What would you do if a car blocked your driveway?

beardybrewer

Yesterday our car was completely blocked in for several hours.

Luckily we didn't need to go anywhere. But it did make me curious what do you do when this happens? Call the guards? Is this a community warden thing? Do you ring them up separately?

I nearly wanted to call in principle, but in the end let it slide without even a snarky note. But I'd like to know what to do next time especially if we had a pressing need to use our car.

moy83

newkie wrote: »

Yesterday our car was completely blocked in for several hours.

Luckily we didn't need to go anywhere. But it did make me curious what do you do when this happens? Call the guards? Is this a community warden thing? Do you ring them up separately?

I nearly wanted to call in principle, but in the end let it slide without even a snarky note. But I'd like to know what to do next time especially if we had a pressing need to use our car.

It must be one of the most annoying thing that someone can do to you . It happened me twice a few years ago in town by the same car that seemed to think he had every right to block me in when he went for a Saturday morning stroll around the shops .
The second time I put his wing mirror to the sky and that ended his parking there .

.243

Happened to me a few years ago when i was working on a house,the householder had told me that she herself was getting blocked in by the same car occasionally,
So i knocked on doors,rang the local garda station no luck,
So i made a call to a friend who arrived with a jeep and a chain and we dragged it down and left it in the middle of the street with just enough room to get around it
The householder rang me 2 hours later to say the gardai arrived with a tow truck and removed the problem
An hour after that i got a second call to say an oul biddy arrived back with bags of shopping and the bags were from the shops in the city centre so she parked there to go in on the train,
And instead of coming back to find her car she came back to two very neat black straight lines on the road

hoody

I definitely wouldn't tolerate this. Best option is to call the guards and ask for their advice - although this wouldn't carry the same sense of satisfaction as the direct action that moy83 and .243 went for!

.243

hoody wrote: »

I definitely wouldn't tolerate this. Best option is to call the guards and ask for their advice - although this wouldn't carry the same sense of satisfaction as the direct action that moy83 and .243 went for!

unfortunatly the guards cant do anything unless its obstructing a public footpath or a road

.243

.243 wrote: »

unfortunatly the guards cant do anything unless its obstructing a public footpath or a road

Remove the number plates and say it's abandoned, they won't belong getting involved then.

inisboffin

.243 wrote: »

unfortunatly the guards cant do anything unless its obstructing a public footpath or a road

I believe they can if it is blocking access to your driveway, at least that's what they told my neighbour. A car was parked *partially* across, but just enough room to drive in, and they could do nothing. Same guy was back next week and totally blocked it so neighbour rang guards. They looked up the plates and rang owner and said if he didn't move it would be towed as it was blocking a driveway access. This was an ongoing problem so it obviously wouldn't help if it was just a one off person gone shopping.

snubbleste

Charlee Putrid Munitions wrote: »

Remove the number plates and say it's abandoned, they won't belong getting involved then.

It won't be their problem. They'll tell you to call the Council

Stella Virgo

call the cops,tell them u have urgent appt,etc,at the very least they will put a 40e ticket on it . they can get it towed. (did ya never see all the cars with tickets, clamps, at the matches in salthill??):D:D

tomdempsey200

Baby powder prank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFJQJA-T-ZA

Murt10

Might also be an idea, if you could, to get someone to park right up against their rear bumper and someone else to park right in front, blocking them in.

When they knock at your door to ask you you if you know who owns the cars, you can ask them if they are in a hurry anywhere, and feign sympathy.

After an appropriate period you can have the other cars move.

Be even better if they call the Gardai. The other cars are correctly parked, they are the ones that are illegally parked.

dricko_lim

Happened to someone I know who got so fed up they smeared dog $hit under the door handles. Safe to say they never returned

Victor

.243 wrote: »

unfortunatly the guards cant do anything unless its obstructing a public footpath or a road

Obstructing a private entrance is an offence, so they can deal with it.

Mrs OBumble

Victor wrote: »

Obstructing a private entrance is an offence, so they can deal with it.

The trick is to find a way of asking for their help in a way that motivates them to actually do so.

Using a calm reasonable tone while mentioning your urgent hospital appointment may help.

Shint0

Victor wrote: »

Obstructing a private entrance is an offence, so they can deal with it.

Exactly. It's an offence under the RTA as emergency services also need to be able to gain access.

Jam a banana up the exhaust.

Iwannahurl

.243 wrote: »

unfortunatly the guards cant rarely do anything unless its obstructing a public footpath or a road or someone's driveway

FYP.

flower tattoo

A neighbour kept parking slightly over my drive making it very difficult to get in so we got a friend with a land rover to push the car down the road, but still up against the kerb.

Mint Aero

Ram the sh*t out of it yo

Pawwed Rig

Victor wrote: »

Obstructing a private entrance is an offence, so they can deal with it.

They won't unfortunately. Had the same thing happen to me. The Guards came (fairly quickly in fairness). The knocked on a few doors and then just shrugged their shoulders. They said they couldn't get it moved unless it was an emergency situation (undefined) and told me I had to call the council, which I did, but they never called out and the car was eventually moved by the owner about a day and a half later.
I gave the owner a good bollocking about it but someone else just parks there the next time.
The joys of city centre living.

Frosty McSnowballs

I came home from work one morning to find someone parked in my driveway.

Turns out they were in the clinic across the road, the excuse was "oh I always parked here while the house was empty" my response was "il rip the door off and shove it up your ass if I ever see you again"

Haven't seen him since.

The Backwards Man

I'd use one of the other entrances.

Femme_Fatale

It's just... I can't even... people actually just park in a private driveway as if it's a public space?!! :eek:
It's mind-boggling!

mikemac1

Victor wrote: »

Obstructing a private entrance is an offence, so they can deal with it.

What if it's a private estate though?

Our estate is around since the nineties and for some reason or another the council never took it over.

So we can't call the council and wouldn't the Gardaí said it's a civil issue as it's not a public road?

AH answer: employ a skanger to stand around with a screwdriver

Frosty McSnowballs

Ah some people have a dick for a head and think they can park anywhere.

Cork selfbuild

I would call 2 friends around and block the car in so there is only 1" space from bumper to bumper on each end and refuse to move either car... nothing beats a taste of their own medicine.

Thankfully doesn't happen any more where I live now but used to when I was renting in different areas. Some people are complete inconsiderate pr*cks.

Other one would be if its a repeat offender, buy a clamp in Halfords and put up a €100 release fee, or paint a yellow box on the road in front of your drive.

strobe

If it's in neutral, jack up the back wheels amd push it where ever you like. Round the corner out of view of where they left it so they **** themselves when they come back and it's gone preferably.

boomerang

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

It's just... I can't even... people actually just park in a private driveway as if it's a public space?!! :eek:
It's mind-boggling!

We've had people come in and park on the lawn.

Santa Cruz

newkie wrote: »

Yesterday our car was completely blocked in for several hours.

Luckily we didn't need to go anywhere. But it did make me curious what do you do when this happens? Call the guards? Is this a community warden thing? Do you ring them up separately?

I nearly wanted to call in principle, but in the end let it slide without even a snarky note. But I'd like to know what to do next time especially if we had a pressing need to use our car.

As long as Jeremy, my chauffeur, isn't inconvenienced I wouldn't get too upset. If necessary we can access through the tradesmen's entrance

kevin65

I know of someone who use to have this problem. He used to let the air out of the tyres of the offending vehicle. The offending owner got the message.

NuckingFacker

The kids nip out and play with the offending vehicle. There's some right little fcukers around here, sure they're liable to do anything. Bless.