All news on the topic: Bad Parking

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Residents divide opinion by taking 'sinister' revenge on cars parked in street
Angry residents on a street in Bristol decided to take matters into their own hands when they got so fed up of drivers parking on their road who don't live there - but others weren't happy
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Ban pavement parking right now, say thousands of Mirror readers
Most Mirror readers want to make it illegal to park on pavements, but some think such a bold move would actually cause more problems than it solves. What do you think?
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Should pavement parking be banned? Take our poll and have your say
Pavement parking is one of the biggest complaints from pedestrians, so isn't it high time it was banned? An official report seems to think so - but what do you think?
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'Entitled neighbour kept stealing my parking space - but I got the last laugh'
A student has told how he resorted to extraordinary measures to stop people parking in paid-for parking spaces, but most of his fellow social-media users thought he'd wasted his time
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Scaffolders get revenge on 'rude' motorist after he refused to move his car
A motorist's stubbornness parking in a bay used by scaffolders resulted in them playing a petty prank as they temporarily barricaded his car in out of revenge
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Mystery car owner delivers poison pen letter to all his neighbours
Wayne Whitehead and his wife Lorna Hallsworth-Whitehead, from Glossop, Derbyshire, were left appalled after they came home to find the "aggressive" letter had been slid through their letterbox
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'Extremely disrespectful' drivers slammed as 'cars parked over graves' in church
Drivers have been leaving their cars at St Mary de Crypt Church in Gloucester city centre as one councillor slammed the issue as 'disgraceful and 'disrespectful'
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'Muppet' leaves car on crossing as bad parking makes road an 'a***hole jamboree'
Neighbours living on a street in Oxford have hit out at motorists' terrible parking as an account on X - formerly Twitter - has been shaming those parked on the pavement
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Major UK city to ban cars from pavement parking with drivers risking £100 fine
Scotland will have its first ban on pavement parking put in place in 2024, as Edinburgh council decided to crackdown on what many see as ‘nuisance’ parking. Now, other Scottish councils may follow suit
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People gobsmacked as 'arrogant' driver leaves car in middle of empty car park
There's nothing quite like someone's bad driving to get people seeing red, but one person's extremely bad parking at a local gym sparked a particular outrage recently
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'I took petty revenge on neighbour who always blocks my driveway with his truck'
Steve Hofstetter was battling with his neighbour for months as he kept deliberately blocking him into his driveway. But after a while Steve snapped, and sought petty revenge…
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Woman stuck outside home for over an hour after student parks across driveway
Gail Roberts from Derby said she was unable to get inside for more than an hour as a result of the parking outside her home near to the city's university campus
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Neighbours at war over 'inconsiderate' note with locals divided on who's right
A parking row erupted in Derby after one woman left a "ridiculous" note on a man’s car, whom she accused of blocking her getting out of her drive - he then posted the message on social media
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Locals fed up of 'obnoxiously big cars' in village - and tell tourists stay away
The Lake District is world famous for its stunning views and gorgeous nature - but a less attractive feature of this beautiful landscape are the hordes of cars as people flock to enjoy the area
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Neighbour puts note on car parked in public road - but driver leaves curt reply
When a neighbour left a note taped to the window of a parked car, they didn't expect the driver to leave a blunt reply in return, speaking up in defence of their parking
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Beach parking row sees angler's car vandalised with 'embarrassing' message
An angler suffered the seaside fishing trip from hell as her car was graffitied with abuse and tires emptied of air. What began as a relaxing weekend away ended up with the police and the local council both weighing in...
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'Selfish parents keep parking over my drive to do school drop-off - it's hell'
A woman says she's become sick of selfish parents parking right in front of her driveway when dropping their kids off at the school at the end of her road, but doesn't know what she can do to stop them
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Mercedes driver stranded in sand after mistaking beach for 'free parking'
A dog walker snapped the Mercedes SUV stranded on Towan Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, after the hapless driver got stuck in deep wet sand and the picture has been widely shared online
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Locals baffled by double yellow lines that only go for 30cm in new road layout
Council workers painted the yellow lines amid work to create a new cycle path - appearing to notify drivers not to park vehicles smaller than 30cm on the designated spot
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'I got screamed at over my parking at train station - but I don't see an issue'
Train station car parks are notoriously stressful, especially when you have a train to catch, but one woman has divided opinions by sharing her parking ordeal leaving people screaming at her even though she was within the lines
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Council workmen resurface road around a parked car - leaving locals in stitches
Work got underway in Craighouse Gardens, Edinburgh, with prior notice from the council and cars towed if they were left on the street - but one parked car was spared
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Outraged shoppers teach driver a lesson after he parked car across two spaces
When a driver decided to park across two parking spaces in a busy shopping mall, the outraged shoppers decided to teach them a lesson they won't so easily forget
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BMW driver roasted for parking convertible on beach as it washes out with tide
The BMW M4 convertible was seen slowly drifting out to sea reclaimed by Mother Nature after being left on Trevaunance Beach in Cornwall, where it was rescued by local coastguard teams
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Driver gets stuck between two homes and blocks street sparking fury from locals
Baffled residents have described the owner of a badly parked Kia Xceed as a 'numpty' after it was left lodged between two homes in a popular UK tourist town, completely blocking the road
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'A rude driver blocked my car in - but my costly revenge made him regret it'
One car owner's inventive revenge after a bad driver blocked their vehicle in a car park at a beauty spot has been dubbed a brilliant example of 'karma' or 'car-ma'