October 12, 2025 at 5:35 am

Neighbor Wouldn’t Stop Parking In Front Of Their House, So They Reported Their Expired Tags To Police

by Matthew Gilligan

cop writing a ticket

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This is what I like to call a “Mess Around and Find Out” story.

Actually, the real term is pretty inappropriate, so this is what we’re gonna go with today.

Did this person do anything wrong when they took action against a rude neighbor?

Read on and see what you think!

AITA? Getting a neighbor to stop parking in front of your house.

“Neighbor’s kid parked his SUV in front of our house 7 days ago.

No biggie.

They have a 4 car driveway, and a spot outside of their house, but why worry?

3 days later, I knock on their door to ask if they could move it the next morning (for 2-3 hours), as I was going to trim the trees, and power wash the driveway and sidewalk.

Hmmm…

They told me ‘No, you can park anywhere you want on public ways.’ (In our neighborhood, with no HOA, at least). I decided to call non-emergency police. It checks out, and they’re right.

After a few calls of being told this over the week, I called again. Instead of making a complaint, I pretended like I was going out of town, and wanted to make sure I could legally leave one of my vehicles in front of my neighbor’s place for a few weeks.

They said ‘As long as it’s parked legally, and up to code, no flat tires, or expired tags’.

Interesting…

The tags on the car are expired.

I told them the real story, and asked to have it escalated.

Police are on their way now.

Only took about 6 calls, and tricking them to tell me the full rules. They left out those requirements when they dismissed my initial calls.”

Reddit users shared their thoughts.

This person said they’re NTA.

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Another individual weighed in.

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This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

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Another person said they all SUCK.

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And this reader said the same thing.

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Play stupid games…

And you’ll win stupid prizes!

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.