I had a similar situation. I parked on the other side of the street from where my neighbor lives. She left a note on my car telling me not to park there anymore because it "made it harder for her to back out of the drive way and that I run the risk of getting my car hit." The next night I parked in the same spot and left a Drivers Ed manual on my windshield. Problem solved.
Op sounds like a douche. It is common courteousy not to park on other people's area. They might not own it legally, but it doesn't mean you have the right to abuse them. What if they do it to you? Would you like it?
I had a neighbor that would park in front of my house on a nightly basis even though they had enough extra space in their driveway. I took pictures of the problem, sent them to the homeowners association and said they were causing the mail lady to not deliver my mail. Problem solved :grin:
My parent's next door neighbor parks in the street in front of their house literally every day, while the area in front of his house remains wide open. I really don't understand the thought process that leads someone to do that.
^I would speak to them about it. That's not cool. Good luck with that. Like most things in life, it's all about moderation. Who cares if someone parks in front of your house here and there? If it occurs every couple of days, I get it. If you have issues with it, you probably don't have friends/fam come over very often. People need to lighten up.
Don't park in front of people's houses without asking. It's disrespectful. If you're having people over just go over and ask your neighbors if it's cool that people use their space for the day. People are always receptive to that approach. Why would you want to be a dick to the people you live around? i don't get that
Generally you should not park in front of someone else's house, if for no other reason than it is impolite. I ask my neighbors permission if I expect to have that many people over, and generally make it so people can park in my yard rather than on the road.
It's really not hard to not park in front of others' houses. I grew up with a house on a cul-de-sac and have a house on one now, and I (or someone with me/my family) have probably parked in front of someone else's house a handful of times in those ~20 years, and usually after talking with that someone to let them know about it beforehand. Yes, it's not illegal to do it, so if legal/illegal is your guiding star just continue what you are doing, but to me it is a dick-ish thing to do if it is a regular occurence. A big part of being a good neighbor is just not being an inconsiderate d-bag.
Why do you even have a drivers ed manual available for use? I have people constantly parking in front of my driveway and I CANNOT get out, even if I try as the street is too small and my car is pretty large/long. If I don't know who it is I will leave notes. I'm not going to be stuck in my house due to their laziness as there is parking literally 20 feet away, enough for around 20 cars. Oh, and if I found a drivers ed handbook on a car like you" say" you did, it would have pages torn out and stuck onto your windshield, stickied by some of my belly made dookie. Not buyin' it anyways.
The only time it's bothered me is when friends of the kid across the street would park his huge truck with blue trucknuts in front of our house. I didn't really care that the car was there, I just didn't want people to think I was someone who would associate with someone who would put those on their truck. The **** people worry about or consider impolite will never stop astounding me. If I'm inside my house, what do I care if the neighbor has a visitor and they parked their car in front of my house. If that upsets you, you've got major issues beyond that and I would recommend getting help.
The only time it upsets me is when I'm trying to leave, and the only way I can back out is to basically ram their car into a ditch to move it. I usually know who it is though and just ring 'em up on the phone and they come out and move it (YES, I actually talk speak with my neighbors.) I really hate the these damn tiny streets. The whole "Hey, let's build a ton of multi family big houses/condos on basically a one way street with no places to park" is not working out well.
