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KALMS and parking in
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J. has comments about "KALMS" ..... and parking in The Street |
Whilst I applaud the sentiment motivating your KALMS project, I
believe that one needs to go beyond rhetoric and aspirational
comments in order to address such an issue; we are, after all,
talking about people breaking the law ... whether that is
speeding or parking on double yellow lines. The latter for me
is more of a personal issue: several times when turning into
The Street for access, I have needed to reverse back into Mill
Lane because people parking on the double yellow lines outside
the Mill Stores prevents me from pulling into the side in order
to give way to vehicles travelling west ... and this with the
explicit collusion of the proprietor, who stands outside of his
premises without making any comment to the illegally parked
driver. On at least three occasions, my grand-daughter has
been in the back seat.
It is an offence to park on double yellow lines.
In this instance, it is downright dangerous when given the speed
that some drivers travel at and the 'blind spots' on Mill Road
in this vicinity.
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G. replies on 19/09/07 Dear Andy, I agree
wholeheartedly with your writer 'J'. The parking issue around
Milldene Stores needs to be address as it is becoming more and
more of nuisance. My main concern is children coming from the
shop and darting out between the illegally parked cars.
As was suggested a few weeks ago, taking the double yellow lines
away in Mill Road opposite the Milldene Stores is NOT the answer
and would, if it had been allowed, created evermore problems and
possible accidents.
As commented in 'J's' letter the proprietor of Milldene Stores, needs
to remind customers that they are parking illegally if they have
left their cars on the double yellow lines.
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A replies on 30/09/07 I was under the impression that
the general concept of the Community Association is to promote
good relations within our community and, whilst we may all have
issues from time to time with things that are happening in our
community, I really don't feel that comments such as these of a
personal nature are conducive to our stated aim. I'm sure we
would all listen and consider the issues if they are presented
in another way and I would suggest that, because of the above
reasons, these comments should be removed from
the site and re-presented by the contributors in a way more in
keeping with our aim!
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Chairperson andy replies on 01/10/07 "KALMS" seems
literally to have had the opposite effect! I recognise that both
J. and G. have strong views about the matter of parking cars
around the Milldene Stores and The Street. I do feel it
needs to be made clear of course that the proprietors of
Milldene, Ali and Morgan have no responsibility for "policing"
what seems to be illegal parking. This is one of those issues
like cyclists on the pavement, drivers using mobile phones etc
that tends to polarise views.
I am responsible for the web pages and take that
responsibility seriously and, with hindsight, a personal comment
made by J. and G. about the proprietor of Milldene Stores was not
relevant to the argument and probably should not have been
placed here - that part of the comment has now been removed.
A. seems to be attempting to strike the middle ground here
seeking to focus on the aims of the NLCA - which it probably a
good way to handle a contentious and difficult issue.
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B replies on 01/10/07
I think most of us accept that parking around
Milldene Stores is a problem. This is no different from most
places - the fact is that we have too many cars in this country
for too small an area. In our case, there is only a small space
for local residents' parking and their visitors, and for those
who want to visit the shop or Post Office. Although 'G' says
that removing the double yellow lines opposite would not be the
answer, the other side of the discussion is that it could help.
If we removed them, there would be extra places for people
visiting the shop to park and more parking for residents, so
there would not be so much need to park on the corner, and the
effect of cars parked there would be to reduce the speed of the
traffic passing through, which could increase safety (this is,
as I understand it, the view of the experts at West Sussex
Highways, not mine). I accept that crossing the road to reach
the shop could create a potential hazard, but not if we adopt
the green cross code (remember that? It's all about knowing how
to cross a road).
I feel sure that if we all put our minds to it we could work
together to make this issues less of a problem than it seems to
be now. KALMS is all about safety and consideration. If we can
successfully promote these two things (i.e. 'please park safely
and considerately') then it will be better for all of us. I
would much prefer to do it this way than risk not having a shop
at all.
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M replies on 18/10/07
Yes I remember the green cross code and I even
remember the tufty club - although whoever thought a squirrel
was a suitable animal to promote road safety must have been nuts
- after all, squirrels do not have a particularly good record
for safety when crossing the road - at least, not if the amount
of squashed squirrels one sees is anything to go by!
I also have problems when driving down Mill
Road if someone has parked on the yellow lines outside the shop,
as this automatically means that I have to drive on the wrong
side of the road to pass them, and on a blind corner this can be
somewhat hazardous. I am fairly tolerant if the driver is
elderly or infirm and there are no adjacent spaces available,
but often it is a younger person who has parked there, even when
a space may be available just a few yards away.
I think it is unrealistic to expect the owner
of the stores to act as policeman and enforce the parking laws,
after all, these are his customers and I am sure he would not
want to offend them. However, if the offender is about to get
into their car as I am passing I often slow down and prevent
them from opening their door for a while in an attempt to
embarrass them and - should I be one day confronted by a car
coming up the hill and have to take avoiding action - you can
be damned sure that it is the parked car that I will hit and not
the innocent driver heading towards me.
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