Cars parking in front of garage

powerful_Rogue

Afternoon all.

Just after a bit of advice in regards to cars parking in front of my garage.

Firstly I know about the legal aspect in regards to it only being an obstruction if you have a vehicle inside that you want to take out and not the other way round.

Dropped kerb, signs saying garage in use, yet people still park on the dropped kerb blocking access. Very frustrating.

Keep my motorbike inside, and quite a few times now i've had to dekit and take my car instead as couldn't get my bike out. Obviously phoning 101 is such a low priority, that by the time contact has been made with the owner i'd be well and truly late for work.

Im a shift worker, so work a variety of weird and wonderful hours. Don't particaully fancy knocking on doors at 5am to find the owner.....although if I knew 100% which house the owner lived in then id have no issues at all.

Any tips or advice?

Le_Kirk

Search this forum for similar stories ................. and solutions. I cannot recall to mind one with a sensible outcome.

Silver-Surfer_2

How's parking on the kerb stopping you getting your bike out?

I'd just go straight down the path.

Ah, I was reading too much into the dropped kerb. Maybe you need a post in the driveway if that's where they're parking.

powerful_Rogue

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

How's parking on the kerb stopping you getting your bike out?

I'd just go straight down the path.

Ah, I was reading too much into the dropped kerb. Maybe you need a post in the driveway if that's where they're parking.

They park over the pavement section in front of the garage, so all thats left free is the drive section. Can wheel my bike out, however can't reverse it back onto the road due to the obstruction.

(I ride in, reverse out)

unforeseen

You have roughly a 20ft by 8ft area as a drive and you can't turn your bike around on that and leave across an adjacent drive?

Meanwhile you report the vehicle to police for a criminal act under POFA 2012

Rosemary7391

Is it always the same car? You could put a note on their windscreen. Bit more direct than signs.

Silver-Surfer_2

unforeseen wrote: »

You have roughly a 20ft by 8ft area as a drive and you can't turn your bike around on that and leave across an adjacent drive?

Meanwhile you report the vehicle to police for a criminal act under POFA 2012

No, it's an unnecessary obstruction. Con and Use Regs 1986.

You've already given a defence to the POFA offence and you'd struggle to prove intent.

powerful_Rogue

unforeseen wrote: »

You have roughly a 20ft by 8ft area as a drive and you can't turn your bike around on that and leave across an adjacent drive?

Meanwhile you report the vehicle to police for a criminal act under POFA 2012

Nope, not possible to turn the bike around in such a narrow width.

Mines the end garage, so you have a drop and then uneven grass verge, or the other side a drop between the drives and the post in the way.

Silver-Surfer_2

powerful_Rogue wrote: »

Nope, not possible to turn the bike around in such a narrow width.

Mines the end garage, so you have a drop and then uneven grass verge, or the other side a drop between the drives and the post in the way.

Reverse in and ride out.

Andy_L

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Reverse in and ride out.

or get one of those centre-stand turn-table things

powerful_Rogue

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Reverse in and ride out.

The drive is on a slope. Don't fancy having to push 200kg up that into the garage, thus the reason I ride in and reverse out.