He Asked His Neighbor to Move Her Car So He Could Reach His Parking Spot—But She Told Him to Drive Over the Curb
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Sometimes, one person’s parking habits can make things harder for everyone else.
One homeowner is dealing with that because the houses on his street share a gravel parking area instead of regular driveways.
His low car needs to use one of the ramps, but the neighbor keeps parking in a way that blocks the path to his usual spot.
He’s asked her several times to move closer to the sidewalk, but she keeps telling him to drive over the curb instead.
Now, he can’t find any clear rule that says she’s doing something wrong.
Read on to see exactly what’s going on.
Neighbor keeps blocking me from parking.
None of the houses on my street have an actual driveway. It’s just the front yard, sidewalk, and then a wide-ish gravel area next to the street that everyone uses for parking.
There are only a few ramps onto this area, and I have a car that’s quite low to the ground and always scrape the bottom of it if I try to pull up onto the actual curb.
My neighbor, who has one car, always parks really far out to block the pathway that people take from the ramp to their parking spot in front of their house, including mine. There’s a light post right next to her spot, so no one can get by.
He’s asked her several times, but nothing happens.
She could easily just park right behind the light post instead of beside it.
I’ve asked her multiple times to park slightly closer to the sidewalk so I can get to my spot without scraping my car up, but she always refuses and gives some sort of excuse, saying, “Just pull up onto the curb.”
I haven’t been able to find any laws about this since she’s technically not blocking an actual driveway or in front of my property.
Yikes! It’s easy to see why he’s upset. Most people wouldn’t want to mess their cars up either.
Let’s see if the people over at Reddit have any suggestions for him.
This is a good point.
Yet another reader who suggests the same thing.
It does sound like that would solve it.
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Some of these things may work.
She’s definitely making things harder than they need to be.
If moving her car over a little would solve the problem, it’s hard to understand why she keeps refusing.
However, if she’s technically allowed to park there, he may not have much he can force her to do.
At that point, it may be worth checking with the city and seeing whether there’s actually a rule he can use.
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