Ding Dong the car is gone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html

On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:37:25 PM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html


I have never understood why subsidised road users think the section of public road adjacent to their property is reserved for their personal use.

If I built a shed to store my SUV'S in the road I imagine the same SRU's would be up in arms even though it would occupy less space than a car.

On 25/01/2016 20:37, Alycidon wrote:

On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html

QUOTE:
One in ten drivers avoids using their car because they are afraid of
losing their parking space outside their home.

A new parking poll by the AA has revealed that competition for spaces
outside homes is now so fierce that many motorists put off driving
altogether.
ENDQUOTE

Crazy, isn't it?

And it happens only because the government will not grasp the nettle of
requiring all vehicles to be garaged off-street when at or near the
keeper's (or normal user's) home address.

If they did that, a lot of problems would be solved.

On 25/01/2016 21:28, Simon Jester wrote:

On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:37:25 PM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html

I have never understood why subsidised road users think the section of public road adjacent to their property is reserved for their personal use.

To be fair, though, you don't see *many* bicycles parked at the kerbside.

Now if you were talking about cars, vans, etc (though you clearly were
not), I would be able to agree with you to a very large extent.

On Monday, 25 January 2016 21:28:48 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:37:25 PM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html


I have never understood why subsidised road users think the section of public road adjacent to their property is reserved for their personal use.

It is 'cos they pay "road fund tax" innit.
It allows them to park outside someone's house all day while they catch the nearby train to work.

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 7:21:28 AM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 21:28:48 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:37:25 PM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html


I have never understood why subsidised road users think the section of public road adjacent to their property is reserved for their personal use.

It is 'cos they pay "road fund tax" innit.
It allows them to park outside someone's house all day while they catch the nearby train to work.

I have a dropped kerb on the road outside my house. I consider it to be of my household's personal use. I get annoyed when someone parks across it and prevents my use of it. I do not get annoyed when someone parks on the road outside my house which doesn't have a dropped kerb - for some reason, my wife does.

https://goo.gl/maps/oRc1DsdWtM62

On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:48:42 -0800 (PST), Tom Crispin wrote:

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 7:21:28 AM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 21:28:48 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:37:25 PM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html


I have never understood why subsidised road users think the section of public road adjacent to their property is reserved for their personal use.

It is 'cos they pay "road fund tax" innit.
It allows them to park outside someone's house all day while they catch the nearby train to work.

I have a dropped kerb on the road outside my house. I consider it to be of my household's personal use. I get annoyed when someone parks across it and prevents my use of it. I do not get annoyed when someone parks on the road outside my house which doesn't have a dropped kerb - for some reason, my wife does.

https://goo.gl/maps/oRc1DsdWtM62


That's a really lovely property : and so necessary to post the link so that we
could understand what you meant.


Can you perhaps give us a link to the view of *your* house, Simon?

On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 07:48:43 UTC, Tom Crispin wrote:
On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 7:21:28 AM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 21:28:48 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:37:25 PM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html


I have never understood why subsidised road users think the section of public road adjacent to their property is reserved for their personal use..

It is 'cos they pay "road fund tax" innit.
It allows them to park outside someone's house all day while they catch the nearby train to work.

I have a dropped kerb on the road outside my house. I consider it to be of my household's personal use. I get annoyed when someone parks across it and prevents my use of it. I do not get annoyed when someone parks on the road outside my house which doesn't have a dropped kerb - for some reason, my wife does.

https://goo.gl/maps/oRc1DsdWtM62

Nice reverse parking there, something that I do all the time as per the HC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMC...ature=youtu.be

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 8:58:36 AM UTC, Judith wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:48:42 -0800 (PST), Tom Crispin wrote:

On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 7:21:28 AM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 21:28:48 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 8:37:25 PM UTC, Alycidon wrote:
On Monday, 25 January 2016 20:19:43 UTC, Simon Jester wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekcVGgkx2w

Some people who HAVE a car are scared to even use it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-car-home.html


I have never understood why subsidised road users think the section of public road adjacent to their property is reserved for their personal use.

It is 'cos they pay "road fund tax" innit.
It allows them to park outside someone's house all day while they catch the nearby train to work.

I have a dropped kerb on the road outside my house. I consider it to be of my household's personal use. I get annoyed when someone parks across it and prevents my use of it. I do not get annoyed when someone parks on the road outside my house which doesn't have a dropped kerb - for some reason, my wife does.

https://goo.gl/maps/oRc1DsdWtM62


That's a really lovely property : and so necessary to post the link so that we
could understand what you meant.

Thank you. It is just one of six residences in London that I own, but my personal favourite. When I am away I can now enjoy flying by in simulated 3D on Google maps:
https://goo.gl/maps/WaXuPAKsCqF2

You can even see my 'handyman' work with the summerhouse I built in my back garden.

Can you perhaps give us a link to the view of *your* house, Simon?