Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: sambo on February 19, 2006, 12:47:54 PM
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ok so theres a car parked (not entirely) across our driveway which has a dropped curb. together with this car partialyl obstructing the driveway and another one parked very close id say it was impossible to get a car out or in the driveway at all.
ow i know its actually an illegal offense doing this and i really wanna phone the police but know that they probly wont do anything.
anyone got any advice on what i should do?
it happens ALL the time cause of some tmeple thingy over the road from us, my dad has asked them to stop several times but it still happens.
im tempted to whip out my BB gun and give them a scare but recently decided against that :P
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Well a complaint to the Police is probably more prudent than the use of a bb gun !
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haha yer your probably right there... when i said "i decided against it" before was actuallly a lie- the batteries were dead thats the only reason why i didnt go through with it- haha!
but has this ever happened to anyone? or do they know what our rights are exactly? i know some people on here know a lot about laws and rights and stuff cause theyve replied in detail for peoples questions about stuff like unfair dismissal...
anyone?
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If it is stopping a car getting in/out I'm sure you must be able to do something? I don't know what though!
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thats what i was thinking! im just not sure what im allowed or supposed to do...
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You can get the police to attend if it is causing an obstruction. Whether they will attend and whether they will do anything is a different matter. I am afraid that I have totally lost faith in the police. I did have this problem many years ago with guests at a neighbours party blocking the driveway of my home and in spite of polite requests to move no action. A bunch of my mates came around and we bounced the car out of the way leaving it blocking the road. I don't know what happened after that - I never had the problem again.
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Sometimes a sign near the driveway will help:
No Parking in Driveway
Cars Will Be Towed At Owner's Expense
It's more bark than bite, but you never know.
Who did your dad complain to? Did he talk to the head honcho of the temple thing? If he didn't then that's what I'd be doing, rather than asking people individually. He should ask to get them to make an announcement in one of their meetings that parking in front of your driveway is naughty.
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yer beatle i agree with you mate.
and searcher my dad complains to the individual people as well as talking with the head guy once or twice and the owners/managers have said they told people not to park there but no one listens...
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if a traffic warden walks past, he WILL ticket the car.
in town near me theres a residential area where people park, i've seen cars parked slightly over the dropped curb so they are blocking a drive.. all with tickets on. (and those that are slightly over part of a yellow line havent been ticketed..)
its an obstruction.. like if you park on the pavement, or half on half off it.
maybe phone your local police station\traffic dept up direct and advise them, take a couple of photos on the car on your mobile or something as proof.. (note the reg of the car and how many times it happens a week!) depending on where you live i'm sure there will be someone official on hand to note the reg down and tell the driver off if nothing else :)
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cool cheers chrisola. :D
as for a traffic warden walking past though, theres about as much chance as Hendrix turning up and giving me a personal performance of Purple Haze...
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Sam
my folks used to have problems with people blocking/partially blocking the forecourt of the garage bussiness. A call to the Police got a reg. traffic warden visit. Traffis wardens produce revenue ya know ;) Not as difficult to attain as ya might think (although this was years ago).
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okie dokes next time i see it happening im definately calling someone...
probably police station gong on all you guys' advice...
thanks for all the info everyone...
p.s nick i think ive seen like one traffic warden in my whole life!
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A friend of mine used to have people parking on his drive when they dropped their kids off at school. Blocking them in and refusing to move the car did the trick.
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do it the old-fashioned way - the first time they obstruct you, let one of their tyres down. the second time, let two tyres down. generally after that they see a pattern. (although i couldn't condone taking the law into your own hands in such a manner as this...)
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oooooooo i like that idea...!
just to add to that- ill let the tyres down then run upstairs and ready my BB gun- then when they come along and start protesting about how someones wrecked their car... ill shout some threatening abuse and rudely instruct them to go and reproduce somewhere or else ill shoot them...
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BB guns and tire deflation may NOT be the smartest idea.
I am thinking as this kinda problem really gets my juices going :)
Parking ILLEGALLY however I do believe insurance will not cover any damage to vehicle, hmmmm. All suposition though,hmmm.
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now that IS interesting.... :twisted: void insurance for parking illegally...hehehehehe :twisted:
and even if that wasnt true i could always threaten them by pretending that it was... hahaha :twisted:
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I meant, if any damage was done but the car was/is illegaly parked I would have thought (insurance agencies being what they are) it may not be covered.
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yer i thought that was more or less what you were saying... might try and find out if that is actually true.... that would be a very valuable piece of information to know for the future....
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Sadly not true- you can park your car as stupidly as you want- it will not invalidate insurance.
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ahhhh that puts an end to that fantasy...
the wisdom of some of the members of this forum astounds me... sometimes i dont know what id do without this place! :D
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Pouring cooking oil on windscreens can piss off people- it is a bit of a bugger to get off though obviously you don't want to cause the driver to hit some poor innocent. I am getting vindictive lately.
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haha! have you actually ever done that- poured cooking oil on someones windscreen?
p.s hoble if your still own clear your darn inbox!
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"by accident" , erm yes I have.
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LOL :lol: next time i might have to just pour some of it on.... accidently on purpose of course...
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ive used the method big steve suggested in the past. we asked this guy to move his car off our driveway, but he kept doing it, so each time he parks ther i let a tire or two down, or even park one of our cars in the way of his cos he actually parked on the drive,not just infront.so then he's stuck there. ha ha ha :twisted:
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niiiice... im getting a craving for anarchy now... :twisted:
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Superglue in the locks is another good one :twisted: - although this may have the opposite effect of what you want as they won't be abe to get in the car to move it! :roll:
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Lets not even get into accidently spilling brake fluid on the paint then LOL
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hahaha!!! ahhh i really do feel the need to damage something severely...
heres my list of destruction i need to inflcit to it: (if its a car anyway)
1.) let the tyres down
2.) pour cooking oil on the windscreen
3.) superglue the locks
4.) then pour brake fluid all over it!!!
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
oh and THEN i ready my BB gun and wait for the owner to arrive...
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and then you go to gaol :shock:
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Vaseline liberally applied to the drivers door handle cavity can be quite effective. and doesn't cause any damage (so no liability for criminal damage see). The driver goes to open his door and gets a handful of warm goo for his troubles. Unsuspected, not entirely pleasant, but no illegal-per-se.
I can't think of anymore legal solutions right now but I'm in the law library tomorrow so I shall check.
*Rahnooo*
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nice one rahnoo! thats a crafty one.... :twisted:
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One very old thing to do was to put table tennis balls into the petrol tank they used to rattle around causing great annoyance to the driver.
Alas that and tampons in the petrol tank are a thing of the past with the lockable filler caps and stuff.
Well one option is to get a local chav to call at your door on his quad, and to accidently clip the wing of the offending car.
A similar process is often carried out by bus drivers (and white van drivers) who find their routes blocked.
If they are blocking the pavement (sidewalk to you folks in the colonys), cars can often get scr@ped by those who are wheeling prams (or bicycles).
If you have access to a dog they sometimes like to use large stationary objects as toilets.
I of course am not suggesting that these things have happened in the past and may happen again.
Rob...
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LOL!
great stuff rob...
especially the
"if you have access to a dog" bit! HAHA!
like the ping pong ball idea.... not so sure on the chav one though lol.
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if your willing to completely destroy his car, which i doubt you are, you could put saw dust in the petrol tank. i don't know if anyones metioned that before, i havnt read all the posts.
also if you were careful and accurate enough you could use paint stripper, when he comes back to his car, it won't look like his anymore. of course you would have to wash all the paint off the floor.
i wouldn't advise trying it though.haha.
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hahaha! maybe in extreme cases. its still good to know though :twisted:
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Don't suppose any of the windows are ever left open a crack?
I dead fish is always a nasty surprise as the smell is HELL to get rid of.
This is an old wedding trick. But then you put it at the heater intake in the engine bay (which means opening the bonnet or hood lol).
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Another one (though choosing words may be necessary dependant on the area). Most people do NOT check the rear of their cars much. So, a bumper sticker (homemade or not) saying somthing maybe homosexual or racist may cause some grief. Although I in no way condone this behaviour and if ever asked will "not recall" ever having mentioned it :twisted:
Of course this negates "instant gratification" but usually does the trick one way or another.
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What kind of temple? If it's the correct kind you could always print out a certain cartoon that's been in the news recently and leave it under their windscreen wiper. ;)
Muttley
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ooooooooooooo muttley!!! its a sikh one i think though.... :( not muslim...
haha nick the fish one would be cool but id have to buy the fish... and i dont want to spend money on someone im at war with lol.
the bumper sticker sounds cool though. that would be hilarious to watch people stare in horror at some rude comment hahahaha. definately gonna try that.
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This Car is Turban Powered- oh there I go descending to puns.
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hahaha!!!! im gonna do that beatle... i HAVE to do that...
oh yer and sorry to Ol or tim or whoever for having making the a section for 'off-topic off-topics'. its mainly my fault for being too outspoken- im ognna calm down now. *sorry*
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How about this for kinda close to known bumper sticker;
"My Other Rides a Camel" lol
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or maybe
" Wartallica- Sikh and Destroy"
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hahaha..... like the camel one... metallica link one seems a bit tenuous at best lol......
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Really gentlemen you are fast approaching the bounds of fantasy, AND below average puns. Of course out in the colonies we're not so polite and probably kick damn F*$K out of the thing and deny all knowledge whilst watching the fantaxalent video we made of the carnage. Don't forget your balaclavas and hob nailed boots.
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ahahahaha..... crazy aussies...!!!
damn, thinking about australia makes me think of the weather... its so cold here... i need some sun!!! its not fair you get all the heat down under...
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ahahahaha..... crazy aussies...!!!
damn, thinking about australia makes me think of the weather... its so cold here... i need some sun!!! its not fair you get all the heat down under...
Don't worry, it gets down to 3c regularly here at night. Still it has been HOT this year (up to 45c and plenty in the high 30's).
Come for a visit, I'll put a beer in the microwave for ya and we can go looking for illegally parked cars. :lol:
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hehehe :twisted: sounds good to me... :twisted:
but 45c--WOAH! thats hot...
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Sambo, I reckon the fastest way of gettong rid of drivers blocking up your driveway would be to talk to them in a polite and well-mannered way.
Of course you'd have to wear your chocolate bra and pizza-string to show them you mean business. If any coppers are called by horrified drivers just eat the evidence and ask for the nearest nudist colony.
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LOL! im sooo gonna do that.... swagger out into a street full of celebrating sikhs wearing nothing but a pizza-string and airing cupboard-warmed easter egg bra.... and kindly ask them to move their vehicle... then ask them if they think im pretty....
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LOL! im sooo gonna do that.... swagger out into a street full of celebrating sikhs wearing nothing but a pizza-string and airing cupboard-warmed easter egg bra.... and kindly ask them to move their vehicle... then ask them if they think im pretty....
this is the only post from this thread i've read, and tbh i'm SO glad i havent read the rest...
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ah yes... i can see how to the odd passer by that extract may seem a bit daunting...
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ah yes... i can see how to the odd passer by that extract may seem a bit daunting...
Actually it is scarily resembling my average saturday afternoon, but hey, I'm dutch
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hahahaha!!!! ahhh dear me :lol: tinus you have a good understanding of british humour lol.... slate yourself or your origin and we'll love you!
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ah yes... i can see how to the odd passer by that extract may seem a bit daunting...
Actually it is scarily resembling my average saturday afternoon, but hey, I'm dutch
LOL - i gotta spend more time in dutchville :D
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haha yer just remember to take the right clothes (i.e pizza string and wonkabra) to blend in otherwise you'll get attacked by the many windmills or evil poppys... or canal boats...... or clogs.....
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hahahaha!!!! ahhh dear me :lol: tinus you have a good understanding of british humour lol.... slate yourself or your origin and we'll love you!
Thx 8) The dutch aren't that strong in the humour department these days so I figured I'd borrow yours instead.
Off course our dress sense is second to none.
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haha yer dude... the dutch are so god damn cool... no worries about borrowing our humour... just make sure you give it back some day....
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ok so theres a car parked (not entirely) across our driveway which has a dropped curb. together with this car partialyl obstructing the driveway and another one parked very close id say it was impossible to get a car out or in the driveway at all.
ow i know its actually an illegal offense doing this and i really wanna phone the police but know that they probly wont do anything.
anyone got any advice on what i should do?
it happens ALL the time cause of some tmeple thingy over the road from us, my dad has asked them to stop several times but it still happens.
im tempted to whip out my BB gun and give them a scare but recently decided against that :P
Sambo - spend £3 on 2 rolls of gaffer tape and simply tape up the entire car by running round round it Basil Faulty style. lol
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Sambo - spend £3 on 2 rolls of gaffer tape and simply tape up the entire car by running round round it Basil Faulty style. lol
Even better Sambo could tape himself to the car with the gaffa tape.
But then while taped to the car he wouldn't be able to leave any messages here !
Hmmm, good or bad you decide :twisted:
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:evil: :x ...... dont make me make this into another poll rob....... ill do it..... i swear....
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:evil: :x ...... dont make me make this into another poll rob....... ill do it..... i swear....
Go on you know you want to.
rob...