was talking to a guy today an he was telling me some ■■■■■■■■ in a van had parked up just infront of him and another car had parked at side of him and no drivers to be found and he couldnt get out lol
took me back to years ago when i come back from spain parked up in parking area at around 1 am in the morn ( sunday morn lol ) n had to have 9 off there was 3 other trucks there when i went to sleep … woke up at 9.30 put kettle on and thought wots all that noise opened the curtains to be confronted with about 200 carboot stalls in front of me lol couldnt go nowhere was well blocked in
whats the strangest thing thats happend to you when you opened your curtains
Just ring the bizzies.
If someone’s blocked you in (or causing an obstruction such as parked on a corner/across a gateway), the police will have their contractor ‘remove’ the obstruction.
The motor gets towed by the police’s recovery contractor.
Then it’ll cost the driver £150 to get their motor back from the pound.
cieranc:
Just ring the bizzies.
If someone’s blocked you in (or causing an obstruction such as parked on a corner/across a gateway), the police will have their contractor ‘remove’ the obstruction.
The motor gets towed by the police’s recovery contractor.
Then it’ll cost the driver £150 to get their motor back from the pound.
We contract to 3 police forces for vehicle recovery, heavies and lights, and it’s a regular job.
Usually in town centres, where someone’s parked across an alleyway/gateway/loading dock/driveway.
Quite often when someone’s boxed someone else in, the ‘boxer’ gets towed.
Sometimes where cars/vans have parked on a corner and artics can’t get in/out, or they’re generally parked in an awkward spot (such as close to a T junction/roundabout).
But yeah, people getting towed for parking like dicks happens regular.
Ive had that same gut wrenching feeling .
I took a container years ago to Bassets in sheffield parked for the night and went to sleep , when i woke the following morning i opened my curtains and realised i’d parked in the staff carpark … ohhh dear .
Many years ago, pulled into the service area just south of Lille on the A1 after a very long and somewhat illegal day. Set the alarm for a stupid o’clock (and illegal) start and fell into the bed. Opened my eyes 'cos sunlight was streaming through a gap in the curtains - I was supposed to have left at 3:00 am so I knew something was very wrong. Opened the curtains to find I was in the middle of a Gendarme HGV check I’d got two bike at the front of me and a van either side and loads of uniforms milling around.
Said my ‘good mornings’ as I went for a shower and coffee. When I got back they moved the bikes for me and waved me out, just as well they didn’t ask for charts - would have been stopping much longer
I’ve often worried about this happening. More than once when I’ve parked up at night in a place that looked like I may get blocked in at some point, I’ve dropped the trailer and pulled 3 or 4 metres ahead to give myself enough room to swing out in the morning if a car parks right infront of me.
Overnight in a car park in Bedlington, few years ago. Awakened by soothing sound of clanking metal poles as the market was being constructed around me.
There was a little less bunting than usual after I left.
But i woke up to loads of cars being sold like a boot sale next thing i know a load of police cars turn up and everyone scrambles to get in the cars and leg it.
Turns out it is illegal to sell them like that and the police where having a crackdown on it.
cieranc:
Just ring the bizzies.
If someone’s blocked you in (or causing an obstruction such as parked on a corner/across a gateway), the police will have their contractor ‘remove’ the obstruction.
The motor gets towed by the police’s recovery contractor.
Then it’ll cost the driver £150 to get their motor back from the pound.
Not always. I had a case in Worthing where access to the delivery area was via a narrow, as in 1 car and you could just pass, 1 way street. The number of times that that road was blocked by business owners, blue badge vehicles etc was unreal. most of the time I’d commit to the turn get blocked and then turn off the engine, phone plod and wait for the chaos to escalate. Couldn’t park on the promenade so just went with the flow.
The usual course of action was plod would ring the registered keeper if local or send PCSO if not. I did once, after about an hour and a half, get backed out onto the prom then backed in, against the one way, to the shop then promptly had a WTD break .
It’s an early morning delivery now so don’t miss it one bit.
Parked up one night a few months ago with a very high value load in the fridge, didn’t have a back door lock so I dropped the trailer and parked up close to the back doors and went to kip.
I woke up the next morning to find a car parked under the fifth wheel plate! I was parked outside an empty factory soo I walked about 200 yards to the nearest occupied unit and asked about the car, nobody knew who’s it was. I then spent 10 minutes looking at the offending car before getting out a strap.
I still wonder whether the owner followed the mile of skid marks to his car and found it before the alarm flattened his battery!
Some years ago in Scotland middle of the night and very dense fog I pulled over onto a grass verge, shut the curtains and went to sleep. woke up stuck the kettle on and opened the curtains to find two very amused coppers walking around my truck. I had parked on a bloody fairway of a golf course.
the maoster:
Parked up one night a few months ago with a very high value load in the fridge, didn’t have a back door lock so I dropped the trailer and parked up close to the back doors and went to kip.
I woke up the next morning to find a car parked under the fifth wheel plate! I was parked outside an empty factory soo I walked about 200 yards to the nearest occupied unit and asked about the car, nobody knew who’s it was. I then spent 10 minutes looking at the offending car before getting out a strap.
I still wonder whether the owner followed the mile of skid marks to his car and found it before the alarm flattened his battery!
I delivered to a construction site this week, pulled in & was told to park to one side so I didnt block the access. Then a convoy of 8 wheel tippers proceeded to tip a million tons of stone right in the area where I was supposed to turn. I went up the wall at the Arrogant Site Manager only to be told not to worry about it. ‘Prick’.
Managed to get out after a lot of shunting. Moral of the story- Reverse in/Drive out if you can. (I was just trying to get unloaded without getting out of the cab & splashing about in the Mud)
Parked up in a town in west of Ireland, can’t remember where, on a misty Sunday night in a Bedford TK (no sleep cabs in those days). Woke up to find I was on one of the loading bays of the bus station. Got up and asked way to toilets, no one seemed to be bothered.
Not so much opening the curtains as I was staying in a hotel, but parked in the Fruit and Veg market in Nice, turned up in the morning to find some unhappy Clowns We’d parked our truck right in the middle of the place they were going to set up the big top.
(actually don’t know if they were Clowns, but they were unhappy. just thought I’d add to the story next time I tell it I’ll have them trying to tow my truck out of the way with a couple of Elephants )
I wondered why there weren’t any other trucks parked there.
Years ago we used to head to Tadcaster for a regular friday night ■■■■ up, there used to be a fair crowd of us with the Ferrymasters boys and all the other undesirables from Teeside
The unofficial arrangement was we could park in the bus station after 7pm but had to be gone by about 6.30am ready for the 1st bus of the day, anyway this night we got involved with some old birds birthday party and ended up rolling home about 2am, needless to say none of us got up when we were supposed to and when i finally opened the curtains i was confronted with a que of buses backed up down the street and a couple of irate bus drivers banging on one of the ferrymasters trucks trying to get him out of bed, All this happened in winter time and once one driver was up we all got up and then proceeded to fill the bus station with 15 trucks worth of white diesel smoke from the assortment of ageing Scanias, Mercs etc
I’d got two bike at the front of me and a van either side and loads of uniforms milling around.
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