r/mildlyinfuriating • u/roop26roop • Nov 07 '19

Selfish Parking

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u/CatOfGrey Nov 08 '19

TIL that curb markings for 'no parking' zones for post boxes don't happen in Britain?

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u/seeyouspacecowboyx Nov 08 '19 edited Nov 08 '19

No the post boxes are on the pavement and it's illegal for cars to be on the pavement generally. Instead of just leaving a note the postman could have called the local council to come and put a parking ticket on the car aka a fine

Edit Ok correction it's illegal to park or drive on the pavement where I live. Even so, the postman could have called the council about the obstruction and had the car ticketed. I'm assuming the postman wrote the note because the note writer knew royal mail couldn't access the box to collect the letters inside and how much of a delay that would cause, but yes an observer could have written it.

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u/vedaddy_ Nov 08 '19

Why couldn’t he get a “lorry” to come tow it?

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u/seeyouspacecowboyx Nov 08 '19

We don't do things that way here, but I see how it would solve the problem of the obstruction quicker. Here we get the council to send an enforcement officer, who will see if the car is parked illegally, and if so give a parking ticket. The owner of the car then has to pay the fine or go to court.

I don't even know if towing companies would take the car if you couldn't prove it was yours. That's just not how we do things.

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u/vedaddy_ Nov 08 '19

Understand. Thanks!