What can I do about a muppet that continues to park in front

[Paul Dishman]

PAULJ5555 said:

My Friend lives in a small village oppersite a news agents and kebab shop, he has no end of trouble always has people parked across his drive, he has found people parked ON his drive, the best was when he arrived home to find a guy getting out of his car after blocking his drive, mate winds down the window and said I need to get on to my drive please the bloke said I wont be long and headed off in to the shop leaving my mate on the street waiting for him.

Had a similar situation once at my bro-in-laws place which is about 50 yards from a couple of takeaways. Chap had parked in front of bro-in-laws drive. My lad and I were pushing it down the road, when matey appears with his dinner, sees his locked car apparently moving towards him under its own volition. He wasn't very happy

[mattyprice4004]

You should garden frozen hammers into her sausage

[stinkyspanner]

Hang on a cotton pickin minute here, the OP just admitted to driving a Hyundai i10 and not one person has commented on it. This place is going to the dogs

[MikeM6]

stinkyspanner said:

Hang on a cotton pickin minute here, the OP just admitted to driving a Hyundai i10 and not one person has commented on it. This place is going to the dogs

I really like i10s, they are actually brilliant little cars and good fun to thrash

[eldar]

MikeM6 said:

I really like i10s, they are actually brilliant little cars and good fun to thrash

Citigo/!Up/Mii is better, and you have the .66% opportunity for a car with a daft name.

[TheDrownedApe]

stinkyspanner said:

Hang on a cotton pickin minute here, the OP just admitted to driving a Hyundai i10 and not one person has commented on it. This place is going to the dogs

I bet it's blue

[Deranged Rover]

I’ve only just read this thread and now I know that the OP has a Hyundai i10 I’ve lost all sympathy.

Maybe the neighbour was blocking it in so you didn’t have to drive it?

[Silkyskills]

So if I haven't paid for a dropped kerb it's tough t*tt*es on me if someone blocks my driveway but if I have paid for a dropped kerb I've effectively bought that bit of road for my own personal use - is that the gist of it?

[alanatPH]

We had the same problem for years, with a neighbour opposite parking across our driveway (with drop kerb) which made it very difficult for us to get in or out of our drive. Meanwhile, their drive sat empty cos they had parked their car in the road opposite our drive!

Eventually, this was resolved. My wife reversed out of our drive, failed to look and T Boned their car. We refused to pay for any damage to their car. Eventually, after about two years, our insurance company finally paid for their damage, much to our annoyance, but they stopped parking opposite our drive!!

Result.

[blingybongy]

Thread disappoints, not one mention of kicking her in the sponge.

[mattlad]

An i10 owner on PistonHeads. What's your other car?

[Kev_Mk3]

BrettMRC said:

Whitester said:

Thanks all for suggestions, including some daft ones that made me chuckle.

Seems the issue is temporarily solved. I waited until she went on her daily trip to the shop, moved my car into her spot, and waited for her.

She asked me what I was doing and I showed her that, even with my small Hyundai i10, the way I am parked blocks my drive, and her parking like this is an annoyance. I then moved my car onto the drive and she parked up, leaving plenty of room for me to get out. All very friendly, no heads chopped off, no swearing. She apologised and said she would be more considerate. Winner!

There is no place for that kind of rational behaviour.

Digusting.

This.


Unless she is fit and you got nudes

[Whitester]

mattlad said:

An i10 owner on PistonHeads. What's your other car?

We’ve had various... however when the last one got written off and my missus took a paycut to avoid being made redundant, we had to have only one car. She needs it to get to work, I don’t because I can get the train. Therefore she uses it more so she got to choose. Not my thing, but whatever.

[easyhome]

Unbelievable. 4 pages in and no ones found a way to blame the OP?!

What’s happened to the usual suspects?

[Voldemort]

Silkyskills said:

So if I haven't paid for a dropped kerb it's tough t*tt*es on me if someone blocks my driveway but if I have paid for a dropped kerb I've effectively bought that bit of road for my own personal use - is that the gist of it?

Pretty much, yes. Having a dropped kerb gives you the right to drive across the pavement not ownership of it. If there is no dropped kerb you are not permitted to drive on/over the pavement.

[donkmeister]

Voldemort said:

Silkyskills said:

So if I haven't paid for a dropped kerb it's tough t*tt*es on me if someone blocks my driveway but if I have paid for a dropped kerb I've effectively bought that bit of road for my own personal use - is that the gist of it?

Pretty much, yes. Having a dropped kerb gives you the right to drive across the pavement not ownership of it. If there is no dropped kerb you are not permitted to drive on/over the pavement.

Plus having a drive without a dropped kerb is caaaahncil.
(I think the OP's driveway is at grade with the court though)

[Silkyskills]

Voldemort said:

Silkyskills said:

So if I haven't paid for a dropped kerb it's tough t*tt*es on me if someone blocks my driveway but if I have paid for a dropped kerb I've effectively bought that bit of road for my own personal use - is that the gist of it?

Pretty much, yes. Having a dropped kerb gives you the right to drive across the pavement not ownership of it. If there is no dropped kerb you are not permitted to drive on/over the pavement.

It may well give you the right to drive across the pavement but does it give you the legal right to demand that people no longer park on the road where you've dropped the kerb?

[markyb_lcy]

Silkyskills said:

It may well give you the right to drive across the pavement but does it give you the legal right to demand that people no longer park on the road where you've dropped the kerb?

Not quite ... it gives the police / council a right to fine or punish those that do park in front of it, as it’s classed as an obstruction. In an extreme circumstance where say a vehicle was left for days, it might give you a right to get the council to move it, if they didn’t have “better” things to do.

[austinsmirk]

Have a drive on a council estate. They just pour concrete in the gutter and form their own kerb

Yet to see a council ever do anything to remove them.

[Pip1968]

Whitester said:

Thanks all for suggestions, including some daft ones that made me chuckle.

Seems the issue is temporarily solved. I waited until she went on her daily trip to the shop, moved my car into her spot, and waited for her.

She asked me what I was doing and I showed her that, even with my small Hyundai i10, the way I am parked blocks my drive, and her parking like this is an annoyance. I then moved my car onto the drive and she parked up, leaving plenty of room for me to get out. All very friendly, no heads chopped off, no swearing. She apologised and said she would be more considerate. Winner!

Glad to hear all was sorted and none of the quite frankly stupid suggestions were entertained. Most of them would only have escalated the situation. Those suggesting them clearly have an opportunity to work for Israeli - PLO negotiations. Are they all people who have nice cars but live in sh#tholes - ? I would be interested to hear. Humour without a smiley maybe (the fallback position for most).

Pip