On Street Parking Vent

[tvguy]

I have no control over who parks in front of my house, or my neighbor's house, but why is it, if there is room for 2 cars in front of a house, people park right in the middle of the house so that only one car can fit in front of each house? Please, pull forward, or leave room for another car ahead of you when you park in a residential area. Had this happen twice in the past two weeks when I got home from work at Noon. Once when my neighbor held her quarterly bible study luncheon. Although this time one of the participants actually blocked one driveway, and the neighbor had to ask them to move their car. And then another neighbor had a couple of contractors working.....not a single vehicle was parked in front of the house where the working was being done, but all over the neighborhood.

 

[seashoreCM]

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[seashoreCM]

Here's an idea for a note to put under windshields. "Up a bit more please. You're overhanging the space behind you."

The idea is to create a little embarrassment.

Disney hints: http://www.cockam.com/disney.htm

 

[Clifton Tesh]

I'm a problem solving guy. When people do this to me, I ask nicely for them to move. If they don't move, I kindly hook a tow rope to their vehicle and the back of my jeep and relocate their vehicle at least 100 yards down the road.

They usually will not park in front of my house ever again.

I mean I don't mind them parking there if they leave space for me to park too.

 

[scrapquitler]

I wouldn't even notice any of this or give it a second thought unless someone was blocking my driveway.

 

[jdb in AZ]

When our recyclable trash gets picked up from the front curb, the driver won't try to maneuver the truck (with its automated lifter) close to our dumpster if there's a car parked within several feet. After this happened twice, DH had a few diplomatic words with the neighbor and they've been very considerate about not parking in front of our house since, even on non-garbage days. Other than that, we've only complained when someone visiting the neighbor on the other side has blocked our driveway.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I'm a problem solving guy. When people do this to me, I ask nicely for them to move. If they don't move, I kindly hook a tow rope to their vehicle and the back of my jeep and relocate their vehicle at least 100 yards down the road.

They usually will not park in front of my house ever again.

I mean I don't mind them parking there if they leave space for me to park too.

BTDT with a jerk who parked IN the driveway blocking ALL the parking behind the building so he could go to the basketball game.

As for OP's situation, I'd be inclined to put some lines on the street to give 'em a hint.

 

[justgrace]

I think I might do this annoyance on my cousins street. Oooops.

All of the houses have driveways and not many people park on the street, so I never pull up to the edge of the driveway and will usually park in the middle. Now that I think about it, I usually park in front of their neighbors house too. I'm a horrible person and I didn't even realize it!!

 

[tvguy]

I wouldn't even notice any of this or give it a second thought unless someone was blocking my driveway.

This is a residential street where most folks park in their garage or driveway. A few of us have too many cars, so 1 of mine is on the street.
So a street full of cars stands out .

 

[smokeyblue]

We used to have the opposite problem at my boyfriend's old house. The neighbor was just insane about on-street parking. He has like 18 grown up children (no joke) and he was always obsessed with having every spot on the street. There was only one on-street spot right in front of my boyfriend's house and the neighbor would try to make two out of it. It became a big problem one day when I was parked in the spot and the neighbor decided to park behind me, with his front bumper embedded in my back bumper. I was furious! I called the police and he was ticketed for blocking a driveway. He did leave very deep scratch in the paint, but there wasn't much I could do about it because I had crash and burn insurance. It wasn't worth pursuing. I was worried that in subsequent years the paint would start flaking off around the scratch and luckily it did not.

The really dumb thing about this? There wasn't anyone else parked on the street! There must be a dozen spots to park and he had to park on my bumper. That is why I didn't hesitate calling the cops.

 

[Clifton Tesh]

BTDT with a jerk who parked IN the driveway blocking ALL the parking behind the building so he could go to the basketball game.

As for OP's situation, I'd be inclined to put some lines on the street to give 'em a hint.

The funny thing is, they see the 4.0 XJ with 33x12.5s, Winch, and some custom bumpers that look like they belong on an armored truck and think it's a smart idea to steal it's parking spot. One day I'm going to park on top of someone.

 

[Skywalker]

I agree that is frustrating. At my son's piano teacher's house same thing, there is room for two cars to park on the street in front of his house. There is one family that always parks in the middle so no one else can park there. Everyone else manages to pull up enough for another car to park behind them, but this family can't seem to figure it out. It's a minor courtesy but some people have their heads so far up their own butts they have no clue of what goes on around them.

 

[Disney Dynamite]

On street parking is my biggest frustration with our neighborhood. I don't mind when people park in front of our house, but I get all kinds of testy when people block our driveway or mailbox. The rental home beside us is currently available for lease, so there have been lots of showings to potential renters lately. I can't tell you how many times someone looking at the house has completely blocked our driveway, which is pretty hard to miss. The neighbors across the street have guests over every Thursday night, and we finally got them trained to park in front of our house instead of blocking our driveway. Some things should just be a matter of common sense or common courtesy, but unfortunately, they're not.

 

[cabanafrau]

I suppose there's no possibility a contractor could have been parked in front of the house being renovated and happened to take off before you arrived to observe, yet after the other contractors had arrived and parked elsewhere.

 

[Patch'sD]

From what I have seen most people to leave room for another car. But when the street is nearly empty, I guess people don't really think about it. The only thing that gets me mad is when the neighbors tenants from across the street park in front of my house. By law they have to provided sufficient parking on the property for the renters. If they park in front of my house and leave the windows open, my automatic sprinklers go on.

 

[Lilacs4Me]

This is a huge problem in my neighborhood. We live about 15 miles out of a major city, and the neighborhood was designed in that "old-style" city setup. Many people don't have driveways and the houses are close together. We have garages accessed by alleys, and a lot of people do use them, but like everywhere, some people use their garage as storage for stuff other than cars

DH and I almost always park in the garage, but in the winter, the alleys get so bad that I often get stuck in the ice/snow, so I'll park in front of my house (no driveway). Thankfully the street that I live on is one where nobody street parks, but on many other streets, the sides are lined with cars. People get VERY annoyed at those who take up more than their fair share of space!

Before this, I've always lived where everyone has a driveway, or we lived out in the country, so I had no idea what a big deal street parking can be until we moved here. Now I get it!

 

[IndyRnRfan]

I'm a problem solving guy. When people do this to me, I ask nicely for them to move. If they don't move, I kindly hook a tow rope to their vehicle and the back of my jeep and relocate their vehicle at least 100 yards down the road.

They usually will not park in front of my house ever again.

I mean I don't mind them parking there if they leave space for me to park too.

I actually saw this in a Target parking lot. Funniest thing I had witnessed in a long time. What was so funny is, this truck was waiting for a parking spot, turn signal on, and a small car came zooming in from behind the car pulling out and went right in. Some nice words were exchanged and as I continued to walk in the store, I noticed the truck pull forward and then stop. The guy got out with a tow strap and I thought this is going to get interesting. About 3 minutes later, this car was at the back of the lot all by itself.

 

[leebee]

If you actually hook up to someone's car and tow it off, isn't that... stealing? Are you not worried that someone, someday, is going to report you to the police?

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I don't really think about it when I park. I don't want to be right up against another car, so I will leave some space. Am I leaving too much space and preventing another car from parking? I dunno. I don't even think about it!

 

[Clifton Tesh]

If you actually hook up to someone's car and tow it off, isn't that... stealing? Are you not worried that someone, someday, is going to report you to the police?

I've given them fair warning. And I am very polite about it when I first say something to them. I usually give them about 15 minutes to move the vehicle, after that I'll let them know if the vehicle is not moved in the next 5 minutes, I'll move it for them.

If I have to park in the wrong spot, I could get a ticket or impounded, I'm not about to get a ticket because of someone else. I could call the cops on them and get them a ticket or impounded, but I figure I'll be nice and move the vehicle for them first.