Hi Jjordie- another Norfolker Well I would not be at all happy. Do you live there-if so it appears to be blocking your entrance/exit to your driveway? Do you know who it belongs to? I know you cannot stop people parking outside your house but if it is causing obstruction I would have thought there is more you can do?
That must be costing them a fortune in insurance. There are some inconsiderate people about, what do you do when you need to get out? I'd get hold of the company that owns it and make a formal complaint
Check out Highway code 217 http://www.scribd.com/doc/3833956/British-Highway-Code I think there may be several points that may be broken in that list! What I would do? If you know the driver: talk to he/she and slip into the conversation that he/she is breaking the highway code 217 Dont push the point to hard. If it continues and you want to progress further, try local traffic warden or local police stating your concerns. That would be my process mind. What you do is your choice Good luck robert
Any one with half a brain would not park across a neighbours drive way therefore they wouldn't listen to reason and a smack in the gob 'aint on these days:dh:! I would park my car out side my drive for a few days and let them find a new space...it may just sink in....Are they Dumb or what?
Good idea Nick, but also find out what company the car is from and make a complaint...in the nicest possible way of course. I wouldn't bother speaking to the driver. He's either stupid or ignorant for parking like that...or maybe he's not even supposed to be driving it "out of hours". Speak to the organ grinder, not the monkey.
It's partly on the pavement. That's an offence in itself. I know you are not meant to block someone's and the highway code even says so, but I'm not sure if it is actually against the law or not. There are guidelines and then there are rules. I think the highway code contains a mix of both. I think I'd leave a polite note on the windscreen in the first instance. Then if that doesn't work maybe see what can be done legally. I would never park on the pavement and block someone's drive purely as a matter of courtesy, plus the fact that if someone scratched or dented my car, how could I report it without it all coming out in the wash that I'd parked illegally?
Hmmm, jj, is that your neighbour? I can see why they can't park it further up as that 4x4 is parked on the road and no one would get down the road. Three times a week, huh? I would have a polite word with them ... or are these the 'neighbours from hell'? If it is, then I agree with Pal and would park your car (assuming it's the blue one) blocking your own drive and let them go elsewhere ... hopefully where they can't see their limo and it might get trashed ... they'd soon get the point. :hehe:
:(Yes Vicky - these are the neighbours from hell! - and in front of that 4x4 was a large parking space he could eaily have used but then he would need to walk across the road. I know I often have a grumble about them and mostly do nothing but when we did complain about the children kicking their football and breaking 3 panes of glass in the greenhouse he denies it was his children - Jack was actually in the greenhouse when the 3rd was broken. When I tackled him about it he said 'go away' (or words to that effect) I don't want to talk to you and he went indoors and shut the door. He is a 6'4" ex wrestler/nightclub bouncer and I am a 5'4" pensioner so no contest there. I intend to keep a diary of the times he is there and maybe I will report him to the police but I am a bit concerned about any consequent retalliation. You're right Pal - I wouldn't dare give him a smack in the gob :hehe: .
Then no point in getting into an argument with him. Report him to his company. If what others say is correct and he's breaking the law, then they might well be interested. Alternatively, slash his tyres (JOKE!!)!
Hmmmm .... I think discreet tyre slashing may be the answer and when he comes to question you good folk in your late 70s rather than tell him to go away put hand on heart and say ...... 'US ?????? we don't stoop ... sorry bend that low' .... :hehe:
Jjordie, I would be very careful as the others have said. These situations can very often get right out of hand and it's not worth having neighbour trouble if you can avoid it.
He is a big lad and a bit of a hardcase, yet he would use his size and presumably bulk to intimidate a 5'4 pensioner? He sounds like a bit of a weasel to me. I know people like that. Invariably they are the ones that were so cowardly when they were younger that they felt it necessary to pump up on steroids and intimidate people that are no threat just to reassure themselves that they are 'well 'ard'. I also know people who physically and mentally are genuinely tough, and because they are confident in themselves they feel no need to intimidate anybody. Of course I'm not saying you should call his bluff, just in case he is the exception to the rule, but a quiet word from any friendly chaps you might know might bring him to his senses. (Note: 'quiet word' is not a euphemism for anything, I really do mean just words).
