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LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 14/10/2024 16:23

Where is the OP?

BIossomtoes · 14/10/2024 16:21

Atishooo · 14/10/2024 09:20

They’re shit at parking either way, about a foot from the curb. My mil parks like this.

That’s nothing like a foot from the kerb. The front wheel’s touching it. It looks fine to me.

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 14/10/2024 16:21

The dropped area/exit from my drive is probably half the width of yours, you should be able to get out of there no problem. If visibility is an issue why is there a massive hedge? That's more of a safety concern IMO

DragonGypsyDoris · 14/10/2024 16:20

LilyOfTheValley33 · 14/10/2024 09:08

Am I being unreasonable to be annoyed by this parking? We live quite near a school which has no parking and so parents use our road to park on when dropping off/picking up. We get a lot of people parking by/across our drive as per the attached picture. It’s debatable whether it’s actually across our drive, but it makes it tricky to swing out of the drive especially if there is a car parked the other side of the drive too.

Surely you knew about the school when.you bought the house? It's not ideal, but you need to cope with it. Not exactly parking offence of the year.

Flossflower · 14/10/2024 16:19

Contact the council and ask if you can have an H bar

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 14/10/2024 16:18

Minor niggle, but they're really doing nothing wrong @LilyOfTheValley33 and it wouldn't bother me hugely.

As a pp said though, they are a wee bit across the dropped kerb so they could be breaking a bye-law.

Do they do this all the time, or is it a one-off?

Walkden · 14/10/2024 16:18

The diagonal part of the dropped kerb counts as part of it ( and are normally included into any h bar markings ).

Technically they are obstructing your drive and are being a bit ( but not massively) inconsiderate. Few councils would enforce this though

CMupnorth · 14/10/2024 16:16

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 14/10/2024 12:46

I agree; while the driveway looks wide and it should be easy to negotiate coming and going, the car is parked over the drop kerb and, if a traffic warden was in the area, they should quite rightly issue a ticket.

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Traffic wardens only issue tickets for blocked curbs installed by the council not ones for access to private properties. You need to complain via your council in that instance. Annoying as it is.

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CMupnorth · 14/10/2024 16:14

widelegenes · 14/10/2024 11:13

I think it's any part of the car, not just the wheels.

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correct

MereDintofPandiculation · 14/10/2024 16:07

Interesting no-one’s commenting on the other end of the car, which is virtually touching the next car along and quite possibly blocking them in.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 14/10/2024 16:06

I find it annoying when people overhang my drive like this.

The reason is that someone else will have parked directly opposite, so then you actually need the full driveway to be free to get the “swing” in order to drive away in a particular direction.

Maybe not sound a familiar problem if you don’t live in a busy built up area - but it’s an issue regardless of which way you’ve gone into the drive, but can also make it difficult to back on.

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 16:02

I despair regarding the folk who think this is fine, because it isn't fine. They're not blocking the drive but they are definitely impairing your view for driving out of your driveway.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 14/10/2024 15:59

YANBU. We have a dropped kerb and some of the neighbour's visitors park right up to it. It then makes it very difficult to get out as the road is narrow so it's really hard to turn - it's a cul de sac so we can only go one way!

CMupnorth · 14/10/2024 15:59

MyKidsAreTooNoisy · 14/10/2024 10:38

I am intrigued by the 2 conflicting diagrams! Which is correct.

I used to work in enforcement for this sort of a thing if it helps. The diagram I downloaded is from the council I worked for’s website and is one you’ll see on almost all of them and was the basis of all enforcement in the borough.

CMupnorth · 14/10/2024 15:53

Ebeneser · 14/10/2024 10:32

Wrong. They should not be parking past the dropped kerb.

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I assure you if you write to your local enforcement officer they will tell you it’s the level bit. You can confirm this on your local council website.

GasPanic · 14/10/2024 14:03

Reverse in, then you won't have any issues getting out. Especially if the road is busy.

Atishooo · 14/10/2024 14:02

Catza · 14/10/2024 11:11

Yep, was told the same by my driving instructor.

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Never heard this, was certainly never taught it. The car would be sticking out in the road!

TheHangingGardensOfBasildon · 14/10/2024 13:08

BarbaraHoward · 14/10/2024 11:05

That will never be approved by a school. Parents need to get their kids to school and then carry on to work. They should park considerately but in any area where parking is at a premium everyone needs to maximise every inch available.

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This is very pertinent. Even if a car may be technically impinging on a dropped kerb by a few inches - although nothing that stops the householder from using their drive - in a place/at a time when parking is at a massive premium, it's madness to leave 99% of a parking space unused.

TheHangingGardensOfBasildon · 14/10/2024 13:04

widelegenes · 14/10/2024 11:15

You should reverse onto your drive where you can, it is not the law to have to reverse.

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I didn't say it was the law, did I? It's just acknowledged as best practice and clearly much safer to have your private drive behind you rather than the open road, wherever possible.

LovedFedAndNoonesDead · 14/10/2024 12:46

Jammymare · 14/10/2024 09:36

Is everyone saying there’s nothing wrong missing that the wheel is completely over the dropped curb?
I mean it’s mildly annoying and I wouldn’t do anything more than huff internally to myself, but it is still a parking offence.

I agree; while the driveway looks wide and it should be easy to negotiate coming and going, the car is parked over the drop kerb and, if a traffic warden was in the area, they should quite rightly issue a ticket.

FloofPaws · 14/10/2024 12:42

Ridiculous,
Completely normal to park on the road as that mini has

ThisHangryPinkBalonz · 14/10/2024 12:37

Looks fine to me

BruceAndNosh · 14/10/2024 12:36

All the people saying there's nothing wrong with it need to raise their own parking standards. The mini has its back wheel and tiny boot over the dropped curb AND is well away from the curb. They've made it very difficult to turn right

TheHangingGardensOfBasildon · 14/10/2024 12:32

rainfallpurevividcat · 14/10/2024 10:39

If you can. We have to drive in and reverse out of the drive as it's a shared drive, just enough room for two cars and I have to park as close to the house as possible on one side. If I reversed in that would be the drivers side and I couldn't get out.

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Ah, yes - fair point in your case.