Laceby residents voice upset over roadside parking

“Re Perdy, your comments regarding the car transporter obviously hit a nerve end, as yesterday, it was reversed into Astle's rear entrance and thus leaving the road clear.
I would however take note that as you state you live in George Butler Close, I would suggest that you do not suffer to the full effects of this line of cars parked on the bend.
As I drive an MPV and therefore have a better view of oncoming traffic the risk of a head-on is reduced, however I feel that many others sitting lower are at a great risk.”

“Astle BMW are the main cause of this problem. They are obviously not making enough profit on their cars, so have decided an easy way to make more money is to charge their employees for something they are already leasing. The BMW employees who park on Grimsby Road and the side roads could park for free in the public car park behind the restaurant, but the extra 300 yards they would have to walk is too far for them. The highway codes makes it clear that parking on a bend and within 10 metres of a junction is illegal, unless, it seems if you work for BMW. When these cars are parked on the bend the only way to know if the road is clear is to pull out. By the time you see the oncoming cars, it is too late to get out of their way, and due to the inconsiderate parking there is no where to pull in to get out of the way . Moonferret claims Astle are a major employer in this area. To my knowledge maybe 2 or 3 people from Laceby are employed by Astle, so I do not know what that he means by that statement.If they cannot make space for their workers they should move to larger premises. There is a big plot of land where the Little Chef was. Move there. You are not wanted in Laceby.”

“I think that before you moan about parking elsewhere in the village Mr Marshall you should start with YOUR PARKING in Phillips Lane. Your car and van parking on the pavement and on a corner making a blind spot for drivers and other's (big white van) parking around the corner is much more of an issue then anywhere else. This needs to be sorted as it is an accident waiting to happen.”

“Surely the obvious solution is to introduce a 5 mph speed limit to prevent the risk of of someone dying. Alternatively the residents of Laceby could always ask the offending Parkers to park their vehicles on the by-pass - any slower and it would be a car park after all.”

“Get big fat Bernice on the job she will bounce the cars out the way”

“As a resident of Laceby and living in the nearby George Butler Close, I have also contacted the Police over the parking of the car transporter delivering cars to Astles. It parks on a bend which has double yellow lines, this seems to be invisible to the driver of the car transporters and it is only a matter of time before there is a serious accident on this bend. I don't actually see the problem of the cars parking on the road apart from the NIMBY's not in my backyard.”

“wot a bunch of idiots, to park on a blind bend is illegal! & add to fact that things as per normal get mis-quoted unless it directly affects you get off here, as far as i am concerned Astle can clear off from the village, they do nothing for the area but cause bother & have no respect for the surrounding area, they have obviously outground the present site size & they sell heap of scrap cars & i would not have one if you gave me it, why is it we are going to have to wait until someone is seriously injured or killed due to the vehicles including lorry's, van's, buses & car's having to travel on the footpath due to meeting oncoming traffic. same old thing, bureaucracy getting in the way, how would you feel if it was your child that got hit eh”

“If only the Parish Council would be so concerned about all of the real issues in the village people may want to hear about this slight problem of people parking legally that may be a little inconvenient for a few.
Unfortunately the Parish Council see it fit to moan about silly issues and argue the toss about things that have little to do with the day to day issues of the village. It is time for the Council to start to work for the Village not themselves!”

“Thought I would just add my twopence to this article. Having had two near misses with our wonderful considerate local drivers on this approach into Laceby. This morning not only were there parked cars to push traffic onto the wrong side of the road but there was a car transporter parked and off loading outside the garage. This had the effect of cars travelling in both directions being on the wrong side of the road within 50 yards of each other. If the local residents all decided to road park their cars we may find Astle would find a solution to this problem.”

“Red Imp you forgot about the fact that not only are Astle staff cars heavier than most they also have magic alarms that go off randomly!!! Moonferret hit the nail on the head the residents should be supporting one of the areas largest employers not criticising their law abiding staff who pay a fortune to drive AND PARK on our pot hole ridden roads. Maybe the locals voice would be better put to use having a go at the council for the state of the roads instead of having a go at hard working, tax paying individuals who are doing nothing at all wrong whilst the council fritter away our taxes on whatever hairbrained scheme they come up with next.”