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To bump this car out of the way?

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GenericUsername404 · 05/07/2021 15:09

Every Monday I need to get my van out to pick up my dc from school and take them to their club. Other days I use my car but on Mondays it’s kayaking so I need the van until a place in the kayak storage becomes available. My van is 20year old and very bashed.

Every Monday at 2.30 a brand new Volvo parks directly opposite my drive, in front of my neighbours dropped kerb. When they park here I can get my car out but not my van meaning my dc cannot go to their club which I have already paid for. I know they are inside the house opposite, I knock on the door but they don’t answer but then when I’m attempting to manoeuvre my van out I see them peeping out of the window. I put a note through the door a couple of weeks ago asking them not to do it after they still wouldn’t open the door. They put a note back through mine saying they were parking in front of their dropped kerb, they were entitled to and many others on the road did the same. This is true but I am the only house on my side of the street so no one else has anyone else opposite. I’ve also put a sign on my gate saying please do not park opposite

Having again had to carefully get the car out and not be able to get my kids to their club I’m thinking next week I’ll just bump it. I’m pretty sure I could get out with a couple of touches to their car but it would probably leave dents.

I’ve tried calling the police to say I’m blocked in but by the time they arrived neighbours friend had moved their car and when the police knocked they hid again 🙄

Btw I know I’m unreasonable and I almost certainly won’t do it. I’m just bloody pissed off.

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motogogo · 05/07/2021 16:44

If you cannot get out of your drive you need to approach the highways department of your council to try to get double yellows opposite, but you probably will be told that it is your vehicle that's the issue (it's turning circle) or your car is in the way possibly restricting it. My suggestion is to get a roof rack for your car

BunnyRuddington · 05/07/2021 16:45

Whilst seen to be twats a little unreasonable, I'd just get your van out in the morning.

AntiSocialDistancer · 05/07/2021 16:46

New idea -

Reverse onto your drive, and when it's time drive off your drive onto the steep grassy bank at speed.

Drive van and flip it in such a way that it lands sideways on top their car. Climb on top of van and roar "I fucking told you, you bastards!"

LadyCatStark · 05/07/2021 16:46

This is an easy fix; park your van on the road in front of your own house at 2pm or better yet park it on their side up to big obviously not over the dropped kerb.

VodkaSlimline · 05/07/2021 16:46

Who owns the steep grass verge? Is there any option to landscape one side of it so you can get in diagonally? This is a matter for the council, but please do keep calling the police as well. Twats. In the meantime, just move your van out there by 2 p.m. on Monday. If they complain, tell them they can park the Volvo on your drive while you're at kayaking...

Fiddliestofsticks · 05/07/2021 16:47

I dont understand why you cant park across your driveway AND the steep slopes. There is obviously room for a car to park on the road, and traffic to continue down the road. So the steep slopes make no difference. There is room for 2 cars side by side. If you park perpendicular to your drive, alongside the slopes, then there is still room for cars to drive around you.

Kotatsu · 05/07/2021 16:47

Where I am some people with tight driveways have those white 'KEEP CLEAR' things on the road outside (I think it's actually so traffic jams don't block them in rather than parking) - it's another long term one though..

What the other poster was suggesting was in your driveway, but with your nose poking out enough to make it so they can't park the other side without blocking the road - it's a risky proposition though.

Iamanunsafebuilding · 05/07/2021 16:47

@GenericUsername404

iamanunsafebuilding I always reverse my van into my drive but it’s absolutely impossible to get it out with the car there due to the width of the gap in my driveway between two listed walls that I can’t touch and how close the car opposite is parked.

Soz that's my only suggestion, not everyone is happy to reverse on! What a mare for you

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GenericUsername404 · 05/07/2021 16:48

motogogo when the police came out a few weeks ago they confirmed that the neighbours were at fault. My car is a Nissan Micra and it is only just possible to get that out when the car is parked opposite. According to the police strictly speaking none of the cars should be parked across the dropped kerbs but they don’t generally enforce it as parking is so limited here.

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VodkaSlimline · 05/07/2021 16:48

@VodkaSlimline

I mean, move your van into the space the Volvo uses (in front of their drive) by 2 p.m. on Monday.

BunnyRuddington · 05/07/2021 16:48

Sorry, just read your update, getting the van out earlier and parking in the street isn't an option.

We lived in a very narrow Lane and sometimes had problems with parking. Is there a pub car park nearby where you could leave your van for a couple of hours?

SoupDragon · 05/07/2021 16:48

@GenericUsername404

I CAN’T PARK ON THE ROAD OR ACROSS MY OWN DRIVEWAY

Can you park with the front of the van poking out far enough that it prevents them from parking across their drive...?

Fiddliestofsticks · 05/07/2021 16:49

Oh, is it because the houses are more tightly packed than your drawing, so if you park on your side of the road, traffic wont have enough space to manoeuvre around your car and then around the other cars on the other side? Like it creates a bit of a very tight slalom?

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 05/07/2021 16:49

As far as I’m aware it’s illegal to park across a dropped curb even if it’s your own.

The idea of providing a householder with a dropped kerb is partly to help with the flow of the traffic. If they're regularly using the space on the public road as their own private reserved space that nobody else can use, because there's a dropped kerb there which is only there to provide access to their drive, I'd be inclined to contact the council and inform them that a dropped kerb is not being used, meaning that a greatly-needed public parking space that could be there instead is being unfairly and unnecessarily removed - and ask them to consider removing the dropped kerb.

Notaroadrunner · 05/07/2021 16:50

@LadyCatStark

This is an easy fix; park your van on the road in front of your own house at 2pm or better yet park it on their side up to big obviously not over the dropped kerb.

RTFT - he cannot do either of these things

DynamoKev · 05/07/2021 16:51

@GenericUsername404

I CAN’T PARK ON THE ROAD OR ACROSS MY OWN DRIVEWAY

I know you said it's not to scale but it wasn't obvious from the diagram why you couldn't leave the van on the same side as twat car parks (when twat car isn't there) whilst being annoyingly close to twat's dropped kerb but not actually obstructing it.

VettiyaIruken · 05/07/2021 16:51

YABU.
just park on the road yourself.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. 😁

They are being really childish not coming to the door. Put another note through saying all I am asking is move the car for a second so I can get out! That's not unreasonable.

Akire · 05/07/2021 16:52

I love the diagram lol

I’d be tempted try drive it out of drive, get stuck. Oh dear you block the road. Let’s see what they do if huge backload of cars are making a racket because they refusing to come Out and let you get out.

Emilyontmoor · 05/07/2021 16:52

Do you think the twats don’t like your van parked opposite? Think it spoils their view? They might be hoping that if they make your life hard enough you will get rid of it. It is the sort of twattery you get from curtain twitching twats

TheFoundations · 05/07/2021 16:53

Firstly, OP, your diagram is great. Very clear, very concise, and funny :)

Secondly, take pictures of the situation, pictures with dates on, every time it happens. Take pictures with your van as far out of your drive as you can get it, demonstrating exactly how they are blocking your own access to your own drive. Then report, report, report. They are essentially parking across your dropped curb, but a few feet away.

Can you not park across your dropped curb before they arrive?

Fiddliestofsticks · 05/07/2021 16:54

If the police are on your side then call them every single time. Even if you dont need to get out, call them every time. It's a pretty easy fix really. Theyll stop it after a few police visits.

Also, drive out and sit on your horn. Traffic building up and also sitting on their horns will draw them out of the house.

Emilyontmoor · 05/07/2021 16:54

Have you explained why you have the cheek to spoil their view with a van, and that it is there to stay whatever twattery they try on?

hedgehogger1 · 05/07/2021 16:55

Don't park your van in front of your dropped kerb, you're not meant to even if it's your own. Just park your van in front of their house. Carefully avoiding the dropped kerbs. Then you'll be able to get out when you need to

WowStarsWow · 05/07/2021 16:55

I think you just have to call 101 every time it happens (and take photos)! What happened when the police knocked at the neighbour's door and they pretended they weren't in? Did they just give up?! Who does that?

Blippibloppi · 05/07/2021 16:57

@AntiSocialDistancer

New idea -

Reverse onto your drive, and when it's time drive off your drive onto the steep grassy bank at speed.

Drive van and flip it in such a way that it lands sideways on top their car. Climb on top of van and roar "I fucking told you, you bastards!"

You win the internet today. Love it.

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