Parking On Public Road

[terryseerey]

I park my car on public road between two driveways approx a car and a half in length.
I do not block either driveway and as I got to my vehicle I noticed a note on windscreen? apparently asking me to park elsewhere as they cannot park outside there house?.they have a driveway and as far as I am aware where I park is public road.
can this person make me move my vehicle even though they have a driveway?.

[Zacs-Master]

You may be making it difficult to exit the driveway safely.

[factor-fiction]

No, but sometimes it's worth considering whether you could reach a compromise

[Answerprancer]

No they can't if it's a public road. So long as you are not obstructing them, you are displaying a valid tax disc and there are no parking restrictions - your lovely neighbour doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[ummmm]

No more difficult than pulling out of a junction with cars/vans parked near the corner.

[Zacs-Master]

Who knows

[ladybirder]

People who think they own the road outside of their houses and try to stop other people parking there legitimately need a smack IMO.

[Jeza]

I can't speak for now but years ago it was illegal to park within 25 yards of a junction.

[hc4361]

Anybody with a legal vehicle can park on any public road where there are no restrictions in place, with the usual exceptions - parking restrictions, brow of a hill, on a junction etc

Nobody owns the public road outside their house.

[ummmm]

They do round my way. They have proposed putting double yellows round the corners.

[ladybirder]

We're not talking about a junction here though Jeza.

[ChuckFickens]

To reilliterate what HC said...

"Nobody owns the *PUBLIC* road outside their house."

[ummmm]

That was my fault for mentioning a junction.

[vodkancoke]

I don't think what you are doing is a towable offence, but if you are parked next to someone's driveway and it makes it difficult for them to see what is coming down the road when exiting their driveway then I can maybe understand why they are a bit hacked off. However, I don't think they have any right to make you move your car.

[ladybirder]

And me! I said it. Sort of.

[ChuckFickens]

Nobody has a right to park on a *PUBLIC* road outside their own house

Generally, most places I've lived there is a unsaid gentleman's agreement that the space right outside your house is your space and the neighbours won't park there, but if they choose to do so there is bugger all anyone can do about it as it's totally legal.

[ladybirder]

You obviously don't live in London Chuck. I used to be lucky if I could park within 3 roads of my house.

[DJHawkes]

plus, if you always park there they know who you are so why don;t they knock on your door and speak to you properly instead of being spinelss cowards. Has someone just moved there or have you just moved there or something? what has triggered the note if you ahve been parking there for ages?

[Answerprancer]

..that's fine until that "gentleman's agreement" is breeched then threats/damage to your car occur.

[murraymints]

It's more likely that you are restricting vision for getting in or out..or restricting turn needed to get on off driveway...especially if they don't have power steering or are disabled in anyway...

[ChuckFickens]

LB, No I very much live in rural areas. I accept that in a city the "gentleman's agreement" wouldn't work.