PokerTime, agree with you entirely, there is a distinct difference between legally and morally. I was just raising a generic point that people don't have respect any more. I am not necessarily defending the OP's course of action nor criticising it, but was merely promulgating a situation that I had witnessed, that surely stands alone and apart from any other reason that could be given for "reserving" a space. I am sure the last thing on a bereaved family's mind would be to approach the council to have parking legally suspended for what is, as you rightly state, a moral issue. Further, as you say, use our legs. So perhaps selfish drivers could indeed use their legs the next time they see an "unofficial reserved space" for a funeral, and themselves park around the corner. It is, when all is said and done and debated, a simple matter of respect.