People who don’t use their drives. Why? 😆

Our old drive was steep and really narrow but we also felt it kind of risky due to our young dc running around the gardens. But our street had plenty of parking as everyone had drives. I think some keep their drive free for family coming home later and visitors. Annoying but what can you do.

Well, it’s obviously not the same as driving rather than taking the bus.

I just think parking on public roads shouldn’t be restricted by householders. Simple really.

Drives me mad all the street parking. Going to visit anyone usually involves constant manoeuvring around parked cars.

You should have to pay some kind of extra council tax to park on the street, that might encourage people to be considerate and use their drives more to clear the way for traffic.

Just as selfish as using a car instead of public transport if you look at it that way?

People pay to have a drive, of course they can use it, and yes, they need a dropped kerb to access it.

If you want a drive, garage space, pay for one!

It’s because people don’t want their neighbours parking outside their house, so they will park outside their own house even though they have a driveway.

A neighbour got rid of her drive, something to do with her garden being smaller than when she first saw the house 🤔. So she absorbed it into her garden. Now she and all her adult DCs park on the road/pavement directly outside her house.

Her house is at the entrance to the cul-de-sac on a dog leg corner so sometimes the bin lorry cant get through.

She is an entitled arse in many ways so I always take the time to dob her in to council/DVLA when the opportunity arises.

According to Martin Lewis website, it's actually cheaper to park on the road. Apparently down to something stupid like sometimes driveways are more secluded and thieves can hide better! I paid more and park on my driveway.

We have a residents car park, some of my neighbours still park on the street - makes no sense because my insurance wax considerably lower because of the car park, apparently it’s lower risk than a drive because would be thieves don’t know which house to break into to steal the keys

I love my drive and car parking space. 🥰

The drive is over 200 metres long and about 4 cars wide as it’s inbetween two fields plus my house has gravel all around the outside so you drive up the drive and park in front or at the side or back of the house and you don’t have to reverse if you don’t want to, but drive all the way round and back out again.

No issues parking if we have a party and no nearby neighbours. 😊

We never use our drive as the back street that it's on is horrendous - filled with potholes and I've personally destroyed two tyres out there over the years.

If people are parking on bends and causing problems then you can ask the council to put double yellow lines there - they did this on my road.

I don't - tiny drive and gap to get in, so is a pain to get in and out. Makes putting bins in and out difficult. Looks more pleasant without a car on the drive. Only use the car once every few weeks, so it's not a problem if I have to park a couple of minutes away.

Not being funny, but are the cars parked on the road actually theirs? I have a large paved front area, but no car. Neighbours cars are frequently parked in front of my house.

I wonder if they tell their insurance they park on their private drive or the public road….

In my road people do this as the driveways are narrow and others park right up or overlapping the driveway. This makes it really difficult to get out safely so I can understand why some people do it.

We never park in our drive and the neighbours probably think we are weird.

The reason is that we have a really steep driveway and DP went a bought a stupid low car that is so low to the ground that he's worried he will damage it. And I am too scared that I would roll back and squish a neighbourhood cat or worse as it's so steep!

It’s odd but they have every right to park where they want as long as they’ve paid their road tax.

If I pull into my drive headfirst, I then have to reverse out afterwards. This means looking behind both on the road AND on the pavement left and right in case someone is out walking. So it's much easier to just leave the car on the road! If I reverse in first, I still have problems.

I’ve wondered this too 😅

Some people use the drive/garage for storage, some can’t be bothered shuffling cars around, and some just find street parking easier. There’s no law saying you have to use your drive.

Parking on a bend though… that’s the bit that would annoy me more than the empty drive!

I live just off a fairly narrow road that gets used as a rat run, and if there’s roadworks it’s an official diversion.

Everyone has a massive drive - big enough for at least 2 cars plus a garage but the vast majority of people park on the road. Theres big motorhomes, cars parked too close to corners so you can’t see if you’re turning out, big work vans, etc all blocking the road while driveways sit empty.

It’s very annoying, especially during busy times as the road can get gridlocked.

If there’s roadworks and the road is being used as a diversion (so buses, lorries, etc use it) the council suspends parking along there and everyone then manages to park on their drives - whilst moaning endlessly they can’t park on the road.

It baffles me.

Ours has got too narrow as cars have got bigger. We used to have two and we'd park the runabout the street and the good car in the drive. So might have one car on the street with an empty drive.

Car Brain!

For what its worth I suggest

1. Vehicles over a certain size - vans. 4x4's motorhomes etc should NOT be allowed to park on the road overnight without a permit, and
2. There should be where necessary controls on the number of vehicles allowed too be connected to a particular property

My drive isn't wide enough for my ford focus (so quite a normal sized car). We have a garden wall which is connected to my neighbours with two pillars at the entrance to the drive, then a wall down the side and a raised curb on the other side. I've tried to get the car on before and it is so, so tight that it scuffs the wheels.

I don’t use mine because the previous owner had a drive put in but neglected to have the kerb dropped. She also had brick posts put on either side which an old Ford fiesta might get between but my car won’t fit through the gap. It’s on my list of things to fix