Yunki 😀
You never know... it might help 🙂
When I decided to park the caravan there (next to my house, not next to anyone else's) I thought carefully about whether or not it would inconvenience anyone, and I decided it was no worse than all the other vans and cars in the street.If anyone objects to caravans specifically then they should probably sit down and have a think about their irrational dislike of caravans.
This doesn't quite add up. If your caravan is parked so inconspicuously, and you don't really see the problem with caravans parked on typical UK front gardens, why so defensive?
I was defensive because you were offensive.
You assumed I'm a thoughtless git annoying my neighbours even though you have absolutely no knowledge of the situation.
If you are speaking out against thoughtless people then go ahead, I'll join you. However thoughlessness is not linked to being a caravan owner!
It is an explanation
First you say he has no empathy then you say he is defensive when he says he thought about others
Its almost as if you wish to just argue with him and call him names no matter what he says
YAWN
EDIT: I am so slow at posting erm what he said
I've just had a great idea.
I'm going to start selling caravans.
Park them on the street for maximum exposure.
Can nobody here please tell HMRC?
[i]you're[/i] a caravan
So he's guilty of a nuisance offence. Big deal. I suppose it's convenient that nobody has quoted Part 4 of the act:
[b]Repairing vehicles on a road[/b](1)A person who carries out restricted works on a motor vehicle on a road is guilty of an offence, subject as follows.
(2)For the purposes of this section “restricted works” means— .
(a)[b]works for the repair, maintenance, servicing, improvement or dismantling of a motor vehicle or of any part of or accessory to a motor vehicle; .
(b)works for the installation, replacement or renewal of any such part or accessory.[/b] .
(3)A person is not to be convicted of an offence under this section in relation to any works if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the works were not carried out— .
(a)in the course of, or for the purposes of, a business of carrying out restricted works; or .
(b)for gain or reward. .(4)Subsection (3) [b]does not apply where the carrying out of the works gave reasonable cause for annoyance to persons in the vicinity[/b].
(5)A person is also not to be convicted of an offence under this section in relation to any works if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the works carried out were works of repair which— .
(a)arose from an accident or breakdown in circumstances where repairs on the spot or elsewhere on the road were necessary; and .
(b)were carried out within 72 hours of the accident or breakdown or were within that period authorised to be carried out at a later time by the local authority for the area.
(6)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(7)In this section— .
“motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978;
“road” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“local authority” has the meaning given in section 9.
So, hands up who hasn't worked on their car in any way shape or form on the road (also, hands up who has owned a house with no off site garage or driveway).
And Cougar, I could have sworn it was the other way around what with the amount of "here's how to get out of paying parking fines" suggestions I've read on here.
okayyy....really wasn't difficult to touch a nerve on this one. Just comes across as denial. I'll leave it at that.
Oops, I'm guilty of working on my car on the road. I needed a flat place to work...
Oops, I'm guilty of working on my car on the road. I needed a flat place to work...
You monster.
I could have sworn it was the other way around what with the amount of "here's how to get out of paying parking fines" suggestions I've read on here.
Parking [i]charge.[/i]
Councils and the police (and TfL) are special cases, but private companies [i]cannot[/i] issue fines. I appreciate that this may appear to be linguistic pedantry, but it's an important distinction because the social / moral implications of "getting out of paying a fine" are very different from challenging an unfair invoice.
If your window cleaner stuck a letter through your door one day billing you for £200 (down to £100 if you pay within 7 days) because your windows were a bit dirtier than normal, would you go "well, it's my own fault for not removing that bit of bird poo last week" and cough up?
(And if so, yell if you need your windows cleaning and I'll be right round.)
So, hands up who hasn't worked on their car in any way shape or form on the road (also, hands up who has owned a house with no off site garage or driveway).
Did you forget sections 3A and B?
(3)A person is not to be convicted of an offence under this section in relation to any works if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the works were not carried out— .
(a)in the course of, or for the purposes of, a business of carrying out restricted works; or .
(b)for gain or reward. .
I suppose it's convenient that nobody has quoted Part 4 of the act:
I don't know about convenient. Irrelevant, maybe. Where's anyone said the neighbour is working on the car?
Ransos, read subsection 4
Ransos, read subsection 4
Working on a single car in the road is unlikely to cause reasonable annoyance.
I know we dont do nuance but surely it depends what you are doing
If you are respraying it then it will annoy others
If you are doing tons of welding and using power tools , a compressor and making lots of noise and dust then again it will
If you are just tinkering quietly then it wont.
Ransos....sounds good , ill bring my landy round to your street and not cause reasonable annoyance repairing it 🙂 - oh did i mention its just a chassis and axles atm....needs more welding , respraying and reassembly.
Tis ok , its only a single car though.
Ransos....sounds good , ill bring my landy round to your street and not cause reasonable annoyance repairing it - oh did i mention its just a chassis and axles atm....needs more welding , respraying and reassembly.
Are you having trouble with the meaning of "unlikely"?
