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WWYD car parked on our drive

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Marsaday · 19/07/2016 21:48

Some complete asshat has left their car parked on our drive.

It has been there at least since my OH got home at 4.30, but could have been there all day.
Have phoned 101 and police say not reported stolen but they won't do anything as the car is on private land and not blocking us in. It's not a car that we recognise as belonging to neighbours and we're not near a hospital, station, airport etc.
We have currently parked across the drive preventing said car from leaving and left our phone number on the window. However, as we have a baby and a toddler our phones are on silent at night.
WIBU to leave the car blocked in until morning?
Or how can we get the car moved?

OP posts:

BeccaAnn · 20/07/2016 12:58

Quick word of advice, it is illegal to intentionally block someone from removing their car. I had someone parking on my drive as 'they thought it was just a student house so didn't matter'. I have a friend who car tow cars and asked them and their advice was to first leave a polite note, and park as feasibly close the them as possible, and or to pay £30 for safe removal by a legitimate company.
the next time the neighbour parked there I left a not so nice message and reported them for having OOD MOT and Tax (via DVLA online checker) it was then reported as an illegal car. she didn't move it but re-poster the note, it was removed and impounded the next day lol. she doesn't park there anymore....

facepalming · 20/07/2016 13:01

by stuck I mean they had something heavy to carry and couldn't find a close enough space or something similar.

I wouldn't mind my neighbours to do it. OP is quite right to find it cheeky without asking permission but some of the posts here are well beyond what a reasonable response!

OP didn't have to park her car far away or suffer any major inconvenience

it was very cheeky of the culprit but come on its not the worst thing someone could do!

fuzzywuzzy · 20/07/2016 13:02

could you get it clamped and leave a note saying they need to pay £500.00 per hour to et it removed?

alternatively can you have it towed?

And this is why I have a padlocked gate at the entrance of our drive.

hollyisalovelyname · 20/07/2016 13:12

OP I can't believe they got away with it.
I'm incandescent on your behalf.
I like the suggestion to go out and walk around the car speaking loudly on your mobile as if in contact with a towing company or police.
Make a big thing of checking registration ( both ends) and tax/ insurance details.
Personally I would have removed some air from the tyres when it was in my driveway.
Or got DH to do it.
I hate cheeky people.

MalcolmTuckersEyebrows · 20/07/2016 13:13

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bellasuewow · 20/07/2016 13:15

Good point malcolm

GabsAlot · 20/07/2016 13:20

yeah they got stuck

of course and happened to move it in the ten minutes op went out

mustbetimeforacreamtea · 20/07/2016 13:20

I had someone park in my front lawn so I blocked them in as much as I could. When they returned their explanation was that that they were late for a church service and thought I was thoroughly in the wrong for being upset about it.

Entitled people like that are probably well versed in parking law and know that you'd have to give 2 weeks notice to get it towed, can't block them in to prevent them leaving and can't do anything to their car. I think the only way round it is those bollards that drop when unlocked.

EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 20/07/2016 13:24

If anyone had a genuine and good reason to park on someone else's private house driveway, then surely they'd leave some kind of note? If it was someone known to the homeowner, changes are they'd recognize the car, or again, if unlikely, they'd leave a note or text, or make contact somehow.

For everyone being extremely reasonable and not thinking it's any big deal, would you park on a stranger's driveway? and although you say no real harm was done facepalming maybe it wasn't, but the point is that the parker gave absolutely no consideration to the occupants of the house and had no way of knowing what their needs might be, we only know that there was no particular problem because there's now the benefit of hindsight.

JessieMcJessie · 20/07/2016 13:34

facepalming they blocked the OP's garage! If her car had happened to have been in there it would have been blocked, and they had no way of knowing it wasn't.

MoonfaceAndSilky · 20/07/2016 13:35

it was very cheeky of the culprit but come on its not the worst thing someone could do!

It's far more than 'cheeky'
When it was still on the drive, I would have let the tyres down by slashing them
But definitely leave the note suggested by wowfudge

Togaparties · 20/07/2016 13:37

You need one of those special glue sticks made for this issue then glue a large note to the front window. The glue sticks are perfectly legal as they do not damage the windscreen in any way but they take a lot of scrubbing to remove and thus are very annoying

Still criminal damage unless it peels of effortlessly. Damage doesn't have to be permanent.

TallulahTheTiger · 20/07/2016 13:38

Can anyone answer my question re insurance? My car insurance is cheaper now I have a private driveway to park on than previously when parked on the street. If I can't park on my driveway as a random has- it's on the street and gets damaged, could this affect my claim?

redshoeblueshoe · 20/07/2016 13:47

Good question Tallulah, and would you then be able to sue the other driver ?

facepalming · 20/07/2016 13:47

Jessie McJessie that's a good point - lucky it wasn't. I wonder what action could hAve been taken in that circumstance?

I'm not saying the mystery Parker is in the right or that OP is in the wrong - I'm just suggesting to look at it with a bit of perspective.

I don't know - I guess I just prefer not to live my life as an angry person!

rightknockered · 20/07/2016 13:49

I'd sit and wait for whoever it is to return for their car and then lynch them

BristolLFR · 20/07/2016 13:52

Go outside with a screwdriver and pretend to scrawl something on the side of their car... If they're watching they'll be out in a hurry

rightknockered · 20/07/2016 13:52

It must be someone who lives on your street OP, or near your street, or they work nearby.
You don't want them to develop a habit of parking near your drive. I would just start parking next to your dropped kerb whenever possible. (It's what I do)

LowDudgeon · 20/07/2016 13:52

I think the insurance wording is something like "where is car normally parked overnight"

You'd be covered for parking in the street away from home, so you should be covered for parking in the street at home.

rightknockered · 20/07/2016 13:53

Park your car right up against their car, leaving a mm of space

LowDudgeon · 20/07/2016 13:53

That was for Talullah (this thread moves fast!)

NuclearSwan · 20/07/2016 14:00

I know someone with form for this. You don't live in Leigh do you?

JessieMcJessie · 20/07/2016 14:09

rightknockered are you suggesting OP parks on the street instead of her drive? a d the person is perfectly entitled to park "near" her drive, just not on it. I'm not sure what you're getting at here?

SoupDragon · 20/07/2016 14:30

I Imagine that what she's getting at is that the driver is an utter arse who waited until the OP was out before moving their car so they didn't have to apologise.

Togaparties · 20/07/2016 14:34

Often on street parking is cheaper than on private driveway. I believe that this is due to a reduced risk of theft with keys as thieves don't know which house to break into to get them.

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