Before I go getting all unreasonable.....

If someone is blocking your driveway you need to contact the Council, who in many parts of the Country are now responsible for thrashing naughty parkers - or the old bill if the Council hasn't yet taken over the responsibility.

Parking on the pavement so that pedestrians are forced onto the road is also a no no. In my previous bungalow - the neighbours were all told to move their cars off the pavement as they were forcing someone with a pram to walk on the road.

It's only going to get worse - everyone seems to want to have their own car. We should adopt the Japanese model - no off road parking - no car.

You could park across your own driveway - should make it easier to get out and with the added bonus you could make the front garden bigger - a win win situation

 

Not just 2 cars per household, but these days plus one for every >17 year old, whether working or simply to drive to school in, plus work/works vehicles, plus a 'classic car' or 2, plus a vehicle that failed its MOT and was replaced but is till around some 6 months later, plus some motorcycles for use in summer when many of their other vehicles get shifted onto the street for them to get in and out and remain there until their return, or longer.

And apart from perhaps those motorcycles, there's nothing else in their double garage apart from a load of rubbish they never use, all the kids bikes since their first bike onwards and never used in many years, broken kitchen appliances, etc., and they just move it all from one house to another and fill their garage with it.

If you extend crossover widths, get white lines (not legally enforceable) painted across them, etc., and somebody actually pays any attention and moves, the person they've gone on to displace will probably park there instead. As the parking problems get worse, more people will turn the whole of their front gardens over to parking, eliminating more on street parking.

Then there's all the extensions and roof conversions that add additional accommodation with adding any extra parking, and if an additional off street space is provided it often removes on street parking for 2 (or more) vehicles. That's why many planning applications for extensions have the new bedrooms described as 'playroom', 'study', etc., and these are then descrided as bedrooms next time it's on the market. I've also seen (not to scale) planning applications clearly showing parking for say 2 vehicles, when if dimensions are checked on site would only accommodate 1 vehicle.

It's a giant game of 'whack a mole'.

 

It can't take much effort to move the focus a few feet surely? I've pushed larger dead cars along all by myself when it's just a few feet on fairly level ground.

 

You forgot to mention artic tractor units.
A neighbour had one around here for about 6 months and he took it for a ride around the block at weekends.

 

Nice to here FC

 

Yes but they need to have a little understanding. It helps to make the perfect blend.

 

Respect works both ways

 

The cynic in me would suggest the knock on effect of this would cause another vehicle to obstruct your driveway, and perhaps one from further afield

Not had those, but in a neighbouring road a household with a frontage of only the width of one vehicle have 5 cars, 2 vans and about 12 motorcycles used for motorcycle training, the bikes all go out in the 2 vans, but when they return get unloaded and parked in their street when neighbours go to work.

Their neighbours have (individually) applied for dropped kerb off road parking, but as it's a C Road their proposals have been rejected by the LPA because each, individually would cause a problem with their vehicles reversing out of a small gap between a string of other on street parked vehicles.

When their neighbours realise all they possibly need to do is submit a joint planning application for all their 3 properties to drop their kerbs, it might be a bit of a shock to their neighbour, especially as the splay at their end will restrict parking in front of their property. The neighbour the other side appears to be working towards extending their crossover width, which again could extend across their neighbours frontage.

I suspect the 'problem' is simply going to shift along the road or around the corner.