Edited by Avant on 06/12/2009 at 22:18

Edited by FotheringtonThomas on 07/12/2009 at 13:28

Isn't this how WW2 started?

Hi Merganser,

Did you ever get this matter resolved ?

For me this is all about inconsideration,bad manners-plus ignorance.Thus here are a couple of innocent "get back at 'em" tricks to consider

I would suggest you do nothing for a week--then when it's quiet and dark-go out with a moderatly loaded rag containing white liquid car polish and streak once and long on an area of the car furthest away from your property. The impact of this is that in the morning when it has dried hard, the owner on approaching the car might think it has been heavily scaped by another motorist (not you-of course!). They might even go as far as ringing their insurance company and making a claim-rather than carefully examining , cleaning and maybe re-positioing their vehicle?...another little trick .......crawl out carefully before dawn maybe-and scatter very small bits of tasty bread all over the roof. This will be a lovely gun fire cereal breaky for the birds when they wake up and start their activities!

I have a long running problem where one of my neighbours or his visitors park opposite my drive which can make reversing out of my drive tricky. My street is very narrow so even a small obstruction can cause problems - usually the cars are parked partly on the verge which gives a bit more room but for the last three days I have had a visitor's car parked entirely on the road opposite my drive which has been a real nuisance. The car has moved a couple of times and each time it returns it parks in the same spot. I have politely asked the owner of the car to move it and he refused, saying there was nowhere else he could park (not true) and that as there are no parking restrictions, he is within his rights to park there. My neighbours wife then smuggly informed me that the owner of the car is a policeman and can therefore do as he pleases! I have contacted the police about the obstruction (as has one of my other neighbours) and have been told that provided I can get my car out of my drive, they won't get involved. I have tried to explain to the police that the only reason I can get my car out is because I have a double width drive and only one car, so have more room to manouvre. If I had a second car on the drive, I would be unable to get out without driving over parts of my garden. Effectively the obstruction means that visitors are unable to park on my drive which obviously puts even more pressure on available parking. Can anyone tell me what the law is with regard to causing an obstruction, is there a legal definition? Were the police telling me the truth, or was I just being fobbed off?

Lots of sympathy. My street is like a war zone with not abandoned cars, though sometimes you'd think they were the way they park. Pass your driving test then ignore all the rules seems to be the way it is round here. No regard for anyone. If you're in a wheelchair, pushing a pram then you're on the road as no way of getting past on pavements. People can't or won't park on drives or see need to have more cars than they need. It would be quite funny watching the way some of them park if it wasn't so b***** dangerous. Fire engines, ambulances have no chance in an emergency so really hope that it's one of their houses emergency services need to reach and can't because thicko has parked their car in such a way that they won't get past.Got one woman who reverses onto her drive to empty her shopping into house then goes and parks like an idiot on the pavement. Makes my blood boil.Only my wife reigning me in that stops me banging on doors but always hope that some runaway vehicle will come down our street and wipe a few of these cars out. Serve them right. How are they going to explain to their insurance companies when they've probably told them they park on drive.