AAARGGGHHH!!! people using my parking space

trukdiver

Taiko wrote: »

Don't block them in though. You could find you're breaking the law in doing so, given the Protection of Freedoms Act.

I asked the police what I could do, after somebody parked on my driveway. They said it wasn't their problem as it was a civil matter. However, If I blocked them in, I would be committing an offence as I would be preventing access to the public highway.:rotfl:

TheSaint_2

Maybe you should break down while blocking them in.

oliveoil99

When my son moved into his new property the next door 2 car family blocked him on his drive, as my son goes out to work at 5.00am he had to knock them up to move their car the kids woke up screaming and the husband shouting at the wife to watch how she parks in future, they never did it again.

pullenuk

trukdiver wrote: »

I asked the police what I could do, after somebody parked on my driveway. They said it wasn't their problem as it was a civil matter. However, If I blocked them in, I would be committing an offence as I would be preventing access to the public highway.:rotfl:

But if they are parked on private land tough bullsmell. You have to access private land (owned by all flats) to park on my space so in my case blocking my space is allowed. Trouble is police got better things to do. Offenders will always repeat until told or action taken so blocking the space and getting face to face time usually works.

pullenuk

oliveoil99 wrote: »

When my son moved into his new property the next door 2 car family blocked him on his drive, as my son goes out to work at 5.00am he had to knock them up to move their car the kids woke up screaming and the husband shouting at the wife to watch how she parks in future, they never did it again.

Love this.... exactly how to get a point across to park properly!!!

paddedjohn

trukdiver wrote: »

I asked the police what I could do, after somebody parked on my driveway. They said it wasn't their problem as it was a civil matter. However, If I blocked them in, I would be committing an offence as I would be preventing access to the public highway.:rotfl:

You are allowed to park across the driveway with the permission of the person living there, what trumps what I don't know.

bod1467

paddedjohn wrote: »

You are allowed to park across the driveway with the permission of the person living there, what trumps what I don't know.

Blocking access to the road (from a drive way) is a SHOULD NOT and not a MUST NOT (so I believe, per the Highway Code). So I would say owner permission trumps it.

Yorkie1

pullenuk wrote: »

But if they are parked on private land tough bullsmell. You have to access private land (owned by all flats) to park on my space so in my case blocking my space is allowed. Trouble is police got better things to do. Offenders will always repeat until told or action taken so blocking the space and getting face to face time usually works.

Someone previously mentioned the Protection of Freedoms Act. They were correct that is now illegal to block in another car, irrespective of whether it's private or public land:

54Offence of immobilising etc. vehicles
(1)A person commits an offence who, without lawful authority—

(a)immobilises a motor vehicle by the attachment to the vehicle, or a part of it, of an immobilising device, or

(b)moves, or restricts the movement of, such a vehicle by any means,

intending to prevent or inhibit the removal of the vehicle by a person otherwise entitled to remove it.

Lawful authority doesn't mean you're the land owner. It's to with being licensed or law authority, I think.

paddedjohn

Is it still true that if the land upon which the car is parked has gates that are normally locked in the evening then its not an offence to block them in? ie a shop car park is locked in the evenings but a car is still there at locking up time.

missile

In our car park their are no designated spaces and that avoids the "you parked in my space" problem. Fortunately there are more than enough spaces.