It’s a parking one - no diagram

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So neighbour has no car and is 80+. Driveway with dropped kerb across length of house . We parked across our drive and about 2 foot across hers . She has put cones up on her drive next to path as she doesn’t like people turning in her drive . She put note on car saying move out but literally taking up 2ft of 30 ft drive that no one uses . Aibu , she has called police .

Good on her! Shame on you for taking advantage of an elderly woman.

I hope the police tear strips off you.

I hope this is a reverse. Otherwise - OP, you’re a knob

Sorry, you lost me at “no diagram”.

Oh, and yes, you’re massively unreasonable. Have a word with yourself.

Oh come on you know YABU that's why you haven't bothered with a diagram!

I thought it wasn't an offence to park across a dropped kerb provided you're not preventing any vehicle leaving 🤔 On that basis, I guess YANBU.

She’s probably got spare bedrooms that she’s not using either, are you going to move in? 🙄

You sound entitled and unneighbourly.

Going by the tenor of your post, if she has called the police it won’t be because the only thing you’ve ever done affecting her is park 2ft (bet it’s more) over her dropped curb.

It doesn't seem that unreasonable to block that amount of a very long dropped kerb, BUT legally you are not entitled to park where there is a dropped kerb - either hers or yours. I suspect the police might just explain that in the first instance, but it might be best to move the car just in case.

I don't know whether it is relevant here, but be aware that dropped kerbs are also of value to those with mobility scooters.

Don’t park over her drive. End of

What if a vehicle needs to enter? 😕

Yes yabu. It doesn't matter whether she normally uses it, you shouldn't park over it! Maybe she was expecting visitors

Don't park across someone's drive.

It's highway code and its a grey area
You can't park ao you are blocking entrance to a property...but if you are only overhanging a wide drive and a reasonable person could still access then you are not blocking

You cannot park across a dropped kerb....designed for wheelchairs and mobility scooters...its a grey area on whether a DK for a driveway counts.

Either way in most cases police have no powers, it would be for council to issue a FPN.

So yes she is being unreasonable but a lot of people would be.

She hates you. Possibly has been for a long time. I cannot imagine anyone calling a police over this. Must be personal.

@AnOldCynic Sounds like it's a 30ft wide dropped kerb.

This is incredibly unlikely.