'A mum in an SUV threw a McDonald's bag onto the pavement - so I picked it up and tossed it inside her car'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukShahid Qazi points to a driver flouting a ‘no parking’ sign and obstructing a resident’s driveway. “This is everyday - our lives are ruled by school term tables and parents,” he sighed.
People living in a south Manchester neighbourhood say they have been plagued for years by motorists blocking driveways, dumping cars on street corners, and being ‘verbally abusive’ during school run hours.
READ MORE: 'I'm in an internet wormhole on Google Maps and then I notice something about Manchester' “Complete strangers are preventing us from commuting, and ruin our grass verges by leaving our street a mud bath,” the long-time resident told the Manchester Evening News. “They know and they don’t care.” Neighbours say that since 2018 - when bollards were installed outside Manchester Grammar School in Rusholme - the surge of school-run parking along Old Hall Lane has caused increased disruption to their lives.
The 57-year-old said: “The parking wasn’t great before the bollards were installed, but now it’s a complete mess outside our homes.
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