Can never get off my drive! Is there anything I can do?!

sarahluke19

Two of my neighbours constantly park with half of their car in the road/on the pavement which means that my partner and I really struggle to get off our drive. Is their parking legal or is there anything we can do?

a.turner

sarahluke19 wrote: »

Two of my neighbours constantly park with half of their car in the road/on the pavement which means that my partner and I really struggle to get off our drive. Is their parking legal or is there anything we can do?

Would them being fully on the road help or hinder?

Aylesbury_Duck

sarahluke19 wrote: »

Two of my neighbours constantly park with half of their car in the road/on the pavement which means that my partner and I really struggle to get off our drive. Is their parking legal or is there anything we can do?

How are they impeding you? If they're parked on the road and their cars are taxed, etc. then as long as they're not completely blocking you or making the situation dangerous there's nothing you can do.

sarahluke19

They are parked with the back end of their car in the road, and the front end on the pavement/dropped kerb. I live in an area where there are quite strict parking restrictions and there are double yellows all down my road up until the drop kerb where they have parked.

z1a

sarahluke19 wrote: »

They are parked with the back end of their car in the road, and the front end on the pavement/dropped kerb. I live in an area where there are quite strict parking restrictions and there are double yellows all down my road up until the drop kerb where they have parked.

So they park nose in, at 90 degrees to the kerb?

sarahluke19

z1a wrote: »

So they park nose in, at 90 degrees to the kerb?

Yeah they do with the car sticking out and the front half of the car on the kerb.

Aylesbury_Duck

That doesn’t sound right. Have you spoken to the local authority to see if they can help?

Norman_Castle

I would complain to the council. Its unlikely the area of the dropped kerb was intended to be parked on. The pavement certainly isn't.

tasticz

can you please tell us where you live?

JackeeBoy

Photo? I can't picture the situation in my head

Manxman_in_exile

Is there something about parking on your street/road that means people have to park at right angles to the kerb rather than parallel?


Even if there is, they shouldn't be parking across a dropped kerb. (Or on the pavement if it's London - generally).