AIBU to not know the actual rules on parking next to a dropped kerb?

[Kerbie678]

I'm not sure what's allowed and what's not regarding parking over a dropped kerb, as different websites have conflicting advice.

There's a dropped kerb outside my house specifically for my driveway, and there is a wooded area across the road with no footpath, so it's not as if anyone needs to access the dropped kerb in order to cross the road.
I'm unable to use the driveway presently as it's too steep, but I do use the dropped kerb to turn my car around, because otherwise I'd have to drive down the road to turn it as my road isn't the widest.

I tend to park along my dropped kerb, but lately my neighbour has taken to parking his car directly over it if he arrives home before me and there's little car parking space elsewhere for him. When he does this, it means I have to park further down the road and am unable to see my car out the window to check on it. What's more, this leaves me unable to turn my car round easily, as mentioned.

My neighbour has two vehicles for his property, and often parks leaving a large space between them, and even though I've politely asked if he wouldn't mind parking a few metres further along so that I can park outside my own drive, he usually ignores this,

Do I have any rights to park outside my own dropped kerb, as, like I said, some websites say yes, but others say I'm not able to.
Btw, I know I don't own the road, but would just like advice on this, thanks.

so to be clear… you approached him and said “excuse me” and he turned to you? And then you asked him not to block your driveway. And he looked through you, didn’t say a word and turned on his heel and walked away?

And that was that. Correct?

Will you perhaps…. Try again? And may also sort the very mild issue stopping you using your own driveway?

He is blocking your drive, so yes ask him to stop. You don’t have to say you’re asking him to stop so you can park there yourself, just say do you mind not blocking the driveway. I’d never block someone’s driveway. The reason curbs are dropped is so people can access their own drive, but surely you can block yourself in. No-one is going to tell you off for parking in front of your own dropped kerb. But a neighbour parking in front of your dropped kerb is not on.

Start parking outside his house. Ideally leave one of your cars there for an extended period. Sone people only learn to be considerate, when inconvenienced themselves!

What does it matter how I approached him?
For what it's worth, he was doing something to his garden and as I walked up to my door I said hello and asked if he wouldn't mind parking his cars a bit further up so that I could park outside my driveway. He just replied hello and then didn't answer me when I asked, and I just walked inside my house.
I don't need to be continuously asked by people when I'm going to sort the tarmac out on here, I just wanted to know the actual rules on parking on dropped kerbs.

His house is set back away from the roadside, so I can't park directly outside his. I only have the one car as I live alone, he and his wife have two cars between them.

Knock and tell him to move as your friend would like to access and park on your drive. He’ll have to park elsewhere to avoid blocking her in.

Agree. I did the same … it’s purely to access my driveway for my own convenience, nothing else!

I think in Scotland parking on a dropped kerb can carry fines and points because they allow wheelchair users to cross safely.

I do think you could report him.. but I doubt anyone would have time to do anything about him

Id maybe return the favour

We have two vehicles and a small drive so one of us blocks the other in parking in front of the dropped kerb. I’ve only had one parking ticket, and they cancelled it when I said it was my own house. We’re near a school and I think someone had reported my car, not realising it was our house.

I don’t think there are set rules as local authorities decide how they’ll enforce it, or not.

your neighbour is a twat.

I'd like to know what the now deleted comments were. If they were derogatory towards me for wanting to park along the dropped kerb (but not currently using my drive) and expecting my neighbour not to park there, my driveway is still being used on a fairly regular basis by family and friends visiting me. Not that I should really need to justify that.

I think your neighbour is doing nothing wrong by parking there because you dont use the drive

so what if you have to park down the road a little. Most people have to do this

You can park there as its your driveway, you can block your own driveway. Neighbour cannot block your driveway

But she's not taking a road parking space from the neighbour, because if she parked on her own drive, the neighbour wouldn't be allowed to park across her dropped curb, denying her access to the highway anyway! Your neighbour is being a knob. You are not.

How about the NEIGHBOUR parks down the road, leaving op's driveway & dropped kerb
free? Problem solved!

Sure, except that’s not happening. She can continue to be annoyed and do absolutely nothing about it, or she can speak to him again properly, or fix her drive, or let go of the anger and park somewhere else. Those are all things within her control, wishing for a miracle that isn’t going to happen doesn’t change anything. Problem not solved.

You are so lucky. If I report to the parking enforcement people they take days to come, by which time the 'offence' is over.

Thank you.
I honestly don't get the logic of some posters who think I'm taking up an extra space by parking against the dropped kerb.

@Kerbie678
Have you phoned parking enforcement?

Surely the answer is to start using it yourself, i.e. park your own car on your drive.

No I haven't, for two reasons.
One being I wasn't sure if I'd be being unfair on my neighbour, and the other reason being because if I do ever report him, then I'm not certain still if I could legally park against my own dropped kerb , and if I shouldn't be parking there either then my neighbour would likely return the favour and report me!

This was really the whole point of my thread, as the websites I've looked on ((even for in my own city) give conflicting advice.

I would suggest looking at the website and phoning them monday and asking them for clarity regarding a. Reporting him and b. Parking across it yourself.

Neither of you are Allowed to park across a dropped driveway. In my town you get a ticket for that

She isn’t using up a space - if she was parked on her driveway no one else would be able to park there as they’d be blocking her in