Some people just can not park

Beta Ray Bill

This is what I was greeted with this morning.

the person that owns the red rover just cannot park. makes getting out of the driveway a pain in the stones.

Car is taxed and insured
Raheny Garda can't do anything unless they are completely blocking the driveway.

I hope the person in the Jeep gets home after the person in the rover. other wise they are not going anywhere.






I've posted about this before. Very VERY annoying. we had the driveway widened so that people would not do this and to accomodate the cars. (me, sis, mother etc) to make it easier to get out.

The fact that there is a car parked across the road makes it even worse.
Rant over!

biko

I don't know about the legality in it but you could paint the kerb yellow? Not the road but the kerb, as wide as the driveway.

Beta Ray Bill

Magnus wrote: »

I don't know about the legality in it but you could paint the kerb yellow? Not the road but the kerb, as wide as the driveway.

You're not allowed to make any alterations to the road or deliberately leave something there to stop people parking like that. nothing legal can be done

helimachoptor

Just park your own car out there OP.

tomred1

Why don't you just block your own driveway at night?

quarryman

this was waiting for me when i got back to my parking space yesterday:

Busta Hyman

grahambo wrote: »

You're not allowed to make any alterations to the road or deliberately leave something there to stop people parking like that. nothing legal can be done

yes there is the car is causeing an obstruction to his property therefore i think the op can ring the gardai and get the car removed

mickoneill30

In pic 3 you show how close the red car is to the jeep. Just park your car that close to the back of the red car. You're only blocking your driveway. Problem solved.

Although the idiot that parked the red car would probably try and drive their car out and you might come out to see your bumper hanging off.

biko

The car is not fully blocking the driveway

Raheny Garda can't do anything unless they are completely blocking the driveway.

Busta Hyman

is the jeep yours? if so you have a reverse gear keep going till you have space to get out

robtri

mickoneill30 wrote: »

In pic 3 you show how close the red car is to the jeep. Just park your car that close to the back of the red car. You're only blocking your driveway. Problem solved.

Although the idiot that parked the red car would probably try and drive their car out and you might come out to see your bumper hanging off.

Best Idea.... and when you park your car, behind him, take a note of the car reg, and insurance details, incase there is any damage to your car.....

Busta Hyman wrote: »

is the jeep yours? if so you have a reverse gear keep going till you have space to get out

Thats great till he claims of your insurance and you end up paying for the damage to his car.... not a great idea that one.... very satisfying .. but not good

voxpop

Can you not reverse into your driveway when parking ? It would save hassle getting out.

TBH this stuff happens all the time - I get similar stuff around where I live. The rover guy isnt blocking your driveway - in fact it seem that s/he went out of their way to avoid blocking your drive, judging by how close they are to the jeep.
There is a merc, the other side of the jeep that is worse. Plus if the jeep didnt park in the middle, but parked at one end - near your driveway or the other- there would be only space for 1 other car. Problem solved.

The Muppet

Jeep driver deserved to be blocked in for parking like that. I hope he's back hours before the other two.

Drummerboy08

It looks to me as if the Jeep was actually parked up before the Merc and Rover. Nobody in the right mind would leave NO room between the two cars, which makes me think The merc and rover drivers decided to block it in...

ianobrien

Ya, the Jeep should have parked properly. It's obvious that the Merc & Rover parked after the Jeep, as both are blocking driveways

Judging by the dip in the footpath in the first pic, there is room (not much mind) to get a car in & out of your drive.

I imagine a nice, civil chat with the owner of the Rover might help. Loosing the cool when talking to him deffo won't.

GreeBo

voxpop wrote: »

The rover guy isnt blocking your driveway - in fact it seem that s/he went out of their way to avoid blocking your drive, judging by how close they are to the jeep.

I dont see how you can say that...its miles out in front of his gates?
The jeep parked as close as it could to the merc so it wasnt in front of anyones driveway..the rover than got his front wheels into the space and forgot about the rest of the car.
You see it all the time with on street parking in town when the parking area is not divided into spaces. If there is a 2 foot gap at the end someone parks 99% of their car on the double yellows with a tiny bit of it inside the parking area.

OP whenever I get that the person gets a "thank you for blocking my driveway" letter on his window. I actually had a guy drop in an apology note one time

Drummerboy08

GreeBo wrote: »

I dont see how you can say that...its miles out in front of his gates?
The jeep parked as close as it could to the merc so it wasnt in front of anyones driveway..the rover than got his front wheels into the space and forgot about the rest of the car.
You see it all the time with on street parking in town when the parking area is not divided into spaces. If there is a 2 foot gap at the end someone parks 99% of their car on the double yellows with a tiny bit of it inside the parking area.

OP whenever I get that the person gets a "thank you for blocking my driveway" letter on his window. I actually had a guy drop in an apology note one time

I think the problem was caused by the Jeep in the first place, from what I can make out from the photos. It looks like it was parked there first, in the middle of the two driveways, leaving no room for any other cars to park.

Theta

Happens to me all the time, We have a double driveway for our cars so they are not on the road blocking people in. But we have people parking across ours or leaving just about enough space to get out.

So I just park my car arseways across my driveway and outside the house during the day now and bring it in at night.

BigEejit

ianobrien wrote: »

Ya, the Jeep should have parked properly. It's obvious that the Merc & Rover parked after the Jeep, as both are blocking driveways

Judging by the dip in the footpath in the first pic, there is room (not much mind) to get a car in & out of your drive.

I imagine a nice, civil chat with the owner of the Rover might help. Loosing the cool when talking to him deffo won't.

Your car isnt red by any chance is it? Easy to park in any little space?

But seriously, blaming the jeep drivers parking for the dumbass red drivers parking is just wrong, the driver of the red car is a numpty.

A note and accompanying photo on the windscreen should be enough to prevent it happening again.

My road has descended into this chaos recently. Its now a case of whoever's first home parks the car across our drive, and then the second home has to ring in, and get them to manouvere out to let them into the driveway. Not a lot else can be done about it.

voxpop

GreeBo wrote: »

I dont see how you can say that...its miles out in front of his gates?

The OP widened his gate - If you look at the dip in the footpath, where his driveway becomes public road - the rover isnt blocking. Its right up to the dip. If the OP had no wall in front of his house - it doesn't meant that he suddenly has a driveway the length of this house.


If the jeep parked at one end - there would only be space for the merc or the red car and neither would be blocking anyones driveway

BigEejit

Deleted User wrote: »

A note and accompanying photo on the windscreen should be enough to prevent it happening again.

My road has descended into this chaos recently. Its now a case of whoever's first home parks the car across our drive, and then the second home has to ring in, and get them to manouvere out to let them into the driveway. Not a lot else can be done about it.

We have a similar situation where we live now, near a girls secondary school. Except that it goes on all day, during the bay you can barely get down the street because of (girls) cars parked a foot from the kerb and at night you get people blocking drives. Every car on the street has scuffed bumpers due to idiots jamming into spots that are barely big enough or other numpties jamming in front or behind them causing them to scuff just to get out.

Absurdum

quarryman wrote: »

this was waiting for me when i got back to my parking space yesterday:

an identical van does that sort of thing around my estate regularly, I had to have words with him before when he did it in front of my front door:mad:

GreeBo

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

I think the problem was caused by the Jeep in the first place, from what I can make out from the photos. It looks like it was parked there first, in the middle of the two driveways, leaving no room for any other cars to park.

You mean in the middle of the two driveways where it wouldnt block anyone?

Drummerboy08

GreeBo wrote: »

You mean in the middle of the two driveways where it wouldnt block anyone?

Yeah, but if you look at the picture, the Jeep could have gone right up to the end of either pillar, leaving enough room on front or behind for one more car. It would have prevented the two other cars from taking a chance.

GreeBo

voxpop wrote: »

The OP widened his gate - If you look at the dip in the footpath, where his driveway becomes public road - the rover isnt blocking. Its right up to the dip.

The wheel of the rover is right at the dip meaning that the back of the car is in front of the driveway.

voxpop wrote: »

If the jeep parked at one end - there would only be space for the merc or the red car and neither would be blocking anyones driveway

So because you think the jeep parked badly, yet not blocking anyone, that makes it ok for everyone else to park even worse?

voxpop

GreeBo wrote: »

So because you think the jeep parked badly, yet not blocking anyone, that makes it ok for everyone else to park even worse?

Nope you missed my point completely - if the jeep parked decently, there would be only 1 other space and no issue. Because the jeep parked in the middle and left 2 half spaces the merc and red rover parked as they did.

The thread began by blaming the red car for bad parking - the merc and the jeep are just as bad, just not close to the OPs driveway.

The Muppet

GreeBo wrote: »

The wheel of the rover is right at the dip meaning that the back of the car is in front of the driveway.

So because you think the jeep parked badly, yet not blocking anyone, that makes it ok for everyone else to park even worse?

Red car did their best (and suceeded) not to block the op's drive. If the jeep had parked properly ie not taking up half of two seperate spaces there would have been only room for 2 cars to park.

Absurdum

if the Jeep and Rover were switched around, there would be a motors forum mob marching up there right now to torch the Jeep :P

GreeBo

voxpop wrote: »

Because the jeep parked in the middle and left 2 half spaces the merc and red rover parked as they did.

Ugg Boots + Lycra != Nelson Mandela's freedom.

GreeBo

The Muppet wrote: »

RIf the jeep had parked properly ie not taking up half of two seperate spaces there would have been only room for 2 cars to park.

For all we know the Merc is the owner of the house and rightly parked in front of their driveway. Then the jeep came along and parked without obstructing anyone.

I really dont understand how you can think what the rover did was ok becuase of the jeep.

voxpop

GreeBo wrote: »

I really dont understand how you can think what the rover did was ok becuase of the jeep.

You really are not getting it are you - I dont think anyone is making that point

joey54

Try block him in if you can Op. I have to put up with iggnorant people like that too. A number of times I have come to find I can't get into my drive. The problem with my road is they park here all day to get the bus into town.

It's not fair on the people who's driveways they block.

GreeBo

voxpop wrote: »

You really are not getting it are you - I dont think anyone is making that point

The Muppet wrote:

If the jeep had parked properly ie not taking up half of two seperate spaces there would have been only room for 2 cars to park.

voxpop wrote:

if the jeep parked decently, there would be only 1 other space and no issue. Because the jeep parked in the middle and left 2 half spaces the merc and red rover parked as they did.

Drummerboy08 wrote:

the Jeep could have gone right up to the end of either pillar, leaving enough room on front or behind for one more car. It would have prevented the two other cars from taking a chance.

ianobrien wrote:

Ya, the Jeep should have parked properly

Sure looks like you, The Muppet, Drummerboy08 and ianobrien are making that point to me

The Muppet

GreeBo wrote: »

For all we know the Merc is the owner of the house and rightly parked in front of their driveway. Then the jeep came along and parked without obstructing anyone.

I really dont understand how you can think what the rover did was ok becuase of the jeep.

Are you a driver? no way I would park that close to a car in those circumstance as I know what would happen.

voxpop

GreeBo wrote: »

Sure looks like you, The Muppet, Drummerboy08 and ianobrien are making that point to me

Take it from me - We arent

GreeBo

The Muppet wrote: »

Are you a driver? no way I would park that close to a car in those circumstance as I know what would happen.

Yes I am a driver. What would happen?
The merc pulls away and the jeep reverses before pulling away?

Drummerboy08

GreeBo wrote: »

Yes I am a driver. What would happen?
The merc pulls away and the jeep reverses before pulling away?

Your theory is based on both drivers arriving at the same time - what happens if the Jeep driver arrives an hour before the merc driver? Or even 5 minutes before the Merc driver?

cascade35

I would block him in, so when he gets back he realises his error and has a taste of his own medicine.
Or else as was suggested put a polite notice on his windscreen.
You could also place a nail under each tyre and when he drives off he will get 4 flats very fast, im not advising you to do that its just my thoughts.

GreeBo

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Your theory is based on both drivers arriving at the same time - what happens if the Jeep driver arrives an hour before the merc driver? Or even 5 minutes before the Merc driver?

Parking at the same time or leaving at the same time?
Either way I dont understand the question.
Whats difficult about 2 cars parking end to end leave a small gap between them?
There is no issue until rover-boy pulls up and parks like an asshole.

Beta Ray Bill

Hi Guys

OP Here

in relation to reversing in:
out garage is quite small car will only fit in going forwards (don't ask)

in relation to people saying the jeep driver is rubbish. we had an issue with her a few weeks ago where by her jeep was parked out even further than the rover. I think that's why she parks in the middle now.

The Merc belongs to my next door neighbor (to the left) and has every right to be parked there.

didn't catch it in the photo but my neighbor to the right parks in front of there house. They have a narrow is house and hence are parked pretty close the the other pillar (of our house) as they are driving a people carrier. this make reversing out a pain!

and the gas this is that only 15 meters away is a green where they could park in front of. but they are so lazy that they will park as close as they can to the train station.

VERY Annoying

we have people that live 10 min walk away from the station (IE people that live in our estate) driving to the train station (literally a 50 second journey) and parking there cars like in the photo above. I'm pretty sure that person in the rover lives in our estate

Kenny_D

I'm with the minority here. If the Jeep had parked properly the red car probably wouldnt have parked behind as there wouldnt have been enough room. There is room there for 2 cars without blocking any drives. Because the jeep parked in the middle there was a small bit of room in front and behind it thus two cars parked and partly blocked 2 driveways.

The parking of the red car is shocking though. No way I'd park that close up another cars arse like that. Its clear the other guy is sandwiched in and he's blocking a good portion of the OP's driveway

Michael 09

If I were you I would go for a drive around the estate tonight and look for the rover... If the driver does live in your estate then block his driveway...

Big Nasty

I've had a similar situation where I live. Apartment complex, one designated space plus visitor spots which are in high demand! one section of visitor parking is three lenghtways spots with no individual parking per spot, i.e. it's marked by double yellows either end but fits three cars in nicely in between. Came home the other evening to find two of the spots already occupied with about four feet of space in between them. My choice was to park on doube yellows and be clamped or try to squeeze in behind one of the cars. I made it in with my rear wheel just touching the double yellows and guess what? clamped the next morning, €90 fine to get it released just because of some inconsiderate w**ker that would not move his car up a foot closer! :mad:

ianobrien

OP, Thanks for the clarifiaction.

I still say that both the Rover & Jeep are parked poorly.

I have a solution that has worked before for friends & relations of mine. I have a car that's taxed, insured & NCT'ed, but not used much or worth much. If you're in Cork, I can leave it just outside your place parked just so (bumper parallel to your pillar). Leave it there for three to four weeks, and the Jeep & Rover Driver will become "conditioned" to parking elsewhere (a la Pavlov's Dog) I'll even leave you the keys to move it if you want.

Then, if you want, you can park it outside the Rover Owner's place like he parked outside yours. I'm not worried about another scrape or dent on the Carina at all aswell.

This has been done before outside my Brother's place (half blocked drive and next to a school) and has worked very well in the past.

antomorro-sei

I just park outside my driveway to stop this happening

antodeco

quarryman wrote: »

this was waiting for me when i got back to my parking space yesterday:

Thanks Quarryman. I now know where you live! I was parked in the visitor spaaces beside the white electrical house 2 weeks ago!

/stalker

Lord Panic

This is a nice little way of dropping a hint to the driver...

http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/

vectra

grahambo wrote: »

The Merc belongs to my next door neighbor (to the left) and has every right to be parked there.

didn't catch it in the photo but my neighbor to the right parks in front of there house. They have a narrow is house and hence are parked pretty close the the other pillar (of our house) as they are driving a people carrier. this make reversing out a pain!

I feel sorry for you as this happens to me quite often
One thing though
However Annoying it is for someone to park there .. it is not anywahee as annoynig ( Or illegal ) to reverse out onto the road in the paths of moving traffic.
I would suggest a re-arrange of parking areas in the drive and reverse in.;)

GreeBo

vectra wrote: »

it is not anywahee as annoynig ( Or illegal ) to reverse out onto the road in the paths of moving traffic.

Isnt that only onto a "main" road?

listermint

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Use Traffic Cones :cool: