rubyroo Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Can anyone advise me whether the following is legal? A neighbour has two cars. One is parked on his drive. The second is parked on the road directly outside his property. When the second car is not there a traffic cone is put in its place thereby ensuring that no-one else can use this stretch of road to park. The council have been extraordinarily unhelpful and told me to ask the police. Ridiculous as this is clearly NOT a police matter. Can anyone help? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andystar Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Steal the traffic cone Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDKiwi Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 damm, was about to post the same thing....or move it so that's it's in front of their driveway? Set fire to it even?and what's the bet they nicked the traffic cone from somewhere in the first place. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
intexasatthe moment Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I'm with Andy - take the cone. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Put the cone on the roof of their car. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 All cars with legal tax discs in them can park where they want when restrictions are not in place.So technically anyone can park there.One can see this person's point, they don't want their driveway-parked car to be blocked in. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221304 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllforNun Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 if the drive way does not have a dropped kerb then you can park there and block him in, personally i like to buy knackered cars for scrap price, and then leave them taxed for a year in front these people's driveways. Secondly he has no right whatsoever to place a cone on the road, you can move it and park no problems. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 If you put some kind of lube on the cone you could probably push most of it up his arris! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daizie Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 lmfao Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 1.Take the cone and wrap it in priest-sock black crepe paper.2. If you're not actually a crone yourself, obtain one.3. Ensure crone is familiar with the work of the Brothers Grimm, Aleister Crowley and has some knowledge of rudimentary incantations. Evil ones of some sort.4. Insert crone's head into cone.5. Install crone onto neighbour's drive. 6. She should 'arthritis' her fingers, narrow her eyes and mutter vague incantations. All the while interspersed with cackling and raving. I'd let her conduct her own business here. Think 'improv'.7. Sit back and watch while neighbour initially blusters at crone, then becomes fearful, then scared, then terrified, sells up and moves to Swindon.8. Smile, sit back, pick up the phone and get a lifetime subscription to Witch magazine. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Oh come on you lot....never have I seen such trite and mediocre solutions to such a blatant form of 'in your face' middle class pettiness. Now I can see why so many of you would see the cone in question as a means to sodomize the offender with such as Ratty explained but in future you should display more imagination when exacting revenge against your neighbour. If I were in rubyroo's shoes I'd somehow restrain the enemy and use the traffic cone as a funnel to pour petrol down the guys throat and throw a match down there whilst I made his children watch as he went up in flames.Simple when you think about it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Nice wolf* :-| Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Why thank you Kel. If only others could be so gracious in their praise. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 it wasn't meant as a compliment Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubyroo Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 plus he lets his dog s**t all over public pathways Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 KalamityKel Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> it wasn't meant as a complimentWhy is everyone being so horrible to me today? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Oi! Where's my thoroughly imaginative solution to rubyroo's problem gone? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Actually now I think about it, BBW's solution is probably simpler and quicker.What with petrol being more likely to be readily available than crepe paper.And since botox you don't see crones around the way you used to, do you? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daizie Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 laugh my arse off ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 HonaloochieB Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Actually now I think about it, BBW's solution is> probably simpler and quicker.> What with petrol being more likely to be readily> available than crepe paper.> And since botox you don't see crones around the> way you used to, do you?Thank you Hona. This is testiment that great minds certainly think alike. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbboy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 try a skip in its place!!!!!!!!Sorry Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 In all seriousness, as AFN says, they definitely don't have a right to put a cone there to save a place. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Keefword to the wise mateSeriously tho, why would anyone have a problem with this - if he has a need to move the car in the driveway and his second car is parked in front, problem solved. If it's someone else parked out front what do people who think he should do?And people think I'M anti-driver - sheesh Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
annaj Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 The OP said the cone is placed on the road outside his property, not in front of his drive. So, my understanding was that the neighbour puts one car on the driveway (which I'm assuming has a dropped kerb so no-one is allowed to park in front of it) and uses the cone to save a whole different space for the second car. Which seems unfair and annoying. If I've misunderstood and the cone is in front of the driveway to remind people not to block the first car in, that's different. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 ahhh I see - I read it differentlyThat being the case then, just park away. What's the worst that can happen? A cone isn't exactly legally binding is it?But AFN's post suggested it was a driveway-related double parkage. As well as displaying (yet again) his value to the progression of the human species. Ahem Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6918-two-carsone-traffic-cone-and-off-street-parking/#findComment-221350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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