My neighbour parks his car just over my dropped kerb..not enough to block me in, just enough to pink fluffy dice me off.
The front/back end of his car is usually parked in the middle of the slope of the dropped kerb or at the bottom of the slope of the kerb.
Can he do this...?????
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 25/03/2008 at 19:29
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Can you still get in and out of your drive without hitting anything?
If yes, then whats the problem!
We have a similar problem where my neighbour has a dropped kerb to his drive, we do not have a drive and park outside the house. He has had white lines painted in front of his drive, but the council put them at lease 1mtr past the top of the high part of the dropped kerb - this means that if we parked without going over the line where we can get 4 cars we could only fit 3 - so we ignore the line (it has no legal enforcement behind it anyway).
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yes i know it sound petty but if he is legally entitled to do so then fine, but if his car is over the bottom of the slope then is he causing an obstruction??
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......but if his car is over the bottom of the slope then ishe causing an obstruction??
By your own admission he is not. You have full access to your drive, nowt you can do about it (save for reversing out and crashing into his car, would be your fault but the inconvenience of getting it repaired may stop him parking there)
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Not really sure what you can do legally as a tax disc lets you park where you want ( so long as you are legally parked )
Maybe you should borrow the works van or an old car and "accidently" brush his bumper corner .... I rekon that may do the trick
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 25/03/2008 at 19:27
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Not really all that nice then eddy... :o)
How do you get to run a line through the click tabs under your posts though? They still work but it looks as if you have managed to hack into the website to do that. What next one wonders?
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If he is blocking the dropped kerb, however short the distance, then it's obstruction.
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If he is blocking the dropped kerb however short the distance then it's obstruction.
You mean obstruction is an absolute offence, with no need to prove that anyone was actually obstructed?
Could I obstruct a policeman in the execution of his duty, even if he wasn't there?
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"You mean obstruction is an absolute offence, with no need to prove that anyone was actually obstructed?"
It seemed to be when my daughter parked partially over a dropped kerb at an old disused entrance to a public park. She left her car there at 7pm and it had been towed away by 7am next morning. Cost her (me!) about £300 in parking fine and release of car.
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>>with no need to prove that anyone was actually obstructed?>>
I had the same problem with a former neighbour and his two vans (who has now, thankfully, moved).
As my other half has had serious health problems over many years, it's essential that the driveway is kept clear, either for my car or for an ambulance.
One night he had blocked half my driveway with one van, so I got him out of bed. He refused to move the van so I called the police, who arrive shortly afterwards.
He learned, in no uncertain terms, that he was way out of order and that any repeat of obstruction would reap the necessary punishment; the police also advised me to contact them immediately if there were any further such incidents.
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Couldn't you maybe just ask him not to do that ? The road outside our house is very narrow. My opposite neighbour used to leave his car directly opposite my drive causing me to have to either conduct a ten point turn or drive across my garden to get in or out. I simply chose to ask him not to (in a friendly non-confrontational way) and he has been fine about it ever since. Even to the extent of asking his own visitors to avoid parking there.
Sometimes I think people don't even realise that they are inconveniencing / irritating others and a friendly request is all that's needed.
Edited by shoespy on 25/03/2008 at 16:09
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My neighbour does the same but I decided not to mention it until is actually caused me trouble. If we got a second car I would have to but then it would feel OK because I would have a reason to need the full width of my slope.
It does bug me that he only parks there to save him about a dozen steps from car to house than if he parked somewhere less annoying...!
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Opposite problem further down our road:
One resident has a normal kerb with room for two normal sized cars between the dropped kerbs either side.
In this space is regularly parked a 2 seater Smart car - right in the middle, rendering it impossible for anyone else to park there.
When this car is away, their partner's car is in the same place. They frequently move one vehicle in and the other out in a co-ordinated tandem move.
The relevant resident's occupation?
Yes, you guessed it:
Police officer...
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Yes you guessed it: Police officer...
I wouldn't have guessed that. But that sort of parking, whether deliberate or, as so often, just because the driver is a halfwit in a coma, is a bugbear of mine. Shunt the soandsos, that's what I say. And DD agrees with me (Shome mishtake shurely? - Ed.)
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It's extremely annoying because parking is so difficult in this road.
Incidentally, some time ago I was discussing with this officer about the number of local drivers not using their indicators around town. The reply:
"Oh, I never use mine either!"
*rolleyes*
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We have a similar issue outside one of our shops. There is parking allowed up till the yellow line. One of the houseowners parks his car about 3/4 length away from the yellow line thus taking up too much space and not leaving enough for another car.
When my shop manager raised this with him, it turns out that outside his flat window, he has a camera focussed on his car as he had it broken into before. The camera has been adjusted to the full angle and that is why his car is parked back from the yellow line. If he parked it closer to the yellow line his camera wouldn't see it!
Unbelievable! BTW, car is a P Reg Polo.
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