To park of neighbour's drive

[Margyseries]

I went to my parent's house today for my dad's birthday. The road has spaces on it but these were all taken up and my parent's drive was full with their cars. The other spaces on the road need a permit and I didn't want to risk getting a ticket.
My parent's drive is next to our neighbour's who watched me grow up from a child to a woman. I quickly pulled onto her drive to run in and grab a permit pass to park on the road.
I was on the neighbour's drive for under a minute.
The neighbour wasn't going anywhere but she came out to say something to which I responded "I'm so sorry I'm moving" and my parents had a huge go at me for this and my mum sent the woman an apology text.

It really got to me. I don't see an issue with it in the slightest as I thought we were neighbourly - she knows who I am and it was literally for 30 seconds.

I now feel so upset by the reaction. I usually go out my way to help and assist others. Would you be this angry in the same situation?

30 seconds is fine.

I am so glad I don't live anywhere near some of the posters on here.

Jesus wept, you all need to get out more.

Yes, you were cheeky, have a bit of consideration for other people’s property.

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest but I'm not a territorial fruitcake with too much time on my hands.

Seriously you have to ask vvvvvv rude and entitled. Park eñd of your parents drive, ru. In or park and text them for permit. Yabu. Your parents are right.

Rude and entitled - just to park at the foot of your parents' drive and nip in, don't fuck about with your parents and neighbours ongoing relationship just because you want ..... (ie whatever it is you're feeling entitled to the next time you do something like this)

It’s rude to park on anyone else’s drive, or block their drive.

When I visit family that needs parking permits, I park on the street, go in and get my permit, then walk the permit back to the car. Why didn’t you do that? Unless there is a traffic warden standing waiting for you you won’t have time to be ticketed, and even if there is a traffic warden, you just say “I’m popping inside to get a parking permit”

I would but my neighbors equally use my parents drive if needed, but my parents check first to see if visitors can use a space on the day in case they also have visitors. Bad manners if you haven’t checked first really, and park on the road for a few seconds is highly unlikely to get a ticket.

Bloody hell 30 seconds or even a minute is nothing and certainly wouldn't bother me. There are some very uptight posters on here.

Hardly the end of the world, but you're a CF.

We live on the same road as a school, which has a 100-space car park a mere two minutes walk away, but it's a daily occurrence for someone to park right across the end of our driveway bang-on us leaving for work time.

"I'll only be two minutes," is always the reply. Cheeky sods, get out the fucking way. Absolutely boils my piss.

My neighbour sometimes pulls into my drive (she doesn't have a drive and she often has her mum with her who has mobility issues). I don't have a problem with it at all but I know some people are protective over their drives as it's part of their property so it feels like an invasion to them.

Sorry, but I think YABU. Everyone who does this claims it was 'quick' 'under a minute' 'I just popped in'. It's cheeky.

It depends on the neighbourhood - where I grew up it would be absolutely fine, and the only risk would be getting dragged in for a cup of tea and then force fed to death, but then that is Ireland. Probably different if you live in the Home Counties, where a man's driveway is his castle.

We still don't know what the neighbour said or if she said anything at all before the OP said she was moving. She might have not recognised the OP and has problems with people doing this all the time. Whatever happened it's her drive on her property, she has every right to tell people not to park there.

I often get cross with neighbours behaviour but this wouldn’t bother me at all. You were not stopping there and you know the neighbour.

What did the neighbour say?

Why don't you suggest that your parents park in a permit space so you can go straight onto their drive in future?

we need a diagram and more info about text and background relationship with neighbor to assess this ...:)

You wouldn't park on the road at the end of your parent's drive for the '30 seconds' it would take to run in and get a permit yet it's fine to pull on to someone else's drive

To be honest - I think it is a bit cheeky - but nothing more. I would be annoyed if someone parked in my driveway but would not sweat it if it was for 30 seconds.

On balance I think this sounds like a bit of an over-reaction by your neighbour

However - if there were spaces that needed a permit and you were really only 30 seconds the possibility of you getting a ticket were miniscule to non existent - by the time the traffic warden had got their pad out you would have been back with the permit!! So I am not sure your story totally adds up. Are you sure it was not to save you having to walk an extra few yards?? We live adjacent to a mainline railway station and so resident only parking is strictly enforced and NOONE ever gets a ticket in 30 seconds - Ever! If the traffic warden is there ticketing the car next to you they certainly allow you to pop in and get a visitors permit if you are legitimately there

I'm also unsure why you didn't block your parents drive but elected to block your neighbours instead? If it really was that quick, you could have double parked and ran in.

"On balance I think this sounds like a bit of an over-reaction by your neighbour"

What was?

I have no issue with this, but my friends/neighbours would always text me to let me know and I would text them if I was going to do it to them. I generally know their cars so its not an issue. I wouldn't do it without letting them know though.

When the homeowner has paid good money to have a driveway, they keep it well maintained, etc. and someone, who just uses it for their convenience without asking is very annoying and rude.

I would never even contemplate parking on someone's drive if I weren't visiting them.

I think you were unreasonable. Traffic wardens allow far more than 30 seconds before they give someone a parking ticket, because they know people do not always have visitor permits on them, but probably will need to go to the house they are visiting first to pick one up and then return to their car. I doubt your parents' neighbours would recognise your car straight away, anyway, and it is extremely annoying to have random people parking on your drive: how are you supposed to know when a car rolls up that the driver bizarrely only plans to be there for 30 seconds? You are forced to go out to talk to the unsolicited visitor, who doesn't even want to see you anyway, they are just being unnecessarily obnoxious.