A furious homeowner has had to take matters into her own hands after neighbours continued to park in front of her driveway.
Sibongile Mude has said she was fuming after motorists decided to block her driveway and that in order to try to bring a halt to the behaviour she has begun to stick notes to their windscreens.
Sharing a clip of her antics on TikTok under the username @sibs89, Sibongile explained the parking dilemma and how she was going to try to rectify the situation.
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In one video she showed the angry note that she had placed on the windscreens of vehicles, the Mirror reports.
The note read: "Your parking is NOT okay. You have blocked in my car - in my driveway! I am now stuck!!"
While another message written by the stressed homeowner read: "You have parked in front of my driveway. I need to park MY CAR."
Sibongile along with her mates are also seen taking drivers to task as they return to their parked cars. One woman was caught responding that her parking was "not a big deal".
Explaining what the woman had said, Sibongile wrote in the comments of one video: "What's said ... 'You're blocking my car' and she said, 'It's not much of a big deal' and then she told her, to do one ... plus other words l can not say."
The angry homeowner also shared a video which showed multiple cars blocking the exit to her driveway over three days. They detailed how some of the motors were left there for hours.
She wrote in the comments: "It's annoying because you guys only see 30 seconds, but some of these guys park for one to two hours, and we need in and out of our driveway quite often."
Those responding to her videos offered solutions for her woes from asking the council to step in and paint lines on the road or for her to place cones down to stop inconsiderate drivers.
One person said: "You might have to cover some or all the cost but I’m sure the local council can authorise white lines to help people realise there’s access needed."
While another added: "Can't you put some cones down to stop people parking there?"
Parking across a driveway is only illegal if there is a dropped kerb, but this has nothing to do with the restriction of access to the driveway itself and is in place because dropped kerbs are a no-go for parking.
Even if a vehicle is only partially covering a dropped kerb, the owner will be committing a driving offence and could be liable to receive a penalty of up to three points and a fine of up to £100.
However, parking close to a dropped kerb is not illegal, even if this restricts access to a driveway.
According to Confused.com, police are unlikely to get involved in cases where the parking over the dropped kerb stops you from moving your vehicle into your driveway, but if the parking issue stops you from leaving they may treat it as an anti-social behaviour offence.
Anti-social behaviour is defined by the Crime and Disorder Act (1998) as: “Acting in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as the defendant.”
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