AIBU to block in school mums parking on my driveway?

[Applepiesmum]

i live down the road from a school and during the school rush parents park everywhere it normally worse in the afternoon at 3pm

I work from home and usually park in the visitor pay outside my house so my partner can park on the driveway he gets home 3.30-4pm

however recently people have been parking on my driveway last week I caught someone pulling in knocked on their window and they argued with me saying they need to pick up their child eventually they did move but moved to where they were just half way blocking my drive way and halfway blocking my neighbor so no one could access it!

I didn’t bother confront them again but in future I’m just thinking to block them in… is that too petty

I have reported it to the school but all they’ve said is they’ve already asked parents not to block residents in so I’m not sure what else to do.

(if I did block anyone in it would only be for 30 minutes to cause a bit of stress and a lesson learned)

The children aren't driving.

I’ve changed my vote to YABU - if all the residents parked in visitor spaces were parked in their own driveways, would there still be a huge parking problem at school start/finish times? Your car is safer parked off the road during the day anyway if it’s that busy.

Oh sheesh - I had this. Bunch of school parents arguing with each other over our private parking. Twats.

one time daddy left his small kid in the car for about 15 mins to pick up another kid. Small kid took off handbrake and car rolled into the bins. We made the daddy pick up all the rubbish strewn over the drive🙃

Your partner gets home after the school rug rat race, so I think your car should be on the drive and that then solves the issue.

I blocked someone in years ago after telling her twice before to not park in my allocated space, then I went for a nice looonng shower and hairwash. It didn't happen again!

Or....key the car 🚗 joking that's nasty but the devil in me would want to.

OP could solve the problem by using it herself. There is no drama to be had here. There are no penguin bollards, no calls to council, no wheelie bins over the drive, no pictures for the school newsletter (wtf) and certainly no fucking lentils needed.

Just park on the drive. Not over it to block someone in, just on the fucking thing.

Near 700 replies on here but still the most logical, simple and practical solution is ignored.

Can you put your bins accross your driveway prevent the problem?

Just so i understand, is the "visitor space" on your actual property? ie you own the land? because if it isn't then you have no more right to park there than anyone else. Are you actually saying that you (and your neighbours) use parking spaces on roads as though its your own private parking. That doesn't excuse the CF Mums but I just wanted to understand.

This happened to my dad a few years ago,( stopping him leaving for work) people parking across his driveway they said as he had a drop curb it was illegal Parking
the police came and bumped the car into the road, then had it towed away
was a few years ago, might be worth finding out how you stand nowadays.

what they are doing is wrong.

Just get one of those posts put up in your drive. You can do it for less that a £100 or more if you want an electronic one. You are then in control of who parks on your drive.

can you get the council to paint a yellow line across your drive way and call parking enforcement if someone blocks you in.

Confrontation could be stressful and they will know where you live.

Hose the lawn and "accidentally" get them

Why does your partner get the driveway spot and not you

I can't think why people think its ok to park on someones drive. its the way they think they have a right to do that, or that its ok because its for a short amount of time. You have right of access to your own property. I wonder how they would feel if you followed them home and park them in on their drive. I'm afraid its the general lack of politeness, consideration and caring mindset and passive/aggressive actions that seems to make up the scourge of our Country at the moment.

Block them in, and ignore them until your dh gets home. I worked in a school and this was a constant complaint. Unfortunately there is nothing the school can do. I think we once managed to get the local traffic wardens to patrol but it didn’t make much difference.

I live opposite a primary school. I don’t park on my drive because parents seem to think it’s fine to block me in - and yes, I have a dropped kerb.

The school is quite big and hosts all kinds of clubs and activities and there’s a dance school that uses it during the evenings so it’s not always a quick 5-minute drop and run.

I get really anxious about being blocked in. I’ve got a disabled DS and there has been occasions where I’ve had to throw him in the car and drive to the hospital for emergency treatment (only half dressed one time!) One of the requirements when we bought our house was that a hospital wasn’t far away! Someone blocking me in could literally be life or death.

Some people are thoughtless and entitled wankers. I can’t ever imagine thinking that it’s ok to park over a dropped kerb.

I’d put up a sign saying private property and any unauthorised vehicles will be clamped. The cost of clamp removal is £75 for the first 24 hours, after which the vehicle will be towed… Invest in a clamp and don’t be afraid to use it! How dare they park on your drive?

Actually OP, I don’t know if it’s possible but could the school send out some staff in hi-viz jackets to patrol the street for parking on a few mornings?

Our primary school did this to stop some of the parents parking badly and it really worked.

Before anyone jumps on me, yes I know it’s not their job and absolutely they shouldn’t have to! It’s just something our school chose to do to look after the local community. I was a school governor and we helped out with this too.

Block them in on a Friday then pop off for a wee weekend away! Definitely CF’s!

Put a chain access the entrance to the drive. One of those fancy ones, with pointy links.

I meant across, not access

And if someone gets a puncture that causes them to lose control of a car full of children or crash into children walking home, you'd be ok with that?
Your cousin is a psychopath.

I live near a primary school, this is the bane of so many resident's lives, especially lazy parents with their 4 x 4's parking on corners, or just stopping in the road for a few minutes !
I believe ( but not 100% ) that it is an offence to block somebody in, but not against the law to park across somebody's drive, whilst the drive is empty ie, not blocking them, just blocking access to get in your drive.

Rude entitled parents like to remind residents, they knew the school was there, before they bought the house. Usually, even if you did call the police, they would have left before their arrival and is really is at the bottom of priorities. :(

Now here's my problem. Most of the school traffic will have dispersed by that time of day. I really do not understand why you can't just use the drive and let your partner use the visitor's bay, problem solved?

Had this issue at our school with entitled parents blocking drives amongst other anti social stuff (litter, loud music, mounting pavements). They introduced “healthy school street” now you get a fine if u so much as enter the road and surrounding streets at pick up and drop off.

yanbu I can’t believe how cheeky some people are really…

@SquirrelsAreStinky

But OP isn't anxious about getting blocked in.

OP is asking if SIBU to park OVER her drive. Of course she is. She can park ON it. She doesn't want to because she wants to park in a visitor space so her DH can have the drive.

If she parks over the drive she will not be in the visitor space. She should park on her drive.

send your kids out front with bags of flour to ‘play’. Ideally after a little bit of rain while the car is parked. ‘Oh well this is private property and the kids are allowed to play in their front garden if you trespass and illegally leave a vehicle that’s your problem not the kids or mine’