guy came out of his house and started swearing and shouting for using a few ft of his drive to turn around

[pettywitchinlondon]

Had to pop out at lunch in the car. Was to a new place, so made a wrong turn. As the road was empty I turned the car around using mostly the pavement and a few ft of someone's wide drive. Just as I was about to complete and drive away a guy thumped my car and started shouting at me for using his drive. I said sorry, but didn't even wind down the window but he saw me mouh it. Was shocked and just drove off.

Was I in the wrong? I did no damage and was barely on his drive for 10 seconds.

Possessive or not, it is their drive to be possessive/gracious about.

If you can't turn without utilising the pavement and driveway on that road you need a smaller car. Or maybe drive to the end and go a different way.

A child could come running out of their house and turn onto the pavement in a second.

BAN ALL DRIVES!!!

Anyway, you weren't being U OP, it happens. I've done it in the past and will do it in the future - and if any fucker came running up & banged on my car, I'd be banging on them!!

But that pavement is really wide!? Why were you using his driveway as well? Or were you using the dropped bit of the pavement outside his property?

If the latter, then YANBU.

If the former, then YABU- you should, as a competent driver, have been able to execute a turn in the road.

Well its my car he shouldn't of banged on, but I'm not stupidly possessive about it. If anyone did any damage its him and he was aggressive and unpleasent. Still think he was far far more in the wrong.

Anyhow I've learnt something new for the day and will avoid doing it.

Yabu. You don't use someone else's property. It's rude.

He obviously lives somewhere where this happens a lot and he gets fed up with it. I know it must be irritating but if you buy a house in a place where people frequently need to turn around because there it's obstructed ahead and there isn't much space it's honestly not worth getting het up about is it? You can't change it. Each person who does it thinks 'it's only me doing it for few seconds - where's the harm?' but if it's three people a day doing it would start to get annoying I suppose.

He should get one of those metal posts that you pull up and lock into place and just release when you need to go in and out.

Are you looking at the same road? Its not super wide. I probably could of done it without going onto anyone's drive but would of made more turns and been there longer. Thought it was better just to do it quickly use a tiny part of their drive and be on the way. Thought that would be less disruptive.

Get a smaller car. You clearly are unable to safely drive the one you have.

"Well its my car he shouldn't of banged on, but I'm not stupidly possessive about it."

Your car which was on his property.

It would be stupid indeed to have become arsey about your property because the land-owner thumped it, whilst you were using it to trespass.

Step away, petty.

Those who disagree do so quite vehemently. Others will only return to further ridicule your driving skills.

Some of us just think, "Yeah, I might have done the same" and mean both you and him. Hence my initial meh!

Don't overthink it, tis over. Nice weather forecast....

I can not believe you have just posted a pic of the persons house and driveway

Thanks lazy, very good point.

Runs away

Oh dear - you were being totally unreasonable, you should have been able to 3pt turn a van in that road without touch an inch of anyone's drive.

You seem to have a very stressful and eventful life.

It happens. We've all done it.

You must have a very dull life if you think meeting an angry individual, boundary issues with neighbour and shagging a narcissistic is eventful.

I live in a house that has a large driveway and is in an area that has loads of people needing to turn around-no right turn at rush hour etc.
I genuinely couldn't give a tiny rats arse if they turn and use some of my drive, which many do.
He was rude OP,YANBU.

My DH is always doing this. Sometimes he really takes the piss but doesn't believe people care.

It's irrelevant what you were taught in your test- OP didn't say she was unable to do it. Sometimes there isn't space and people can't be bothered to drive down the road where there may be enough space to turn in the road.

petty I know that road very well indeed and you should have been able to do a 3PT in it.

To be fair OP, I'd find it hard to drive past that & not have a cheeky 3 pointer!!

Next time I'm down there I might pop over!

I can not believe you have just posted a pic of the persons house and driveway shock

This ^

We have a large driveway it happens A LOT to us. DH jokes if we got £1 every time we'd be millionaires by now. I plan to have DS sat out there when he is older charging people :-) seriously though it is annoying but I'd never shout at someone.

It was on this road, hard to DOA 3 point turn somewhere like that.

Why? I used to live up a single track dead-end road - if you couldn't do a turn in the road there, you would be in someone's living room so you learn pretty quickly! As the road was empty, I'm not sure why you were in a hurry to get on your way, but as others have said, the best thing to do is learn from it, move on and avoid other people's drives in future.

No doubt the man has had it happen lots of times. He might also have had something else happen to him (argued with his wife, had a difficult phone call) and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I live in a cul de sac where most people get on and don't mind someone else going on their drive- but if it's an OUTSIDER moaning will be heard ( although probably not thumping on the car).