Driveway parking?

Wig

Casey1709 wrote: »

Have a look on here about parking tickets & wheelclamps. www.pepipoo.co.uk
I think only registered/ approved companies can wheelclamp cars in England.

I don't think that is the case. Only registered and approved companies are granted access to the DVLA online data information for pulling registered keeper details. Anyone can clamp a car on private land they have an interest in, and they better have clearly visible signs warning of clamping operation. And Anyone can still request DVLA data using the postal method.

frugallass

useless bit of info........there's no clamping in Scotland, the wardens / attendants or whatever they are called just call a man with a big truck and they lift the vehicle and take it away - cool !

Poppy9

I cannot understand why someone would think it's okay to park on a private drive. Is your drive directly outside your house. Can you upload a piccie for us to see?

CAFF_2

We had the same problem where we previously lived. The cheek of someone actually parkiing in your drive!! It happened one evening. My husband had nipped out to get a takeaway & when he got back, our neighbours daughters boyfriend had parked in our drive. I went next door & asked him to move it & he said he'd parked it there because it didn't have an alarm on it! Anyway, to cut a long story short, my husband parked immediately in front of it so he couldn't get out of the drive without us moving our car. Hence, 4 hours later after him knocking a dozen times & asking us to move our car, we eventually moved our car so he could get out. He never parked there again!
We've also had the same problem at our new house although this is people parking across the drive (not actually in it). We're polite but firm ~ move the car now. I think some of them are just thick. I wouldn't dream of parking across someone's drive

Idiophreak

Wonder where you could buy a couple of bee hives from...Chuck them under the car, then erect a "water feature" cascading jam down all around it...

It's not the cheapest, or most subtle, method...but not everything in life is about moneysaving, it's about revenge! mwahahahaha!

Reggie_Rebel

Wig wrote: »

Arguably criminal damage

Argue away..............

Wig

In regards to the problem at hand, it appears OP has now ordered a folding bollard. This is the best long term solution.

Buying a wheel clamp and associated signs would cost just as much, and could also spark off anger/violence, totally unneccesary in this situation.

Erecting posts and a chain, will again cost similar amounts to the folding/removeable bollard. The removeable bollard on the other hand does not restrict the width of the driveway like a new post would do.

For anyone else with the same problem or for the OP in the time being, cheap alternative solutions would be when you are parked on your drive to make sure you park near the entrance, so no one can park behind your car. When your car is away, put your wheelie bin in the entrance. Or a couple of planks of wood or 4inch fence posts resting on some boxes or something to form an X shape.

It really does sound to me like it is not the neighbours, but it is the people they choose to associate with. I would have held off from buying a bollard and given the husband another chance to sort his mates out - it does sound like he was genuinely sorry, he does not want a feud with a neighbour anymore than the OP does.

On a more general note, I know that when a house is sold with chattels, a notice of 14 days can be served on the vehicle and contents of the house, after which the vehicle and house contents can be legally disposed of (at the house owners expense). Whether such a notice HAS to come from a solicitor - I don't know. Whether such a notice ONLY applies when selling a house - I don't know.

The act of towing a vehicle onto the highway yourself brings withit a few problems too...
In towing you could cause damage to the vehicle. Any parking ticket from it being on the highway could also be down to you, or recoverable from you, because you put the car there. Of course they have to prove who did the damage or moved the car.

Wig

Reggie_Rebel wrote: »

Argue away..............

You'd be arguing with the police if you did this, not the neighbour.

ceebeeby

It is okay to glue a notice on to a window of the car, reminding them that they have parked inappropriately, as long as it's not on either the drivers window, the front or rear screen. I.e. stick it onto the rear passenger windows. Must be able to come off though (with some effort!!) - I don't know what it is our local hospitals use as adhesive - but it's jolly effective at annoying people who have parked inappropriately.

Wig

ceebeeby wrote: »

It is okay to glue a notice on to a window of the car, reminding them that they have parked inappropriately, as long as it's not on either the drivers window, the front or rear screen. I.e. stick it onto the rear passenger windows. Must be able to come off though (with some effort!!) - I don't know what it is our local hospitals use as adhesive - but it's jolly effective at annoying people who have parked inappropriately.

Must be able to come off, exactly, most use a water soluble non corrosive glue. I don't know where you get the idea that it can't be on the windscreen or drivers window The car is tresspassing on your property, you, can put a removeable - non-damaging notice where you like on it.