Can the next-door neighbour extend a dropped kerb across our property?
Our reader’s neighbour wants to extend a dropped kerb. Their proposal is for the new lower kerb to go in front of the next door house’s garden. The neighbour wouldn’t…
Tag: parking
Is it legal for a driving instructor to teach reverse parking across a drive?
Our reader has a local driving instructor who teaches reverse parking across a drive parallel to the kerb in front of their house. They claim this is inconvenient because sometimes…
I was hit by a car crossing a give way sign in a multi-storey car park. They claim they’re not liable. Are they?
Our reader was exiting a multi-storey. To do so he had to drive up a slope and turn right. When he got to the top of the slope, a car…
Is parking across a driveway illegal? How can I stop it?
Parking across a driveway is one of those irritations associated with the congested streets many of us live in. Here we look at whether it’s legal or not and what,…
My mother is finding movement difficult. How can I get a blue badge for my car?
Your local council issues blue badges to make parking easier for people with disabilities. They are designed to enable people who finding getting around difficult to access shops and local…
Is getting a dropped kerb easy? I want to turn my front garden into off-street parking
For many of us ‑ particularly city dwellers ‑ off-street parking is the Holy Grail. But to turn the area in front of your property into a car park you…
I used a pay by phone parking app and noticed extra charges. Can they do this?
We’re currently in something of a no-man’s land between using smartphone apps to pay for parking and old-school feeding the meter with coins or cards. The result is that the…