It impedes traffic. Plain and simple. Roads are built to be access-ways, not a place to store your private property.
Would you object to be storing a pallet of shingles along the side of the road? It takes up less space than your car!
It’s even worse if you park in front of someone else’s house, as it blocks a small bit of access/use of that property too. Now I can’t put my bins out on the curb where I would like, or you parked in from of them so they were not collected.
…and it’s even worse still when there is a long chain of cars parked on both sides of the street. It is plain to see that the road no longer has the same utility. It used to be bidirectional, and now it’s a single lane, and the responsibility is diffuse as no one car owner feels responsible for the hindrance (it’s all the OTHER cars).
It’s not my fault that you have too many cars or not enough driveway/garage space on your property. Keep it out of the public right-of-way.
See, I’ve got this plan, get one of those “POD” things, or really just a mock up, and put it in front of my house, just off the curb. BOOM! It’s an extra room. Get some furniture. Have friends over for tea. Even maybe rent it out aerbnb style.
These things have a really shitty door. Stuff inside the POD can shift and literally block the door from being opened on the outside to get your stuff out after using it to move. They’re also like a quarter of the size of a standard shipping container. Living in one would be cramped 🤣
…or maybe one of those tiny-home trailers?
I’m seeing people with travel trailers parked on the curb. Seems like a viable expansion. Think of all the restaurants that usurped public space to put more tables out. At lease in my town they’ve been able to maintain their gains. Why couldn’t an individual do that, too?