Forklift driver finds innovative way to deal with badly parked car

A forklift driver was spotted picking up and moving a car which was blocking a lorry’s entrance for deliveries.

Local worker Ahmed Hussain was left in stitches after he spotted the entire car being lifted out of the way for a truck to enter a yard in Digbeth, Birmingham.

The 28-year-old was out on a job when he spotted a Volkswagen Tiguan SUV in a no-parking zone, which blocked the entrance to a business yard.

Ahmed, who works for Haven Autocare, watched on as the worker lifted the vehicle out of the way.

Ahmed was heard laughing as the car alarm blared, before the forklift took off after repositioning the vehicle.

The operator moved the vehicle and safely placed it further down the road on Studley Street, Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

‘The owner wasn’t back for a while,’ Ahmed told Luxury Auto News. ‘It wasn’t blocking my business, but it was parked in a no-parking area.

‘My business is not based in that area, but I provide mobile services, so I was just waiting for the customer at his place.

‘The forklift, I believe, was from the business that was expecting a delivery from the lorry, as you can see in the clip. The car was parked there when I got there, so I would say it was there from early morning.’

In 2022, a farmer who used a forklift tractor to move a car parked on his land was cleared of dangerous driving after telling a jury: ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle and my castle starts at that front gate.’

Fourth-generation hill farmer Robert Hooper, 57, insisted he had a lawful right to defend his property, with his barrister pointing to a 400-year-old precedent set by the legendary jurist Sir Edward Coke.

In a ruling known as Semayne’s case, Sir Edward established the Common Law principle that everyone has the right to defend their home.

Videos played in court showed how Mr Hooper used a telehandler with forks to lift a £16,000 car from the lane outside his farm in Newbiggin-in-Teesdale, County Durham, flip it, and push it on its side onto the road outside.

Shirtless passenger Charlie Burns, 21, who had been visiting the area that day and had drunk up to seven bottles of lager, was knocked to the ground by the vehicle’s lifting forks.

Mr Hooper claimed the younger man punched him twice in the farm buggy he was driving, splitting his lip.

Mr Hooper said he was defending his property and himself.

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