Scott McDonald says he used the wide grass verge opposite his home in Lake Hayes Estate’s Onslow Rd as the road’s quite narrow in his vicinity.
It’s also on a rise which motorists get a head of steam to get up, he adds.
When he’d earlier parked road-side, a vehicle had clipped the right side of his car and his wing mirror.
McDonald says a few weeks back, grass verge parkers were stickered with warnings they were endangering other motorists and pedestrians.
Heeding the advice, he put his truck back on the road, only to be stirred at 5am when a car slammed into his vehicle, pushing it 15 metres forward.
"He rooted his car and he rooted mine.
"I just think it’s extremely ironic council is saying ‘don’t park on the verge for the safety of other motorists’."
Council spokesperson Sam White says parking officers were "undertaking some education prior to any enforcement taking place", following complaints about cars parking on reserves and footpaths in Lake Hayes Estate.
Under the traffic and parking bylaw, he notes there’s a blanket restriction on verge parking in the subdivision — "such parking can damage underground services or grass verges".
However, he says in light of this recent crash "we will review the road layout in this location to see if yellow lines are necessary to prevent further incidents".
