Neighbours, driveways and stupid police.

[montysma1]

My driveway entrance is double width, leading into my largely monoblocked driveway, which extends to the full width of my house. The entrance and the driveway are accessed over the pavement which has a lowered kerb.

I am plagued by cars doing 3 point turns, either mounting the pavement (best case ) or more commonly, crossing the pavement and driving squarely right into my monoblocked garden as part of their turn. Its annoying when randopm cars do it.

More annoyingly, a woman who comes daily to a house 3 down from ours (I think she might be the granny and might be child caring), uses our driveways habitually for all her turns, and I mean, all 4 wheels in my garden, (head lights beaming into our living room if its dark). Tonight i actually had to sit in the road way waiting for her to reverse out ouf my drive before I could get in to park on it! She actaully drices right past the driveway of the house she is going into (as it is narrow), manouvers in my garden and drives back down the street to park at the house she is going into!

Phoned the police tonight who say this is neither a criminal or civil offence. They are sending a community officer tomorrow to assuage my ranting, although, I did point out thats its not me who is doing it, so why not visit her?

AIBU to phone thenm back and point out that they are talking crap and that the law seems to state "that it is an offence to drive a vehicle over a pavement unless to gain access to private property" As she is not gaining access to my property, nor has she permission to , then surely it is an offence to mount the pavemnt at my house let alone drive right over it onto my property.

My children play in the garden, and know nopt to even so much as oput a toe out onto the pavement. but they cant even be safe in their own garden as according to the police, its perfectly fine for random cars to swing in at speed, reverse and leave again. they said i should phone back if a car hits one of them!

[eurochick]

spuddy that situation was really the fault of the conveyancing solicitors by the sounds of it.

[whenwilltherainstop]

iagreetodisagree
You must be the neighbour then?

[BonzoDooDah]

omg spuddy - nutty neighbours there. Cretins.

Montysma - how's it going? Has she stopped?

[montysma1]

She does seem to have stopped, in that I havent seen her doing it since.

agreetodisagree, my dear, what an odd bod you must be. Child neglect to have children playing in a private garden.......................er ok. Possibly if they were sent out to play on a dual carriage way,but a garden. Seriously????
That is the most hilariously condescending post that I have ever read. Loved it. Have you any more gems?

[ShutTheFrontDoor]

iagreetodisagree
can we agree to disagree?

[BonzoDooDah]

Oh good! Fingers crossed she has the mesage.

And am snorting here at your replies to iagreeto - what a condescending knobber!

[Boomerwang]

Sorry to drag up an old thread but I wondered if all was well now?