An idiot parking

Brickwall

Hi, I'm after some advice. Unfortunately we have a neighbour from hell here, I've come in today to discover he's actually double parked my daughters car, he's also half on the pavement. Small cars are squeezing through, bigger ones are having to reverse out of the street. According to the police it's not against the law to double park? Neither is it illegal to park on the pavement in such a way that people are having to walk on the road to get past him? They've also said that if anyone hits my daughters car she'll either have to pay herself or claim off her own insurance?

I know the police are stretched but surely this can't be right?

AdrianC

Brickwall wrote: »

According to the police it's not against the law to double park?

No, but it is illegal to cause an obstruction.

The easiest way to resolve this would be for your daughter to move her car.

facade

I doubt if you mean double parked- which is usually taken to be two abreast on the same side- you mean "parked opposite".

If the Police come for the obstruction, they will be after both cars, they won't care who actually caused the problem by parking second.
Best to move yours, and make a note in your little "Get even one day book"

Brickwall

AdrianC wrote: »

No, but it is illegal to cause an obstruction.

The easiest way to resolve this would be for your daughter to move her car.

I appreciate that my daughter could move her car, however, we weren't in when he did this, it was on returning home we discovered what he'd done.

We have had the police out before to this guy, he seemed to think it was ok to threaten me. We're not the only ones that have had the police out to him, he just seems to constantly go out of his way to antagonise people. He even had a go at the people that knocked at his door for him to let them through, as soon as they got past he put his car back where it was.

I honestly don't know what he gets out of going on the way he does, I do ignore him, but at times it's hard work.

Brickwall

facade wrote: »

I doubt if you mean double parked- which is usually taken to be two abreast on the same side- you mean "parked opposite".

If the Police come for the obstruction, they will be after both cars, they won't care who actually caused the problem by parking second.
Best to move yours, and make a note in your little "Get even one day book"

Because of this guys antics the police actually advised us to get cctv put in place, which we have done.

My get even book isn't little, it's very big where he's concerned :rotfl:
But, what goes round comes round, karma will bite him on the rear one of these days.

facade

You can start by checking if his car is taxed & insured, you can snitch him up with a quick photo, or stills off your cctv if it isn't .

arcon5

If somebody hits her car they will be liable. Finding the culprit will be the biggest problem

[Deleted User]

Suggest your daughter also parks hers half on the pavement - that way more room for all. In the town where I live, there's one road where the council has painted lines on the pavements indicating that people can park there.

Looking at it from the other side, annoying as it is for your daughter, your neighbour wants to park as well and maybe views you as the neighbour from hell, especially as you "have had the police out to him before" Maybe this is his 'get even' time .....

Jamiesmum

Why don't she park on the curb too? Obviously leaving enough room for a pram/wheelchair, or just park somewhere else.

I'm sure he wants to park close to his house too.

Do the neighbours have driveways? Anything from stopping her parking on the opposite side behind/in front of him? Most roads people do tend to park on only one side if it's a tight fit..

I understand it's a pain, but it's a pain for both neighbours not just your daughter.

Brickwall

He actually has a double drive, he's also been warned in the past about causing an obstruction.
My daughter wasn't causing an obstruction, she parked up, we then went out. This guy doesn't want anyone parked outside his house, he also thinks no one should park outside ours or my neighbours, he even told my neighbour not to park outside of his, he told him where to go.
The council have sent letters to people that have parked on the kerb before telling them not to.
No one in the street likes the guy, he's a bully, always has been, just lately I think he's bored and seems to be antagonising a lot of people, not just us.

takman

You never answered facades question about whether you actually meant double parked or he is actually just parked on the opposite side of the street to your daughters car?

I don't know why so many people don't know what "double parked" actually means!. To think it means parked on the opposite site of the street to another car is ridiculous because this is what happens in most residential streets!.