Realistically can anything be done to stop parents parking across driveway?

[Lefmry]

I live on the same street as a school. Every single day someone blocks our driveway and I’m at a point now where I’m getting super fed up of it! 😩 It is mostly the same woman, who on multiple occasions has been asked to stop but it’s like it falls on deaf ears and she feels entitled somehow to still park there.

I wouldn’t actually mind but my eldest has severe additional needs and will NOT walk any distance from the car to the house so it’s super important we are parked on the drive, which isn’t possible when she (or someone else) has swanned off to stand at the school gates to wait for her child. I mean, not like I need an excuse really, it’s my drive and I should be able to use it. The time the drive is blocked is ALWAYS when I’m getting back from picking up my son from school.

Realistically if I were to go in to the school with number plates, especially this one woman, is there anything they can do? Or anything anybody else can do? Sorry I know there’s worse problems to have but I’ve just had a baby 4 weeks a go, have a 20 month old, along with my eldest with ASD, I am trying my damn hardest every day and sick of arseholes making life even harder.

A you get a sign for the end of your drive about keeping clear as disabled child needs access at all times?

Sorry, not read the entire thread but if after you’ve taken photos of her and the car and reported it to the school, if she keeps parking there I would block in her car with your car and a friend’s/ partner’s car and then not answer the door to her. Move your car at your leisure.

We live 2 doors down from our local primary school and it can be a nightmare. When we flagged parking issue to the Council they painted a white line on the road across our drive to show where parking should be avoided. It might be worth asking about this.

This is the advice that gets dished out to SH tenants every time druggies and criminals move in next door despite the fact it could happen again in the next place you move to.
The point here is SOMEONE has to live in the OPs house so its just passing the problem on.

In other words the parents getting away with it. Seems to me the only thing you have to do is birth a child and you can get away with anything.

She’s outside my house as I type this as today my son was picked up an hour early from school. If I didn’t have a newborn attached to my nipple I’d probably go out there AGAIN! She’s in the car today because it’s raining and she’s just seen me take a photo of her very blatantly and she hasn’t moved, when I tell you this woman doesn’t care.. she reaaaally doesn’t care. I’ve got about 6 photos now and they’re time stamped too so I think it’s probably a case of going in to the school first and seeing what they say/do. It’s also frustrating that she has about an 8 feet gap from her car to the one in front and she could probably pull forward to not block my drive entirely but I’m certain she’s doing it almost on purpose if truth be told.

Go to the police, claim that she appears to be not sober or has a medical condition that means she cannot understand something simple as access. Or cannot see properly.

It is not for the school to deal with.

@Lefmry is your car in your driveway? Phone the police.

Hence my suggestion of involving the police, as you have asked reasonably once.

It was yes. She was parked there for 17
minutes. So it’s really just not the ‘2 minutes’ they always claim it will be. My partner is off work on annual leave next week so I’m really going to get him prepared with taking action over it as seeing her notice me take a photo and still do nothing has driven me to a new level of anger! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ Admittedly since having the baby my hormones are all over the place and today I didn’t feel mentally prepared to do anything tbh so think next week is a good time to.

I would go full on psycho on her now - cause a massive scene - get it all out in the open.

You tried nice - didn’t work.

Go to town on her.

I'd go out there with the baby and go somewhat postal. Probably involving something messy and nappy related on her windscreen.

If your partner can when he is off next week, I would try and get him and another person to block her in by parking infront and behind her. And then refuse to move the cars for a few hours.

I really think someone so selfish and blatant will not stop this behaviour by just having a telling off/polite request from school or even photo shared...you need to inconvenience her like she does you.

The people who do this are so entitled. They won't park further away and walk.

Our local school had to push parking further and further away from the school due to entitled parents causing problems. They were parking on the turning circle, blocking others in, mounting pavements and nearly hitting children, so were banned from school grounds, and now the surrounding roads are full of cars. People turn up almost an hour early to make sure they get a parking spot. There is nowhere else to park. Thankfully none of them block driveways so far.

Posted too soon. Definitely report this to the school, as they will work with the local community, so will ask parents not to block driveways etc. Obviously they can't actually stop them though

Oh good. Get your partner to plaster notices or lipstick !

The school was quite good in our road, and would send letters to parents and also would have a policeman there every so often (presumably a community support officer) who would move people on.

@Lefmry you have photographic evidence, just upload it here and they'll send it to your council parking violations department who can issue a fine without needing a warden to give a physical ticket.

https://www.mysociety.org/wehelpyou/report-illegal-parking/

School can’t do anything other than remind parents to park considerately. Report to 101 and local council every single time.

It would me, or I'd block her in and not move, or put a big scratch down it. I would be furious with the entitled CF

What?! As an estate agent, I can assure you this is nonsense. And a very condescending comment.

I would have went out there with baby attached to me if I had to and unleashed a dirty nappy on the window screen

I posted on this upthread - it’s absolute nonsense. We have a very good high school at the end of our road, and when property comes up for sale here it’s only on the market a few days. Our next door neighbour sold their house last year for considerably above the asking price because a couple of potential buyers were desperate to get their children into the school.

Sorry you’re having to deal with this, it’s so annoying! The comment about buying a house in that area and you should expect it is a load of bollocks. why should you pay to have a dropped kerb and driveway installed or pay more for a house with a driveway and then have to park miles down the road because some cheeky fecker has blocked your drive?
one of my neighbours has a set of cones they put outside their house or they put their bins in the road where they want to park to ‘reserve’ their spec, could you try something like that? Annoying to have to move it again to get onto your drive but preferable to having to park down the road

Thank you, was unaware, hope the OP uses it.

Though I wish it could be points on driving licences not a fine.

Nope. If you’re in the catchment area of a popular school, the prices are always higher. Based on actual experience. No discounted properties here because of the excellent high school at the end of the road. Parents clamouring to get their kids in. Any property coming up for sale in the catchment area is snapped up within days.