HAVE you ever heard, ‘Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot in the end’?
Hopefully, in Shepparton, finding a park is not quite so time consuming, but sometimes, finding a park in your very own street can be.
With most neighbours full of goodwill and courtesy, some nearby residents can make parking near your own home something of a challenge.
While parking outside your own abode is reasonable, taking territorial ownership of the nature strip and other curb side spaces (with subsequent vehicles) is not, and can cause unnecessary discord amongst otherwise friendly neighbours.
For those who also like to leave curt notes under windscreen wipers in the belief that ‘their park’ has been taken, the Vic Roads’ Road Safety Rules of 2017 sets out in simple terms what our collective, residential parking rights are:
‘You are allowed to park or leave your vehicle anywhere in a street where parking is permitted including in front of other homes or businesses.’
For nature strip devotees, the Road Safety Rules also state, parking is not permitted ‘…on a footpath, nature strip or reservation (unless the vehicle is a motorcycle or bicycle).’
With most neighbours in Shepparton offering good-natured amicability, allowing for mutual agreements about parking to take place, sometimes a little re-stating of the rules can be of use.
To find out more about rules relating to road safety head to vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/road-rules/a-to-z-of-roadrules/parking
