People with driveways parking on the street

Definitely the neighbour.

and doing a thread about it

They are also watching her and moving their car at 6 30am off their drive onto the road. She is going about normal life. You are being pedantic and ridiculous- possibly you're the neighbour.

Just a tip- start parking across your own dropped kerb/further towards their side so they can't do it and maybe do what you've said to OP and park an old car there (as long as its taxed and insured etc) til they give up. They sound like entitled twats. If they blocked me in even once I'd be parking across their drive.

OP is the one watching the neighbours, they just parking their car, you said this obsession is the beginning of dementia

This selfish attitude really winds me up. YANBU.
My NDN has a driveway and 4 cars yet they never use it and aways park across their own dropped kerb and half across ours. It makes it really difficult to get on and off our drive due to the lay out and busy road. They’ve blocked us in several times and get arsey when we tell them to move. We’ve reported it but nothing gets done. There is plenty of parking available further down but they chose to park there.
I think you should put a note on their car or through the door asking to use their drive due to being pregnant and never being able to park near your house. If they say no I’d start being petty and find someone with an old car to block their driveway with. Can you get a lift to work for a while or public transport so you can leave your car for a week. Theres too much selfishness in the world these days, they may not be breaking any laws but they are affecting others for no good reason and deserve karma.

Shes not hyper obsessed - you know exactly what I mean and it is true. Hyper obsession is one of the first signs of dementia - it can be money, parking, various other triggers. It is generally always in older people and I work in this field so I know what I'm talking about.

They aren't doing anything wrong. Yabu. They have the same rights as everyone else to park on the road. Maybe that should change and there should be laws restricting private car ownership to those with their own off road parking space or a limited number of purchasable road-parking licences that gives you a licence to a specific space (with only half the houses in your street getting a licence) but until that happens do not try to affect other people's decisions about things they are legally entitled to do.

OP is the only one hyper obsessed with parking, are you saying she has the beginnings of dementia. The neighbours are just parking their car, they aren't obsessed and doing a thread about it.

Why not ask if they'd permanently like to swap so they park outside yours and you park on their drive?

I would knock and explain whilst you're heavily pregnant if they're not using their drive could you occasionally use it rather than park several streets away and struggle. They MAY get the hint and say "oh we park on the road let's move our cat onto the drive and then hopefully you can park there" I mean its unlikely but it is a backhanded way of shaming them back onto their driveway. I have no idea why older people suddenly get like this - I have a strong feeling its linked to beginnings of dementia- becoming hyper obsessed with something (parking in this case) is often a pre cursor.

They're not selfish or inconsiderate, they're legally parling on a public road.

Writing notes to put on people's cars as they are parked legally on a public road, that you clearly think is your personal space is bikers and entitled.

I don't go through comparison websites, Comparison websites will always ask every question that an insurance company might ask to cover them all, my car insurance is about £200 so I wouldn't save much anyway, I don't use them for house insurance either

Lots of people find driveway parking difficult. They can struggle with reversing in or out, or with tight turns onto the road or blocked views etc. Many people are not confident drivers or at parking and prefer the easier option of road parking.

Yes, it’s a bit annoying to see empty driveway spaces, but it’s their choice and road spaces and equally available to all.

You don’t have a right to ask to use their driveway…it is personal property. It is up to them to choose to use it or not, in the same way it’s up to you to choose to use your back garden or not….and not to have to expect someone who lives in a flat and doesn’t have a garden to ask if they can use yours because you’re not using it.

You could ask if you can use it….but so could all your other neighbours. Can you see how daft that becomes.

You are in the position of only having access to first-come, first-served parking. You will get the. Space if you’re first there. This also applies to everyone else, including your neighbours.

Do you also want to ask them if you can use the spare room they have that you lack? It is essentially the same thing. Yes, empty drives are more visible and cause regular annoyance to people without them. But it is their property whereas the road is for public use. They are totally free to decide for whatever reason that they don’t want to use their driveway and prefer the road.

Try to forget about it. Giving it headspace is making you stressed. Stop watching them at 6am and try to get to the point where you only think about parking at the point where you pull up looking for a space. You’ll find it better.

Perhaps they're not confident drivers. Wouldn't leave a note, as you say, they can park where they like. I'm not even sure you could call it inconsiderate. We didn't have a car all all when I was pregnant and didn't expect people to make allowances. It might be annoying, but not much you can do about it.

Are you sure? I shop around every year and it's always a question.

It’s a standard question as to where the car is parked, day or night

My Insurance doesn't ask where I park my car.

@Hellskitchen24 at the very least, why dont they park in front of their own house??

Personally.......

I suggest that it should be possible for the Local Authority to impose restrictions that

1. Prevent vehicles over a certain size/weight being parked on the roads overnight
2. Set a limit on the number of vehicles that can be parked by the occupiers of a house/flat This could be general or relate to a specific premises
3. I suggest that there needs to be a general review of parking law that includes penalty points for certain offences

I don’t quite understand the logic.

That’s ok, you don’t have a right to understanding other peoples logic behind their own reasonable and legal choices.

Why they park on the road is irrelevant because the same rules apply to everyone.

why do you need to put a note through their door telling them to use their own drive? they can legally park on a public highway irrespective of if they have a drive or not?

i have a drive and i often park on the street, to be honest, its more about he logistics of being more than ia 1 car family.

mind your own business... i assume the parking issue was there when you bought the house?

Our drives are so narrow that you can only drive in one way or else you can't open the driver's door far enough to get out (I have to reverse, my NDN has to go in forwards, because the fence is on the opposite side for her, ifyswim). It's a nightmare for her backing out, because of cars/vans parked right up to her gate.

I don't use my drive for two reasons: 1) the lawn is a good foot higher than the drive and slopes upwards away from it, so it's easy to catch the bottom of the door on the ground and 2) a less than successful knee replacement makes it impossible for me to get out on to a surface that is so high relative to the car.

I had hoped to have part of the lawn removed and a path laid, level with the drive, so that I can use the drive, but the quotes ran into thousands and I simply can't afford it. I park on the road (as do many others in the street) even though I know it will probably piss loads of people off. If anyone asks why I don't use the drive, I'll happily explain and hopefully they will understand that I don't really have a choice.

I'd suspect they're worried about getting blocked in.

My neighbour is the same. A perfectly acceptable, albeit quite tatty, driveway. And they prefer to park their two cars either side of MY driveway opening. Granted, they've never blocked me in, but it annoys me a little bit every day that I have to carefully reverse off my driveway, and guide my car between theirs. Whereas I'd like to be able to quickly whip in and out.

I can relate. Whenever I use my drive people park badly meaning using my drive becomes a nuisance. I struggle to get out and visibility up the road is bad. If people were considerate it wouldn't bother me, unfortunately nobody is.