Was my friend BU about this person parking over her driveway?

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I went to visit my friend the other day, call her H. As I was coming up to her house I noticed a car was half over her driveway, so as my friends car was parked in the driveway I had to park half in and half out her driveway, the back of my car was sticking out onto the road since the other car was blocking me from getting into the free space in her driveway.

Anyway, as I was getting out my car, a woman with her daughter (she had just picked her up from school and that's why she had parked there) came up to me, looking quite flustered and said "I'm really sorry, I'm just moving." I just replied it's okay as I hate confrontation and she had apologised.

I get to my friends door and H comes to the door and was like, "look at that woman parked over my drive" I told her she had apologised, H then proceeded to go up to the woman and say, "could you watch where you are parking in future as people can't get in and out my driveway" the woman replied that she had said sorry and H then said, "that's not the point, it's my driveway!" And stormed away. The woman then apologised again.

I'm just wondering if I am being unreasonable in thinking my friend was being a bit unreasonable. The woman had apologised and was affronted, I just think my friend over reacted but maybe I'm wrong. Personally unless I needed out of my driveway, it's not something I would get upset or worked up about. But I also wouldn't park over someone's driveway, partially or not.

Thoughts?

people used to do this to my dsis who lived right by a school-got blocked in once on her way out to pick up her ds from a different school

cf said oh i was only five minutes-my dsis very camly said it doesnt matter how long i still have to go out

I can understand but she was overreacting a bit but if you live near a school that's what you get. If the school hadn't been built yet when you bought your house fair enough but you can't really buy a house near a school then complain about people dropping their kids off if you drive yourself.

Completely get where your mate is coming from - I live near to a school and parents block driveways just so they don’t have to walk 10yds - when it’s raining it’s even worse. People are getting more and more lazy, no respect for other people’s property/driveway in this case!

Nope not overreacting. It's not ok to block driveways whilst you pick up kids. If your not in the car and can't move at a moments notice, its not ok!

This is very similar IMO to people who buy a house beside a pub and then start complaining about noise.

You live beside a school. People need to drop off and collect their DC. There are very limited parking spaces at most schools, which means there often isn't any other option than to pull in where you can.

I'm sure people can cope with their drive being out of use for a few minutes. Alternatively, there is a multitude of other options available if they absolutely cannot wait to go out.

That has got to be a joke. Because I live near a school, arseholes who break the law and block me in are justified in doing so because the school was there before I moved in? FFS.

you can't really buy a house near a school then complain about people dropping their kids off if you drive yourself.

Who's complaining about parents who drive their kids to school? It's CFs parking across (or even in) our drives that we residents complain about.

When I drove my dd to school, I managed to do so without ever blocking anyone's drive. It just meant I parked further away from the school gate.

I don't see why I shouldn't expect the same basic courtesy from the parents driving their children to the school at the bottom of my road.

Som

Alternatively, there is a multitude of other options available if they absolutely cannot wait to go out.

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But the stupid CFs don't have other options than to park across drives? Sure...

"Alternatively, there is a multitude of other options available" instead of being a CF and blocking someone's drive

e.g. Get up earlier and park further away

We can guess what YellowFish does

equating doing the school run with parking selfishly and illegally says it all really doesn't it? guess what, they're not interchangeable, many people manage to do one without indulging in the other.

maybe the school run twats should apply the same foresight they expect of home owners near the school, and ensured they bought a property near a school they could walk to.

"There are very limited parking spaces at most schools, which means there often isn't any other option than to pull in where you can."

funny how the many options for residents near schools such as public transport, walking or lift sharing suddenly aren't options for the lazy selfish fuckers doing the school run eh

@FrancisCrawford

The alternative options I was suggesting are the drive owners asking neighbours or friends for a lift or utilising the excellent public transport services most places have access to!

I once blocked someone’s drive on the school run. It was kind of set back without a drop kerb or white line and I just didn’t realise it was a drive until I came back - I was mortified to have done it. I watched a car park over someone else’s driveway the other day, I was parked behind it. Once they moved another car instantly drove into the space - the owner was out by this time and told them not to park there, they looked huffy but moved. My point being you might only be blocking them in for a couple of minutes, but who knows how many have done it before you?

utilising the excellent public transport services most places have access to!

A city-centric opinion!

If you live near a school I think you need to just accept that twice a day, for 15/20 minutes, someone may be parked a little bit unreasonably. It's not ideal but just accepting it means less stress all round.

If you live near a school I think you need to just accept that twice a day, for 15/20 minutes, someone may be parked a little bit unreasonably. It's not ideal but just accepting it means less stress all round

If you have to drive your kids to school you need to accept that twice a day you might have to park 15/20 minutes walk away so you can park reasonably. It’s not ideal but just accepting it means less stress all round.

Totally reasonable, people are so inconsiderate parking over drives, park further away and walk or better still walk your kids to school/cycle/public transport. This won't be a one off occurrence

It's funny how people on this thread think that it's the householder fault rather then the inconsiderate drivers.

I've lived near schools all my life and it's only in the last 5/10 years that parents dropping kids of at school are getting so selfish and only thinking about their own children are safe and not giving a flying fig about other children.

TakemedowntoPotatoCity
What the fuck are you on?

You think people should accept that twice a day they can't access or leave their own property for 15/20 minutes? Just because other people can't be arsed to park slightly further away and walk their child to the school gate?

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We had a residents car park at my old house, each space allocated to a resident. Every day a parent would park in my space, sometimes occupying it for half an hour or more. I would come home with my baby son in the car and have 2 choices, sit and wait for them to come back (usually with child wailing because he was hungry or needed changing), or park in another place and take son inside, knowing I'd need to come back out after sorting him out, strap him back in and move car back to my space.

We put signs up, we used cones, I spoke to them, I wrote to the school, nothing changed the behaviour of the entitled twats who thought that this was perfectly fine to do twice a day, every day.

I had verbal abuse off one guy who told me 'his mate Pete owned that space and had told him he could park there '. Not true I said, it's in our property deeds and actually Pete owns that space over there.

I got so fed up, it became extremely stressful coming home at certain times of day knowing I had to deal with this.

Entitled parents do my head in. Just cut it out people.

or utilising the excellent public transport services most places have access to!

So why can't the school run parents use it?

As for calling on friends and neighbors - why must everyone be inconvenienced except the person who is actually in the wrong?

@RaffertyFair

As I've said, there are plenty of options for egress of the property during these few minutes, such as on foot, contacting neighbours or utilising public transport services.

Yes yellowfish you have said that there are plenty of options - but it is fairly unanimous opinion that you are being a ridiculously entitled CF for suggesting that as an option for the people that own the driveways, and not for the selfish entitled twats that park there when they shouldn't. Maybe all the school drivers should take advantage of the excellent public transport available and then there wouldn't be an issue at all