Aibu whose in the wrong double parking

None of my neighbours know I’m disabled. None of my neighbours have ever seen my blue badge, unless of course they follow me about.

If you don't have a dropped kerb then it's not a driveway.

But you don't have a drive.

I’m baffled at the lack of dropped kerb. How do you get on to your “drive” OP? Is it a very low kerb? I’d knacker my tyres if I regularly drove up a kerb.

It's never fine to park on pavements, just some people do it and don't get ticketed.

That’s not what double parking means.

Mainly parked on pavement? Nah, you're not good! Otherwise you were parked up first, the other car were the numpties.

Oops, kerb 😁

You are 100% in the wrong. If there are dropped curve, you are not allowed to go over the pavement to park your car in your driveway, end off.

As for saying you can't reverse where you're not allowed to because of your neighbours who park properly, that's laughable. If there enough space for a car to drive through on the road, there's enough space to reverse on your drive. It sounds that you are just not a good driver.

As whether they were on the wrong parking in their normal spot, it depends what side other cars were parked. If there isn't enough space for a fire lorry to pass, the cars should all be parked on the same one side only. If you were the only one on your side , you were wrong.

I don't think you're in the wrong. Out of curiosity does anyone ever block you in or park outside your house as you don't have a dropped kerb?

It’s a KERB not a curb. Curb is a verb meaning to limit or restrain, not a noun.

Where I am, disabled spaces outside houses are discretionary so the council won’t ticket anyone else for parking in them, so it might not solve OP’s problem anyway.

It's a shared drive, so neighbours have to reverse in and drive out so the house side is not on the driver's side for them if they do that, and the driver can get out. It's a quiet cul de sac though not a busy main road.

Well given that you do not have a drive because without a dropped kerb it isn't a drive, you would be perfectly reasonable to apply to the council for a space on the road outside your house to be designated a Blue Badge space.

Around where I live the parking spots marked by white lined box are part on the pavement and part on the road.

For most of the UK it's not illegal.

She hasn’t got a drive really, because she hasn’t got a dropped kerb. Parking partly on the pavement is legal in most places, and she wasn’t blocking the pavement from use.

Therefore, she parked perfectly legally. The neighbours are in the wrong.

Parking on the pavement, even partially, is illegal. It is also a problem for people with visual impairment (who often learn a route and need pavements to be clear), those in wheelchairs and people pushing prams.

Maybe a bit of reversing into drive practice is called for! - good luck.

Also one that has been re-inforced which is why it costs so much . Otherise the damage is done to pipes underground being driven over ,
Cars ar getting bigger and heavier too .

Of the 12 cars parked in my (wide pavements) road, 11 are parked partially on the pavement. The one that doesn't, sticks out, and whilst the road is wide enough that it's not blocking traffic, it does just out comparatively and is much more likely to get bashed, or a distracted cyclist drive into it.

It's the only place I've ever parked up on the curb btw, and if prefer not to. But local parking etiquette is a thing, and one reason why blanket rules don't always work.

Probably closed in the morning. Have a look at the website though as it’s all handled online here, I’m guessing most councils will be the same. Also, be aware that if your neighbours have a Blue Badge they will be able to park in the nice disabled bay.

The rule is actually reverse on your driveway if you can. It’s guidance only.

The woman screaming at you was out of order, but you do not have a drive. A tarmacked front garden is not a drive unless there is a dropped kerb and it is illegal and unsafe to drive across the pavement where there isn't a dropped kerb.

Double-parked does not mean parking on both sides of a road. Double parking means parking immediately next to someone already parked such that they can't leave their parking space and blocking the flow of traffic. Parking on both sides of a road is fine so long as the gap is big enough for a fire-engine. If there's enough room for a car to slip through but not enough space for a fire engine you are endangering lives.

You were reasonable to park where you did, unless there is a local byelaw against pavement parking. Your neighbour was unreasonable to subsequently cause a nuisance by parking without sufficient gap, but you are unreasonable to own a car at all when you seem to know so little about safe parking.