Abandoned Vehicle on my Drive!

kingkano

very curious really. get a wheel clamp? haha

irnbru_2

kingkano wrote: »

Can you have it towed away?

That's all you can do - move the obstruction.

Call the legal helpline of your home insurance (if it has one).

ceebeeby

Not wishing to be alarmist, but with all the car bombs etc. an unknown vehicle parked highly suspiciously I'd have thought the police would be more concerned than they seem to be currently.

I got a bit lost on the driveway bit .... do you actually mean the driveway on your property or is it a shared property (flats) .... I see what you mean about it being bizarre!!

dmg24

albertross wrote: »

The police should just look up the owner and contact them on your behalf, they are either being lazy or awkward

That is my feeling too.

I can't believe someone would have the audacity to do it! We tend to use each other's parking spaces where I live, but we always know who is parked where, and we have all agreeed to it.

I have an image of the owner deciding to collect his car, just walking up, saying hello, and driving off. Nowt as strange as folk ...

thunderchump

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Full-Face-Wheel-Clamp-MORE-SECURE-DESIGN-Car-Caravan_W0QQitemZ330158467125QQihZ014QQcategoryZ121980QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem sorted mate! put a sign up with a release fee of £200.

WestonDave

This might help http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/WhereYouLive/NoiseNuisanceAndLitter/DG_4001703

From that it appears that if its causing an obstruction the police have powers to move it - so I'd phone them back and complain that its obstructing your drive and can they please use their powers to move it!

coal9011

Are you sure that the driver was not a drunk and he's upstairs in your spare bedroom sleeping it off blissfully thinking he's at home in bed?!?!?! :beer:

BenL

Smash the window, check the handbook for registration details, breakdown cover etc and you may get lucky with a phone number.

(hhmmm if they have breakdown cover call the company and pretend to be helping them out by getting an immobilsed car returned to the owner)

You may be able to release the handbrake and roll it onto the road if you are unable to contact the owner from any details in the car.

Might need some assistance if the steering wheel locks though to bump it into a suitable place.

In Skipton if you leave your car parked in the market area overnight thats what the traders do and leave your car in the middle of the high st.

Badger_Lady

A wheel-clamping company will happily do the honours and collect the cash from the owner, but I think they have to have warning signs up beforehand??? Don't know, but could be an avenue to persue...

Lizzieanne

coal9011 wrote: »

Are you sure that the driver was not a drunk and he's upstairs in your spare bedroom sleeping it off blissfully thinking he's at home in bed?!?!?! :beer:

:rotfl:

A bit like Goldilocks - "This driveway is too small...this driveway is too big...but this driveway is juuuuust right!"


:rotfl:

Hope you manage to get to the bottom of this without too much more grief.