I came back to find my car blocked in by a food FESTIVAL.. customers were tucking in & I had no choice but to join them
A DRIVER who came back to find his car blocked in by a trendy food festival decided to join in the fun and tuck in.
Akif Farooq parked his black SUV in a public car park that was turned into a food festival when he went to collect it.
But he failed to notice that it is used for the popular Urban Food Fest every Saturday.
When he arrived at the Shoreditch High Street Euro Car Park, in Shoreditch, East London, he was blocked in.
Row upon row of colour tables and chairs for al fresco dining had been placed in front of his £80,000 motor.
Customers had already started tucking into the street food.
Sheepish Akif said: “I parked my car in a car park in London last night.
“And it’s in the middle of a big food festival. Oh, my days.”
He added: “Don’t know how I’m going to get out of here.
“But we’ll make it work somehow.”
It happened on Saturday (3 Aug) after it left the Range Rover there the night before.
The food festival opens at 12 noon and runs until midnight every week.
Local, Matty Townsend said: “At least his Range Rover won’t get pinched.”
Wilf McGregor quipped: “Free parking, great idea.” Another joked: “Get a plate and sit it out.”
Abu Bakar added: “You can’t park there.”
Meanwhile a selfish driver got more than they bargained for when they left their car behind without a care.
The black Nissan SUV was parked directly across the dropped kerb that marked the edge of drive in Irlam, Greater Manchester.
Photos show that it was sat horizontally along the entrance to the home, completely blocking access to it.
When the owner of the property woke up, they were stunned to see the careless bit of parking and soon hatched a plan.
It can be a tricky process to remove a car parked fully on your driveway thanks to the rather complicated regulations involved.
Much more clear cut, though, are the rules around dropped kerbs on public roads.
If you want to install a drive at your home, one of the steps will be to apply to the local council for a dropped kerb.
This is often one of the biggest struggles homeowners face when getting approval for the project.
Indeed, one man went public after being forced to shell out thousands to redo the kerb twice in a long-running dispute with his local authority.
However, once you get the dropped kerb, it creates a legally enforceable buffer zone around your drive with very strict rules on stopping there, even if there is no white line across it.
By parking across the kerb, the Nissan owner was not only inconsiderately blocking the resident in, but they were also breaking the law.