I normally park in truck stops, depots, or services but now and again do need to park on an industrial estate.
Was parked up the other night and did a lap round the estate and finally found a “legal” place to park. I did pass a few drivers though and also one parked after me and they had just parked up on the double yellows.
Is it a kind of “unwritten rule” that your ok parking on double yellows on an industrial estate as long as your gone by the time the businesses are open?
I guess no council employs over night traffic wardens and if they did they would be concentrating on town/city centres rather than bothering with industrial estates?
So are you pretty safe dumping it on double yellows so long as you aren’t blocking anything?
There’s always the risk but you tend to find that as long as nobody on the estate has complained about access issues they’re not enforced. They only started enforcing them at Thorne when The Range RDC there complained about access issues.
I personally try and avoid parking on them, I don’t like giving these type of basts an excuse to do me.
I remember about 10 yrs ago at Trafford park the council employed these Jezza Kyle types to run around on mopeds to nick overnight parked trucks…they must have pulled them off the dole.
Only 2 weeks ago I nipped into Asda Carlisle to collect my glasses, parked on the estate for all of 5 minutes (causing zero inconvenience to anybody) came back and the ■■■■ s had ticketed me for 35 notes.
Around Kingston in mk, there’s a 7.5ton limit for parking,unless in a designated space, but the rule is ignored on a daily basis, then the council come around every so often and ticket every truck parked illegally, mainly EE trucks,and a few UK trucks,around Tesco’s, you takes a chance.
The chronic lack of overnight truck parking should be taken into consideration by the powers that be (if they actually gave a ■■■■ that is ) where parking should be permitted on all ind ests where it is not a danger to do so.
In theory if you can’t park a ‘‘commercial/industrial’’ type vehicle on an ‘‘industrial’’ estate, where the ■■■■ can you park it.
I know the anti social arse holes amongst us, leaving their crap behind has not helped the situation, but bins should be provided for the hard of thinking who find packing up their crap and taking it with them is a difficulty beyond their intelligence.
Reminds me of the nob heads that got an award for cutting hgv load thefts on brackmills ind est,all they did was put 2hr max restrictions for parking on estate so no trucks on it to bloody steal from,
Once had a right do with a geezer on a moped on there ticketing an Eddie stobart night tramper,it just got me so angry that a fella had worked all night and was parked doing no harm and this low life was fineing him…
He was so smug pointing the camera out to me and kept saying “are you threatening me sir” over and over with a smug look on his face
That’s the trouble with Britain now too many jobsworths stopping the working man going about his business
yorkshire terrier:
Reminds me of the nob heads that got an award for cutting hgv load thefts on brackmills ind est,all they did was put 2hr max restrictions for parking on estate so no trucks on it to bloody steal from,
Once had a right do with a geezer on a moped on there ticketing an Eddie stobart night tramper,it just got me so angry that a fella had worked all night and was parked doing no harm and this low life was fineing him…
He was so smug pointing the camera out to me and kept saying “are you threatening me sir” over and over with a smug look on his face
That’s the trouble with Britain now too many jobsworths stopping the working man going about his business
Quite common is that, ‘‘Tackling Truck Crime hotspots’’ : by preventing lads parking by fining them.
I’ve had the crappy end of that brainwave myself in fact.
Aka… ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
I have a regular run in with a woman in slough about double yellow.
Basically I park In slough couple times a month maybe more. On an estate. Got units down 1 side railway line down other. I park on railway side park close as can to where double yellow lines start. I’m not blocking an entrance is a longish road. 1st time there about 6 as was waking heard a car horn blasting away woman came over ranting raving . Your parked in my space that’s my space. I look round road is empty of cars she then goes can’t park.here anyway double yellows . I get out look say no it’s not im.before them.
Park there again about 3 weeks later. Wake up find she has parked direct opposite me .making it very tight for cars to pass. . Last time was there she did same again parked opposite. A wagon came down could fit through.i explained I have 15 mins left so we went to unit opposite and made her move causing an obstruction she wasn’t pleased. I go there now and there’s cones on the road.so I just park behind then have been tempted to move them though
edd1974:
I have a regular run in with a woman in slough about double yellow.
Basically I park In slough couple times a month maybe more. On an estate. Got units down 1 side railway line down other. I park on railway side park close as can to where double yellow lines start. I’m not blocking an entrance is a longish road. 1st time there about 6 as was waking heard a car horn blasting away woman came over ranting raving . Your parked in my space that’s my space. I look round road is empty of cars she then goes can’t park.here anyway double yellows . I get out look say no it’s not im.before them.
Park there again about 3 weeks later. Wake up find she has parked direct opposite me .making it very tight for cars to pass. . Last time was there she did same again parked opposite. A wagon came down could fit through.i explained I have 15 mins left so we went to unit opposite and made her move causing an obstruction she wasn’t pleased. I go there now and there’s cones on the road.so I just park behind then have been tempted to move them though
Just pick the cones up, put them in trailer,and take them back to yard.
