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AIBU to refuse moving my son's car from a public road?

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Deactivated000 · 02/09/2026 11:08

Our house is in a corner plot at the bottom of a cul-de-sac. We have converted half of our front garden into an additional drive so we now have parking for 3 cars, which we have.

Unfortunately our working hours can cause us problems when it comes to parking our cars as it’s a long single drive so cars are parked behind one another.

My DH and I both leave for work at 3.30am and sometimes my DS doesn’t get home from work until 11pm, so to save as playing musical cars at 3.30am (and potentially waking the neighbours) my DS parks on the road opposite when our shifts do clash. However, the people who live in the house were my DS sometimes parks in front of have been asking us to move and park somewhere else saying that they have family coming over and need the space, there is space for 4 cars, they had 1 car of family visiting. The last couple of times they’ve asked us to move we have, but now I’m really annoyed about it and have us much right to park there as everyone else as it’s a public road.

For clarity, we can’t park on the road in front of our house as we are in the corner and would block neighbours drives.

OP posts:
Spirallingdownwards · 02/09/2026 11:43

Flamingojune · 02/09/2026 11:42

Cant he just park further away?

Can't they?

Flamingojune · 02/09/2026 11:42

Cant he just park further away?

Witchergeralt · 02/09/2026 11:42

It's a public road and anyone can park there. YANBU

Spirallingdownwards · 02/09/2026 11:42

If they don't want their visitor to have to park further away the answer is simple. They move one of their cars so their visitor can park on their drive.

Your son is legally parked and does not have to move.

Deactivated000 · 02/09/2026 11:41

bananaobama · 02/09/2026 11:22

cant he just move his car on the drive at 9am?

He didn’t park it there, he moved it and parked round the corner, but yes he usually gets up about 7am and moves it onto the drive.

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Ablondiebutagoody · 02/09/2026 11:40

First come, first served. They will have to park further away if necessary. No big deal.

Joe7t8 · 02/09/2026 11:26

I used to live on a road where one man was an absolute dick about people parking on the road in front of his house, which he considered to be his space despite it being a public road. I reckon most streets with limited off-road parking have at least one over-entitled household like this.

In answer to your question, no you are most definitely not being unreasonable.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 02/09/2026 11:25

Get a ring doorbell and when you can see it's them, just don't answer. They'll get fed up of ringing when they never get an answer. And if they catch you in the street, just say 'It's a public road, anyone can park anywhere.'

bananaobama · 02/09/2026 11:23

all streets have parking issues. It’s the way of
the world. You can’t ask someone to move their car

cant believe people do this

bananaobama · 02/09/2026 11:22

cant he just move his car on the drive at 9am?

MandemChickenShop · 02/09/2026 11:21

park where you want

LlynTegid · 02/09/2026 11:13

The sometimes is not daily I expect, and you know shifts in advance. So at least you can reduce when it happens.

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