about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space. i don't condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

Duh!! wrote:

about time wrote: what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space. i don't condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

It quite clearly states in the report she pulled over to make a phone call. She never parked up and left the car you idiot!! She was sensible to stop driving and use her phone unlike many others!!!

Artful Dodger wrote:
What a Hero! I bet he is the sort of old git that is always on about the youth of today having no respect for their elders, moans about hoodies and tells one and all about how perfect he and his mates, if he had any, were when they were kids. If found guilty, I hope that he will be the guest of Her Majesty for a period of time.

about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space.
i don't condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space. i don't condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

jonno wrote:
More than likey the guy will not be charge,Because she had broke the law her-self,And he do have the right to remove her from his driveway using force. But its still very bad behaviour

pikey wrote:
She has a cheek to park in someone,s drive. She should be charged with trespass. More power to the occupant of the house defending his property. Then she has further cheek to call the police. I,d like to meet her and tell the **** her fortune. Most of the comments from the other people are absolute rubbish and whats more theyre talking out of their rears!

jonno wrote:
She broke the trespass laws and also broke a highway law.Your not even allowed to block your own driveway,let along block or drive on some else driveway.so there fore she has broke the law

jonno wrote:
She broke the trespass laws and also broke a highway law.Your not even allowed to block your own driveway,let along block or drive on some else driveway.so there fore she has broke the law

George wrote:

about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space.
i don\'t condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

Sorry, but that\'s exactly what\'s wrong with the world today. Everyone\'s concerned about their own rights, and space, and what\'s \"mine mine mine\" and don\'t take a moment to think \"is this person actually inconveniencing me?\". If he wanted to get out of his drive, or his wife or somebody wanted to get in, then he\'d have cause for complaint, but if not, then what harm was she doing?

Get it Right wrote:

George wrote:

about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space.
i don\'t condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

Sorry, but that\'s exactly what\'s wrong with the world today. Everyone\'s concerned about their own rights, and space, and what\'s \"mine mine mine\" and don\'t take a moment to think \"is this person actually inconveniencing me?\". If he wanted to get out of his drive, or his wife or somebody wanted to get in, then he\'d have cause for complaint, but if not, then what harm was she doing?

Where are the "facts"? I dont see any "facts". All I see is opinion, conjecture, supposition and hot air. But no "facts".

George wrote:

jonno wrote:
She broke the trespass laws and also broke a highway law.Your not even allowed to block your own driveway,let along block or drive on some else driveway.so there fore she has broke the law

You\'re not allowed to use your own driveway? Since when? She wasn\'t blocking the entrance, she was actually on the driveway, which isn\'t the same thing, so the traffic law doesn\'t apply. As for trespass, well, since the trespass wasn\'t aggravated in any way, she merely parked there, that\'s a simple tort, rather than the \"crime\" of trespass - no police involvement. He failed to use reasonable force to move her from his property, ergo he was in the wrong.

jonno wrote:

George wrote:

jonno wrote:
She broke the trespass laws and also broke a highway law.Your not even allowed to block your own driveway,let along block or drive on some else driveway.so there fore she has broke the law

You\'re not allowed to use your own driveway? Since when? She wasn\'t blocking the entrance, she was actually on the driveway, which isn\'t the same thing, so the traffic law doesn\'t apply. As for trespass, well, since the trespass wasn\'t aggravated in any way, she merely parked there, that\'s a simple tort, rather than the \"crime\" of trespass - no police involvement. He failed to use reasonable force to move her from his property, ergo he was in the wrong.

Read the law.You are allowed to use your drive way but you not allowed to block it.(blocking it means blocking the entrance).The law no longer says reasonable force,It now says you can use force.The woman has broke the law,The guy has't.It is an offence to drive on some one drive way with out permission,Your not even allowed to use some driveway to turn round.What she should of done was pull up in between drive ways giving 1 meter clearance of any driveway entrance.

George wrote:

Get it Right wrote:

George wrote:

about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space.
i don\\\'t condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

Sorry, but that\\\'s exactly what\\\'s wrong with the world today. Everyone\\\'s concerned about their own rights, and space, and what\\\'s \\\"mine mine mine\\\" and don\\\'t take a moment to think \\\"is this person actually inconveniencing me?\\\". If he wanted to get out of his drive, or his wife or somebody wanted to get in, then he\\\'d have cause for complaint, but if not, then what harm was she doing?

Where are the \"facts\"? I dont see any \"facts\". All I see is opinion, conjecture, supposition and hot air. But no \"facts\".

Well, there\'s no point ever commenting on any story, then, is there? Unless you\'re present at a reported incident, you can never be sure what\'s reported is right. But really, I\'m pointing out that, in general, people today are too quick to be defensive about what are actually quite trivial things. I caught myself doing it last year, when a neighbour blocked my drive and I instantly got angry about it, \"what right does she have to do that?\". Then I thought \"well, I don\'t need to get out right now, and she\'s only unloading her shopping. Where\'s the harm?\" and left it. She got her shopping unloaded, and I saved myself the hassle of being p!ssed off. Everyone\'s a winner

about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space. i don't condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

Get it Right wrote:

George wrote:

Get it Right wrote:

George wrote:

about time wrote:
what an inconsiderate woman,have any of you got any idea how irritating it is to have your drive blocked by someone who thinks they are to special to park in a correct space.
i don\\\'t condone it but next time i bet she is more careful where she parks

Sorry, but that\\\'s exactly what\\\'s wrong with the world today. Everyone\\\'s concerned about their own rights, and space, and what\\\'s \\\"mine mine mine\\\" and don\\\'t take a moment to think \\\"is this person actually inconveniencing me?\\\". If he wanted to get out of his drive, or his wife or somebody wanted to get in, then he\\\'d have cause for complaint, but if not, then what harm was she doing?

Where are the \"facts\"? I dont see any \"facts\". All I see is opinion, conjecture, supposition and hot air. But no \"facts\".

Well, there\'s no point ever commenting on any story, then, is there? Unless you\'re present at a reported incident, you can never be sure what\'s reported is right. But really, I\'m pointing out that, in general, people today are too quick to be defensive about what are actually quite trivial things. I caught myself doing it last year, when a neighbour blocked my drive and I instantly got angry about it, \"what right does she have to do that?\". Then I thought \"well, I don\'t need to get out right now, and she\'s only unloading her shopping. Where\'s the harm?\" and left it. She got her shopping unloaded, and I saved myself the hassle of being p!ssed off. Everyone\'s a winner

But you bang on all the time about posters talking from "facts". You do the same exact thing as people you constatly rubbish, forget the "facts" that is hypocritical in my book. Little personal anecdotes are cute. But they are not "facts" so are not relevant to any proper discussion or debate. You talk a lot but if you analysis what you actually say most of it is wind. you are so full of yourself you ignore the "facts". Get it right!

jonno wrote:
It got changed not long after that farmer shot a guy that broke into his house.And the law say you may use force,It don't say excessive force.And you can only use force if it happen on your land.

jonno wrote:
Well that case got the ball rolling,To have the law changed.

jonno wrote:
I think he did to,but??
With me I would of just tap on the window after 5 mins,And pointed my thumb in a hop-it fashion.

Also to everybody saying its not annoying to have your driveway blocked, my house is on a s bend corner and everytime i want to get a car out the drive i have to go door knocking for 15 minuets to find whose parked across my drive this time.

Admitedly there have been times when its fun (say when i've had to leave the house at 5:30 in the morning)

George wrote:

Also to everybody saying its not annoying to have your driveway blocked, my house is on a s bend corner and everytime i want to get a car out the drive i have to go door knocking for 15 minuets to find whose parked across my drive this time.

That is annoying, yeh. But someone just sat there for a minute or so, when you're not going anywhere anyway? Where's the harm?

Admitedly there have been times when its fun (say when i've had to leave the house at 5:30 in the morning)

Heh heh, they can't exactly get annoyed with you either, can they?

Marchwood Resident wrote:
Whilst I don’t condone the alleged actions of the 63 year old man at all, it’s clear to see how this incident could have been completely avoided if the woman had used a little common-sense in the first place! “pulled off a busy main road”: Hmm – Main Road in Marchwood can hardly be described as busy, and as for stopping in someone’s driveway, seems to me that although she managed to find one of the few driveways along that road to stop in, she also successfully managed to completely miss FOUR car-parks along that road: (1) Lloyds Recreation Ground (2) Outside the Newsagents & Hairdressers (3) Beside the White Horse pub (4) In front of the Doctors and Dental surgeries. And what about the TWO car-parks in the village centre?! I appreciate she may have been lost, but there are sign-posts clearly showing the direction of the village centre, and surely it would be more logical to find somewhere appropriate to park, be it to make a phone-call, or even get out of the car and ask someone for assistance. And how the heck she managed to land up in Marchwood on her way to Godshill, is beyond me. Unless you are actually intending to go to Marchwood, you’re more than likely to bypass it altogether than end up in the middle of it.

Marchwood Resident wrote:
Whilst I don’t condone the alleged actions of the 63 year old man at all, it’s clear to see how this incident could have been completely avoided if the woman had used a little common-sense in the first place! “pulled off a busy main road”: Hmm – Main Road in Marchwood can hardly be described as busy, and as for stopping in someone’s driveway, seems to me that although she managed to find one of the few driveways along that road to stop in, she also successfully managed to completely miss FOUR car-parks along that road: (1) Lloyds Recreation Ground (2) Outside the Newsagents & Hairdressers (3) Beside the White Horse pub (4) In front of the Doctors and Dental surgeries. And what about the TWO car-parks in the village centre?! I appreciate she may have been lost, but there are sign-posts clearly showing the direction of the village centre, and surely it would be more logical to find somewhere appropriate to park, be it to make a phone-call, or even get out of the car and ask someone for assistance. And how the heck she managed to land up in Marchwood on her way to Godshill, is beyond me. Unless you are actually intending to go to Marchwood, you’re more than likely to bypass it altogether than end up in the middle of it.

Nobjockey wrote:

Marchwood Resident wrote: Whilst I don’t condone the alleged actions of the 63 year old man at all, it’s clear to see how this incident could have been completely avoided if the woman had used a little common-sense in the first place! “pulled off a busy main road”: Hmm – Main Road in Marchwood can hardly be described as busy, and as for stopping in someone’s driveway, seems to me that although she managed to find one of the few driveways along that road to stop in, she also successfully managed to completely miss FOUR car-parks along that road: (1) Lloyds Recreation Ground (2) Outside the Newsagents & Hairdressers (3) Beside the White Horse pub (4) In front of the Doctors and Dental surgeries. And what about the TWO car-parks in the village centre?! I appreciate she may have been lost, but there are sign-posts clearly showing the direction of the village centre, and surely it would be more logical to find somewhere appropriate to park, be it to make a phone-call, or even get out of the car and ask someone for assistance. And how the heck she managed to land up in Marchwood on her way to Godshill, is beyond me. Unless you are actually intending to go to Marchwood, you’re more than likely to bypass it altogether than end up in the middle of it.

Very contradictory argument. She was lost. She doesn't know the area like you do. You know where the car parks are, she doesn't. You don't know whereabouts she actually was parked, so don't know whether the village centre or car park sign-posts were visible. She was lost and probably stressed. The last thing she was probably inclined to do, was wander off her current course. By stopping, she could more easily explain what route she had taken and easily back-track if necessary. "how the heck she managed to land up in Marchwood on her way to Godshill, is beyond me" For the last time, she was lost .

Nobjockey wrote:

Marchwood Resident wrote: Whilst I don’t condone the alleged actions of the 63 year old man at all, it’s clear to see how this incident could have been completely avoided if the woman had used a little common-sense in the first place! “pulled off a busy main road”: Hmm – Main Road in Marchwood can hardly be described as busy, and as for stopping in someone’s driveway, seems to me that although she managed to find one of the few driveways along that road to stop in, she also successfully managed to completely miss FOUR car-parks along that road: (1) Lloyds Recreation Ground (2) Outside the Newsagents & Hairdressers (3) Beside the White Horse pub (4) In front of the Doctors and Dental surgeries. And what about the TWO car-parks in the village centre?! I appreciate she may have been lost, but there are sign-posts clearly showing the direction of the village centre, and surely it would be more logical to find somewhere appropriate to park, be it to make a phone-call, or even get out of the car and ask someone for assistance. And how the heck she managed to land up in Marchwood on her way to Godshill, is beyond me. Unless you are actually intending to go to Marchwood, you’re more than likely to bypass it altogether than end up in the middle of it.

Very contradictory argument. She was lost. She doesn't know the area like you do. You know where the car parks are, she doesn't. You don't know whereabouts she actually was parked, so don't know whether the village centre or car park sign-posts were visible. She was lost and probably stressed. The last thing she was probably inclined to do, was wander off her current course. By stopping, she could more easily explain what route she had taken and easily back-track if necessary. "how the heck she managed to land up in Marchwood on her way to Godshill, is beyond me" For the last time, she was lost .