MORAL DILEMMA-VOTE NOW

[BIGJIM72]

One of the locals insists on driving his car (not a 4x4) over a patch of communal grass to get to his front door. It has rained here pretty much on & off for the last 2 months.He has ploughed up the grass & ruined the turf for everyone else.

Today he has managed to strand himself,mid green.He has been there for the past hour & a half.
There are lots of folk helping with ropes & 4x4s but getting nowhere. The daft beggar tried to reverse out & has spun himself in deep.

I do actually have a load of floorboards outside that could be used to gain some traction & I don't think he's let his tyres down either.

He isn't an unkind or unpleasant person-but can be very inconsiderate very often

 

[mattyhall22]

If you have a webcam film him and put it up on here!

Leave him stranded and drop a note off asking him to repair the turf when he finally moves it. If it is stuck for a couple of days the council will come and take it away lol :thumb:

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[calumscott]

Leave him stranded and drop a note off asking him to repair the turf when he finally moves it.

Yup. Make sure he knows that he's been a **** and this is karma...

 

[Titus A Duxass]

Leave him stuck - just desserts.

 

[Tim_Crowhurst]

If it is stuck for a couple of days the council will come and take it away lol :thumb:

The borough/district/unitary council can only remove a car if it is either on the public highway (which includes footpaths and, usually, grass verges) or other council-owned land (schools, parks, etc.) for more than a week without being moved or, irrespective of location, immediately if it is a public safety risk - broken into, torched, dangerous location, etc.

BigJim doesn't say whether the communal grass is owned by the council or a landlord. Most landlords can remove the car without notice and explicitly bar him from driving over the grass by altering the tenancy agreement. Both could (and should IMO) bill him for the cost of repairing the damage - so get out that camera and start taking photos. Hopefully the inconvenience, embarrassment and cost will stop him doing it again :mrgreen:

 

[BIGJIM72]

Land is council owned

 

[HLA91]

Take a photo or video and put it up

 

[ryanshelton]

Definitely leave him be

 

[calumscott]

I've just checked back on the poll results... we're a heartless bunch aren't we? :rofl:

 

[BIGJIM72]

I've just checked back on the poll results... we're a heartless bunch aren't we? :rofl:

Not at all-just patient,like minded folk that like to see how things turn out without interference. Typical homebrewers really.

 

[PD]

I thought it was the universay spit or swallow conundrum from the thread title....

I'd watch and then send his reg details through to the council...My local playing field has the marks of various cars that do a shortcut across it to save perhaps going round a 50 yd corner.

 

[Eli_D]

Leave the selfish ******* where he is.

 

[kentmark]

I'd call the non-urgent police number for anti social behaviour.

And i dread to think about the people with 4x4s failing to help. Wonder how many have had training on the correct use of their car and recovery gear? A 4x4 isnt invincible (yes i own a 4x4 and a member of a 4x4 organisation if anyone wonders lol).

 

[caerleon]

Don't waste the Police's time for this...they have better things to do! It wasn't done deliberately so hardly criminal damage, he will have to make reperations to the council (provided they are informed).

If he has blocked the highway with his vehicle in this way then report it to the council - its thier land, responsibility etc.

 

[Welsh_Wizard]

The 101 service will summon a PCSO.

It technically is criminal damage IF it's not HIS property and his actions were deliberate OR reckless. Clue being reckless. You could easily prove the obvious would happen.

He could have a non endorsable ticket for criminal damage under £5000 or if my memory serves me right, there will also be some archaic law regarding footpaths & common land that one could report him for.

 

[BIGJIM72]

We don't need to involve the old bill here. The guy has made a bit of a mess & a prat of himself-punishment enough I reckon.

 

[TRXnMe]

Be nice.

Video him tonight, drink a few beers, enjoy the idiocy.

Tomorrow take the floor boards out, suggest he lets his tyres down, find someone who know knows what they are doing with a 4x4 (google Land Rover Zone ) and get him off the soggy grass before the Govt, local or otherwise, tax him for stupidity.

 

[BIGJIM72]

Well-he was stuck for around 2 hours in the end. He looked right sheepish when he finally got it shifted & walked to his front door.Towed it out with a transit in the end.

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

Wait until he is finally out then go out brandishing the said floorboards...in the meantime enjoy...

 

[dennisking]

Post a pack of grass seed through his letter box.