When someone parks on someone else’s driveway blocking their car in what goes through their head?

[Seaitoverthere]

We live by a nursery. Other morning a car was parked on our driveway blocking ours in. We naively assumed it was someone visiting someone else and had got the wrong drive. It moved off before we needed it leave so no harm done.

Then yesterday they parked over our dropped kerb, again blocking us in and we realised that they were dropping off at nursery down the road. According to our neighbours that car does it a lot and one of my neighbours has taken to parking over her drive at night so she can get to work.

I’m quite fascinated about what goes through the mind of someone when they do it ?! Like most here I’m sure, it never even occurred to me for a second whilst dropping my DC off. Anyone going to own up to ever doing this and if so why did you think it was OK to do?

The only time I've done it, it was dark and snowy, and I just didn't realise (no road makings visible, hedge etc meant it wasn't a very obvious drive either.) I saw a parking space and was mostly just relieved I could stop driving at last. AFAIK, it didn't cause an issue before I realised (which was the next morning when I went to move it.)

I'm proper petty with stuff like this, I'd leave my driveway clear and block k her in one day and refuse to answer the door.

But sensible people will do what you've done and contact the nursery.

As for what goes on in their heads, nothing apart from what is important to them. They need to park up quickly and get in and out for whatever reason, so they take no notice of how it inconveniences anyone else

My DC go to a nursery which is on street parking only on a busy road, it is very difficult to turn the car back around due to the layout of the road/buildings and the busy-ness, so once you’ve driven past the nursery, if the on street spots are unavailable you just have to keep driving until it’s safe to find a place to turn around. The nursery are constantly fielding complaints from residents about blocked drives, I have never done it myself, I just turn the car when I can and hope a space has come free when I get back, but I think some other parents must adopt an “I’ll only be 5 minutes” approach. I can imagine it’s very tempting if you are in a rush to get to work, but it must be maddening for the residents!

Britain 2024: Not "What's right" but "what can I get away with?".

Entitled cunts

The sort of person that when challenged will get all mouthy and play the victim. I was only three minutes

You do realise, that if the bay is on the street anyone with a blue badge can park in it, don't you

Pretty sure this sort of attitude has always existed, in most societies.

Its absolutely the "I'll only be 5 minutes" brigade. They don't plan in advance, they are almost always in some kind of rush and are generally lazy. They CBA to walk the extra 20 steps to park legally.

These people also park in disabled spots without a badge, park in p&c because they don't want their precious car to get a minor scratch, park across pavements so wheelchairs, pushchairs and people with mobility scooters have to go into the road. All because "they are alright Jack and it's only 5 mins/ 10 mins/ an hour/ a day".

You need to complain to the nursery, the building owner and council every time it happens and put in your complaint that you are also contacting the council about it. If part of the change of use application included parking provisions and it has been removed then it's likely it is no longer suitable for a nursery in the eyes of the planning dept.

I would also be tempted to perform my own justice, do you have any DC who like big sticks? They might accidently walk past the car with said big stick and leave a bit of a scratch. Or my personal favourite with knobhead parent and child parkers and pavement parkers - push the buggy along the side of it and oh dear, I'm very sleep deprived, my toddler is thrashing about and I'm not a very good driver with the double buggy, my buggy seems to have bumped your car. Did it to a nice posh Porsche parked in the parent and child next to me (2 seater, no car seat in sight). Or lipstick writing. Snotty note.

I have a car on my drive. My neighbour doesn’t, nor the neighbour next to them. Why the f does someone have to park blocking my drive? I’ve never been able to fathom it

They are just plonkers totally oblivious about the trouble they cause with their shit parking.

Then it wasn’t a driveway and you were entitled to park there.

I’d be driving my car right up to and just barely touching theirs. If it stops them being able to open the driver’s door, even better.