Get dustbin man to retrieve keys, open car, push it clear lock up.

A very real problem arrived today for a friend in our little close shaped like a T ...

Friends car parked legally and cars parked on the footpath (where they should not be parked) and his car parked opposite. Bin Lorry cannot get down the road, so knocking on peoples doors to get them to move cars. Friend refused as had a few drinks for lunch.

"You won't get your bins emptied "

" I've been drinking can't drive..."

I agree he was totally right to not move it. no one else insured to drive it.

Who parked first, causing the problem, your friend or the illegal pavement parkers?

I'd guess they were the last to park, if you ( or bin truck driver) can contact a traffic warden who can be bothered to attend they could be taught common sense and manners.

Edited by galileo on 07/06/2024 at 15:29

I agree he was totally right to not move it. no one else insured to drive it.

IMHO rather a silly story. There may be two reasons not to move the car - [a] I am too incapable to do it, [b] I can't be bothered to. If the former, maybe a wise decision ; if the latter, rather antisocial regarding everyone else's bins being emptied. I wouldn't have thought the task of moving a familiar vehicle (a few?) yards at a slow speed was a major deterrent in those circs. But that is only the opinion of a moderate drinker.

move the bin instead. just walk them up the road a bit

Friends car parked legally and cars parked on the footpath (where they should not be parked) and his car parked opposite. Bin Lorry cannot get down the road, so knocking on peoples doors to get them to move cars. Friend refused as had a few drinks for lunch.

"You won't get your bins emptied "

" I've been drinking can't drive..."

I agree he was totally right to not move it. no one else insured to drive it.

If the bin lorry can't fit down the street, then neither can a Fire Engine!! Don't need to spell out the consequences.

If the binmen complain that this is a common problem in your street, then the council are liable to paint double yellow lines everywhere (or make it a residents parking zone and charge residents for permits).

A very real problem arrived today for a friend in our little close shaped like a T ...

Friends car parked legally and cars parked on the footpath (where they should not be parked) and his car parked opposite. Bin Lorry cannot get down the road, so knocking on peoples doors to get them to move cars. Friend refused as had a few drinks for lunch.

"You won't get your bins emptied "

" I've been drinking can't drive..."

I agree he was totally right to not move it. no one else insured to drive it.

Forgive me for asking, but exactly how long is this 'close'? The 20yo housing development where I live has always had bad pinch points due to its design, but there's nothing to stop the bin men (and one bin lady - who is mostly better at her job [food waste collection] that her male colleagues because she does what she's supposed to do) jogging a bit further down the road and wheeling the bins back to the area where the lorry can get to.

It would probably take them an extra 30 seconds per two bins (normally how much one bin man can pull). Even better if residents helped by wheeling the bins down near to the lorry and bringing them back in after emptying.

That's assuming the bin crews aren't militant and compromise with residents in such a situation. We often have similar problems with delivery vans blocking the road - including those from postie who has likely toodled off down the other end of the development on his round (no little trolleys any more for them). The bin lorry driver often just drives over the (our, not the council's) grass, and on two occasions destroyed road name signs (£500 each to refit at out expense).

Ta-da!