A DOG walker has told how a stranger left a nasty note on a paper napkin before deflating her tyre in a terrifying parking row.
The woman, who asked not to be named, parked near Baggeridge Country Park in Dudley, Staffordshire, at 10am on Christmas Eve.
She returned to her car to find “are you f****** thick?” scrawled in large capital letters on a Cafe Nero napkin.
Worse, her tyre had been let down.
And her wing mirror was pushed in.
She told Birmingham Live: “I was shocked to find the note left on my windscreen and worst still, to find my tyre let down.”
She feared the tyre could have “endangered her life” and “caused an accident”.
“This was also criminal damage,” she added. “I know other people park on Fir Street to use Baggeridge too.”
Fir Street is a residential road within walking distance from the park.
It is not known if the woman had parked in an obstructive way, but according to the Highway Code, all road users are technically entitled to park outside houses.
The Highway Code, paragraph 207, asks that people do not park their vehicle where it might cause an obstruction to other pedestrians or road users, and cites the example of not parking in front of another person’s driveway.
In essence, while there are certain rules and regulations under the Highway Code relating to parking on public highways, mostly it’s a matter of common decency and courtesy.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Moment driver who thoughtlessly parked £2MILLION Pagani supercar illegally on busy pavement gets instant karma” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6366005413112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]This comes after a couple who live in a van have discovered a way to avoid parking fines.
Ric and Keira discovered a “loophole in the system” when it comes to parking in supermarket car parks.
In a video on their YouTube channel, Touring With The Kids, the couple summarised the method and showed how seamless it has made their living.
Dad Ric described how frustrating it can be to try and use supermarket car parks as many typically have time restrictions.
[boxout headline=”Rules on residential street parking” intro=”There’s nothing more annoying then returning home to find someone parked across your driveway, and many peoples first instinct’s are to assume they’re breaking the law by doing so”]Rule 243 of the Highway Code explains where drivers can and cannot park.
This section of the code specifically advises drivers against stopping or parking in front of an entrance to a property.
Blocking a driveway would break this rule.
Sadly, the 243 rule against blocking someone’s drive is advisory and therefore the act itself is not illegal.
But by downloading and quickly signing up to a popular app, the pair have managed to find the perfect “hack” to help find places to stay overnight.
The app, YourParkingSpace, lets you book time across many public car parks, including supermarkets.
It has over a million downloads from the Google Play Store and a rating of 4.2 from over 7000 reviews.
It has been a game changer for the family as they can now avoid fines and time restrictions for “next to nothing”.
For their overnight stay in the video, the couple said it cost them just £2.50 to stay in the car park.
YourParkingSpace allows booking at more than 700,000 spots across the UK, including supermarkets such as Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Tesco.
It works similarly to other parking apps like JustPark, with YourParkingSpace also allowing bookings on private driveways.