Saving Parking Spots after Snow Storm - Page 6

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

It's just a sign of the times that people are so inconsiderate that they'd take a cleared spot that is obviously someone's spot just because they're too lazy to clean out their own.

I guess that is what the problem is. I live a few miles outside of the DC area. You couldn't pay me (or anyone I know to live in DC) or even Arlington, up that way.

I thought even in townhouses you have your own spot and no one is supposed to park in it? I don't know. I have my own driveway and park in the garage. I go in and out in the garage when the weather is bad.

My daughter is getting ready to move (she lives in Denver). She said she wasn't going to move until she found a place that had it's own garage. She waited and found one. She said she didn't want to have to try to park on the street and find a parking space after working 10 or more hours a day.

It's more money, but it's worth every penny. I told her I'd pay some of the rent for her so she doesn't have that worry.

People are so inconsiderate these days.

ANewHue · ‎11-21-2011

@JustJazzmom wrote:
Yesterday in our area, I went to leave my driveway and there was a car parked directly across the driveway across the street. Fortunately someone was inside texting and I knocked on the window and startled her! I said, there is an active driveway here, would you mind moving up a little
She then asked me if I was leaving right away!! Duh, of course I was!!
R
People need to be more aware of where they put their cars in suburbia too

@JustJazzmom. This reminded me of what happened to us a few years ago. DH shoveled the driveway so he could go to work and when I looked out early that afternoon. someone parked in our driveway. I called the cops and told them to tow it. Of course, the cops didn't come immediately because it was a non emergency. This when on for over 8-9 hours. Finally I called and said "look my Dh is on his way so I have a couple of the men in the neighborhood and we're just going to push it in the middle of the street." They came right down. called the towing company and all of a sudden this clown came running "please don't give me ticket". Turned out when they ran the tag he had all kinds of warrants out for him, so the car got towed and they took him away in handcuffs.

JustJazzmom · ‎03-09-2010

@ANewHue wrote:
@JustJazzmom wrote:
Yesterday in our area, I went to leave my driveway and there was a car parked directly across the driveway across the street. Fortunately someone was inside texting and I knocked on the window and startled her! I said, there is an active driveway here, would you mind moving up a little
She then asked me if I was leaving right away!! Duh, of course I was!!
R
People need to be more aware of where they put their cars in suburbia too
@JustJazzmom. This reminded me of what happened to us a few years ago. DH shoveled the driveway so he could go to work and when I looked out early that afternoon. someone parked in our driveway. I called the cops and told them to tow it. Of course, the cops didn't come immediately because it was a non emergency. This when on for over 8-9 hours. Finally I called and said "look my Dh is on his way so I have a couple of the men in the neighborhood and we're just going to push it in the middle of the street." They came right down. called the towing company and all of a sudden this clown came running "please don't give me ticket". Turned out when they ran the tag he had all kinds of warrants out for him, so the car got towed and they took him away in handcuffs.

I like that story!

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ANewHue · ‎11-21-2011

@JustJazzmom wrote:
@ANewHue wrote:
@JustJazzmom wrote:
Yesterday in our area, I went to leave my driveway and there was a car parked directly across the driveway across the street. Fortunately someone was inside texting and I knocked on the window and startled her! I said, there is an active driveway here, would you mind moving up a little
She then asked me if I was leaving right away!! Duh, of course I was!!
R
People need to be more aware of where they put their cars in suburbia too
@JustJazzmom. This reminded me of what happened to us a few years ago. DH shoveled the driveway so he could go to work and when I looked out early that afternoon. someone parked in our driveway. I called the cops and told them to tow it. Of course, the cops didn't come immediately because it was a non emergency. This when on for over 8-9 hours. Finally I called and said "look my Dh is on his way so I have a couple of the men in the neighborhood and we're just going to push it in the middle of the street." They came right down. called the towing company and all of a sudden this clown came running "please don't give me ticket". Turned out when they ran the tag he had all kinds of warrants out for him, so the car got towed and they took him away in handcuffs.
I like that story!

unfortunately It's not just when it snows. It stinks to live here!!!

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

@GCR18 wrote:
I haven't lived where I had to park on the street, but I can remember hearing about parking bans. No cars parked on the streets during a snow storm. This was in CT. I'm guessing it was just a local thing.

I wouldn't be happy if someone parked in the spot that I cleared, but I don't know how you would prevent it.

Where I live, there is a snow ban in effect for parking on the major streets when it snows. This is so that the plows can come and plow the snow on the streets.

If you don't pay attention to this and you do decide to park your car on the street, your car will get plowed in by the plow trucks. I have seen it happen. The cars that do this get submerged in snow.

The city also requests that people follow an odd and even numbered housing parking restriction for parking too when it comes to winter parking, so that the streets can also be plowed.

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

We don't have this problem here where we live in the country because we have a garage for one car and a driveway for the other car. But when I lived in the city people saved their spaces and in a day or 2 after a snow storm the city came around and confiscated everything people put in those spaces to save them. Do I think you should be able to save your space? No I don't. While I can understand being annoyed by others taking your space, (It happened to me when I lived in the city for years, that others took the space I shoveled back then), the streets are not owned by the people who live on the block. And I never put anything in my space to save it when I lived there.

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make~ The Beatles

debic · ‎09-02-2010

@JAXS Mom wrote:
I've never lived anywhere where we didn't have a driveway or an assigned parking space. I don't get it. The thread is talking about clearing a space on the street in front of your house. I've never seen a house that didn't have a drive way even when we lived on acerage in the boonies. After our blizzard last month our neighbor cleared the snow drift that was burying my car with his front loader and my husband moved the car to the street so he could finish the rest of the driveway. We didn't leave the car in the street though and I didn't care that someone parked in front of our house.

I have had neighbors in other places that would actually call me to tell me someone had parked in front of our house. Big freaking deal, it's a public street, I don't own it.

If you didn't have a driveway you might. In my friends case, no one on her side of the street has a driveway and on the other side everyone does. I did find that odd myself, but it's that way all through town.

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debic · ‎09-02-2010

@NUNYA wrote:
This person moved a chair and parked there. Yikes.

LOL, you'd probably get arrested for that, but it's pretty funny.

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*Off The Deep End~A very short trip for some!*

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

@GCR18 wrote:
I haven't lived where I had to park on the street, but I can remember hearing about parking bans. No cars parked on the streets during a snow storm. This was in CT. I'm guessing it was just a local thing.

I wouldn't be happy if someone parked in the spot that I cleared, but I don't know how you would prevent it.

That's just just a local thing. If there is a lot of snow, parking bans go into affect here too so the plows can get through to do their job.

Unfortunately, a lot of people ignore those parking bans and the only recourse of the city when they can't plow streets is to have the cars towed. But then someone has to pay for that towing. Most of the time, our city doesn't bother and just ends up not plowing or doing a poor job of plowing those streets. And then the people on those streets call and complain. LOL

Kalli · ‎03-11-2010

Several years ago we rented a building to a small company and included in the rental agreement was a certain number of parking spots for their customers.

College students rented a building across the road and constantly parked in that lot. They were told not to park there. One night we got almost a foot of snow. The business cleared out their vehicles so DH could plow when the snow stopped. When he showed up, what should've been an easy job became much more difficult because one of the students had left his car there. Fed up, DH plowed the car in. A few hours later we got freezing rain. I'm sure it took a lot of work to get that car out. It was never parked there again.