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.

Naming & shaming on local facebook groups might also work.

And if the school was built after she bought the house?

A family member had trouble with someone continually parking in the company's reserved space. The boss stuck 'please do not park in this private space' signs to all the car windows using lard. They didn't park there again. Vaseline might also work or possibly Sudocrem. Give it a go and let us know which is most effective.

Our school pulls people up for this and they also get the traffic wardens out if it doesn't stop. Contact them.

I think Swarfega Orange (formerly Tufenega) is probably the least damaging thing to use.

Report her to the school. Print out big signs or write on paper saying “I know I’m stopping a disabled child getting home’ selotwpe to car daily.

A bollard or gate?

A plank of wood with some nails pointing up?

🏆 For the most ridiculous post on Mumsnet this year.

Bright red lipstick
stop parking like a cunt

lipstick is a an absolute bitch to get off car windows

Could you put cones out?

😜

Prize goes to you for the most stupid and incorrect answer

It's illegal to park over a dropped kerb.

Let me guess, you do it don't you? 🤡

The school might send out a generic email reminding parents not to block driveways when parking on x road. I've had one or two of those since my son has been at primary school.

You could try leaving a note on the car explaining what time you get home every day. She may not realise how much she's inconveniencing you if your car is never there when she arrives and she only parks for a short time.

If that doesn't work go with the other suggestions!

Read the post. Life if difficult enough as it is. Why does she have to resort to silly games?

A big handful of vaseline on or in the driver's side door handle.

When somebody kept doing this to me I double parked next to it abandoning my car. The bedlam was interesting because it reduced the road to one lane.

@Chenecinquantecinq What a rude and condescending post - so it’s ok to park over someone’s driveway blocking them out because they paid ‘less’ for their house? ( in your world ). Your entitled attitude is actually quite breathtaking !
Although you did give us a laugh with this - RICS Red Book qualified btw!. 🤣 - I have a 50 metre swimming badge but I can at least understand why a normal person with a disabled DC and other DC might want to access their own house at the end of the school day.

This happened to me. I just stopped in middle of road as couldn't get into my drive, blocking everyone (one way system). Everyone then got annoyed at the drive blocker, didn't happen again.

Contact the school and ideally get neighbours to too. Put a note on her car everyday. If that fails photo the car and send it to school

I'd be very tempted to name and shame by posting on the local "parked like a twat " page and keep doing this until she stops.

Also be tempted if possible to get someone to park close to the front of her car and then park right behind to block her in and then not move for a couple of hours. And keep doing this till she got the message

Unfortunately I really think shaming or inconveniencing this behaviour is the only way...every reasonable person would not repeatedly and purposely block someones drive.

I'm getting a lot of stick for stating the obvious. This is a general problem around schools/hospitals etc anywhere where people need to park but can't. Yes you may be able to shame this one individual to cease doing this but they will swiftly be replaced by another. Short of getting a dedicated disabled bay which may work, there is not a lot to be done short of moaning I am afraid.

Yes. Block her in a few times and see how she likes it.

Do you have cones to place on your drive ? She sounds like someone that’d anyway, remove them.

You could speak to the school and give the number plate. All they would do is send a newsletter or something like that. Can't you get a sign out up, 'no blocking at any time. Disabled child lives here'?

is it possible to team up with someone and pen them in?

We had someone repeatedly do this to us, we penned them in with two cars and refused to move as we’d “had a drink”. Husband eventually agreed to move once they’d apologised and promised not to do it again