Woman fed up of cars parking across her driveway leaves scathing note to drivers

06 February 2024 , 13:41

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Cars frequently block off Sibongile's driveway (Image: @sibs89 / TikTok)

Let's face it, we've all lost our cool over someone else's parking job before.

But one woman has taken things to the next level after being left so incensed by people parking outside her driveway that she's taken drastic action to stop them. Sibongile Mude became so irritated by people's parking that she decided to stick notes to the windscreens of cars that had blocked her drive, as they prevented her from being able to get her car in or out of her parking spot.

Sibongile shared her anger on TikTok where she frequently posts clips of her daily life, as she explained her parking situation and the action she decided to take against it - including one clip that shows her sticking an angry note to someone's windscreen.

Sibongile has taken to writing angry notes to stick on car windows (@sibs89 / TikTok)

Cars frequently block off her driveway (@sibs89 / TikTok)

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 - who posts on TikTok under the username @sibs89 - and her friends have even confronted some of the drivers who happen to return to their vehicle while the woman is filming, with one woman caught on camera telling them her parking was "not a big deal".

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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."

Sibongile even shared one video which showed three different cars parked across the exit to her driveway on three separate days, and explained that some of them are 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."

Commenters on the woman's videos have come up with a variety of solutions to her problem, including asking the council to paint lines on the road in front of her driveway or placing cones down to deter people from parking. 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?"

Is it illegal to park across a driveway?

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."

Zahna Eklund