Can someone get fined for parking on the street blocking their own driveway?
I have a neighbour who does that and it makes very hard for me reverse out of my driveway. The neighbour is a bit weird and doesn't talk to anyone. Just wondering if the blocking of his own driveway done by him is worth reporting to the council.
PS : Talked to the council and they said parking in front of any driveway is illegal. They will send a local laws officer to check it out.
Usually happens during school hours. The street is packed full of cars and when I reverse out and if his driveway is not blocked, I can reverse into it before driving off. At the moment I have to forward-reverse quite a few times :(
So why don't you reverse into your own driveway when you get home that way you can drive straight out?
Usually do… when I don't then I curse myself.
@RSmith: So lets get this straight.
Are they blocking the driveway by parking on the street in front of it, or are they parking in the driveway itself?
SNAP SEND SOLVE.
You're welcome.
Yes. There was a thread about this a few years ago where a user was booked for doing exactly this, parking in front of their own driveway.
Oh ok. I will try searching for it.
Stop it. How will they learn to DYOR when you make it too easy for them?
@whooah1979: If only there was a search function on this forum, or a box you had to tick when making a new post that it wasn't a duplicate and it listed possible duplicates…
That WTF joke is gold.
The search sort of sucks a bit imo.
If you are in forum and do a search, you can't find deals and there is no sort button to go by most recent (need to add sort:created)
@Caped Baldy: Shame whoever it was cancelled their account when they had a comment with 321 + votes. That doesn't happen too often.
@Quantumcat: Was altomic, I enjoyed his posts, maybe if mskeggs has had another meetup with him he knows why.
Can someone get fined for parking on the street blocking their own driveway?
Yes, they can as long at they're parked on the Crown land.
their own driveway?
BTW. They don't own the driveway crossing and layback.
If you do report him, don't let him ever find out it was you that did it.
Do councils reveal such information?
No.
Yes
Maybe, if you bribe them.
or if your boobies can dazzle them
I don't know
"Snitching is when you tell on someone to get them in trouble.
Reporting is when you are getting help for someone who is in need."
Is this what Confucius said?
Snitches get stitches…
100%
Yes, how would the "finer" know it's their own driveway?
Have you verified that your neighbour doesn't use OzBargain by monitoring his rate of home deliveries for useless things at amazing prices?
maybe try talking to him before u report him to the blood suckers at council for a parking fine, like okay hes seems a bit weird but like if u ask him not to first and he stops blocking ur weigh without getting a fine it would acheive the same outcome, except he would save a council fine
Just wear a disguise, so if you do have to report him, you don't have to deal with any vengeance
Welcome to Big Australia
Libs want it for big business
Labour and Greens want it to virtue signal.
It all means less parking
I had exactly the same issues.
I used Snap Send Solve to report it.
They sent the report to my local council.
This morning my local council sent their staff to my next door neighbour and gave them a warning, and then rang me up to informed me.
Hopefully the problem solve from now on.
I get that it may be against council by-laws.
But the OP is not reporting it for the community good.
He is doing it becuase he feels entitled to use his neighbour's driveway whenever he wants.
And what would be the logical outcome for this reporting? The neighbour simply parks on his driveway instead, continuing to block the OP.
In the end the council is richer, the neighbour poorer and the instigator no better off.
But the OP is not reporting it for the community good
Reporting law breaking inconsiderate people does community good.
He is blocking only his own driveway, his parking does not block traffic on the road any more than a verge park.
Who does he need to 'consider'?
Oh I forgot, Karens.
Name-calling is so childish
@tsunamisurfer: Should consider having common sense to begin with.
Also as one person is being affected by this issue, so it should be okay. Nice logic.
If you're suggesting that the neighbour parks on the driveway, blocking the nature strip, I hope he gets reported for that too. (That's an even bigger pet hate of mine.)
My entire street does it, including my neighbour. It never bothers me when I reverse out of my driveway, and I live on a section of the street where there is a crest on one side, and an intersection on the other.
My neighbour and I are not renters, I definitely wouldn't want to stir anything up over something as silly as this.
But yes, you could report it
Maybe your neighbour doesn’t talk much because that’s just the way they are. It can be like somebody that doesn’t smile much. They don’t owe anybody these things. Putting that bit in makes it sound like you are intimidated by this and that may be why you are on here asking rather than being neighbourly and talking to them about their parking that is causing you problems and possibly creating a traffic hazard. Reporting should be your last resort not your first if you want a happy neighbourhood. It can be a tit for tat scenario after that which can escalate into a reality tv show.
can escalate into a reality tv show
Will be happy if it makes to current affairs show
There are some properties on the market that have no driveway. I wonder how would you do if you neighbours was one of it. And maybe he s blocking his driveway on purpose? Especially, if you live in a school zone. I know that time to time, i ve got some people who take my driveway as a carpark or will park in front of it and blocking me to get out. And i will have to wait for she/he to come back as there are no one attending the car. Sometimes, i'm really tempt to report the car and get it take away but then i m just feeling that it s adding more financial stress . So leave your neighbors alone and mind your own business. Their driveway and maybe learn how to drive your own car without being noisy to other. . If i was your neighbor i would put up a gate just to avoid you reverse in my driveway. Or maybe it s why he s parking his car there? Because he got enough to see you using his driveway? And maybe he got a small kid/ or someone that need some sleep and don't need to hear your car in their driveway next to their door. People are so entitled nowadays .
He is parking on the street leading to blocking the driveway. If the car is parked a few meters to the either side, there would be no problem.
He can do whatever in his driveway, I don't really care.
BTW, you sound like you will perfectly fit in place of my neighbour.
He is parking on the street leading to blocking the driveway.
Is your neighbour blocking your driveway? Please link a photo.
He is blocking his own driveway not yours so shouldn 't be your problem! And yes, i might be friend with your neighbor as at least he mind his own business and don't care about what you re doing! If you want so much to drive in his driveway maybe think about paying him a fee? For the use of it? As i know, most driveway are a property even driving in and out is trespassing a property! You should be lucky he s not reporting you as a serial trespasser!
As i know, most driveway are a property even driving in and out is trespassing a property!
The driveway crossing and layback is owned by the Crown. It is public land which means anyone can use it as long it isn't restricted by law.
@whooah1979: Agree. But the driveway on someone property is their propety. I'm not talking about the path or the streer but the actual person driveway in their land. If someone want their driveway to be use as common property they wouldn't bother to block it. Obviously, this neighbor is getting enough of people driving on his land and took it to an extra level. While the law said no access to a driveway should be block ( in case emergency service need the access ) , i think that guy was just tired of having people trepassing his property. Imagine being a homeowner and see so many people like op taking his driveway as piece of road to move your car …
@Fier2: The op covered this in response to a question I posed a day or so ago. The issue isn’t about parking in their driveway, it’s parking across the driveway in the street.
Talk to your neighbour. I know you are intimated but man up. Don’t be a coward.
Intimidated… I just wet my pants.
This.
You don't want the neighbour going on a wild rampage if he doesn't listen and you need to report him. Man up and take his vengeance yourself.
It’s illegal to reverse from any driveway on to any street.
You can reverse into your driveway and if someone drives into you while your doing so they are in the wrong.
It’s illegal to reverse from any driveway on to any street.
There is no such rule in the NSW Road Rules.
- http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/rr2014104/s296.html
- ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 296
- Driving a vehicle in reverse
- 296 Driving a vehicle in reverse
- (1) The driver of a vehicle must not reverse the vehicle unless the driver can do so safely.
- Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(2) The driver of a vehicle must not reverse the vehicle further than is reasonable in the circumstances.- Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
I remember hearing this about 30 years ago. I think it must have been an urban myth.
Please link this rule. I need proof as I don’t believe it exists.
So they keep to themselves and this seems to attract connotations of "Not One of Us"…
How does someone else's driveway affect you.
Maybe, just maybe, you are the one acting weird.
Not his driveway… As I mentioned I don't care what he does in his driveway.
When I reverse out, I turn towards his driveway as the street is full of cars and I don't have much choice. Now he is parked on the street in front of his driveway, blocking it fully, which makes it nearly impossible for me make the turn.
If he wasn't blocking the street in front of driveway, I could still be on the street and reverse out without any issues. My car wouldn't enter even a cm of his driveway.
Regarding approaching him, I don't want to go into the dynamics of my neighbourhood.
The neighbour is a bit weird and doesn't talk to anyone
So did YOU approach thy neighbor?
Wouldn't be funny if she/he is also wondering how weird everyone else and don't even communicate with her/him.
Regardless this human (lack of) interaction I believe yes, it is illegal to block longways your own driveway.
Not so sure about parking within the driveway, as in getting in, bothering you even more.
Also not sure how legal is for you to drive into this busy driveway …
Interesting.
Did today… He had a swing at me with a garden fork.
I think technically you can get fined for it. But if your neighbor is not blocking your driveway, how is it making it hard for you to reverse?