Parking over my driveway

TrickyWicky

Join the local freecycle, advertise a wanted ad for a car (be warned the most you'll get is a wreck) and get it put on your drive. At that point you then have clout to get the police to remove it.

As for pavement parking no it's not illegal. It's technically illegal to drive on the pavement unless accessing property such as a driveway but not to park on it unless there is a no kerb parking restriction in force. I used to be a council CEO / PA so had to deal with this stuff all the time.

Riversong

The rules around my way are provided you leave enough space for a double (side by side) buggy you're ok to put a wheel on the kerb. If you block the pavement you risk a ticket.

I don't know if this is general law though or just our police/council trying to squeeze money out of us. I live in a cul de sac.

Edit. checked with hubby and apparently this should apply everywhere, ring it in to your non emergency police.

faerie~spangles

Does he block you in/out of an evening?

If so I'd wake him up at silly o'clock and ask him to move his precious car as you need to use your car. I would do this repeatedly.

jazzy

Why don't you try a No Parking sign on the driveway entrance, it may work?

Tilt

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Join the local freecycle, advertise a wanted ad for a car (be warned the most you'll get is a wreck) and get it put on your drive. At that point you then have clout to get the police to remove it.

As for pavement parking no it's not illegal. It's technically illegal to drive on the pavement unless accessing property such as a driveway but not to park on it unless there is a no kerb parking restriction in force. I used to be a council CEO / PA so had to deal with this stuff all the time.

Wrong info. It can be depending on a number of reasons.

marleyboy

You may find this link useful OP.

http://www.ukmotorists.com/highway%20code.asp?s=Waiting%20and%20parking

Pay particular notice to section 217 of the Highway Code which says...

217. DO NOT park your vehicle or trailer on the road where it would endanger, inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users. For example, do not stop

• near a school entrance
• anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
• at or near a bus stop or taxi rank
• on the approach to a level crossing
• opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
• near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
• opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
• where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
• where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users
• in front of an entrance to a property
• on a bend.

One could argue that the vehicle is blocking access for emergency vehicles but in particular blocking the entrance to your property, a driveway can be classed as a property entrance.

Personally, I would attempt to ask the owner not to park there in future, I would also continue to put my bins in the same spot to make a point. But should all else fail, report it as a breach under section 217.

neilmcl

faerie~spangles wrote: »

Does he block you in/out of an evening?

If so I'd wake him up at silly o'clock and ask him to move his precious car as you need to use your car. I would do this repeatedly.

The OP doesn't have a car!

tim9966

The same thing happens to me sometimes. I have a double driveway, but only have 1 car, and others seem to have noticed this. There are about 3 or 4 cars which often park blocking access to the side of the drive I rarely use.

Most of the time it's not a big problem, but a few weeks ago a car did prevent my Dad from parking up when he was visiting.

Sgt_Pepper_2

Riversong wrote: »

The rules around my way are provided you leave enough space for a double (side by side) buggy you're ok to put a wheel on the kerb. If you block the pavement you risk a ticket.

I don't know if this is general law though or just our police/council trying to squeeze money out of us. I live in a cul de sac.

Edit. checked with hubby and apparently this should apply everywhere, ring it in to your non emergency police.

What rules are they?

LisaW123

Blocking a drive is a bit of a grey area. However, if they drove across the pavement or parked partially on it, I think they may have committed an offence under Section 72 of the Highways Act. I'm not sure whether the police or local authority are responsible for enforcement in such circumstances, but why not try calling the local police station on their non urgent number or local authority parking services for advice?