Dropped my daughter off at school the other morning only to be faced with an artic with Romanian plates parked fairly and squarely on the combined footway/cycleway with everybody having to sqeeze round it without getting stuck on the fence or stepping onto the busy road hence the combined footway/cycleway being installed at great expense by the local council in the first place. Do these foreign drivers not have a clue about anything in this country other than how to cause havoc and inconvenience to UK highway users today’s accident on the M25 being a case in point.
Then I started thinking is it appropriate for a vehicle with the curtains drawn and possibly being driven by god knows who to be parked along side a school. I may be being over protective or even pedantic but I for one am getting fed up with it.
Well about time too that we had some one thinking of the children, it’s been awhile 
What happened on the M25 today?
Bit of ■■■■ poor consideration agreed. But one isolated case and all ‘foreign drivers are dangerous and cause havoc on UK roads’ 
Is your problem just with Romanians or are you superior to all different nationalities.
God sake . Think of the children. Dear op have you ever been to a strange place and been struggling for somewhere to park?
Given the criminal lack of decent overnight parking in the UK these days; there, but for the grace of God, go all of us.
happysack:
God sake . Think of the children. Dear op have you ever been to a strange place and been struggling for somewhere to park?
I’m not the OP but I can tell you that I’ve been to foreign places ,strange as you call them, and I’ve struggled to find somewhere to park, but you have to use the grey matter between the ears to find a place that won’t inconvenience others.
robroy:
Bit of ■■■■ poor consideration agreed. But one isolated case and all ‘foreign drivers are dangerous and cause havoc on UK roads’ :roll:
Is your problem just with Romanians or are you superior to all different nationalities.
This is definitely not an isolated case , and definitely not just Romanians .
Come down to Kent and see the problems on the A20, in various villages, just off J8 on the M20 on the slip roads and access roads,and you’ll fnd them all over the grass verges and in the car parking areas and in the petrol station area inside Maidstone services, I could go on and give you lads more examples.
It is the eastern block drivers that are doing this and they are a pain
There are certain lay-bys outside peoples houses that the council have had to put up yellow “no parking” notices in several languages, to stop these morons blocking entrances to residents properties
I live round the corner from a school and at chucking out time the roads surrounding it are chocka block with parents having parked/abandoned their cars blocking pavements, roads, gates etc. Its hardly a problem that only foreign drivers cause
The-Snowman:
I live round the corner from a school and at chucking out time the roads surrounding it are chocka block with parents having parked/abandoned their cars blocking pavements, roads, gates etc. Its hardly a problem that only foreign drivers cause
Snowman , you’re talking about a matter of minutes that these parents are badly parked.
The original post and my comments are about these morons parking up for 9/11/24/45 hours 
Agreed Snowman, I have been off work for a few weeks and they are annoying me alot as they think my car parking spaces are for them to pick up their kids or use it as a turning spot. Got enough signs stating its a private car park and i don’t want those mums who can not manoeuvre to save their life near my cars. So even though im only 27yrs old i have turned into a grumpy old man about it and just before kick out time i move two of my cars to block the entrance to the car park.
pierrot 14:
you’re talking about a matter of minutes that these parents are badly parked.
The original post and my comments are about these morons parking up for 9/11/24/45 hours
amamdada:
Dropped my daughter off at school the other morning only to be faced with an artic with Romanian plates parked fairly and squarely on the combined footway/cycleway with everybody having to sqeeze round it without getting stuck on the fence or stepping onto the busy road hence the combined footway/cycleway being installed at great expense by the local council in the first place.
A few minutes (try half an hour im some cases) is just as dangerous and inconsiderate for anyone having to walk on the road to pass some idiot who thinks its ok. Im not defending the Romanian driver but I dont think its fair to single them out as if UK drivers are the most considerate parkers in the world who wouldnt dream of not thinking of other people. Theres a guy stays at the end of our street who leaves his caravan AND motor home parked on double yellows because its outside his house. It can sit there for weeks and not move while its forcing traffic into single file at a junction and its impossible to pass on the pavement without scraping along the fence if you stay on the pavement.
amamdada:
Do these foreign drivers not have a clue about anything in this country other than how to cause havoc and inconvenience to UK highway users
This is a direct accusation that its foreign drivers who cause the biggest problem. I was mearly highlighting that its not just foreign drivers, there are plenty uk idiots with no consideration as well.
why oh why do we have to raise the issue as a Foreign driver why not just put a driver or is it a case of looking to just slag off the Europeans that work over here? Euro driver does something wrong pages and pages of what a prat uk driver does something wrong often jokes come out or self appointed defence comes out!!! Live and let live.Can we have a street view
mattecube:
why oh why do we have to raise the issue as a Foreign driver why not just put a driver or is it a case of looking to just slag off the Europeans that work over here? Euro driver does something wrong pages and pages of what a prat uk driver does something wrong often jokes come out or self appointed defence comes out!!! Live and let live.Can we have a street view
It’s the sheer ignorance and generalisation that gets me, usually from the 100mile radius crew, who would ■■■■ themselves if they had to go anywhere south of Dover, but will knock anybody in a left hand drive at the drop of a hat at every opportunity.
. ‘Foreign drivers’ . So on some forum in Romania somebody posts about a Bulgarian driver that has ■■■■■■ him off and quotes the inane ‘foreign drivers’ So if I or you are also over there we are ‘foreign drivers’ so we are all the same eh?
■■■■■■ muppets
Think of the kittens…
Relax man, They’re just the ones that don’t know they can park on the M25.
I was sat stationary in the traffic northbound M6 yesterday afternoon at Sandbach.
EE driver came flying past me on the hard shoulder. A large number of EE’s don’t give a flying f*ck about this country, or its people, or its laws.
Its an inconvenient truth for some people on here.
eagerbeaver:
I was sat stationary in the traffic northbound M6 yesterday afternoon at Sandbach.EE driver came flying past me on the hard shoulder. A large number of EE’s don’t give a flying f*ck about this country, or its people, or its laws.
Its an inconvenient truth for some people on here.
I agree that there are many EU drivers who have a total disrespect for this country
mattecube:
eagerbeaver:
I was sat stationary in the traffic northbound M6 yesterday afternoon at Sandbach.EE driver came flying past me on the hard shoulder. A large number of EE’s don’t give a flying f*ck about this country, or its people, or its laws.
Its an inconvenient truth for some people on here.
I agree that there are many EU drivers who have a total disrespect for this country
It is due to the total lack of any visible policing in the UK, quite rare to similar styles of driving in Europe on average you will see more police from Calais to Paris than you will see in a days driving in the UK, add to that the police cannot be bothered with the language barrier and you can fairly well do what you want
I would have to agree with that, I can drive from Newcastle to sittingbourne, which I do regularly, & not see a single police vehicle.
pierrot 14:
happysack:
God sake . Think of the children. Dear op have you ever been to a strange place and been struggling for somewhere to park?I’m not the OP but I can tell you that I’ve been to foreign places ,strange as you call them, and I’ve struggled to find somewhere to park, but you have to use the grey matter between the ears to find a place that won’t inconvenience others.
robroy:
Bit of ■■■■ poor consideration agreed. But one isolated case and all ‘foreign drivers are dangerous and cause havoc on UK roads’
Is your problem just with Romanians or are you superior to all different nationalities.This is definitely not an isolated case , and definitely not just Romanians .
Come down to Kent and see the problems on the A20, in various villages, just off J8 on the M20 on the slip roads and access roads,and you’ll fnd them all over the grass verges and in the car parking areas and in the petrol station area inside Maidstone services, I could go on and give you lads more examples.
It is the eastern block drivers that are doing this and they are a pain
There are certain lay-bys outside peoples houses that the council have had to put up yellow “no parking” notices in several languages, to stop these morons blocking entrances to residents properties
Good post mate and spot on fella. It’s a disgrace that these motors are weekended outside people’s houses. Go out for a walk around here and see JF taking a dump under his trailer,not a nice sight. Rubbish, load transhipments, reefers going all night, churning up footpaths and verges, this is all going on at the end of people’s drives, ffs.
All this ■■■■■■■■ about ‘poor foreign driver has to park somewhere’ or ‘why go on about JF when the Brits are just as bad?’ I bet if you’ve overnighted in Europe you will not have parked the way these people do.
They are a law unto themselves and Plod can’t be arsed.