Parking - relatives neighbour left note on my car r

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It's a late night parking thread! AIBU?

My sister has recently moved to a new area. She lives in a cul de sac with room for 1 car on her drive. I have visited maybe 2-3 times since she's moved in and parked on the street outside apposite the cul de sac. I visited this evening and when I returned to my car found a note from her neighbour asking me not to park outside their house. No please/thank you, no explanation, just don't park outside our house basically, very blunt. This is a public road FYI. They do not have a driveway, but they do have a double garage a bit further up the road (at the back of their garden I guess). I have attached pictures.

I don't want to cause problems for anyone, especially my sister but there is room for maybe 3-4 cars along that road so surely they're not asking every single person who doesn't live there to move their car?! What do you all think? Crazy people?

@DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe but surely you aren't against increasing access options for people who already face a load more challenges in life than most people, once it has been installed?
Basically, even though your request may be the catalyst for having the kerb outside your house dropped - and you may be asked to pay for the work to be done - it hasn't become your kerb or bit of pavement; it's for everybody to use.

I'm absolutely not against increasing access options for everybody ,.............. regardless of disability.
My request for a drop kerb hasn't impacted 'people who already face a load more challenges in life than most people'

it hasn't become your kerb or bit of pavement; it's for everybody to use.

Totally agree!

Sometimes I park at the bottom of the driveway/ drop kerb e.g if I have visitors, they will park on the driveway and not take up other parking spaces on the street needed by neighbours and so I park across the driveway.
However, I don't park so I block access for pavement users.

There are 3 disabled parking spots on my street - 2 on my side and 1 on the other side.
I know my neighbours' needs. So I am mindful of them.

Believe that not everybody is just a 'parking foamer' ! (love the phrase 😂)

I think we're maybe still talking at cross purposes. I don't mean disabled people using pavements per se but crossing from one pavement to get to the pavement on the other side.

Ideally, your request to drop a kerb, so you can access your drive, should impact wheelchair users for the better - so they have more available crossing places, as long as nobody has parked alongside the dropped kerb and thus prevented them from being able to use it.

Also, whilst it's good to be considered to your neighbours, you still never know who else might be wanting/needing to use the public pavement and cross the road outside your houses - whether passers-by, visitors to any of the houses, on business etc. - hence you shouldn't be blocking off a dropped kerb that they might need to use.

@DalzielOrNoDalzielAndDontPascoe hence you shouldn't be blocking off a dropped kerb that they might need to use.

I only have a small car and don' t take up the full width, so there's still enough drop kerb they can use if need be :)

I’d probably write on back of the note… I am taxed and legally parked! Thanks! And pop it through their letter box