Good neighbor guidelines for Rossland winter parking

With all that good advice to Aussie Kate about winter driving I thought I’d start a thread on parking etiquette in town during a big snow cycle. Here's my first cut. Thoughts? 

1.     Avoid using other people’s driveway as a turnaround if there’s fresh snow on it – especially if it looks like someone works to keep it clean. Tires compress the snow and driveways end up like a ripple chip – which makes the shovel session a lot harder than it needs to be.

2.     Nobody “owns” parking on the street (right?) but avoid parking ‘your’ car in front of ‘their’ house. And like the driveway above, if someone works to keep a spot clean, avoid poaching.

3.     When it dumps, you sometimes have to do whatever it takes. If you do have to poach someone’s shoveled spot, use it only long enough to get your groceries in and then hustle back outside to shovel out your own spot. Or move your car down the block to a neutral corner and enjoy the beautiful walk back.  

4.     This one trumps all the others: If you have a question or a gripe or a niggle about how or where people park, where they dump their snow, etc. etc. walk right up to your neighbor, knock on their door, introduce yourself, and have that tricky conversation. Just put it out there. It’ll all work out. Or make your notes friendly. See 5.

5.     No, this one trumps everything else. Don’t get too weird about of all this.

6. Get tuned into when the city crews make their rounds. These guys rock and anything we can do to give them a straight shot down a street makes life better for everyone.