To ask how you would feel about learner drivers being parked outside your house, every flipping hour of the day

[Derlei]

We live on a street that attracts a lot of learner drivers. On a normal day you can see up to 15 an hour driving past or doing some kind of manoeuvre (I actually counted! Most of the time it's the same ones going round and round in circles)

They particularly seem to like the front of our house, as we are on a corner, so they love to practice reversing into the street next to us.

I can cope with the cars going up and down the road as they have paid their road tax just as much as I have, however I'm getting irritated by the ones (of which there are many) who park up outside our house for more than 10/15 minutes a time obviously just talking about their manouvres/re-capping etc. They are doing this constantly. They don't block the entrance to our drive but are right in front of our living room window. We have huge windows so because of this we keep the blinds half drawn pretty much all day.
After being parked up for ages, the learner would then swap sides with the instructor and while they do so, they can't help but naturally glance in to our window as it's so big and they are smack bang in front of it.

Some of the learners park on the opposite side of the road to our driver which is less annoying but if I'm driving in or reversing out of the drive it can be a bit tight.

Aibu to be annoyed by this and do I just have to suck it up?? I feel like putting cones up along the length of our drive but I don't think I have a right to!

Do you know how soon kateclarke?

Sounds annoying! Can't see the point in having your blinds half drawn though, I'm sure they aren't looking in.

YABU. what else are they supposed to do?

Is this all you have to worry about?

I just couldn't get worked up about something like this! At all.

We live in a very quiet estate which is full of learner drivers. Quite often when I am trying to get out I get stuck behind one who stalls two or three times. And I just accept it because what's the point in getting worked up about a young person learning to drive?

Can I suggest you move to a city centre where the likelihood of having drivers stopping outside your house should be minimal but you will have to put up with traffic noise 24 hours a day.

Would you honestly not be the slightest teeniest tiniest bit annoyed that if 75% of the daytime you looked out your window, your view was a learner driver??

I honestly can't see why this would bother me. Unless they were getting in my way.

a young person learning to drive?

Or an old person in my case Mycats

Could you phone the driving school(s), tell them how many learner drivers visit your street, and ask politely if they might consider using a different route some of the time? If there's more than one driving school they might not realise that all the others are coming to your street too. Also you could request that they don't always park outside your house but find a few different places to stop and talk. They might say no, but they could also say yes or at least make a mental note to ring the changes.

I genuinely can't understand why this is annoying at all. 100% of the time I look out of my window I see cars parked nose to tail.

And I'd love a driveway of any description

It really wouldn't bother me. If I look out of my window now I see a car park. Beyond that is a Tesco metro with a permanent population of around 5 intravenous drug users. Where you live sounds lovely!

Could you install a moat?

Are you new, OP? Notcitrus was being direct, not rude. I'll give you rude

The hedges sound like a good idea. My parents planted fir trees outside our living room window when I was a child for this reason.

I think I'd quite enjoy the comedy value of watching learner drives attempt to negotiate corners. You could wave at them if you see them glancing through the window. Nothing like an audience to concentrate the mind.

"I would park our cars there but we have a big drive big enough for 3 cars and I wouldn't want to invalidate our insurance should something happen"

Car insurance is cheaper if you park on the road.

Notify your insurer and park your car outside.

I don't think I would be too bothered by this. They're not being noisy or throwing rubbish on your property or doing anything anti-social. There are worse things that could happen in your road.

Car insurance is cheaper if you park on the road.

Really? Why? Sounds nuts.

I clearly missed the man overs up thread when I was learning to drive. Damn.

Although I can't honestly say YABU, I feel your pain, OP. The close right opposite our house is the spot where the majority of driving instructors on our side of town, and beyond, bring learners to practice reversing round a corner. They are there all the time. I have no idea what makes this particular corner so special, but it does. It frequently causes problems when I want to reverse back on to our drive. The only time is doesn't happen is school drop off/pick up, as there is a school close by.

You're the kind of poster other parking threads are about, "my neighbor doesn't like anyone parking legally outside their house because it spoils their view."
I'd understand if there were permanently parked rusting bangers with bits falling off lowering the tone or giant monster trucks blocking the light but you really do sound a bit precious, OP.

I mean I can't honestly say YANBU!

It's not nuts at all. Nobody hotwires cars any more, they take the keys. Which if you park on the drive are almost certainly in the house behind.

On the road it's harder to identify which house owns the car.

Derlei

I used to live in a street like this, perhaphs people who haven't don't realise how intrusive it is?

It drove me up the wall that the instructors didn't seem to bother to use any alternative routes or areas, it's inconsiderate to the residents of the street to work in this way.

Other than the driving lessons it was a very quiet street, but with all the lessons it was busy & noisy.

I have no problem with the learner drivers and I'm very aware & considerate of them on the roads - I have an issue with driving instructors being inconsiderate whilst running their business.

NotCitrus wasn't rude at all.
YABmassivelyU here.

Personally I don't really notice who is parking outside my house, as I don't sit looking out my front window all day long, but I quite like a bit of people watching it I had time.
If you bought / rented a house with big windows and no hedge / fence between you and the public, then, yes, you can expect people to glance in now and then. If that bothers you, then get blinds or shutters or curtains or nets - loads of options.

I bet the learner drivers all comment about the odd women who always stares at them through her massive windows when they change over with the instructor. Maybe they'll get together and ask the driving school to ask you not to look out.

start walking round the house naked? the instructors will be sure to find somewhere else very quickly if their students keep getting distracted, other than that i think youre just going to have to suck it up as its all above board and legal to do so

I think I'd be annoyed in your position OP but would realise I was being entirely unreasonable too.