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1 hour ago, red750 said:

Supposedly, the council had notified residents a couple of days prior, but like your son's car, this may have belonged to a non-resident. Now residents are complaining how stupid the road looks.

 

 

If the council notified the owners and they did not move their vehicle, I can only see 2 alternatives , move the car or go around the car.  If you were in charge what would you have done?

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In my neck of the woods, there is no such thing as "unrestricted" parking. You are not allowed to park a vehicle in one spot for more than 24 hrs, or it will become the focus of the local rangers.

The first thing they do is find out the registered owner and notify them they are parked illegally, and the vehicle must be moved forthwith. If the owner does not respond, the vehicle is logged and marked as an abandoned vehicle (with a huge orange notice on the window - "This vehicle has been reported").

If the vehicle is still not moved within another 48 hrs, it is towed and stored, while the owner is traced.

If the owner is found and responds, he/she has to pay to get the vehicle out of council storage. If they cannot be found, or decline to pay, the vehicle is auctioned as an abandoned car.

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Fair enough. But Joe Owner goes to work, goes to an interview, goes shopping or whatever. He doesn't want to pay parking fees or be fined for overstaying a timed parking spot. He arrives in the residential street an hour or so before the road crew and returns four hours later. The car is not "abandoned", just parked.

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In W.A., trailer-mounted large advisory signs are set up at least a week, sometimes a fortnight, before roadworks or infrastructure work commences, to warn all drivers.

Information is also available from traffic feeds, Main Roads W.A. and other Govt authorities. Anyone who thinks they can leave a car parked in a built-up area for a week unattended is pretty foolish.

Vehicles left parked for an extended period, garner attention from local authorities very quickly.

 

On our local freeways, you get 4 hrs to remove your broken-down car, or it gets towed by MRWA. If it breaks down in a critical location, that is seriously affecting traffic, MRWA have "push" vehicles with a big push plate on the front, and they will push your vehicle to a safer location (provided you haven't been silly enough to abandon it).

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Gotta laugh. My Mum kept the double bed in the spare bedroom made up all the time. To keep the bed smelling fresh she would leave an open cake of perfumed soap between the sheets. Somehow it was always on the side of the bed my wife used, in the middle of her back. My wife refused to believe that its position was an unfortunate circumstance.

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9 hours ago, onetrack said:

In W.A., trailer-mounted large advisory signs are set up at least a week, sometimes a fortnight, before roadworks or infrastructure work commences, to warn all drivers.

Information is also available from traffic feeds, Main Roads W.A. and other Govt authorities. Anyone who thinks they can leave a car parked in a built-up area for a week unattended is pretty foolish.

Vehicles left parked for an extended period, garner attention from local authorities very quickly.

 

On our local freeways, you get 4 hrs to remove your broken-down car, or it gets towed by MRWA. If it breaks down in a critical location, that is seriously affecting traffic, MRWA have "push" vehicles with a big push plate on the front, and they will push your vehicle to a safer location (provided you haven't been silly enough to abandon it).

In NSW now if you leave your car unattended for too long, Kevin Rudd's baby bonus kids will take it for you to save the hassle of moving it, even from your own driveway🙄

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On 12/1/2023 at 8:43 PM, ClintonB said:

In NSW now if you leave your car unattended for too long, Kevin Rudd's baby bonus kids will take it for you to save the hassle of moving it, even from your own driveway🙄

Actually it was Peter Costello’s baby bonus.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-baby-bonus-generation-is-starting-to-turn-18-has-it-saved-australia-s-population-20220624-p5awfg.html
I like the WA approach to abandoned cars; in NSW burned-out wrecks often pollute the roadside for weeks.

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Registered vehicles are permitted to stay parked in one spot for 28 days providing they are in good order and parked in line with NSW road rules. If the vehicle is unregistered, or registered but not able to be legally driven due to damage, and it has been in the same place for 15 days, contact the local council. So there are 15 days it can sit there.

 

After having been reported to the council, they have to identify the registered owner and direct them to remove the vehicle. Since the only information the council can get from the registering authority is the address, they have to send a letter. Add another seven to fourteen days for that step to be done. Then the demand must have a time to comply. If not complied with, then the council can arrange removal.

 

In NSW all this is covered in the Public Spaces (Unattended Property) Act 2021. Here a link to the info: 

https://dpe.mysocialpinpoint.com.au/unattended-property/councils

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52 minutes ago, old man emu said:

 If the vehicle is unregistered, or registered but not able to be legally driven due to damage, and it has been in the same place for 15 days,

Unregistered here, it is towed immediately and you have to pay a fine, and then pound fees if you want to get your car back. The fines and fees are steep and if you don't have the money in two weeks, the crished metal is being recycled to be crutches or something.

 

 

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