One of the problems is that many road users are unaware what a "dropped kerb" actually means ie access to a drive or garage. If you can lay your hands on 2 or 3 of the cones used by road work teams ( often left laying about when work completed ) you could try placing them across your driveway and see if that worked ? Just seen your post @Sheps how absolutely appalling. We used to have similar neighbours - warnings, police intervention, etc but nothing worked. All I can think of to say is that your lettuce are undoubtedly better than theirs so up them.
We've been there too - and it can also escalate into a very unpleasant situation. We moved because I was finding the whole thing so stressful and the neighbours weren't even really that unpleasant - just thoughtless and irritated that we had to keep asking them to move so we could access our garage.
@Sheps - your situation is a hundred times worse than ours was and I can only sympathise. When you do need them to move do they do it with good grace or do they refuse?
@zugenie - if it's not neighbours or the same culprits each time I'd also try a couple of strategically placed traffic cones plus a notice on the gate
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
How utterly disgusting @Sheps. There seems to be no depths the human race can sink to nowadays. No wonder folk take the law into their own hands in these situations too. Aye - get it right up them, sideways, with yer lettuce
As an extra to the sign thing. A sign mounted on an owner's property - ie on a fence, wall or gate isn't legally enforceable. I only found that out because the tw*t who lives across the back from me insists on parking a van right on the corner of the rear access road we have where it meets the actual road. It makes seeing any traffic coming from the right extremely difficult, and also dangerous for pulling out. I reported it to the council with photos, because I felt it was so thoughtless and inconsiderate, and the bloke said their responsibility stops where the pavement meets the boundary of the property, and all I could do is buy a sign and put it on my fence, but it wouldn't legally stop anyone parking there. He used to have a sign on the corner of his property, saying 'parking for land rover only' or something similar, and no one really dared park there, but then again, there would have been no need for anyone to do it. He has 3 vehicles, all spaced out along the boundary, but deliberately parks the van there whenever he can - right up to the corner, even thought there's room for it where the other vehicles are. He's a real a***hole, but I'm not getting into any grief with him about it, because of the possibility of repercussions.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I would find out where they live, easy enough to do with their registration number, and return the favour. Leave your car across their drive for a couple of days, they might think twice then.
They do it to us too, either delivery vans right across, or people not blocking my neighbours' non dropped kerb bit of drive, but hanging the end of their car across ours - it's ok getting out, but we reverse on, and it makes it a 3 point reverse. 🤬 Any offenders get a note under their windscreen. It worked for them, just the new ones need telling. Put a sign up saying "medical access needed 24/7", that might prick their consciences.
We are frequently having people park blocking our driveway, this isn’t me being dramatic about people parking close to our drive, they are parking across the entrance.
I was debating getting “please don’t block the gates” and “please keep drive entrance clear” type signs, the first because we find people think if our gates are shut they can park there, but we often close them just to keep our dog safe! I was wondering if anyone has had a similar problem and if putting a sign up helped or if it was a waste of money?
We have people park over our driveway regularly. We have a dropped kerb, and even paid the council to paint a white line there. They did warn me that they couldn't enforce it - it's not double yellow lines!!
One time I came down in the morning to find a small car parked perfectly over the drive, with precisely the same amount of line showing at each end of the car!!!
We put up a sign on the fence - the fence was deliberately destroyed one evening by two men fighting. We now have a pyracantha hedge. However, we can't attach a sign to it.
The sign was indeed, a waste of money. The people who park there, are the very people who ignore signs, and are totally inconsiderate.
Having the car off the road, provides us with a discount on the insurance. Plus it means we can drive out forwards onto the road (assuming no other parked cars), rather than manoeuvring out of a space.
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If you can lay your hands on 2 or 3 of the cones used by road work teams ( often left laying about when work completed ) you could try placing them across your driveway and see if that worked ?
Just seen your post @Sheps how absolutely appalling. We used to have similar neighbours - warnings, police intervention, etc but nothing worked. All I can think of to say is that your lettuce are undoubtedly better than theirs so up them.
@Sheps - your situation is a hundred times worse than ours was and I can only sympathise. When you do need them to move do they do it with good grace or do they refuse?
@zugenie - if it's not neighbours or the same culprits each time I'd also try a couple of strategically placed traffic cones plus a notice on the gate
Aye - get it right up them, sideways, with yer lettuce
As an extra to the sign thing. A sign mounted on an owner's property - ie on a fence, wall or gate isn't legally enforceable. I only found that out because the tw*t who lives across the back from me insists on parking a van right on the corner of the rear access road we have where it meets the actual road. It makes seeing any traffic coming from the right extremely difficult, and also dangerous for pulling out. I reported it to the council with photos, because I felt it was so thoughtless and inconsiderate, and the bloke said their responsibility stops where the pavement meets the boundary of the property, and all I could do is buy a sign and put it on my fence, but it wouldn't legally stop anyone parking there.
He used to have a sign on the corner of his property, saying 'parking for land rover only' or something similar, and no one really dared park there, but then again, there would have been no need for anyone to do it. He has 3 vehicles, all spaced out along the boundary, but deliberately parks the van there whenever he can - right up to the corner, even thought there's room for it where the other vehicles are.
He's a real a***hole, but I'm not getting into any grief with him about it, because of the possibility of repercussions.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Put a sign up saying "medical access needed 24/7", that might prick their consciences.
One time I came down in the morning to find a small car parked perfectly over the drive, with precisely the same amount of line showing at each end of the car!!!
We put up a sign on the fence - the fence was deliberately destroyed one evening by two men fighting. We now have a pyracantha hedge. However, we can't attach a sign to it.
The sign was indeed, a waste of money. The people who park there, are the very people who ignore signs, and are totally inconsiderate.
They were just awkward @Topbird telling me I'd have to effing wait.
I hope the OP gets it sorted soon 👍