The driveway drama continues. Neighbours are still driving me insane. What should I do now?

Haha! So would I

Would these be any good? From B&Q.
I read a thread a few years ago about exactly the same thing.The poster bought these panels,screwed each one (horizontally) onto a wooden fence post then got a handyman to bolt the sections onto the drive. Took up hardly width as her driveway was narrow too.
I could have written your original post myself,we paid to have the edge of our driveway repaired twice - his drive is a full kerb higher in height than ours and he was bumping up and down onto ours 2/3 times a day - had enough and put a fence up.
Cue much yelling and windmilling of arms(from him not me!) and he's not spoken to us since!

Get a couple of skinny planters that you can drill a hole or two in the bottom of.

Bit of rebar cut down (seller on ebay does it in the length you want, with bends wherever you want, not expensive at all).

Dig a skinny hole to take each rebar length so that most of it is in the whole and a few inches into the planter (ideally it would have an L shape at the top and bottom) - fill hole up with postcrete, slot planters over rebar ends, blob of postcrete over the top and then fill 'er up with soil and plant away.

Then she can't move them and if she is stupid enough to hit them, more fool her!

I had to do this for two planters outside my front door to stop filthy thieving skets from nicking them (so then they nicked just the plants. Second time round they got their hands covered in the dogshit I buried in the pots and that fixed it).

Do warn her not to hit them as they are fixed, so then she hasn't a leg to stand on if she drives over them and rips her car to bits.

Don’t bother with a fence just sink a post at the end where the boundary is. You can both open your doors but the car has to stay on its own side. You could very easily do it yourself. Buy a good solid post (cheapest from a lumber merchant) and a bag of quick set cement.

You could do what I did perhaps. Tall planters (3ft tall, round or square, your choice) places them at intervals along your driveway and staple/nail/glue plastic expanding trellis between them, creating a fence that's both cheap and easy to replace. I have some climbers growing in pots on my trellis but it would be optional. Mine in total is about 20cm wide, and has stopped my arrogant neighbours visitors from literally blocking access to my front door ( yes, I actually had to walk across their bonnet one evening when they refused to move it). The joy of neighbours!

@Dollyparton3 "Similarly the house at the back of ours last year had 5 cats regularly parked outside"

that's different. I would be pleased if I went outside and there were five cats.

Am I right thinking the entire problem is their complete lack of driving skills?

My suggestion is - lose your rag with them. Properly. Shout at them. Tell them that their ineptitude is not your problem ...unless they want to pay you towards maintenance and upkeep of your driveway.

This is ridiculous. It's your driveway. They should not be driving over it without permission.

clearly, they see you as a pushover or they would ask the other neighbours to park differently.

Get one of those rocks with the gnomes that sit on top of it so if she rolls over that she’s gonna do some damage to her car!

So if the neighbour was to stop cutting across your drive and parked on the road infront of the car that's slightly blocking hers . Would she then over lap your drive and stop you from parking on your drive?

A penguin bollard?

Landlord here OP and the owner of a house with regular parking spats at the back of it.

Our rented house has an utter dick of a NDN (not suggesting you’re the dick here) and we wherever possible pacify her to stop her being unreasonable towards our tenants who are lovely.

Similarly the house at the back of ours last year had 5 cats regularly parked outside, often opposite our drive on a tight bend on both sides of the road.

i spoke to their letting agent, provided some pics and they sorted it in a few days, just like we do when our ex neighbour decides she’s bored enough to squabble over the position of a wheely bin in a shared access yard.

Can you track down the landlord? I find Right move is helpful for historical info on who let it if it was an agency

You only have to declare anything that has been officially reported ie to police/council, or has been formally written about to neighbours.

I'd be tempted to contact their landlord to let them know that their tenants are being inconsiderate of their neighbours and property. There's usually something in the letting contract that would cover this.
Go ahead with your plans to fence your property - anything to add reinforcement would also be useful. It may stop her because there's a risk she'll damage her own car. Make it clear that you will pursue her for any damage.
Report to the DVLA about concerns about her fitness to drive.....
She is completely out of order.

I agree with PPs. A low brick wall or concrete planters. She seems unreasonable enough to cause damage to your fence and then you would have the grief of claiming the costs off her. You need something immovable.

I like the look and idea of lead or concrete troughs. They will be heavy when planted up but there is the possibility she or her husband may be able to drag them out the way in a rage as that is much easier to do than lifting. It would be much less expensive than a fence, but the fence has the added bonus that you won’t have to see her dirty looks if you get one high enough.

I don’t agree with others saying they couldn’t get worked up about this. It’s OP’s property, where she has paid for a driveway, and the neighbour is so cheeky that she is dry steering and driving over a bed of stones just to avoid having to park normally. If the neighbour was a good friend and/or asked nicely with a good reason, then maybe I would let it slide. But if I’d paid thousands for a drive designed to be driven on and off of and the neighbour felt she was entitled to do whatever she wanted, then I’d be equally annoyed as OP

The only thing you can do is keep paying for stuff to put on the driveway to block her.

Do you really think this is all worth it?

I still think you are making a ginormous mountain out of a tiny ant hill and causing yourself completely unwarranted stress and cost.

Absolutely this. It does sound as though she's a not very skilled driver.

They’re basically taking their problems and making it OPs issue when they have numerous other options that they are too lazy to implement. That’s why OP is pissed off!

They don't, but driving across your driveway is hardly equivalent to squatting in your lounge!
Let it go, you'll be happier for it.

I haven't read the other thread but have you sweetly suggested a couple of driving lessons with a focus on reversing skills? Maybe give her the number of a reliable local driving instructor ...

I fully agree with you OP and hope you get sorted soon. The amount of people on here that just let people walk all over them is the reason so many others are so entitled.