'My entitled neighbour demands I move my car off the street for bonkers reason'

A woman was left gobsmacked when she was told by her neighbour to move her car after she parked it on the side of the road - and there was a strange reason for the request

Keeping the peace with your neighbours sometimes means doing things that don't make sense to you.

We all want to get along with our neighbours. You don't have to become their best friend, but at least being cordial with them helps to foster a friendly neighbourhood environment in which you don't feel like you have to tiptoe around in your own house or when you pop out to the shops.

Being a respectful neighbour can sometimes mean you need to listen to what those around you ask you to do. Whether that's turning down your music, keeping DIY work within certain hours, or making sure pets like cats and dogs don't run rampant in other people's gardens.

Most of us wouldn't have an issue following these requests to keep the peace with our neighbours. But one woman was left mystified when her neighbour asked her to move her car from the side of the road - as she had a very weird reason for wanting the vehicle gone.

In a post on Reddit, the woman explained that she had just moved into a "corner house" in a new area. There isn't a lot of parking space outside the front of her house, but along the side of her property, she can use the roadside parking as she isn't blocking anyone else's home.

She parked her car there and thought nothing of it - until her neighbour approached her. They demanded she move her car because she was "blocking their driveway", despite her being parked along the side of her own home. The woman was even more baffled when she realised where the neighbour in question lived - as their home, and by extension, their driveway, was across the street from where her car was parked.

She wrote: "There's not a lot of parking on the road in front of my house, but have the whole side/street area to park. Decided to park there. Well. The neighbour doesn't like that and demands that I move my car at that moment because I am blocking their driveway ... across the street.

"Mind you, their family and everyone else in the neighbourhood are parked there. I completely forgot about it that night. The next day, I was walking by, and I saw they possibly called a tow company to say it was abandoned because my tyre and the road were marked with chalk. How do I deal with this crazy?"

Advice Needed - Neighbor Upset That Car Was Not Moved on Their Demand
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Commenters on the post urged the woman to set up a camera in her car to ensure nothing happens to it, especially if she believes her neighbours have called for it to be towed. Others told her to phone the police and get them to explain the "concept of a public street" to her "entitled" neighbour.

Parking across the street from someone's driveway is not an offence in the UK, as long as no other restrictions or signs prohibit it. Even parking across someone's drive is only an offence if there is a dropped kerb - and that's because of the kerb, not the driveway. Even if a vehicle only partially covers a dropped kerb, the owner will be committing a driving offence and could 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 it restricts access to a driveway. According to Confused.com, police are unlikely to get involved in cases where parking over the dropped kerb stops you from moving your vehicle into your driveway, but if the parking issue prevents 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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