Page 7 | Report neighbours, idling cars on drive

Ginglymostomatidae · 2022-12-12T06:48:49+00:00

Our neighbour has 2 prius cars. Instead of taking then for a drive, he'll turn the car on, and let it idle on the drive for around 15 mins each car. Its always at anti social hours and it wakes us everytime. This morning he done this at 4.20am and I've been awake ever since and I'm exhausted. He's done this at 2.45am on a Sunday morning before, and nearly always on a weekday. He WFH. Would you report? And where?

healthadvice123 · 12/12/2022 18:27

@DifferenceEngines maybe to go to work of on night/ early shifts , not everyone works 9-5

saltinesandcoffeecups · 12/12/2022 18:27

LlynTegid · 12/12/2022 18:11

@saltinesandcoffeecups the onus should be on the unreasonable man to stop his behaviour.

If he cannot do it during the day, he is probably not having proper breaks from his job. If he feels he cannot have these breaks, either his employer is failing their duty of care and responsibilities, or he is up to no good somehow at work.

So you can control all of your neighbors actions? No you can’t and neither can I or the OP.

I can control my own actions as can you and the OP, which is what my suggestion was. Or she can get woken up for 3 more years and complain to randoms on the internet.

saveitsally · 12/12/2022 19:01

There’s an app for that: Soundsleeper white noise or ear plugs.

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:12

MeJane · 12/12/2022 06:55

Who are you going to report that too? It's not 1984. (The book, not the year). It's inconsiderate and it's not environmentally friendly bot it's not against the law.

Or guidelines or rules.

I'm afraid it IS against the law! Section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:12

@Cassillero It is against the law

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:13

@DrMarciaFieldstone It's illegal

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:14

@icelolly12

GenderCriticalTrumpets · 12/12/2022 19:17

This would boil my piss to steam. What a selfish cunt he is.

icegoose · 12/12/2022 19:17

I thought it was illegal on a public road.
The neighbor is doing this on a private drive.

PurpleButterflyWings · 12/12/2022 19:21

Peedoffo · 12/12/2022 10:47

I'm a HCP it takes me 40 minutes to drive to one hospital. I have to be there for handover at 7:15 and I don't want to have to speed. So I take my time. I normally will start defrosting the car at 6am to make sure I have time. Not everyone operates on a 9-5 schedule and if my neighbour said anything I'd laugh at them. I'm not going to drive unsafely because it upsets them.

@Peedoffo

Glad you're not MY neighbour. I feel sorry for yours. You sound incredibly entitled! 'I'm All Right Jack Pull Up The Ladder' eh? If you were my neighbour and you laughed at and ignored my complaints about your breaking the law with polluting the air and noise nuisance at 6am, you would find your tyres going flat an awful lot.

HideTheCroissants · 12/12/2022 19:22

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:12

@Cassillero It is against the law

Not on your own driveway it’s not…

PurpleButterflyWings · 12/12/2022 19:23

ImAvingOops · 12/12/2022 15:35

There is some stupid advice on this thread. If you follow @HarvestThyme suggestions, you will more likely piss him off and make him do it more. Being rude does not generally get people to comply with your wishes!
No one thinks his behaviour is normal but I don't think you can call it illegal either - he's on his own driveway and his car is a Prius, so not noisy. You are better off doing something yourself so you don't hear it, like ear plugs or sound insulation for your house.

PMSL. Daftest post on the thread. @😂 Well done, coz there have been a few good contenders

iceyniceyspicey · 12/12/2022 19:25

There is an ambulance bay near where I live and if anyone ever parks on it, a hero creeps out at night and places bin bags from their wheels bin onto the bonnet.
Everyone always loves it! But nobody has owned up as of yet...
So I would say, report. Driving is a privilege not a right and I've known parents to report cars idling on the school run. Collectively I think it works.

PurpleButterflyWings · 12/12/2022 19:33

@HideTheCroissants we can ALL find something to back up our argument.

HideTheCroissants · 12/12/2022 19:53

PurpleButterflyWings · 12/12/2022 19:33

@HideTheCroissants we can ALL find something to back up our argument.

True BUT the idling law definitely does not apply on private property. I don’t think any of the driving or road traffic laws apply on private property. My friends 13 year old son drives around their property all the time, he is not breaking the law.

OPs neighbour is possibly an anti social CF but if he’s on his own private property he isn’t breaking the law anymore than I am when I run my car on the drive to demist the windows (because driving with them misted up IS breaking the law)..

ILoveeCakes · 12/12/2022 20:22

I remember when we used to talk to neighbours - rather than call the police on them.

Calling the police won't do anything - except, if they do come out, your neighbour will find ways to wreck your peace forever more. More ways than you could possible imagine!

Cassillero · 12/12/2022 20:25

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:12

@Cassillero It is against the law

Still no. You're wrong.

Shade17 · 12/12/2022 20:33

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:12

I'm afraid it IS against the law! Section 42 of the Road Traffic Act 1988

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What part of “on his drive” do you not comprehend?

parsniiips · 12/12/2022 20:44

He needs to stop being a selfish twat and just do it after 8/9am.

Prick.

Peedoffo · 12/12/2022 20:54

PurpleButterflyWings · 12/12/2022 19:21

@Peedoffo

Glad you're not MY neighbour. I feel sorry for yours. You sound incredibly entitled! 'I'm All Right Jack Pull Up The Ladder' eh? If you were my neighbour and you laughed at and ignored my complaints about your breaking the law with polluting the air and noise nuisance at 6am, you would find your tyres going flat an awful lot.

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Well no I have to go to work, not all of us work 9-5 . I'm not putting my life at risk by not heating the car so I have misted windows. It's not illegal to idle your car on your drive it is illegal to mess with someone's tyres.

HideTheCroissants · 12/12/2022 21:00

Shade17 · 12/12/2022 20:33

What part of “on his drive” do you not comprehend?

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The Road Traffic Act cannot apply on private property! It applies on ROADS.

DrMarciaFieldstone · 12/12/2022 21:27

MadameMackenzie · 12/12/2022 19:13

@DrMarciaFieldstone It's illegal

Not on his own driveway it isn’t.

In any case, my point was who would you intend on reporting this to.

Even if it were illegal, I can’t see the local Police coming out for this at 2am…

Shade17 · 12/12/2022 21:28

HideTheCroissants · 12/12/2022 21:00

The Road Traffic Act cannot apply on private property! It applies on ROADS.

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It can apply on private property where it’s classed as somewhere the public have access, you can be done for DD in a private car park. The law is very specific on idling though in that it applies to roads only. Idle all you like in public car parks etc.

NamelessNancy · 12/12/2022 22:14

Legal or not, without a specific need to choose that time it's antisocial behaviour.

For defrosting and demisting the windscreen (I know not the case for the op but a cause for a lot of idling on drives) I've started putting a couple of hot water bottles on the dashboard for a while. I might still need to start the engine a bit before driving off but it's very much quicker.

MeJane · 12/12/2022 22:28

Glad you're not MY neighbour. I feel sorry for yours. You sound incredibly entitled! 'I'm All Right Jack Pull Up The Ladder' eh? If you were my neighbour and you laughed at and ignored my complaints about your breaking the law with polluting the air and noise nuisance at 6am, you would find your tyres going flat an awful lot.

Hopefully @Peedoffo isn't the cardiologist that you need in the middle of the night to save the life of your child then!

Especially if you've slashed her tyres.