Parking - Across my drive

[Jonesn1]

This black Merc does this constantly!! Everyone else that parks there at least makes an effort to park up on cerb. Those neighbors has 5 cars due to 2 adult children.
Shall I leave a note? If there's a 2nd car on my drive he makes it really difficult.

well obviously you might struggle getting a double decker bus out of there, but a car....?

They shouldn't be on the kerb. The pavement is for people. You are not blocked in

They're not parked over your drive. You wouldn't reverse straight back anyway, so you'll miss it as you turn.
Reverse onto your drive.

He isn't parked across your drive, OP!! As an above poster said you have more space to reverse out of than a standard supermarket space.

Total non issue. Please DO NOT put a note on his car. You'll make yourself look silly and give them a good old laugh.

@ThousandsAreSailing

They shouldn't be on the kerb. The pavement is for people. You are not blocked in

It doesn’t look like they’re parked on the kerb.

Talk about an exaggeration...I should think most homes in the UK have streets where there are cars parked on the opposite side of the road like this. I bet most of them do not have the pleasure of being on such a wide road either.

Thanks all 🙈It’s not that I can’t get out, guess it’s just anyone near the car stresses me out after having two cars written off outside my old house. 😔Still paying for it a year later and my insurance won’t be dropping anytime soon.

They arent parked on the kerb but OP wants them to be

heartsonacake

They are not parked on the pavement.

But the OP reckons they should park there to make it easier for them to reverse out of their drive.

@gnomeisland

heartsonacake

They are not parked on the pavement.

But the OP reckons they should park there to make it easier for them to reverse out of their drive.

Ahh right I see what you mean.

How is it cheeky of them to park there? To me it looks like they are parking a safe distance away from the corner while also keeping the car in eyeshot, rather than trying to obstruct you.

You on the other hand have taken up the entire pavement with your bins.

There's a ton of room there hes not by any stretch of the imagination parked across your drive. You cant possibly put a note on the car ffs. How do you cope reversing out of car park spaces because there looks to be more room there than you get in an average car park

Good grief. There's tons of room. Move the bins. You would be really petty to put a note on their car for that. No they are not cheeky. They are perfectly legally parked and not causing a problem at all. If the road was narrower and you would actually struggle to get off your drive then yes, you may have a point. But that isn't the case.

Getting to the stage where you can’t park anywhere cos it’s someone’s drive. Well, I do need to park. And that person isn’t blocking your drive. And I certainly don’t condone parking on the kerb how selfish is that!! If you can’t get your car out of there you shouldn’t be driving.

Yes please leave a note..... Would love to see their reply

I parked like this recently and got a shitty note on my car. I was opposite someone’s drive and in a row of two other cars, so thought it was a reasonable place to park, plus the car on the drive had been reversed in, so they could have easily got off the drive.
I’ve lived in a house where people regularly parked opposite my drive plus two cars either side of the drive, now that is challenging to get out of!

I tell you what's more annoying... people parking like this on my road. Makes trying to get my car off the drive (yellow) almost impossible.
But not totally impossible. I have to do an 8 point turn to get out.

But you have loads of room. The neighbour hasn’t done anything wrong.

Is this thread a reverse? Has someone left a passive aggressive note about your parking?

@littlebobbybadger
I have exactly the same. My road used as a rat run so can be v hard to reverse into drive in rush hour so if I'm using the car the next day before 9 I have to go out and reverse it in when road quieter

Same here @abitoflight
Total rat run, on a blind bend! And people park like that!

They are legally parked on the road, and you can get out of your drive. Happens on my estate all the time and there simply is no issue

Added to which if they park up on the kerb then that’s also blocking the footpath, which then means pushchair and wheelchair users have difficulty. And you are not supposed to park on footpaths

They aren’t parked across your driveway, they are parked OPPOSITE your driveway.

They aren’t being cheeky, it’s perfectly logical and legal.

If you are struggling to get out of your driveway I’d suggest you go get some refresher driving lessons.

If you can’t reverse out with all that space you shouldn’t be driving. Why are you not reversing into your drive. They are not parked across your driveway

Bloody hell. They’re not being “cheeky” and they’re not doing anything wrong. Mountain/mole hill springs to mind.

PP suggestions of reverse parking on your drive is your solution here.

Chill out.