vehicle operaters licence

[stressed out paul]

the problem we have in our part of the street is we have very few spaces for the amount of houses ,one of the neighbours works for a courier company and has a massive van and i do mean massive takes up 2 + car spaces he does nt work long hours so usually plenty spaces when he gets home so he parks it any old way which can result in another one space been used up due to bad parking approaching is not an option as i know it will end in tears (his not mine LOL) i have phoned his area office who were polite but said not much they could do ..i have tried to read about vehicle operaters licence on the net but just cant find anything out about rules and regs about parking on the street anyone able to enlighten me thanks in advance !!!

[sailor sam]

This may help;

 

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tpm/tmaportal/tmafeatures/tmapart6/secparkingfactsheets/parkingofcomvehicles

 

Also, if the vehicle is parked during the hours of darkness;

 

Cars, goods vehicles not exceeding 1525 kg unladen weight, invalid carriages, motorcycles and pedal cycles may be parked without lights on a road (or lay-by) with a speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h) or less if they are

• at least 10 metres (32 feet) away from any junction, close to the kerb and facing in the direction of the traffic flow
  
• in a recognised parking place or lay-by
  

Other vehicles and trailers, and all vehicles with projecting loads, MUST NOT be left on a road at night without lights.

 

[Laws RVLR reg 24 & CUR reg 82(7)]

 

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Edited January 4, 2011 by sailor sam

[Jamberson]

What would you do, if you were him?

[filthysurfer]

Why is approaching the driver not an option? Surely that should have been your first course of action.

[buzby]

Is this a private parking area, or a public street?

[green_and_mean]

The obvious solutions are for him to park a bit further away where parking is more freely available and walk home or get another job and why not if it means you are free to park outside your house regardless of when you get home. On a more serious note would you be making such a fuss if a neighbour you did get on with actually did have 2 cars rather than a van the size of 2 cars or is it just because its a van? I'm sure there are plenty of people on here who have neighbours with 2 or more cars per household and have trouble parking and don't feel the need to interfere in their lives or ration how much road they take up.