A PENSIONER claims she has become TRAPPED in her own home by drivers because of a parking space painted outside her door.
Carol Tabere, 75, says cars would constantly park in the space right next to her gate and hedge, blocking her inside her property with no way to leave.
2
2
The Manchester woman said this meant she couldn’t get out to walk her dog or go to the shops, unless she tried to squish between the car and her hedge.
The council has now painted over the parking space with double yellow lines, and while Carol hopes it will make a difference she still has concerns.
She said: “People didn’t think they were doing anything wrong because it was a parking bay.
“I have had to tell people they are blocking my path, and one man even swore at me when I asked him to move and called me an ‘old b***’.
“There were days I would try to go out with my dog, and would have to shuffle past the cars and drag him along past the hedge.”
Carol complained to Manchester City Council as the bay had been introduced in recent years, alongside others in the area, as part of a scheme.
The 75-year-old, who suffers from angina and narcolepsy, said she was sick of being trapped, and people “walloping their doors into my hedge”.
She said: “I wasn’t being pedantic and complaining for the sake of it.
“I don’t have a pavement outside my house, so when cars were parked there there was no way I could get out. I was trapped.
“I told them [the council] to send someone out to take a look.”
She said there was a point where every time she opened her door, a car would be parked across her gate.
Carol added: “I would say ‘oh no, not again’.
“I was constantly going out and putting notes on people’s cars asking them not to park there.
“I know it was a lined bay, but common sense would tell you it’s right outside someone’s gate.
“My son had said that if paramedics needed to get in the house, they
wouldn’t be able to, or if the house was to set on fire, I would’ve
been trapped.”
Carol, who has lived in her home for 31 years, is pleased the council has now painted the double lines, but is still worried about cars parking against her hedge.
She added: “It’s been a nightmare, but when they removed the space I was delighted, because I could finally get out of my house.”
A council spokesperson said: “Earlier this year the Council informed residents in the vicinity of the new Resident Parking Zone that its rollout was being paused following feedback from the community.
“In the case of this resident, remedial works were carried out to
implement double yellow lines in front of their property to prevent
future parking.”
For all the latest Automobiles News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
