To ask how to best handle this car blocking my drive?

[Parkingdrama00]

I live near to a football stadium and the team are currently playing. Somebody has parked right across my drive and blocked me in. I assume they have gone the match.

You need a residents pass to park round here and it doesn't look like they have one. Looks like I'm trapped until they come back.

What's best to do? Can I report them to the council? Leave a note? Confront them upon their return. Or is all of that pointless?

I wanted to go to the supermarket which will likely be closed by the time they're back.

Where I live the small convenience stores are open until 10 pm on Sundays, the same might be true where the OP lives.

Same thing, if they cannot get onto the driveway the driveway access is blocked, physically at the very least.

This thread still going on? 🤣🤣

Ambulances and police, yes; but fire engines are enormous and extremely heavy. They just bulldoze the vehicle out of the way - and usually leave it a write-off.

If it was parked or being driven illegally and/or dangerously, the driver/owner has nobody to blame but themselves - and very good luck to them in trying to get their insurer to pay out as a result; in fact, their insurance premium will probably go sky high once they've managed to save up enough money to buy a new car!

Rubbish. Zero sympathy. Completely and deliberately blocking someone's driveway isn't a bad decision, it's calculating and massively selfish and disrespectful. They didn't park there because they were desperately trying to get to hospital or something in an emergency. It was a football match and they were too tight to pay for parking.

This is a good lesson for them. Maybe they'll moderate their behaviour in future.

Get a grip.

Big generalisation of football fans and pub connection .. I’m a season ticket holder of a well known premier league club and leave home matches straightaway ( and don’t park across peoples drives 😊)

They did say most and not all!

It won't seem so much after paying towing costs! How bloody rude! They must've realised what they were doing. I hope you DO get it towed... serve them right!

It was towed yesterday, 2 hours after the thread was started.

Did not know this! Thank you 😊

Bit late to the party on this but next time report to the police. The P can access contact details of car owner and request car owner return immediately or else...

What... by letter? Or bat-signal in the sky? They won't have the blokes mobile number.

Very late to the party though, the police were called and a tow-truck was sent to remove it.

Don’t be daft.

Not quite. If a vehicle blocks someone out of their driveway the police/LA will usually only act if the kerb is dropped to allow access. It’s a different offence to blocking access to the highway.

All these silly comments about scratching cars or breaking window. That's criminal damage and will get you prosecuted. Also the car owner knows where you live. Will cost a lot more to get your house windows replaced ! Ring non emergency cops. It's an offence to block someone In like that

There is no cost to anyone but the driver, they pay to have car released and that covers the cost.
The OP doesn't and shouldn't have to feel guilty or scared, which feels like the intention of your post.
People should be more considerate, it doesn't matter that there was no emergency, there could have been and no one has the right to block a driveway, was their need a pressing one? I think not so cannot understand your reasoning at all!

I think this is a big part of the problem: CFs act flagrantly, but somehow think that they are the only ones, and that everybody else will behave properly.

"I'm only going to be 5 minutes" (invariably at least half an hour in reality) is bad enough, as they can't possibly know whether you want/need to access your property during those 5 (30) minutes that they've decided to remove your legal rights to do so; but when you get CF after CF after CF, all of whom are 'only going to be 5 minutes', your patience will of course be stretched to breaking point.

OP literally says blocked me in, Looks like I'm trapped until they come back and I wanted to go to the supermarket 🤦‍♀️ It’s very clear she was blocked on her drive and couldn’t get out 🤦‍♀️

It was for me
I stumbled out of an early weeks NCT mums meet-up to find a couple of coppers eyeing up my car which I had parked blocking a drive, a very long one, no house or parked car apparent, but definitely a drive and blocked 🤦‍♀️
I was mortified, it was a complete accident brought on by baby brain. I apologised profusely, and was sent on my way.

So, it would be better for the OP to be out of pocket for a taxi over the rude, inconsiderate driver? FFS!

I hope you stop blocking other people's drives and then minimizing their inconvenience. LOL!

My mum lives near a rugby ground and it's the same. Some absolutely spectacular CF parking. I'm delighted that the OP got the result she got as that idiot won't do it again. Police actually block off certain parts now for resident only access on big match days as it had gotten so bad there. The residents committees had to come together and get really tough on it. These people don't care as they plan on driving off after the match so they don't give a toss about having inconvenienced the local residents.

Thinking about it, they should put an announcement in the program, over the tannoy or on the board saying:-

A local resident was blocked in by an inconsiderate supporter, she arranged the car to be towed away and it cost them £££. Please think before you park to save upsetting the residents or costing yourself dearly.

But I’m probably being too hopeful, that it would make any difference.

Drive clear tonight @Parkingdrama00 ?

Haha yes!