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Blimey that's a lot of suggestions! Thank you all.
Park behind and block them in until they finally find you and you can tell them to stop being a ****?
You should all block the car in, Police Interceptors TPAC styleeeee.
This. Make sure to answer the door with a beer in hand "sorry mate, had too many, you'll have to come back tomorrow"
Block the car in?
Don't block the car in. There are a lot of unpredictable crazies out there, and they tend to park like that.
Just block them in and wait for the door knock.
The thing is this isn't a spot that they're in. There is almost always a free proper space next to the car they've blocked in, but they clearly see themselves/their car as too good to park in it.Take the spot the night before for a couple of weekends
Actually this is a good call. There is a very busy church down the road where everything gets congested because they seem to think it's OK to park on pavements, on corners and generally wherever they like. The strange thing though is that we're far enough away that this one is driving past many more open spaces just to park here. Perhaps they're trying to avoid the rest of the congregation.Only happens on a Sunday? Priest touring the parish? I'd hang about and give them a sermon on parking.
If you can't get a hold of the driver in person, leave a firm but polite note on their windscreen asking them to park more considerately. If it happens again afterwards, leave a less polite note on the windscreen, but instead of putting it under the wiper, stick it on with lots of Pritt Stick.
Polite note first time, but I'd be wanting to find out who they were visiting as it's easier to talk to a neighbour than a visitor tbh.
Start with polite note, then poop inletter boxair intake?
You could leave a note, but I doubt the person who parks like this take any notice of it.
The car is taxed and has a current MOT, so I doubt the police will be interested in helping.
Start with a note then if that doesn't work. Take a power drill to their tyres.
Gradual escalation each week.
Polite note.
Cone on roof.
Bread on bonet for pigeons, as suggested above.
Try leaving a note if it's a regular thing?
Either a note or just go straight to the police next time as suggested.
It may be on a private estate, but IIRC it is/was considered a minor offence to block access to theQueen'sKings Highway, and the police could/would used to be able to contact the registered keepers of vehicles that were parked blocking people's drives, so that may be something to look into (obviously the non emergency number). They probably don't do that anymore, but going back I remember my father ringing the local station as some pillock had parked blocking his shared drive preventing 5 houses from being able to pull their cars out including two that did early shifts, apparently the police managed to find a contact for the registered keeper as at about 4:30am someone did move it about 20 meters to an open spot on the road.
From memory and some of the past threads the old go to was something along the lines of slip the local rugby club members a few pints to assist in moving it, or put it on wheel trolleys and move it so the owner has a real problem getting it out.
AFAIK, but take with a pinch of salt, if they're obstructing you from accessing the public highway then it's a police issue.
I seem to recall when there was talk of scam parking companies for airport users parking their cars on other peoples driveways, it was made very clear that you could not block the car in with another one as the owner of the house would get in **** for it.
I know around our way the PCSOs/community police or whoever they are have given us an email address or two to contact them, maybe see if there's something similar and ping them an email.
That is my understanding, and IIRC it doesn't matter if the blockage is on private land as long as that land has "public access", as the Road Traffic act for some things applies to privately owned land if there is nothing stopping people from using it.
Hence the reason you can be done for driving without insurance/licence if you're in say a Tesco car park, and some interesting case law regarding farmland as basically a famers field is private and you don't need a driving licence/insurance etc if it's gated, but the moment you allow the public general access for say a car boot or other event it become "public" for the duration - one of the defining cases involved a farmers son who was driving something at one end of a field were a car boot was being held.
Besides that, I've had success in having the police/pcso inform the owner that obstructing access to the public highway is a criminal offence (car was blocked in). Though it was a fairly small village and they probably enjoyed having something to do. Not sure you'd have much success in an overwhelmed police force (which is probably all of them these days).
Either a note or just go straight to the police next time as suggested.
Mate of mine thought his car had been stolen from outside his house. He was even more furious when he found out what had actually happened. Due to congestion in the road he had parked partially blocking his neighbour's drive, assuming the neighbour would knock on his door if he needed it moved. Instead the neighbour called the police and the car was promptly towed away. He had to go and pick it up and pay a charge as well.
Thank you for checking that. And yes there are signs, but no enforcement on Sundays. They're not even in a bay though, so the driver doesn't care that they aren't a resident, and also doesn't care that they're not even in a bay.The car is taxed and has a current MOT, so I doubt the police will be interested in helping.
Are there any signs indicating that it is private parking in that area?
Loaf of bread, break up into pieces, sprinkle liberally over the car....hilarity ensues. Repeat every Sunday until douchebag gets the message.
Bread or bird seed.
Rub some avocado all over the windscreen.
Araldite/superglue the note to the windscreen.Have previously left a note and found it tossed into a bush (they don't seem the sort to take their rubbish away with them regardless).
That’s a good idea, be there first and find out who this pillock is.you could park there before he returns again next time?
Slightly more evil than my similar suggestion (go-jacks and wheel dollies are basically the same thing)Don't clamp, it's illegal. Even for police + council. Reasoning being that you are making the problem worse.
Get couple of wheel dollies, which are useful to have lying around anyway, jack up the rear and slide under rear tyres. Motor can then be pushed around by hand. There's probably some double yellows somewhere near by.