I live in a row of 5 terraces. We don't have parking so park on the road in front of our terraces. Opposite are several bungalows, all with driveways AND garages.
I noticed recently a silver car is often parked outside of our houses which I didn't recognise to be one of our terraced neighbours. I then noticed a similar silver car parked on a driveway opposite. I noted down the number plate for future reference to establish if it was the same car.
Lo and behold, I saw the silver car owner (who lives in one of the bungalows opposite, with a drive AND garage) come home tonight and park on her drive. All fine. About 5 minutes later, she comes out and moves her car off her driveway and on to the road in front of our houses.
Now I know she's perfectly entitled to park where the hell she likes. BUT, AIBU in thinking that if you had a drive/garage, you'd use it and not take up a space on the road that someone without parking could use? I just find it so bizarre. Her parking there now means that one of the terraced owners will now have to park further up the street whilst her drive sits empty.
As far as I can ascertain, she's the only car in her household (so not keeping drive free for anyone else), no building works, have never seen her open the garage, so there is no rhyme or reason for her moving her car from her drive to park on the road. Next time I see her I might politely ask why she chooses to park on the road because I find it so odd.
It doesn't make much difference to me, but it's just one of those niggling things I cannot work out!