Someone purposefully blocking my driveway

Guesses

I would just keep asking him to move. Drive in and out every 5 mins until he gets fed up.

DoaM

mollycoddle wrote: »

I am seriously amazed @how many horrible & smart arsed people there are commenting on this thread, some poor person comes on here for help & they get ripped a new one by some real horrible people who have nothing better to do :T

This poster's forum name seem apt. :cool:

DoaM

Scrapit wrote: »

That's seriously what I'd do.

And the person whose vehicle you'd clamped could then call the police, and you could be arrested if you refused to remove the clamp.

Clamping (of other vehicles) by companies and individuals has been illegal since October 1st 2012.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

DoaM wrote: »

And the person whose vehicle you'd clamped could then call the police, and you'd be arrested if you refused to remove the clamp.

Clamping (of other vehicles) by companies and individuals has been illegal since October 1st 2012.

Why would it be necessary to arrest?

DoaM

I'd edited my post slightly ... you'd be to you could be.

An illegal act has been performed ... the police would have the option to arrest and charge the individual performing that act. Or they may opt for a fixed penalty notice. In either case, the performer would be instructed to remove the clamp, and may well have the clamp seized.

Aylesbury_Duck

mollycoddle wrote: »

I am seriously amazed @how many horrible & smart arsed people there are commenting on this thread, some poor person comes on here for help & they get ripped a new one by some real horrible people who have nothing better to do :T

Would you prefer that everyone sides with the OP, encourages them to stick to their guns, escalates the situation further and make it even worse for their mother-in-law? Personally, I think that's the horrible thing to do.

Like it or not, this could have been dealt with in a very different way when the builder first parked inconsiderately. The daft builder is the root cause of the trouble, but it's OP that's escalated the problem and seems more intent on proving she's right rather than solving the problem.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

DoaM wrote: »

I'd edited my post slightly ... you'd be to you could be.

An illegal act has been performed ... the police would have the option to arrest and charge the individual performing that act. Or they may opt for a fixed penalty notice. In either case, the performer would be instructed to remove the clamp, and may well have the clamp seized.

So what's the necessity to arrest?

You cant just go round arresting someone because an offence has been committed.

facade

Guesses wrote: »

I would just keep asking him to move. Drive in and out every 5 mins until he gets fed up.

50p says he doesn't before the job is completed. He will simply leave the £5 an hour guy in the van, so he can drive away when the council warden appears, and he will not move to let the OP back in.


The Police won't help, as it isn't obstruction to stop someone getting off the highway, and I bet after the first dozen calls that the council won't come either.


I blame the householder having the work done. He should have told the builder not to park there as the OP would get him a ticket.

Shaun_of_the_Dead

facade wrote: »

50p says he doesn't before the job is completed. He will simply leave the £5 an hour guy in the van, so he can drive away when the council warden appears, and he will not move to let the OP back in.


The Police won't help, as it isn't obstruction to stop someone getting off the highway, and I bet after the first dozen calls that the council won't come either.


I blame the householder having the work done. He should have told the builder not to park there as the OP would get him a ticket.

You sure it should be accessing the highway?

DoaM

No, facade is right in the way the post is worded. No offence is committed by preventing vehicular access to the driveway; the offence (as you've already implied) is preventing access to the highway.