Is it passive aggressive to put up a No Parking sign?

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Ok it is. I know it is.
5 garages. Mine one end, the other end is empty. I drive nose first to the empty garage door and swing round to park in front of mine.
As it’s empty my upstairs and next door neighbours let their guests park there. There have been people from up the street park there when it’s been difficult to park in the street.
I’m fed up of coming home and not being able to park because people who don’t live here are blocking my turning circle and door knocking until I find them. Last year I ended up having a row with someone because he said I could park and was being difficult.

Now lockdown is starting to lift and neighbours are having guests I’ve already been blocked. I can’t be doing with it anymore and because it doesn’t affect them the neighbours don’t realise how annoying it is.
So should I get a no parking sign and stick it on the end garage?
Phew, that was cathartic!
(Please be gentle, I haven’t posted in AIBU as it’s too scary)

Who owns the empty garage? Can you agree to swap?!

You're supposed to drive forward onto the road rather than reverse onto it as you have much better visibility.

Ok, I’m having trouble explaining myself and muddling up my neighbours so this thread is getting confusing and moving too fast for me to keep up with so I’m going to bow out now and agree that I probably am being unreasonable.
Have a lovely rest of evening everyone

I think this is what OP means

@TeacupDrama

I think this is what OP means

Wouldn't you just reverse in and do a 23 point turn to get around the corner?

@TeacupDrama

I think this is what OP means

Wouldn't the 90 degree reverse turn to get to the point where she is reversing past the neighbours cars be the same if she is starting in the space in front of the empty garage or if she is starting from a reversing position at the entrance to the road?

It's a bad design - it works if everyone parks in their garages but not if everyone parks outside. Sounds like the last garage needs to be sacrificed for a simple turning spot with a no parking notice on it. But then that leaves one house with no parking. Tricky!

@Doghead

Did you get your driving licence free with a pack of shreddies? Or do you drive a monster truck? Because, seriously, if you can't manage to park your car without using such a MASSIVE turning circle then you really shouldn't be driving.

😂

Kudos to @TeacupDrama @Okunoshima for their exemplary explanations. On a Saturday night. Parking threads are the best entertainment!

If it's too tight to reverse all the way down the drive and in, how would you get out if the car is in front of the empty garage? Surely it's the same size turning circle of the car

The developers unfortunately built your garage in a position difficult to access, unless everyone keeps their car inside their garage at all times, but if neighbours had two cars they, maybe, would still want to park the second one outside their garage door.

Presumably, you could see the position of your garage when you bought ( rented) the property but took it anyway knowing access would be difficult. Your neighbours can access parking outside their garages and really aren't doing anything wrong, they don't have to inconvenience themselves so you can park in front of yours. All you could really do is contact the council or developers and ask if lines can be be drawn to deny everyone the parking space outside the garages but you would have to drive inside your garage then too. It's shit but that is how it was when you moved in.

It does look really annoying to park squidged in the end there. I’m sure you could just about so it with a lot of manoeuvring. But that is a beer annoying way to end your journey home.

I’d find that v tricky but don’t think a sign would help. Would either put up with it or go via whatever arrangements are in place to deal with residents’ concerns.

You can't put a no parking sign up and then you park, especially if the rules are don't park in front of the garages!

YABVU... you do not own this garage and have no more say over it than anyone else, it is not your personal turning circle. It’s fair game for anyone to use until someone moves in to the associated property.

I see what you mean but no, you cannot put a ‘no parking’ sign on that empty garage. It’s not yours and you don’t get a say. It’s inconvenient I know but you’re stuck with it.

It would not surprise me if the garages were built before Chelsea Tractors were commonplace. Another reason to discourage them such as with my suggestion that large cars require a separate licence and driving test.

You are not being as everyone is entitled to park in front of the garages, or none of you are.

Why can’t you just reverse last all the spaces and into yours?

Past not last

Explain your plight to the other neighbours, explain that you don't want to default to no one being allowed to park there, and see if they would support a sign or 'having a word' with people who park there.