I'm parking on your drive whether you like it or not

[oscarisapc]

News item in the local paper about a home owner who found a stranger’s car parked for 5 days on his driveway and couldn’t do anything about it. Apparently that is a trespass not a crime so a civil matter and the police weren’t interested. The only legal way he could have got the car removed was by a court order which would have taken time and money. Blocking the driveway with his own car on the main road would have been illegal and moving the offending vehicle himself with jacks or a wheel trolley might have caused damage for which he would then have been liable. As would breaking a window to release brakes. The DVLA, whom he contacted asking for the driver’s name and address told him that they couldn’t release that information. Unbelievable! Why is it that parking firms, some of which are very disreputable, can get details from DVLA to pursue any drivers who they allege have overstayed their paid time, but Mr A Public, with a serious problem can’t?

 

[markjay]

Why, if someone parks on your drive, there is not much you can do about it

 

[kianok]

Anyone can get the details from DVLA for a few quid.

Fill in a form (presumably online these days) , explain why you need the details and how you are going to use them and they will send you the information for a small fee.

 

[E55BOF]

Anyone can get the details from DVLA for a few quid.

Fill in a form (presumably online these days) , explain why you need the details and how you are going to use them and they will send you the information for a small fee.

Oh no they b****y won't! They'll send you a letter declining to provide any information, because your reason for wanting it is not good enough. Well, that's the response you get if you ask them to confirm or deny the (as it turned out, incorrect) information you already have about the registered keeper's identity in order to prevent being defrauded.

 

[l5foye]

I think if someone parked on my driveway, I would quickly get a notice similar to what is on private car parks (ie unauthorised vehicles will be clamped with a £150 release fee) .I would then clamp the car and not release it until payment was made. At the end of the day it is his or her word against mine that the warning notice was there when the car was parked.

 

[claspknife]

If it was parked on my driveway that particular car would have been seriously damaged with no proof on who did it.

It would have been done quietly and perhaps late at night.

No proof would have existed on how it happened.

You see. It’s innocent until PROVEN guilty.

You try to use the law to f*** with my life then I would use that same law to f*** with yours.


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[alabbasi]

You should call the unreputable parking firm to see if they'd post the sign on your drive and haul the car away

 

[Vintage Racer]

Time to get 'the boys' round and 'bounce' it off your driveway. - If it happens to end up on its roof, then that's just a bonus!

 

[oscarisapc]

I was amazed at how this unfortunate home owner was unable to do anything. Damaging the car would just cause escalation, as the owner is likely to be a “couldn’t give a sh!t” type who might just make a problem you didn’t ask for, a whole lot worse. I thought of an urgent delivery of a ton of compost in a dumpy bag to be placed in the entrance to the driveway. (Yes, I did this but no car was blocked in at the time, and you do have to have a garden to put it in).

What are the circumstances in which DVLA will release information to third parties for civil complaints (example, companies for parking on private land) and what authority do they have to divulge personal information under the Data Protection Act? Is there an exemption that allows it, such as paying for a licence to use the data? In the case above, confirming ownership details on a V5 to prevent a crime of fraud would seem a totally reasonable case, yet it was refused.

 

[ioweddie]

Stick a for sale sign on it, £5 take it away lol

 

[Petrol Pete]

Worth buying/renting wheel trollies. Pick it up and push it to the nearest double yellow/zigzag or private 'clamping' car park. Job done.

Or just have it stolen...not your problem , cars get stolen all of the time.

When the law is this much of an ass what is a man supposed to do ?

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

How did we lose our sense of self-reliance?

Just quietly move the thing out of the drive onto some double yellow lines, late one evening. All you need is a tow rope and little concern about his handbrake. The Police can manage the errant parker from there.

Was it a deliberate infringement? Not so sure, could just have been some kind of confusion about address - it's a strange decision to leave a car on a private driveway. But whatever, just move the motor and let the owner sort himself out with the Traffic wardens.

 

[Doodle]

You wouldn't believe it officer, the handbrake failed and it just rolled out into the street.

 

[Mr-Goose]

Part of me wonders if it was a dodgy rent-your-parking-space, or in this case rent-not-your-parking-space.

 

[Druk]

How did we lose our sense of self-reliance?

Just quietly move the thing out of the drive onto some double yellow lines, late one evening. All you need is a tow rope and little concern about his handbrake.

This.



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[Stratman]

Build a simple brick wall across the driveway, then negotiate its dismantling. Or refuse the owner permission to enter your property.

 

[Yugguy]

I think the issue for the resident was he couldn't block the other car in without parking on the main road. If someone parked up on my drive I'd just lock the gates on them.

 

[claspknife]

You wouldn't believe it officer, the handbrake failed and it just rolled out into the street.

This just made me laugh so hard. Lol.


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[Deleted member 6183]

I think the issue for the resident was he couldn't block the other car in without parking on the main road. If someone parked up on my drive I'd just lock the gates on them.

Exactly, or do as I do and lock the gates when not in use.