Fuming neighbours have taken matters into their own hands after getting sick and tired of the cars that were spotted regularly parking on the residential street where they lived.
The angry residents finally decided to slap notes on the parked cars' windscreens, telling them to park elsewhere as they don't live on the street. The passive-aggressive notes, which written on behalf of the "Residents of British Road" and appeared overnight one morning in March, were taped onto several cars in Bristol.
It read: "Dear vehicle owner/driver. The residents of British Road have noticed that you park on this street regularly, yet do not live on the street. Please be mindful of the residents who wish to park near their own properties.
"We respectfully ask you to park your vehicle on the street that you live on, in future."
One of the cars which had the note attached to was an unmarked grey van, which had a "BT engineer on call" sign inside the vehicle dashboard. The parking warning had a hand-written addition to the pre-printed notice, reading: "YOU DO NOT WORK FOR BT!!!"
Another hand-written note, which was attached to the back of a van, claimed it vehicle had been left unattended for months, and added: "Help yourself." The numerous messages have left residents divided, because unless they are breaching any parking restrictions, you are legally permitted to leave your vehicle on any street.
One resident of British Road, who wished to remain anonymous, deemed the move "sinister," BristolLive reports..
She said: "Parking is an absolute nightmare around here, and people spend a lot of time driving around looking for a space, so I understand people get frustrated, but this is a bit sinister.
"Whoever wrote this does not speak for everyone on this road at all. How do they know the people who own those vehicles don't live nearby?
"Do they keep watch all the time, and then follow them to see where they go when they park up? As a woman driver, I'd be worried if that appeared on my car, wondering who was following me to check where I lived."
She continued: "And because parking is a nightmare here, you do sometimes have to park a fair distance away from where you live. There are too many cars and not enough street. But the main thing is, whoever posted this note doesn't seem to realise they have no greater claim over the road outside where they live than anyone else.
"It's not their road, it's everyone's. There's no residents' parking scheme here, there's no restrictions, people can park where they like for however long they want. If this notice-writer wants to guarantee they can park their car outside their home, they need to move to a house with its own drive."
Recently a woman was left "shaken" after finding a threatening note on her car, which she had left in a "perfectly legal" spot.
The handwritten note appeared to be from a disgruntled neighbour telling the driver to pay for a car park instead of taking a "valuable" space outside their home in Oldham, Greater Manchester.
