AIBU to ask neighbour to park car elsewhere? Diagram!

[DinoNuggetsRUs]

So I have never had a drive before and idk whether I'm being unreasonable.
My house is on a residential road - there's no through road, I'm not sure whether this would be classed as a cul de sac?
Anyway, my house and drive is right on the corner of where the road angles off and the neighbours been parking their van directly opposite my drive, blocking their own drive in. They have 3 cars/vans and we have 2. So they park 2 on their drive and one on the road opposite my drive.
While not impossible, it makes it really awkward for me to reverse out in the morning. I'm a bit of a crap driver and I've already accidentally reversed into one of their cars and we've only lived here 3 months. It cost me a fortune to fix but they were really great about it.
I'm not sure whether it would be unreasonable to ask them to park a little further up? They seem like really reasonable and kind people but I guess it's not their fault I'm shit at reversing. I essentially have to do a ten point turn to get out.

Can do 2 things. 1. Reverse in

1. Remind them that you're not so good at driving and they don't want the inconvenience of a car repair.

The van is NOT legally parked as it is accross a dropped curb and not good to park on a bend.
OP can reverse in but should still have a word so that the neighbour can park more considerately.

Reverse into your drive when you come home and then you can drive out forwards. Always easier to reverse into a driveway

Reverse park in to your drive ☺️

I was told before I even started lessons, learn to reverse park as if you can get in a tight space you can get out again (even if it looks impossible!), I pride myself in my reverse parking as a result 😂

Take your time, it may take 10 attempts a few times but it’ll start to take less each time, promise!

The van shouldn't be parked on a dropped kerb, it's illegal and it's not safe to park on the bend.
As other pp have said, try reversing onto your drive, it will be easier for you in the long run.

Too many cars everywhere, we've just got to our best with easiest for us. Yes, reverse park into your drive or do lots of navigation to get out. It's a curse of the modern world, double parking, little room to get our etc. So many arguments about this, one neighbour has one car and another has 5, nonwin situation. X

Really?? I think you have got this wrong! It’s much easier to exit a drive forwards than it is backwards because forwards, you can see clearly where you are heading and what the hazards are. Backwards, not so much.

It’s so much easier to reverse into a driveway or any parking space, because you have the mirrors to guide you. Once you start doing it regularly, you’ll wonder why you didn’t automatically do it! I reverse up my driveway and into my garage - it’s a piece of cake compared to going in ‘nose’ first.

As its your drive and if your the onlyone useing it, just park across your drive way, no need to drive in, forward or backward

Unless you drive a double decker bus then there is no excuses for not being able to reverse based on that diagram, I'd suggest who ever let you pass your test is fired and you take some driving lessons.

Thank you the Stig

Pay for a local driving school to give you an hour's lesson to teach you to reverse into your own space . It wouldn't be very expensive in the end of it helps.

Not sure what these rules 242 & 243 have in relation to parking in front of your own driveway? As long as the drop kerb isn’t for disability aides it isn’t relevant to the OP. Parking in front of a property entrance is for other people, our council confirmed this when I had my drop kerb, I could park in front to block myself in. Also if driveway empty you can legally park in front of it - police only can remove if causing obstruction to someone getting off drive not onto it - Now that is bonkers! Parking on a bend, if it’s a normal carriageway also isn’t illegal although not sure what people do this, as the obstruction would only be of 2 cars came along and didn’t give way, was told that by police as my parents had some issues.

You can't just be good at driving going forwards! You do need to get good at reversing.
What if you had to reverse back up a road? It happens.
Or a country lane?
Or in a carpark?

Having said that, it's not as bad as a woman I used to know who would never do right turns. Only left. Her husband had to plan routes for her so that she didn't have to turn right or cross traffic. I'm not joking! I couldn't quite get my head round that

You can request double yellow lines on sections of road. However, you will need a good safety reason. Cars or vans parking on a bend should do it. Have a look round on your local council website or go into the offices and ask.

don't you reverse into a car park space ?
you ought to; much less likely to collide with something, or someone, when pulling out.

Yup ask them to move. Their parking is out of order due to making the be bend very difficult to manovour due to lack of sight lines. It's just asking for an accident

Practice your reversing until you master it

I’d probably just go over to them and just admit to them in a very jokey way that you are shit at driving and concerned that you’re going to have another accident and to save both of you the trouble that you wonder if they could possibly park a meter or so further up to avoid any future damage? I think if you put this in the right way, they will be more understanding and clearly wouldn’t want to go through the hassle of having to put in another insurance claim or get their car repaired. Good luck.

Once you've reversed a few times onto your drive it will become second nature so try not to stress about it. It'll make things so much easier in the mornings being able to drive forward off your drive without worrying about hitting their van. Good luck

I live on a very narrow street. My driveway was also very narrow (until we enlarged it last year & took out the front wall.) It was impossible to reverse out if someone parked opposite. It was also impossible to reverse on if someone parked opposite. Luckily there's no house there as its the start of a playing field, so it would be visitors to neighbours or the field parked there. I damaged my own car scraping it on the gate post - no sensors or cameras in that car. Even with nothing opposite my driveway was a nightmare to get on & off. It was clearly built for tiny cars.
We were lucky enough to be able to take out the lawn & make space to park both our cars on the drive, & we still have lots of bushes & plants round the edges.
The neighbours shouldn't park on a bend or over a dropped curb even if it is their own.
I'd have a word with them - I'm sure they'd rather move their van than have anything damaged again.

Or reverse round to the right instead of left and then turn round if needs be.