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Aibu whose in the wrong double parking

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AutisticMumOf2 · Today 15:59

Just got a new car, bigger than my old car. I struggled to reverse off my drive in my old car as my neighbours park directly opposite my driveway (no dropped curb but it's obvious they are in the way.)
Decided last night while getting used to said car to park on the road outside my drive, all good neighbours weren't home and I assumed they would have common sense to not double park and just park along slightly.
No... they double parked directly opposite mine. Cars were still getting through okay.

Just had a very angry woman screaming at me saying I am blocking the road. I told her I parked there first and that it was the neighbours who have double parked and to knock on their door to move which she just screamed at me.

Am I wrong for parking outside my house when their car wasn't there? They also have a drive but don't use it!

OP posts:
youngwhippersnapper · Today 16:01

You didn’t double park. The other person did.

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:01

Just to add I was mainly parked on the pavement, they were parked fully on the road.

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PrizedPickledPopcorn · Today 16:03

Well you shouldn’t be blocking the pavement with your car- and that makes it look like you came second. You’d have been wiser to park on the road properly.

And it’s much better to reverse onto your drive and drive forwards to leave. So do a rethink about how you park generally.

WallaceinAnderland · Today 16:05

Only one person was parked legally and it wasn't you OP.

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:06

PrizedPickledPopcorn · Today 16:03

Well you shouldn’t be blocking the pavement with your car- and that makes it look like you came second. You’d have been wiser to park on the road properly.

And it’s much better to reverse onto your drive and drive forwards to leave. So do a rethink about how you park generally.

All my neighbours park on the pavement slightly so I was no different to the other cars! Still left room for a wheelchair or buggy.

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endofthelinefinally · Today 16:06

Are you allowed to park on the pavement? We would get ticketed for that here. It sounds as if your road is pretty narrow. Generally you shouldn't reverse into a road from a driveway. Is it not possible to reverse onto your drive?

TheBitterBoy · Today 16:08

You shouldn't be parking on the pavement, and you should always be reversing on to your driveway. Both of these are very clear in the Highway Code.

theneighboureatmysalad · Today 16:08

Of course you are not wrong, they shouldn't be driving if they have no road awareness whatsoever.

Your neighbours are idiots.

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:09

endofthelinefinally · Today 16:06

Are you allowed to park on the pavement? We would get ticketed for that here. It sounds as if your road is pretty narrow. Generally you shouldn't reverse into a road from a driveway. Is it not possible to reverse onto your drive?

Yes, it's fine around here. I cannot reverse onto driveway as the neighbours park in such a way that I just can't get onto it backwards! They are literally making it impossible for me to use my drive right now but as it has no dropped curb I can't say anything.

OP posts:
FattyMcFattyArse · Today 16:09

Need a diagram !

JulietteHasAGun · Today 16:09

I thought it was only illegal to park on the pavement in London? I don’t do it btw.

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:09

FattyMcFattyArse · Today 16:09

Need a diagram !

Lol hold on.

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theneighboureatmysalad · Today 16:10

TheBitterBoy · Today 16:08

You shouldn't be parking on the pavement, and you should always be reversing on to your driveway. Both of these are very clear in the Highway Code.

too bad. I am glad people park on the pavement around here, or it would be a nightmare for traffic.

It's extra-large pavements, there' s still enough space to fit an entire car between the parked cars and the properties, no wheelchair is being inconvenienced before someone starts complaining.

youngwhippersnapper · Today 16:12

Ah, if you’re parked on the pavement, it would look like you weren’t first there.

Yetone · Today 16:12

So OP, your drive doesn’t have a dropped kerb, you are reversing out of your driveway instead of on to it and you are parking on the pavement. You are breaking a few rules there.

Voice0fReason · Today 16:16

You don't have a dropped kerb so you don't have a driveway. Your neighbour is perfectly entitled to park there.
And please don't park on the pavement. Park on the road.

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:16

Yetone · Today 16:12

So OP, your drive doesn’t have a dropped kerb, you are reversing out of your driveway instead of on to it and you are parking on the pavement. You are breaking a few rules there.

Loads round here reverse out of drives and park on pavements, it's a country village. The dropped kerb isn't my problem that's my landlords fault for not doing it i won't be paying for it. End of the day loads of other cars got through fine and hers was smaller, think she just wanted a argument in all honesty.

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SunnyRedSnail · Today 16:17

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:09

Yes, it's fine around here. I cannot reverse onto driveway as the neighbours park in such a way that I just can't get onto it backwards! They are literally making it impossible for me to use my drive right now but as it has no dropped curb I can't say anything.

If you have no dropped curb then it's not really a drive way.

Why didn't you just park opposite where your neighbour often parks?

Or why didn't you get a smaller car that IS easier to park?

TofuTuesday · Today 16:17

I had this one , and a bloody bus driver gave me a mouthful. I’d parked up to wait outside school after a club, someone else parked opposite me, and it was too late then for me to move as other people parked on the same side as them.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · Today 16:17

Presumably you can reverse onto your drive, it just takes a few more back and forth manoeuvres.
People park opposite mine too, regardless of the dropped kerb. It’s annoying. But it can be done- and I always think anyone waiting while I manoeuvre is getting a reminder about parking considerately.

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:17

Voice0fReason · Today 16:16

You don't have a dropped kerb so you don't have a driveway. Your neighbour is perfectly entitled to park there.
And please don't park on the pavement. Park on the road.

So it's fine to park directly opposite another car that's parked? No it's not. I was parked there first therefore they should have common sense not to double park.

OP posts:
Likeiloveyou · Today 16:18

So you don’t have a dropped curb? Then it’s not a legal driveway is it?

AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:19

Think I shall apply for a disabled parking bay outside mine that should solve the issue. Will annoy the neighbours but needs must.

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AutisticMumOf2 · Today 16:20

Likeiloveyou · Today 16:18

So you don’t have a dropped curb? Then it’s not a legal driveway is it?

Obviously I covered that in the post, I'm not thick.

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Hohumbrumbrum · Today 16:20

theneighboureatmysalad · Today 16:10

too bad. I am glad people park on the pavement around here, or it would be a nightmare for traffic.

It's extra-large pavements, there' s still enough space to fit an entire car between the parked cars and the properties, no wheelchair is being inconvenienced before someone starts complaining.

Same!

On my road, we all park partially on the pavement. In some ways I don't know why as the road is quite wide, and even with double parking fully on the road, 2 way traffic can get through. But everyone does, so you wouldn't want your car to be the sole one sticking out into the road.

We also have wide pavements, so with being partially parked ok on the pavement, there would be room for 2 mobility scooters to drive next to eachother even.

Oh, and lots of us drive onto our driveways because visibility is fine both ways due to the giant pavement and wide road.

Thankfully it's only London and Scotland where there's a blanket ban on pavement parking. Where it doesn't cause an obstruction for anyone, who cares.

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