Someone blocks your driveway. What do?
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CarsOrBikes said:
Someone did this to me years ago in Streatham, Audi left half over my drive, so I very gently and considerately reversed into it, and forced it back up the road to a normal position. Didn't put a mark on my car at all.
Next day it was there again wheel turned against the kerb corner stone. I called the law and they said best resolved locally by checking with neighbours, but call again in half an hour if no joy.
I watched telly for half hour as you'd expect, called again, and 45 minutes later a hiab came and lifted the piece of s
te away and off it went into the sunset.
didn't do it again :-) All very civil.
My Wife had a similar problem with a new, very arrogant neighbour.Next day it was there again wheel turned against the kerb corner stone. I called the law and they said best resolved locally by checking with neighbours, but call again in half an hour if no joy.
I watched telly for half hour as you'd expect, called again, and 45 minutes later a hiab came and lifted the piece of s
te away and off it went into the sunset. didn't do it again :-) All very civil.She called the Police and was advised that if we had a dropped Kerb for the drive then it is a Police matter and they will remove the offending vehicle.
The Police came round and told the the bloke to shift it before they did.
As far as I'm aware, if there is no car on the drive and someone has parked across it, thus blocking access then tough titties, the Police, or anyone else won't be interested, as the offending blocker isn't blocking anyone in and no offence is being committed.
However if there is a car on the drive and it is being blocked in by someone parking across the entrance to the drive, then an offence is being committed and the Police will become involved.
However if there is a car on the drive and it is being blocked in by someone parking across the entrance to the drive, then an offence is being committed and the Police will become involved.
So this has happened once ? You then saw the guy the day after (not stated if he was blocking the drive again or you just recognised the van somewhere else in the street ?) The guy's obviously got an attitude but probably just bravado. Think the problem's gonna go away by itself without getting wound up about what police/councils will/won't do.
If there is a multiple repeat offending then oil drain is clearly the solution so it dies somewhere else.
If there is a multiple repeat offending then oil drain is clearly the solution so it dies somewhere else.
Before the sorn/ved debacle back when I was a skint student I always had a few of sheds that were in various states of disrepair that I had bought on a whim to run till it was time to scrap or fix up and sell on for a small profit.
When people did this to me I simply boxed them in using my cars and then when they knocked I'd tell them I didn't know who owned them
When people did this to me I simply boxed them in using my cars and then when they knocked I'd tell them I didn't know who owned them
Edited by untakenname on Friday 23 June 23:27
Edited by untakenname on Friday 23 June 23:28
HTP99 said:
As far as I'm aware, if there is no car on the drive and someone has parked across it, thus blocking access then tough titties, the Police, or anyone else won't be interested, as the offending blocker isn't blocking anyone in and no offence is being committed.
However if there is a car on the drive and it is being blocked in by someone parking across the entrance to the drive, then an offence is being committed and the Police will become involved.
And there's the answer. However if there is a car on the drive and it is being blocked in by someone parking across the entrance to the drive, then an offence is being committed and the Police will become involved.
Tow it, put your car on the drive, push it back to where it was.
Then call the police.
Mums house used to be near a train station. We were doing building work in the house and a stupid bh decided that since we cant use the drive for cars as there was a skip in it, that she would park across it !! So, we said how do we remove the full skip ? She ranted and kicked off, so explained it the same language to leave our doorstep. She got her come comeuppance when looking out my bedroom window one morning she parked opposite the drive, hit the throttle and crashed into another commuter. Made big impact , reversed off and drove away. So, I left a note on the crashed car. Then 5 mins later this doris walks passed as if nothing had happened. We never saw her park there again, so hopefully the other commuter reported her to the Police. It took 20 years for a single yellow line to be put down the road to stop the chaos.
I like the spanner and bowl though. I used cat st from the litter tray and sugar in fuel tanks............. allegedly
h decided that since we cant use the drive for cars as there was a skip in it, that she would park across it !! So, we said how do we remove the full skip ? She ranted and kicked off, so explained it the same language to leave our doorstep. She got her come comeuppance when looking out my bedroom window one morning she parked opposite the drive, hit the throttle and crashed into another commuter. Made big impact , reversed off and drove away. So, I left a note on the crashed car. Then 5 mins later this doris walks passed as if nothing had happened. We never saw her park there again, so hopefully the other commuter reported her to the Police. It took 20 years for a single yellow line to be put down the road to stop the chaos. I like the spanner and bowl though. I used cat s
t from the litter tray and sugar in fuel tanks............. allegedlyRemoving the oil. Both genius and sneaky.
I have some annoying woman on my road that sometimes parks her Skoda Superb with the rear partly obscuring my drive. Makes it so I can't park over the end of my drive, or move my only occasionally used Jeep off the drive. She seems to have a few Jeep level dinks in her new Superb. She's so dim that I'm not sure she's even noticed, and she still does it. No idea how she got the dents :-)
I have some annoying woman on my road that sometimes parks her Skoda Superb with the rear partly obscuring my drive. Makes it so I can't park over the end of my drive, or move my only occasionally used Jeep off the drive. She seems to have a few Jeep level dinks in her new Superb. She's so dim that I'm not sure she's even noticed, and she still does it. No idea how she got the dents :-)
and leave an old screw driver on the wiper. Usually I find a note under the wiper does the job, but in the last 20 years I've had to deal with a couple of repeat offenders, in which case a printed notice applied to the windscreen with spray mount has been highly effective and visible to everyone else.
The thing with using spray mount is that the notice peels off the screen pretty easily, so you can't be accused of damaging the car. However the spray mount itself is more difficult to remove. It usually requires some acetone, and wipers just smear it everywhere.
The thing with using spray mount is that the notice peels off the screen pretty easily, so you can't be accused of damaging the car. However the spray mount itself is more difficult to remove. It usually requires some acetone, and wipers just smear it everywhere.
Forget frozen sausages. If you're in no hurry, the old potatoes in the exhaust works well. But the best cure is good Samaritans. When my car was off road a year or so ago, I had one little obnoxious yoink decide it was his/his GFs parking space. I'd asked him/her to park elsewhere as my daughter needed this space ( complete with dropped kerb) to get close to ours as GS had health problems. All I got was a car parked over the drive and fingers rampant. Next morning, her car had modified tyres. No comeback, as GS is an honorary member of a biker group.
Certainly no police involvement asking if I'd seen anything- yoink was a grower dealer.
Certainly no police involvement asking if I'd seen anything- yoink was a grower dealer.
Someone once blocked my dad's garage and we had no idea who it was. Phoned police non emergency number and - contrary to what pistonheads says happens - they phoned the registered keeper / insured party /however they did it - they basically got hold of the owner at 2am and 10 minutes later he came and moved it.
Was very effective! But naysayers will say it doesn't work like that etc.
Was very effective! But naysayers will say it doesn't work like that etc.
Who me said:
Forget frozen sausages. If you're in no hurry, the old potatoes in the exhaust works well. But the best cure is good Samaritans. When my car was off road a year or so ago, I had one little obnoxious yoink decide it was his/his GFs parking space. I'd asked him/her to park elsewhere as my daughter needed this space ( complete with dropped kerb) to get close to ours as GS had health problems. All I got was a car parked over the drive and fingers rampant. Next morning, her car had modified tyres. No comeback, as GS is an honorary member of a biker group.
Certainly no police involvement asking if I'd seen anything- yoink was a grower dealer.
sausages aside - can someone translate thisCertainly no police involvement asking if I'd seen anything- yoink was a grower dealer.
Greg66 said:
HTP99 said:
As far as I'm aware, if there is no car on the drive and someone has parked across it, thus blocking access then tough titties, the Police, or anyone else won't be interested, as the offending blocker isn't blocking anyone in and no offence is being committed.
However if there is a car on the drive and it is being blocked in by someone parking across the entrance to the drive, then an offence is being committed and the Police will become involved.
And there's the answer. However if there is a car on the drive and it is being blocked in by someone parking across the entrance to the drive, then an offence is being committed and the Police will become involved.
Tow it, put your car on the drive, push it back to where it was.
Then call the police.
Moving someone's car is also an offence. If you get seen / caught moving a car, it can be deemed as theft. Who is to say the mover of the car is taking it 10 metres or 100 miles away.
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