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To be annoyed by this parking?

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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.

To be annoyed by this parking?
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Whatifitallgoesright · 14/10/2024 12:15

Oh you're just showing off because you've got a drive.

Whyhaveibeencutoutofmamsnot · 14/10/2024 12:05

If it was near me the car would be completely on the pavement and the police/local council wouldn't give a sh*t (have reported several times and no change)

BlaiseBaileyFinneganiii · 14/10/2024 11:35

Yeah, I can see it's a little bit annoying because it requires a bit more effort to use the driveway. But it's not an obstruction that should cause an issue to a skilled driver. If you were a learner, I'd understand you might be worried you'd clip it.

I wouldn't feel comfortable parking that close to someone's driveway myself though so I understand your feelings on this matter.

TinkerTiger · 14/10/2024 11:32

Looks perfectly fine.

NailsHairNipsHeels · 14/10/2024 11:29

That doesn't look like it's causing too much of an obstruction other than being so far away from the kerb.
You should still be able to get on and off drive as needed
I live by a school and the cheeky fuckers park in my allocated parking space and get shitty when told to move. They park on double yellows, the grass verge, the corners of the access road then the parents also complain that their little darlings are at risk from all the cars driving on the wrong side of the road because of these badly parked cars.
The best of it is a lot of the drivers live less than a 10min walk to the bloody school.
Parking wardens attend regularly and ticket vehicles but it makes no difference

Whatwaswrongwiththatusername · 14/10/2024 11:24

But aren't their back wheels and back half of car still over the dropped kerb? Which, technically isn't allowed and surely the size/placement of that dropped kerb was to allow full and safe movement of the car(s) in and out?

That's what I would make of that particular photo, tbh.

Lifestooshort71 · 14/10/2024 11:23

They shouldn't be across your dropped kerb but they're not bothered. Think you're going to have to live with it tbh 😏

Wellingtonspie · 14/10/2024 11:19

They shouldn’t be blocking any part of the dropped kerb so they are parked incorrectly.

But like a lot of drivers they give no fucks as long as they are parked where they want.

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 14/10/2024 11:16

Looks fine to me. They are not across
Your drive.

widelegenes · 14/10/2024 11:15

TheHangingGardensOfBasildon · 14/10/2024 09:41

Also, I presume that you're parking according to the Highway Code and reversing in to your drive?

If you're one of the many people who prefer to make it much more difficult and dangerous for themselves by driving in, so they then have to reverse out, you can't really complain that another driver's parking is restricting your vision when leaving your drive, when that was your own choice.

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

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 14/10/2024 11:15

Sure I mean be annoyed. They're parked fine.

widelegenes · 14/10/2024 11:13

minisomum · 14/10/2024 09:34

They are parked with their wheel well over the dropped kerb, so technically they are blocking you. Your drive is massive by the looks of it though, so you should have no issues getting on and off it.

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

Catza · 14/10/2024 11:11

ViaRia01 · 14/10/2024 09:36

@Atishooo i was taught to park ‘1 drain’s width’ from the kerb so this photo looks fine to me. Is that not the general advice everyone is given…?

Yep, was told the same by my driving instructor.

MrSeptember · 14/10/2024 11:08

It's anoying, but not really blocking you completely so I'd chalk it up to "irritating, but bearable" myself.

BarbaraHoward · 14/10/2024 11:05

GreenTeaLikesMe · 14/10/2024 10:38

Get residents' parking?

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.

Sailonsilverrgirl · 14/10/2024 10:51

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queenmeadhbh · 14/10/2024 10:51

I’m surprised by how many people think this is fine. Unless I’m looking at it wrong, the entire back wheel plus some is in the dropped kerb.
in practice if it’s twice a day for short periods of time i would grit my teeth and wiggle round them, but to my mind it’s the same as parking slightly over double yellows - you might get away with it, but can’t claim you were in the right if pulled up on it!

TickingAlongNicely · 14/10/2024 10:47

Have they actually left space for the car in front of them to get put (or is it then another driveway so that car can drive away?)

CoffeeGood · 14/10/2024 10:43

It's not brilliant, but it's not something I would worry over, you can easily get in and out. They seem to have parked level with the edge of the lawn which I think is okay, especially for a few minutes. I would only be annoyed if it stops you actually getting onto, or off, your drive, which it doesn't.

rainfallpurevividcat · 14/10/2024 10:39

TheHangingGardensOfBasildon · 14/10/2024 09:45

You don't - you reverse in and then drive off forwards, unless you particularly enjoy making things more difficult for yourself and more dangerous for everybody.

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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.

MyKidsAreTooNoisy · 14/10/2024 10:38

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

HarrietTheFireStarter · 14/10/2024 10:38

I get a little anxious pulling out because it's difficult to see beyond the parked car, but other than that, no I don't feel annoyed.

People are absurd about parking. They worry more about parking than war or poverty or any number of actual issues. If you go somewhere like Vietnam you will actually die of shock by how they drive and park - yet no-one there wastes a moment's energy getting angry at anyone else. They get that space is for sharing.

GreenTeaLikesMe · 14/10/2024 10:38

Get residents' parking?

Moveoverdarlin · 14/10/2024 10:36

How long were they there? Probably about 10 mins max if it was for drop off this morning?

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