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Would you park like this?

42 replies

Imyellingtimber · 07/10/2018 16:13

For context neighbour on left is new and has recently had their full width of their house tarmaced whereas previously only in front of the dropped kerb was driveway.

Neighbour on left has 3 cars and 2 drive spaces so usually parks darker blue car next to mid blue car on driveway and light blue car is where it lives.

Dropped kerb is still as is and hasn't been extended so where darker blue car has parked IS a raised kerb. But. Black car was there first and it does seem a bit of an 'up yours' to the new neighbour on the left from the old neighbour on the right. Dark blue car has now gone out (took photo earlier this morning and needed to name change before posting for obvious reasons!) so you can see how little room black car would have had to get out.

My question is would you have parked like the darker blue car and if yes/no why?

For extra context there are no parking restrictions and it's a very easy road to park on.

Would you park like this?
Would you park like this?
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StoorieHoose · 07/10/2018 16:16

I wouldn’t park like that but it isn’t a dropped kerb so technically not a drive. Looks to me like it’s more a. Up yours from the left to the right for parking in front of their house. If they had dropped the kerb they could moan but they haven’t so tough

dementedpixie · 07/10/2018 16:19

Neighbour with black car should park in a way that he uses the dropped kerb to get in and out the drive. They can't expect the whole of the front to be kept clear if the dropped kerb doesn't extend the full width

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 07/10/2018 16:19

Neighbour on left has 3 cars and 2 drive spaces so usually parks darker blue car next to mid blue car on driveway and light blue car is where it lives

Do you mean neighbour on Right?

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BretonStripe · 07/10/2018 16:21

No, I wouldn't want to partially block either drive way tbh

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 07/10/2018 16:22

It isn't a dropped kerb so nothing wrong with it. If it was ever the last place to park then I would do it.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 07/10/2018 16:22

I too would try to avoid parking there, but would also think the home owner was being a CF for laying claim to / depriving neighbours of more of the on road parking than they had a right to.

Thinking about it again... if parking were tight, I'd probably park there a lot!

Original poster
Imyellingtimber · 07/10/2018 16:23

For clarification I mean neighbour on left as you look at it.

Black car neighbour usually has 2 cars on the drive with one where the drop kerb bit is.

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Plural · 07/10/2018 16:25

If there was no other space, yes I'd park there, there's no dropped curb

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Imyellingtimber · 07/10/2018 16:25

It would never be the last place to park as we have loads of on road parking and all houses have 2+ car drive. It is definitely the first most convenient place for range-of-blue-cars neighbour to park when they've already taken up their on road outside their house space with their car.

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Cachailleacha · 07/10/2018 16:27

Black car should park in such a way that they can access the dropped kerb.

RustyBear · 07/10/2018 16:27

The picture may be deceptive, but it looks like the black car should easily be able to exit via the dropped curb - maybe might need a bit of manoeuvring. They shouldn’t be planning to drive over the pavement where the curb isn’t dropped anyway, it damages the pavement and may damage any utilities under it (which are protected when a dropped curb is installed, which is why it can be expensive to do.)

Tahani · 07/10/2018 16:27

No dropped curb, I'd park there, but only if there wasn't anywhere closer for me

Lovestonap · 07/10/2018 16:28

I am so confused by this thread.
Which is the darker blue/lighter blue car? Who owns what

This is like one of those comprehension questions on an 11 plus paper.

Anyway, if there's no dropped curb/other parking restrictions it's fair game to park there.

Lovestonap · 07/10/2018 16:30

aha! hadn't seen the last photo.

Still stand by my answer

itsbritneybiatches · 07/10/2018 16:31

All down my road there are driveways with dropped Curbs for every house. Our road is long.

Can I park across my own dropped curb?

We have two cars. Space on the drive for one car so the other car we have is always blocking the first car
In by parking across our dropped curb.

overmydeadbody · 07/10/2018 16:33

I would think nothing of parking the of I didn't have anywhere else to park, but it seems like in this case it was done deliberately.

But surely the black car can only get out via the dropped curb anyway so it doesn't matter?

legalseagull · 07/10/2018 16:37

You could get a bus off that drive! Loads of room for the car on the drive to get to the dropped curb. I'd park there. It's a bit cheeky to just extend your drive and expect people not to use the road

SoupDragon · 07/10/2018 16:38

As the black car is not allowed to drive over the pavement where the kerb is not dropped, there’s nothing wrong with the blue car parking there.

They need to pay to extend the dropped kerb if it is a problem.

I’m not sure if I would park there as I don’t like confrontation - I probably would if there was nowhere else reasonable I think.

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Imyellingtimber · 07/10/2018 16:44

I imagine because the black car parks there regularly as his 'new' spot now the drive has been done that getting down the dropped kerb is no problem. It may be made harder by how far onto the pavement range-of-blue-cars family park but that's another thread with buggies/scooters/bikes etc It's certainly not illegal just wondered how it would be perceived by black car neighbour or others who aren't me.

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InfiniteSheldon · 07/10/2018 16:46

You are not allowed to drive on the pavement so it's fine to park there as the car on the awful tarmac drive can't drive off or on over the pavement so has to use it's dropped curve anyway.

PillowOfSociety · 07/10/2018 16:54

I wouldn’t have any qualms about parking anywhere where there is not a stopped kerb.

I wouldn’t deliberately play passive aggressive silly buggers for the sake of it, but just park in the most convenient place with no dropped kerb.

And I don’t see why people should be able to claim great widths of road across the front of their houses. A dropped kerb is to allow a vehicle access to their property, that’s all.

JasperCopeland · 07/10/2018 16:55

The tarmac isn't a double drive, it's a dropped single drive and a bit of tarmac garden.

FrangipaniBlue · 07/10/2018 17:40

So does the blue car that's blocking the black car on the left hand drive belong to the house on the right, and they've blocked their next door neighbour in rather than block their own car in?

If that's the case then they're being first class tw@ts IMO!

If it's some random persons car then they aren't really doing anything wrong.

Black car owner is being a CF in a way expecting people not to park there, if they want access then they should pay for the kerb to be dropped.

Cachailleacha · 07/10/2018 18:02

Dark blue car has not blocked black car in as there is no dropped kerb. Black car can not drive over the undropped kerb, they need to exit at the dropped section, so the dark blue car being there makes no difference.

starzig · 07/10/2018 18:04

Would both cars not be fine in and out if they parked across the way instead?

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