There's a car parked across my drive. What do you think would happen IRL if I blocked them in?

[ElderAve]

I've returned from work to find I can't get in my drive. I live opposite a primary school so its not unusual, especially when its raining.

This isn't one of the "I'll only be a minute"s though as all the other cars have gone now and I can park quite easily on the road behind them.

I could move our other car off the drive and park close in front blocking them in (double drive so I can get the car that's there off, but I can't get into the "space") iyswim.

The advice here is so often to block them in, inconvenience them and watch them squirm but if I do that, I have to deal with the confrontation.They're obviously a considerate sort, they're probably a regular visitor and they know where I live!

Also, on this occasion, it doesn't really matter ,but on others it would.

Would you deal with the aggro just for fun?

Block them in! Block them in!!!
I lived opposite a church and some of the congregation parked on my drive- cheek of it. Ended up storming the church and having them call out the asshole who did it. Drive way was too big (flats) to block him in! Wish I could have though

Please block them in! You know you want to.

Call the parking attendant people and get them a ticket. Assume they are blocking a dropped kerb and also blocking a car on the driveway.

I’d put a note on their car that said ‘I’ve not been able to access my drive. Please be considerate next time you park here.’

If they did it again that’s when I might actually block them.

Or Shitley’s advice is good.

No, they're not blocking a car on, I can't get onto the drive

Tempting though it is to encourage you to block them in, I'd be concerned about them damaging my car trying to get out, so i think I'd settle for a polite, but firm note on their windscreen. I'd also take photos of their car and if i ever found it there again, well, then I'd unleash my blocking powers. I might be tempted to explain in the note how inconvenienced you were, make up a tale of a delivery not able to access your drive and how it will have to be rescheduled at considerable inconvenience and cost to yourself.

@Don'tCallMeShitly yes, because they'll turn up in seconds, just like that well, maybe in a week or two's time).

If they are visiting a friend then they could have put a note through your door telling you where they were. That would have been the considerate thing to do.

Block them in!

I wouldn't block them in - I would LOVE to, but would be afraid they would damage my car.

I would instead waste my time by hanging around the front of the house waiting for them to return, and then unleash almighty hell on them Won't be as satisfying as blocking them in, but it should make them think twice about parking across drives in the future, especially across yours!

I once parked realllllyyyyy close to someone blocking my drive. They could get it but had to do a 3 million point turn and keep getting out the car to check the distance. I watched and waited until they were free and popped my head out and asked if they wanted me to move

So are they parked on your drive or over your drop kerb?

Someone once parked on my drive (when we lived in a different house and had a drive) and I blocked him in. Half hour later he saw what I'd done. There was no confrontation, no argument or anything. I explained that it was my drive, he said sorry and that he wouldn't do it again and drove off.

A lorry towed an abandoned van away from outside our house earlier this week. Again, no drama that I could see.

No, they're not blocking a car on, I can't get onto the drive

I thought your other car was on the drive?
I think we DO need a diagram, after all

I would block them in but when they knocked on the door for me to move, I would slowly do so. That way I would hope I make my point but don’t antagonise which could result in damage to my car.

Even if they are visiting someone and arrived when the road was full with school drop off/pick up, they should have been considerate enough to move once the road emptied or to have just waited the ten mins or so it usually takes for school traffic to clear.

I genuinely would block them in op. I have a fiery temper though, and do not suffer fools.

Years ago we had a neighbour who had a huge drive but took to parking in front of my house for her own convenience. I know people will say I didnt own the road, but I did own the area in front of my house as per my deeds. Whilst I didnt want to fall out with her, once I realised how up her own arse she was I decided to get even.

I came home in the pouring rain, dark etc to find her parked on my land again. I had absolutely no where to park and had the kids with me. So I just parked my car completely across the back of hers so she could go nowhere.

The next morning she was hammering away at my door so I took a leisurely shower. She was in a right state shouting about being late for work when I finally answered. I said how wet me and the kids had got being unable to park and I wish I had thought of doing this earlier.
Needless to say she didnt do it again.

It's a double width drive. They are parked over the dropped kerb on the side that doesn't have a car on it.

As far as I'm aware, it's illegal for them to block you from accessing the highway but not illegal for them to block you from getting onto your drive.

That said, I would probably block them in to discourage them from doing it again because parking close to another car isn't illegal either.

Definitely block them in!! And keep us updated.

Another vote to block then in. Total CF behaviour. If they use the rain excuse they are pathetic. I would use my DP’s car to block them in as it’s a shed basically and he wouldn’t care if something happened to it

Diagram or it didn't happen. The law on parking threads is very clear.

It's very straightforward, surely no diagram required
YABU!

I would block, but I am petty like that.

I’d just put a note on the car.