Hi
thanks - have been search the archs - no luck, will try harder.
Thanks.
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Hi,
not sure if all police follow the same policy, but in Hampshire, if your drive is blocked parially or fully, and you have a dropped kerb, its classed as a vehicle obstruction and the police can and do tow the offending vehicle away.
Usually they will try to contact the owner 1st.
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Lucian, you may want to peruse the following:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=15120&...f
and
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=25986&...f
the latter of which I think you started?
Worth having a look at the forum search to your top right. The search function at the top of the screen is geared towards the news/roadtest/editorial side of the site.
Cheers,
No Dosh - Backroom Moderator
mailto:moderators@honestjohn.co.uk
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Thanks all!!
I thought I had posed this question before ans never got round to contacting the rozers!
Today, i phoned the local nick and spoke to what i can only describe as a 'probation' officer to put it politley!1
we live in London - have a 14' drive which which we had extended from 9' to 14' when we first moved in. the drive covers the gates for cars to our home and abourta couple of years ago we paid for a white line advising people not to park there.
I'm aware and have never said to anyone that they cannot park in fron of our humble home as it has a 30' frontage. if they've paid their road tax like us, they have every right to park thee.
back to my call to the station - the rozer advised me that if my drive was blocked for me to gain access, i could do nothing. however, we have two cars, both normally parked to the front, but some times one/or both parkerd to the rear behind the wood gates and the person, if it blocks the drive, does not know if there is a car there or not - then i can call the police.
my real problem is this guy with the xj jag that works on the high street a minutes walk from our road parking in fron of our home and this is no probleme - when it blocks a small part of it, no problem as we manage - last year i had a word with it when it started blocking half the drive, and i could just about get out and turn right only - so it stopped blocking our drive - now it has a newer xj and three times this week it's resulted me contacting him as it was diificult to move in - then friday, our son parked right up behind him when i was not at home, and there was a our neghibours car 9he normally parks half in front of his home and ours as he's a bit envious i think - well the xj was blocked for about 5 to 8 mins and the man lkept on sounding its horn - then our son let it out.
The bootom line according to the rozer which i have my doubts about.
1: you have not legal right to enter your drive even if you have the appropriate dropped kerb.
2: exiting you drive with the appropriate dropped kerb - police will only get involved if you are fully blocked in or makes it dangerous for you to get out - they are aware that everyone has different levels of driving experience and our daughter needs more spece than i do to get in and out.
So many anti- social fools about - but the law is on their side. i never park across anyones drive, regardless if there is a car there or not, unless it is someone i'm visiting.
Anymore help - any rozers here?
Thanks all1
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I have a related problem, though in my case it is a garage and not a driveway.
I had a garage built at the back of my house. It is fully legal, with planning permission, inspection by local authority on completion, etc. The garage is on my back boundary and opens onto a back street. There is a small apron or run-in, over what used to be the narrow pavement plus a bit of my property, extending over the full width of the garage.
This apron is the only off-road bit of space in the street, and drivers are parking with two wheels on it and up against the garage door. Sometimes, not only I can not get the car out -- the whole width of the exit is blocked -- but I can't even open the up-and-over door.
1. Do the same considerations, outlined above and elsewhere, apply as for a driveway?
2. What if, 'unaware' of the vehicle there, I robustly swing up the steel door (the arc of which, in accordance with the law does not go beyond my boundary) and take a few pieces off someone's vehicle? I doubt there would be a repetition.
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That sounds like a rare situation where the hiring of a local cowboy clamping firm would be well justified.
Two eyewitness accounts of an accident can make you wonder about history.
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That's a thought. I wonder if the proceeds are taxable . . .
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