Driveway/sidewalk Snow shoveling ???

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We got about 12 inches of snow today. Tonight it will freeze and anything in the road is now a completely driving hazard. I had the pleasure of witnessing a neighbor Snow blowing with his nozzle into the street and asked him why..reminded him the plow wasnt coming back. He said the salt truck would. Einstein! Still a hazard until it completely melts. I’d have to agree with lazy on this one or just no common sense!

We live in a normal suburb neighborhood. The plow comes by typically once at the end of the storm. Even when we lived in the city we never had multiple plows go by. We usually have a salt truck go by soon after. There is plenty of space to put any amount of snow we get. The yards are descent sizes and the driveways are all double wide. There is no good reason (other then poor decisions ) on why these people are putting snow in the street. I guess they don't think about the consequences of causing a road hazard. Maybe some day if they end up in the ditch from hitting a patch of ice created by a snow pile they might think twice. Here's to hoping it doesn't come to that. Just a little common courtesy might be nice.

Ok, I'm a touch confused. Do you have separate plows and salt trucks? Ours are the same unit. One vehicle can plow, scrape, salt, sand, whatever needs to be done.

 

[Disney_Alli]

What part of town do you live in? How's your snow removal been this season? Blessedly we live in a school zone so our street is kept up pretty well but many of the neighbourhoods I visit for work are total nightmares.

I'm in the SE. We live just off a school zone with a bus stop at our front door so that part is always pretty good. We have to turn down a side road to get into our little townhouse complex and that doesn't get plowed at all. I bought a new car on Friday - a little Honda Civic Coupe and she doesn't have winter tires yet and I've almost been stuck on our street a couple times so far.

 

[kproud876]

Ok, I'm a touch confused. Do you have separate plows and salt trucks? Ours are the same unit. One vehicle can plow, scrape, salt, sand, whatever needs to be done.

Yes. Here they are separate. One truck plows, the other does salt. My guess is the county does this for a logistic reason.

 

[a1tinkfans]

Ugh... I had a neighbor that did this all the time.. (and also blew his leaves out there .) I honestly have no idea if it was against ordinance, but certainly against common sense.
People are clueless, lazy, inconsiderate or perhaps a bit of each.
My neighbor was simply inconsiderate.

I thank my lucky stars almost daily... no more snow or leaf care or yard work for that matter...
just plenty of sunshine and flowers year round. Blessed!

 

[sam_gordon]

The photo shown has plenty of open area for more snow to be shoveled onto - the driveway doesn't have to be that wide, since it looks like only one car width (by the tire tracks). In my city it is also illegal to push the snow back into the street, or across the street into someone else's property. I've been known to go out there and shovel it back into their driveway. It's even better when the town plow comes back around, sees all the snow in the street, figures out exactly where it came from, and angles it back across their driveway

Looks like a two car garage to me. So maybe in THIS home you only need to leave room for one car, but what if they had two cars? And it does look like if they did blow the snow to the side, it would cover up the neighbor's driveway. *I* wouldn't be happy with that. Would you?

We've had to put poles and other markers around our yard to keep people from dumping snow on our property. The salt mix kills our grass and has severely damaged our maple trees. One time one neighbor wanted to put all his driveway snow in our lower driveway! Um, no, we clear that because we don't have on-street parking in the winter, and so our guests need to park there.

Guess not.

 

[mjkacmom]

? I don't get why the plow wouldn't come back again? Do they only come by once by you? Since it started snowing today I must have had at least a dozen plows come down the street and tomorrow when people are digging out their cars walks etc they will still be coming around plowing so anything thrown in the street from sidewalks would get plowed to the side.

It stopped snowing last night, I don’t even live on a Main Street and have heard the plow at least twice.

 

[ronandannette]

The photo shown has plenty of open area for more snow to be shoveled onto - the driveway doesn't have to be that wide, since it looks like only one car width (by the tire tracks). In my city it is also illegal to push the snow back into the street, or across the street into someone else's property. I've been known to go out there and shovel it back into their driveway. It's even better when the town plow comes back around, sees all the snow in the street, figures out exactly where it came from, and angles it back across their driveway

We've had to put poles and other markers around our yard to keep people from dumping snow on our property. The salt mix kills our grass and has severely damaged our maple trees. One time one neighbor wanted to put all his driveway snow in our lower driveway! Um, no, we clear that because we don't have on-street parking in the winter, and so our guests need to park there.

Where? On the right of the picture is a truck and camper parked on the driveway of the house next door. In the upper left you see the roof line of the neighbouring house on that side. The shared sideyards in between will be approximately 8’ wide and need to accommodate the snow from both driveways. It’s already piled up 4’.

Looks like a two car garage to me. So maybe in THIS home you only need to leave room for one car, but what if they had two cars? And it does look like if they did blow the snow to the side, it would cover up the neighbor's driveway. *I* wouldn't be happy with that. Would you?

Guess not.

You’re completely correct. 70% of all the single-family homes in this city have attached front garages; the vast majority of them are doubles. It’s very, very much needed in our climate and because when all the houses on a street have driveways adjacent to one another there is very little space left for street parking. Rear alleys are a rarity in communities developed over the last 30 years. There is nowhere to park except in your own garage.

 

[mom2rtk]

In my city it is also illegal to push the snow back into the street, or across the street into someone else's property. I've been known to go out there and shovel it back into their driveway.

Wait...... you actually bundled up, went outside, and shoveled someone else's snow back into their driveway? That's hardcore.

 

[cluvsdisney]

It's against the law here too but people still do it - mostly when they dig out cars parked on the street. It's counter productive because the snow gets pushed back up against the cars when the plow comes through again. Although it some spots, between driveways, narrow sidewalks, etc., there's little place to put the snow.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

The photo shown has plenty of open area for more snow to be shoveled onto - the driveway doesn't have to be that wide, since it looks like only one car width (by the tire tracks). In my city it is also illegal to push the snow back into the street, or across the street into someone else's property. I've been known to go out there and shovel it back into their driveway. It's even better when the town plow comes back around, sees all the snow in the street, figures out exactly where it came from, and angles it back across their driveway

Seriously? That sounds full out cray cray.

 

[RangerPooh]

Where we lived there was no rule that I knew of that prohibited us from shoveling back into the street/sidewalk. The only rule that I was familiar with was that if you had a sidewalk in front of your residence then you were required to shovel it so that others could pass. Not everyone followed it though.

We also lived in a community where the vast majority of residential areas were on a hill, so shoveling back into the street meant that when it melted in a few days/week that it would trickle downhill.

 

[cabanafrau]

The photo shown has plenty of open area for more snow to be shoveled onto - the driveway doesn't have to be that wide, since it looks like only one car width (by the tire tracks). In my city it is also illegal to push the snow back into the street, or across the street into someone else's property. I've been known to go out there and shovel it back into their driveway. It's even better when the town plow comes back around, sees all the snow in the street, figures out exactly where it came from, and angles it back across their driveway

We've had to put poles and other markers around our yard to keep people from dumping snow on our property. The salt mix kills our grass and has severely damaged our maple trees. One time one neighbor wanted to put all his driveway snow in our lower driveway! Um, no, we clear that because we don't have on-street parking in the winter, and so our guests need to park there.

What if the plow comes back around in your neighborhood and decides exactly where snow in the street came from using the kind of snap judgment you did about the necessary width of the driveway in the photo and angles it back across your driveway?

 

[Gigi22]

I too think there’s lots of space for more snow in the photo. If all else fails, one can simply move the snowbank farther away from the driveway, more towards the middle of the front lawn. Aggravating to do, but it can be done. Just a lot of shovelling...

 

[cabanafrau]

I too think there’s lots of space for more snow in the photo. If all else fails, one can simply move the snowbank farther away from the driveway, more towards the middle of the front lawn. Aggravating to do, but it can be done. Just a lot of shovelling...

Do you feel that you can state definitively that the driveway only needs to be wide enough for a single car based on what appears to be a single set of tire tracks in this one photo taken at one specific point in time?

 

[Disneylover99]

I too think there’s lots of space for more snow in the photo. If all else fails, one can simply move the snowbank farther away from the driveway, more towards the middle of the front lawn. Aggravating to do, but it can be done. Just a lot of shovelling...

I agree. There's still plenty of room for more snow in that photo. Those banks are not very high.

 

[aprilgail]

We live in a normal suburb neighborhood. The plow comes by typically once at the end of the storm. Even when we lived in the city we never had multiple plows go by. We usually have a salt truck go by soon after. There is plenty of space to put any amount of snow we get. The yards are descent sizes and the driveways are all double wide. There is no good reason (other then poor decisions ) on why these people are putting snow in the street. I guess they don't think about the consequences of causing a road hazard. Maybe some day if they end up in the ditch from hitting a patch of ice created by a snow pile they might think twice. Here's to hoping it doesn't come to that. Just a little common courtesy might be nice.

wow crazy- I live in the suburbs on a side street and they were coming by all night long- it was down to the asphalt this morning!

 

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I agree. There's still plenty of room for more snow in that photo. Those banks are not very high.

Well, there is but getting the snow up there could be problematic. It's easy enough if you have a snowblower but harder with a shovel.

 

[Disneylover99]

Well, there is but getting the snow up there could be problematic. It's easy enough if you have a snowblower but harder with a shovel.

I guess we're just used to it. You just shovel and toss it high.

 

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I guess we're just used to it. You just shovel and toss it high.

I mean we get massive amounts of snow too but tossing a driveways worth of snow over my head is making my back cry just thinking about it. You must have a stronger back than I do.

 

[Disneylover99]

I mean we get massive amounts of snow too but tossing a driveways worth of snow over my head is making my back cry just thinking about it. You must have a stronger back than I do.

Just looking at that snow in the picture though, unless, I've no spatial sense, those snow banks are certainly not taller than me. I'd just be tossing up from my waist, not over my head.

My back does wish winter was over though.