Can you park an RV you own in front of your house or your backyard?
Yes, my RV/travel trailer is legal being parked on the concrete drive in front of my house but not left in the street or in the circle drive that is left unpaved. I was able to park cars in the circle drive under my trees until the city changed the code and now that circle must be paved the same as the sidewalk & drive in order to use it. I refuse to pave over my tree roots as I have 52 oaks in my yard front and back.If it would fit, the RV could be parked at the side of my house behind a privacy fence but I would have to pave that area. Mine is too large to go down the side of the house or into the backyard.My former neighbors had a pad put in their backyard where they parked their Airstream; it was legal at least at that time. They lived on the corner and had access from the street side.
Do I have right to park in front of my house on a public street?
So long as passenger vehicle parking is permitted in front of your house, then, yes, you can park there. You'll be subject to all local regulations, like having to park on only one side of the street on certain days, to allow for snowplows and street sweeping. You do not have the right to prohibit someone else from parking in front of your house. I handled several neighborhood dispute calls where Person A was upset that a car from or visiting Person B's home was parking in front of Person A's home. They often wanted me to ticket or tow the offending vehicle. One lady hired a handyman to paint her curb red, and insisted not only that she had a right to do this, but also that she could still park at the red curb because it was her house. She wasn't very happy when a city crew came out to burn off the paint, for which she was billed. I occasionally have visitors who need to park in front of my neighbor's home. In one case, a friend told me he would be driving a full-size motor home with an antique car being towed behind on a trailer. The train was going to take up the entire frontage of my house, and then some. I asked my neighbor in advance if this would be okay with him. His only concern was that one of his vehicles might be a problem. These things can usually be worked out if you ask nicely.
Can I legally park at a school's public parking lot during the summer?
No you are not allowed to. Private property. Consider it like City Hall with no one there on holiday (besides security/cleaning), can you park there? No. it’s private property that is owned/managed/responsibility of the local government.When the school is closed, it’s closed inside, outside, on the lawn, on the driveway, under the tree next the sidewalk, etc. The risk of being towed is small, only if it’s blocking or causing a hazard would someone would get bothered and call the tow company.The issue you are concerned with is getting caught. You maybe able to park here until the ticket writer/tow company has time to make it there to cite the vehicle.As a traffic officer in a very dense city I drove int a public school yard on a Saturday 1:30PM with the gates open and about 15 cars. I estimated my walking beat after I parked my city vehicle would be about 45 minutes. On the return all the gates were locked, no cars in sight. The vehicle had no real privilege to park there but the people locking up the property doesn’t have time to tow or call someone. They just close the gates. If it was a private car, I imagine they call school police and police would handle it if they could. I eventually called school police and got them to roll a unit over about 1.5 hrs later.
Is it illegal to drink in your driveway at home, or can a cop give you a ticket for that?
In general, I try hard to read- and answer the actual written question.On this one however, I'll go out on a limb and read between the lines.Disclaimer: I'm not accusing the asking reader of doing anything illegal, I'm just approaching the general question from a different angle.Surprisingly many tickets for DUI - Driving Under the Influence (of alcohol or drugs) are given to people in their own driveway at home.How come that the police so often "patrol" in people's own driveways? They don't.What happens (probably not for the person asking this question on Quora, but quite often), is that the police are being tipped by a driver about a suspicious fellow driver in traffic. The tipper give a license plate number to the police.What can the police do?Initiate a large manhunt around the city?NoThey send a single patrol car to the private home of the owner of that given license plate. Eventually a car will arrive, the police will question the driver, and again- surprisingly often will be able to catch a DUI offender in his own driveway at home.I've met more than a few persons, who was arrested for DUI while they "only moved their car in the driveway at home and it's SO unfair! "Wiki-trivia: The first person to be arrested for drunk driving was one George Smith, a London taxi driver who ran his cab into a vehicle in 1897
Are towing services responsible for damages they cause while towing your car?
The main reason the question of who should pay continues to come up is due to the fact that most towing companies don’t have a written policy in place that spells out exactly who pays what, when damages occur.Not having a written policy in place is a problem for more than a few reasons.First, when you don’t have a set policy for dealing with damages, you must then rely on your own judgement.Of course it’s your business and I’m not suggesting there’s anything wrong with your judgement. You probably have a good idea for who is careful and who’s not.But imposing unwritten rules can be risky. Because when you rely, only, on your judgement and choose to impose unwritten rules on the fly, based on what you’re feeling that day, this might be considered arbitrary punishment. And if a disgruntled driver feels like you’ve singled him out, this could be considered discrimination, and you could be setting yourself up for a suit.On the other hand if it’s written-out and made clear to everyone that this policy applies to all equally, there’s no ambiguity.Besides the obvious benefit of shielding yourself from being sued, having a damages policy in place does something else. It sets expectations. And, as I’ve discussed in a previous article, when you expect more out of people, you usually get more. When drivers know that you expect them to care for company property and understand that there are real-life consequences for not doing so, they will come up to the task.And lastly—It’s good for business. Disregard for company property can lead to mal-treatment of a customer’s property. And nothing can harm your business more than the negative “press” you get when you damage someone’s car. Having a damages policy that includes a progressive discipline policy can help to not only deter damages but weed out offenders before the problem becomes exacerbated.So who should pay? It’s up to you.