But two wrongs don't make a right, so I know I won't do it. My elderly parents had the same problem with someone continuously blocking their drive. Despite continuously asking the driver not to block the drive. The damage to the errant parker was to wing,drivers door and rear passenger door. The reversing car required some t-cut to the bumper. No problem, since then.
I therefore get gey annoyed at dorks who "think" they have the God given "right" to reverse out into traffic. So hand on horn and keep driving. Other than this particiular foible I am a most considerate driver. Cheers M Reply Report as offensive Link.
Many years ago, when I were nobbut a lad, my grandparents lived in a narrow cul-de-sac. My dad parked outside their house when we visited. The car was never opposite the drive of the house directly across from my grandparents' house but this didn't stop the thoroughly unpleasant man from that house calling the police as he maintained that he could not get out of his drive due to my dad's car.
The buffoon could easily have backed out of his drive the 'other' way and gone up to the head of the cul-de-sac to turn round but he was so full of his own self-importance that he had to involve the old bill. To the OP - do you often have two cars parked on your drive?
If the answer is 'no', then why on earth don't you reverse in and save yourself all this aggravation? I know that the fella across the road is acting like a plank and it must be very annoying for you but surely you should follow the path of least resistance? Easy for me to say, I know, but is it worth getting so het up over? Don't park your car actually in your driveway until "later", if you see what I mean.
Oh - I see you're already doing it. Why don't you buy some of those stick on scratches. From memory, Halfords used to sell them along with those stick on bullet holes and false arms that hang out of your boot.
Sneak out late one night and stick them to the other guy's driver door. Reverse in, it's what people should do anyway, so you don't commit an offence reversing out onto the road.
Tue 8 Dec Inconsiderate parking - what can I do? Reverse in it's what people should do anyway so you don't commit an offence reversing out onto the road. My father was killed by someone reversing out of a driveway.
But what specific offence is committed when reversing out? The moron involved in that incident was not charged with any offence if I recall correctly it was 26 years ago and I was a child at the time. I always reverse in, I even reverse in for the missus because as you know - women can't reverse IMO I should imagine that no law is actually broken whilst reversing but - you're always in the wrong legally even when you're in the right.
Pat Reply Report as offensive Link. My missus has recently managed, in reverse, to run the rear nearside corner of our Touran down a concrete lampost at the corner of our drive.
On the exact day that I picked my Mazda up from the bodyshop after getting its front bumper replaced. In the words of a typical lorry driver ''I've done more miles in reverse than you've done forwards and never hit anything yet''!
Pat Thats slighty wrong Pat. It should be In the words of a typical lorry driver ''I've done more miles in reverse than you've done forwards and always denied I hit anything'' Reply Report as offensive Link.
But of course: Pat Reply Report as offensive Link. The best "harmless" and most fun revenge you can have is to buy a cheap "made in china harmonica" for about 99p. Tape it to the bottom of the front valance of the miscreants car. They will scratch their heads for weeks wondering what the heck the noise is, especially at motorway speeds. In the "Old Days", when cars had steel wheels and hub caps like chromed suacepan lids great fun could be had by putting a handful of gravel in one hub cap.
Horrendous noise when moving and silence when stopped. Make a turning area in your front garden adjacent to joining up with your drive so that you can go both in and out forwards. Dig down under your house then you can drive out the other side - simples. Suggest to the council that they dig up all the front gardens and build a dual-carriageway.
That would probably involve demolishing my neighbour's house, so maybe not a bad idea! That would probably involve demolishing my neighbour's house so maybe not a bad idea! Have you considered moving to an area where there are fewer neighbours or even no neighbours at all? Wed 9 Dec Inconsiderate parking - what can I do? Perro, Shouldn't that be padmate? Not sure, but apparently WW1 started when some fella called Archie Duke shot an ostrich 'cos he was hungry.
Any chance of a suitably anonymised photo, or quick sketch to rough scale? Bound to be somewhere in Australia with enough room. I can't see the problem, why don't people choose houses to suit their requirements? Including parking. That's one requirement that can change very suddenly though Reply Report as offensive Link. As parking is high on some peoples list of priorities, I would have thought more consideration would be given to it when choosing where to live.
However, I suffer from the same problem albeit on very few days of the year from exactly the same type of inconsiderate parking as the OP. The irritating thing is, there is plenty of space on the road but the particular visitor in question always parks opposite my drive. I would have thought more consideration would be given to it when choosing where to live Yes, but as PU says, things can change a few years down the line: Partner get different job and needs a car. Adult son splits with his wife and moves back 'home'.
Children learn to drive and want their own transport. Let a room to a student who has his own car. Job change brings works van. Spare cash means chance to dabble wth a classic. Child's hobby needs garage space, so car has to live outside.
Garage needed for unexpected new arrival, so car has to live outside. Family needs a trailer for any number of reasons. The list could go on, and on and Thu 10 Dec Inconsiderate parking - what can I do? There but for the grace of God etc. In my old house I had plenty of off street parking but those without would continually block the drive or park so close to it to make getting out safely a nightmare.
Even with white lines the bozos would leave parts of their car overhanging. Reversing in wasn't really possible as there were always people parked opposite the drive and the angle required not to hit the house and squeeze past into the yard wasn't do-able by me. Reversing out turned out to be much safer as I could see further up the road and when I couldn't see the back end of the car was clealy visible to those approaching.
Generally I could actually turn round on the drive and both drive in and drive out but with too many cars at one point not all of them could be turned round in the space left! The main perpetrator had their comeuppance as while they were away one weekend a joyrider slammed into their car and wrote it off.
They stopped parking there and finally took to parking outside their own house. After a couple of days of blocking my neighbours drive in the same manner he has been doing to me, I feel the point has been made and my car is back on the drive. Word on the grapevine is that they were none too happy about it, so hopefully they will behave a bit better in the future.
If they don't, I may find some creative uses for a potato cheers perro. If they don't I may find some creative uses for a potato cheers perro.
Let's hope for your sake that he doesn't read this forum, seeing as you've just publicly announced your intentions towards his car. Personally I don't know what you're getting all het up about.
You don't own the road he parks on. You've also admitted that you've got a drive wide enough for two cars and therefore have ample room to manoeuvre in and out. And what's your solution to the problem? Doing exactly the same thing as him - how childish. I guess it's as someone else said, it's just a territorial thing. I read it as a joke! Builders expanding foam works much better in conjunction with a long piece of plastic pipe I have the same problem, we have a double width drive and 2 cars on it, directly opposite their drive, sonny owns 2 cosworths and his daily that he uses as a security gate to protect his precious fleet.
They've stood and watched me struggle out of my drive, "I'm OK, don't care about you". Not at all, give an inch and they take a mile. I've had a situation where I've arrived home after a night shift the street was completely full of badly parked cars, so much so that I couldn't park on my vacant drive and guess what, Halfords had sold out of sky hooks!
Without knowing the full facts of this matter, it's difficult to pass judgment either way IMO but I can imagine a scenario where the access road is far too narrow - like on so many new builds these days whereby having someone quite legally park opposite ones driveway would create difficulties. Karl Benz has got a lot to answer for! Without knowing the full facts of this matter it's difficult to pass judgment either way I can imagine a scenario where the access road is far too narrow - like on so many new builds these days whereby having someone quite legally park opposite ones driveway would create difficulties.
This is exactly the situation, a new build estate with a road that is only just wide enough for two focus sized cars to pass. Most of the drives in the street are opposite one another, meaning that people don't park opposite them as it would not be possible to do so without blocking someone elses drive. In my case there is a grass service strip on the other side of the road in front of my house, so people think its OK to park there because they aren't directly blocking a drive.
In most cases when people park opposite my drive they do so with their car parked mostly on the service strip which doesn't cause too much of a problem, but if its parked entirely on the road as happened over the weekend it does cause difficulty. Although my drive is double width, it is only just wide enough for two cars so if there is a second car on the drive, you don't have much room to manouver if some one has parked opposite.
A normal reverse out would involve reversing until your rear wheel contacts the service strip, so if anything is parked more or less opposite it does get in the way, even if mostly parked on the service strip. I love the next step of escaltion. Well done merganser. They irritants do sound like a slightly bullying crowd from your descriptions anyway, so asserting yourself in this way could have deflated them somewhat. You have to make allowance for slow learners! Do keep us up to date!
I like the Pavlovian dogs analogy. I've watched all of this thread in amazement! Surely the answer is to reverse into your drive but there seems a certain reluctance to do what is, after all, the safer option?
Is being stubborn really worth it? Fri 29 Nov Inconsiderate parking - what can I do? Hi Merganser, Did you ever get this matter resolved? Sat 30 Nov Inconsiderate parking - what can I do? Probably too busy ducking and diving. Groan: Reply Report as offensive Link. So, ultimately, this is down to a question of courtesy and respect between you and your neighbours. If you do suffer from a repeat offender who insists on blocking your driveway then do be careful.
As you are not backed up by law, the best thing you can do is to approach them calmly and try to sort out the situation amicably. If they aren't interested, or continue to ignore you and park in front of your property, blocking your access, then unfortunately the only thing you can do to ensure that you have full access to your drive is to park somewhere else - perhaps, if you're a fan of irony and you can get there first, even in front of your own driveway.
If you do this often enough they'll probably get bored and give up. It does seem incredibly unfair that someone can do this when you have forked out for a home with somewhere safe to park your car off the road - and if you are blocked ONTO your drive, then you might find a kind police officer who will make enquiries for you, contact the owner and ask them to move their vehicle.
However the police are not bound to act as according to the Highway Code every driver has a right to park anywhere on a public highway except those places which are expressly forbidden.
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