Grounds For Complaint?

[NoMercy]

We don't get on with our NDNs on the one side. I've never exchanged a word with them, but there is animosity between them and my husband which goes back over 15 years. They've done things over the last couple of years to cause trouble for us, purely out of spite.

In recent weeks anyone who visits their house parks across our drive. The worst culprit is their daughter.

[IMG]http://i68.tinypic.com/vwzy3o.jpg[/IMG]

Do you think this is enough to make a complaint?

[NoMercy]

Fiddlesticks, why didnt that link work?

[NoMercy]

http://tinypic.com/1r55l4c9

[237SJ]

Complaint to who though? That's the problem. (let their tyres down)

[Maydup]

Borderline No Mercy. Personally I would try not to rise to it. You can still get out of the drive, just, so enjoy the Bank Holiday weather and ignore them.

Besides, who would you complain to?

[sherrardk]

Didn't you post that you are putting your house up for sale? I'm pretty sure that you have to disclose neighbour disputes which might affect any sale.

[tonyav]

I don't know who you would complain to, NoM.
But I do know that they would only do that once if it were my drive they blocked.

[gness]

Looks like there is room behind and in front, NoM......me? I'd have two friends block them in.....x

[Buenchico]

A bigger version of that pic:
http://oi68.tinypic.com/vwzy3o.jpg

Just leave rude notes on their windscreen, ensuring that you use something nice and sticky to fix them on with ;-)

[pixie374]

The trouble is from the photo, you can't tell if the car is parked or driving.

[Baldric]

As I understand it sticking things on windscreens is viewed as Criminal Damage

[DTCwordfan]

some fish rolled up and put up their exhaust pipe and, if you can, onto their engine block.....

[NoMercy]

I was just wondering if they were breaking the law.

On balance I'd rather not give them the satisfaction of getting upset about it.

[NoMercy]

Funnily enough, Chris, my husband produces tamper-proof vinyl at work :-)

[bhg481]

I suggest you Google "dropped kerb parking laws" - there's some very useful information there, the bottom line being that it's obstruction and the police or the council can enforce it.

[NoMercy]

Thank you, bhg, I'll investigate over the weekend.

[bhg481]

If you are thinking of moving (as sherrardk suggests) you are better trying to ignore it; that might annoy them even more if they think they're not annoying you. If you want to go out, knock and politely ask if they'll move their car; if they refuse you can mention that they're illegally parked and you'll have to call the police.

[Togo]

With AV on this one. Cheeky brass turds.

[THECORBYLOON]

The drivers may be committing an offence under Section 86 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 which says,

"Prohibition of parking at dropped footways 
etc.

(1)In a special enforcement area a vehicle must not be parked on the carriageway adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge where—

(a)the footway, cycle track or verge has been lowered to meet the level of the carriageway for the purpose of—

(i)assisting pedestrians crossing the carriageway,

(ii)assisting cyclists entering or leaving the carriageway, or

(iii)assisting vehicles entering or leaving the carriageway across the footway, cycle track or verge; or

(b)the carriageway has, for a purpose within paragraph (a)(i) to (iii), been raised to meet the level of the footway, cycle track or verge.

This is subject to the following exceptions.
....
....

(3)The second exception is where the vehicle is parked outside residential premises by or with the consent (but not consent given for reward) of the occupier of the premises.

This exception does not apply in the case of a shared driveway. "

I suggest you 'phone your council to see if you're in a special enforcement area and if no, ask them if they intend to take action under Schedule 10 of the same Act to make it a special enforcement area.