To be at my wits end over people parking over my drive

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I live In London near two railway stations, shops, schools etc you get the jist. I have had cars parking on my drive 3/4 times a week for the last couple of months. The council are good but frequently take too long to come. Is there anything I can do to stop this.

Find out who your elected local district or county councillor is (around here it would be a matter for the county council so I’d probably start there). Book an appointment at their advice surgery and go along with photographs and perhaps some supporting letters from affected neighbours and see if they will help by painting lines.

Sycamoretrees, I see you and your Penguin Bollards comment.

Is that in classics? It should be.

Put up a sign saying illegal parking with receive a ticket. They don't have to know you won't be able to issue one.

Nobody would believe that a private individual can issue a parking ticket.

I would get a sign made saying "Do no block drive, access needed at all times. Photos will be taken of any cars parked over drive and forwarded to council." Then put up some kind of fake or real cctv camera

Write rude stuff on windscreens in lipstick

Could it possibly be another use for Sudocreme?

We had this problem, although we'e not in London.

A sign improved things considerably.

One of our neighbours have a rather good "Do Not Even THINK of Parking Over This Driveway" - although we went with the more traditional "Please Do Not Block This Driveway"

Btw, I do feel your pain. It's infuriating. I once (after a couple of threw potato peelings over the windscreen of the offending car. I saw them come back to it, and they were all "ew that's disgusting" and were pretty angry - so I wouldn't actually advise it. I just had a fit of temper.

I did an "AIBU" post on here actually (on chat so unfortunately it's gone now) but I got a unanimous YANBU! So there's that.

We are near a school and had 2 cars parked halfway across our driveway on the same day.

Would writing on stickers and sticking them on windscreens of offending vehicles work? They wouldn't cause any actual damage, just a nuisance to scrub off, and they can't prove which neighbour it was if it's a shared drive. Just deny it and remind them they shouldn't block drives if they knock on your door. Might stop repeat offenders.

when they aren't looking damage the car.

Rub dog shit under the handles

I'd park over the drive myself.

Can you post a pic

What difference does a pic make? The OP has explained the cars park in the street blocking her drive

I'd also get for the H bar on the road. My next door neighbours have this at their drive - we live by a school - seems very effective

@AfterSchoolWorry she says it’s a shared drive, she can’t.

I think this is the case...

It's illegal to stop someone getting off their property, so the police can deal with it. However, it's different when you come home: people can obstruct as much as they like.

@Redglitter. Pic makes a big difference in terms of advice. Visible or non visible Dropped curb, double yellows, penguin bollards etc

I’ve lived in my house 2.5 years and nearly once a week someone parks half across my driveway on the pavement outside so that I either can’t get out at all or have to do a million point manoeuvre to leave.

It’s infuriating and I don’t get why they seem to always do it over my driveway and no one else’s

Park your car there first, over your own driveway, I know it's a pain but after a few days they should give up and find somewhere else.

Can all 3 of you move your cars to the bottom of the driveway, so there leaves no space for an added car?

Can you put CCTV signs up

Drive is shared by 3 houses so can’t block everyone in.
I would go with sign and camera so evidence can be sent to local council.
Also talk to council about what you can do to prevent this happening.

My parents have this sometimes. They leave notes. The couple of the times people have been in the vehicles for DPs to ask them to move have been less successful; they live next door to a Drs surgery and one snotty cow informed DM that she "used to be a member of the medical profession"- as if that gave her a free pass, and one knuckle-dragger threatened to get out and punch my dad, who's in his 80s. How dare we want to use our drive.

Throw eggs at the cars. They will get the message.

I would start damaging cars. Or at the very least tipping sticky stuff over the windscreen, or dog shit on the handles.

I know it's wrong. I am probably not the best person to be giving advice here. Sorry this is happening OP, it sounds infuriating. I'm impressed you have more patience and maturity than I do.

Another vote for lipstick on the windscreen. Perhaps draw a phallus. That might get your point across.

I'd take indirect action as well as this would give me the rage.