking on only one side of the road.
If a front garden is big enough to take a car it should be converted to a parking area as there is such a shortage of parking space. Also a way of making extra money is to let out the space to commuters if the owner does not need the space during the day.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I don't think there are any front gardens arounds the Clarendons, Belgrave or Malvern Roads that are big enough for any sort of car to park.
The Alleyways do have one or two cars parked in the back gardens (they also have one or two abandoned in the back gardens), but it wouldn't be possible to park cars in every garden - there's too much rubbish for a start.
Roger
