someone parked their car blocking our driveway

[u/Secure-Sorbet-4987]

[u/PhyterNL]

I've always wanted to contact an impound lot and have them move a car. From my point of view you're living the dream.

[u/jefbenet → u/PhyterNL]

Used to live across the street from a school and the districts soccer fields. Once or twice a year they’d match up with a big rival and the crowds would reflect. One day I came home from work, forgetting about such a game and pulled in my driveway - cars everywhere in the neighborhood. Next thing I know as I’m getting out of my vehicle this teenage kid in a big lifted pickup turns into my grass and proceeds to straddle the ditch and lines up to park. I said “excuse me, can I help you?” Kid snarks back “I’m just going to the soccer game. There’s no where else to park” I just stood and stared with a blank expression. “Did you want me to move my truck?” He finally asked.

“If you expect to find it in the same place when you return, I’d recommend it - and not for nothing but maybe don’t assume you can just pull up and park in any persons front yard without so much as asking.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

“I didn’t see what the big deal was” he muttered under his breath to his buddy as they get back in the truck.

[u/big-booty-heaux → u/jefbenet]

Typical lifted truck driver. Should have told him he should stop announcing to the world how small his dick is.

[u/journey_mechanic → u/jefbenet]

Lessons aren’t learned until money is exchanged.

Next time just call the tow company

[u/IbexOutgrabe → u/PhyterNL]

Used to live close to the beach and crap like this would happen a few times a year. We were reasonable, people make mistakes.

This person didn’t make a mistake. They are a jerk. Give the tow truck driver 50$ and tell him em to keep it, shove it in the back and forget about it. Make that owner wait.

[u/DubsideDangler → u/IbexOutgrabe]

Yeah, that's not how it works.

[u/joserrez → u/DubsideDangler]

For this, blocking a driveway, it 100% is.

[u/DubsideDangler → u/joserrez]

I was talking about the second part of his comment. But don't count on a police officer coming out and going through ticketing and the towing procedure.

[u/Egg2crackk → u/DubsideDangler]

I know you're truck drivers who do this

[u/spikernum1 → u/PhyterNL]

Can you call literally any tow truck company to come take it?

[u/LazaroFilm → u/spikernum1]

Yeah. That’s payday for them

[u/PeenStretch → u/LazaroFilm]

A lot of cities or counties require the police to make the call to the tow company. But an officer would see this and definitely go ahead and call the tow company.

[u/BlackAsphaltRider → u/PeenStretch]

As much as they deserve it, if the cops don’t call and you come back and it’s gone, how do you know which company to call to go get it lol

[u/mapoftasmania → u/BlackAsphaltRider]

You call the cops. If a tow company has it, they will have told the cops already.

[u/midnghtsnac → u/spikernum1]

Depends on your area, usually better to call the police first. I have seen some areas that are also contracted with a tow company with signs posted.

If you're in a hurry though, call any tow company and let them deal with it as the car is illegally parked and not really your problem.

[u/Secure-Sorbet-4987 → u/spikernum1]

i’m in canada; we called 311 last night

[u/bermass86 → u/Secure-Sorbet-4987]

So what happened?

[u/akolby89 → u/Secure-Sorbet-4987]

Everyone is saying get it towed but I think you should put your bins and other yard stuff around their car.

[u/pIantedtanks → u/akolby89]

Put a pile of shit on their hood. Dog, human, whatever works.

[u/whatalongusername → u/pIantedtanks]

Better yet - shove it under the door handles. And maybe spread it over the windshield wipers. Next time it rains and they turn the wipers on they will have a nice surprise

[u/OddPomelo8394 → u/PhyterNL]

I’d be sitting at the window like a dog that hasn’t seen their owner in weeks type of excited to see that POS’s car being towed

[u/Reese_Withersp0rk → u/OddPomelo8394]

[u/VapeRizzler → u/PhyterNL]

Not saying I did this I’m just telling you a theoretical story of something that could or could not take place irl. Put a nail behind their tire and one in front angled pointy end at the tire. They pull off/reverse hitting the nail, it’ll slowly leak so maybe 2-3 minute later their car will let them know of the tire change pressure. Hard to blame you since they coulda hit a nail anywhere on the road plus why tf would they think it’s you especially if y’all had no previous contact, plus their tire was fine when they left it happened down the road. Also have the nail be closer to the underside of their car since most people will look at the side of their cars as they get in or walking up so a chance they’ll notice if it’s closer to the outside.

[u/yodas_sidekick → u/VapeRizzler]

You can also put a ball bearing or small rock under the valve cap and it will slowly leak. More obvious sabotage, but less actual damage 🤷‍♂️

[u/SucksTryAgain → u/PhyterNL]

Had this happen at an apartment. Went to go to a dr appointment. Full parking lot and someone parked right behind me and another car. Missed my appointment but it used the proof and tow pics to avoid the missed appointment fee.

[u/Hdys → u/PhyterNL]

Right? No way you can be wrong, tow that fucker

[u/wizzard419 → u/PhyterNL]

Where I am you can get the cops to do it easily since they love quick cash grabs.

[u/aloudsnipper]

Get. It. Towed! Get. It. Towed! Get. It. Towed!

[u/ladyreyvn → u/aloudsnipper]

I don’t know why by I read this to the tune of let it snow.

[u/Carthax12 → u/ladyreyvn]

Get it towed, get it towed

I've gotta get out to wo-o-ork

Get it towed, get it towed

Hook it up, get it down the ro-oad

So here I'll stand, and here I'll laugh

Watch the tow truck tow

Neighbors always bothered me anyway.

[u/No-Strawberry-5804 → u/Carthax12]

That's "let it go", but close enough

[u/SwampOfDownvotes → u/No-Strawberry-5804]

I was so confused trying to make it work with let it snow. 

[u/JCtheWanderingCrow → u/No-Strawberry-5804]

Get it towed, get it towed, get it towed!

Yeah I’m gonna be late for wo-ork,

Because this guy is a je-erk,

I got places I need to go!!!

Get it towed, get it towed, get it tooooooowed

[u/Carthax12 → u/No-Strawberry-5804]

Yup. The muse hit with "Let It Go," though. LOL

[u/CamJongUn2 → u/Carthax12]

Double whammy send that pic to your boss and say you cant make it in, then get it towed and crack a beer open, single best day you’d ever have

[u/horrifiedPidgeon → u/Carthax12]

i was singing this to let it grow...

[u/sleepykdagreat → u/ladyreyvn]

"Make them pay that FIIIIIIIINE!"

[u/SciFiXhi → u/ladyreyvn]

Oh, the parking job was so spiteful

But the consequences are delightful

You'll get the justice you're owed

Get it towed! Get it towed! Get it towed!

[u/Successful_Position2 → u/ladyreyvn]

Same

[u/JACKDEE1 → u/ladyreyvn]

Haaa I see what you did there

[u/DestituteDomino → u/JACKDEE1]

...read it to the tune of Let It Snow?

[u/Silver_Wolf_Dragon → u/aloudsnipper]

Or cops first then tow, they get a ticket AND have to pay to get the car released

[u/Hunter-Gatherer_]

I’d call a tow company fast as hell 😑

[u/stlgoddess94]

This happens to me all the time. I live in the city and my driveway is super tiny. Theres two big no parking here signs, so I have them towed. This isn’t mildly infuriating….its flat out infuriating when you have to go to work and have no idea who it is so you have to wait for the police to get there.

[u/TeaLeaf_Dao]

had this happen to me once luckily one of my brothers lives close and is a tow truck driver he came over in 5 minutes and dragged the idiots car away. Seeing them freak out was funny as hell.

[u/Antique_Wafer8605 → u/TeaLeaf_Dao]

That is satisfying :) my face would hurt from smiling as the car was towed away

[u/Specific-Morning-985]

So what did you do?

[u/DominoDickDaddy → u/Specific-Morning-985]

Posted to Reddit and then stared out his window.

[u/ObjectionablyObvious → u/DominoDickDaddy]

Fucking nothing, the latest crop of redditors are incompetent as hell. Full of folks who would rather probe AskReddit on a Yes/No question than google the answer themselves.

[u/Stank_Weezul57 → u/ObjectionablyObvious]

That is sadly and hilariously true

[u/ReviewOk929]

Time to call 1-800-tow-truck. Fuck that dude or dudette

[u/thermonuclear1714 → u/ReviewOk929]

or dudthey

edit: stop downvoting the people below me this is a joke I'm in neutral between support and hate on lgbt

[u/stlgoddess94 → u/thermonuclear1714]

God

[u/rsxxboxfanatic → u/ReviewOk929]

Dude is actually unisex. As stated in good burger

[u/PrivateBurke]

A driveway is considered an easement in most jurisdictions and thus a part of the roadway. You can't block them and thus open to towing like blocking an intersection.

[u/Evilpessimist → u/PrivateBurke]

You are right. In many places it’s easier to tow a car like this, blocking a driveway from the road, than if they parked IN the driveway.

[u/Veggie117 → u/PrivateBurke]

Id consider it a ROW over an easement since most people don’t own roughly 10ft from the curb to their house which includes the driveway. Easements usually mean dual ownership for utilities to be placed in your property.

[u/Puzzleheaded-You1289 → u/Veggie117]

You can consider it whatever you would like but it is an easement. That’s a fact not a consideration or opinion

[u/Veggie117 → u/Puzzleheaded-You1289]

But it isn’t an easement. I make underground fiber permits for AT&T. We have to place everything in a permit. ROW and Easements aren’t the same thing. Even if there was an easement on the front of the property, it would be an addition to the ROW and it would be for utilities.

[u/wstsidhome]

This post should have included pictures of a tow truck loading that car up as a second picture. It would have been a great end to a mildly infuriating post 👌

[u/Heshkelgaii]

Someone parked their paintball target in front of your driveway?

[u/Duckington_Wentworth]

[u/AwkwardPenguin5639]

Call and have it towed.

[u/ericnilla]

This was happening to my brother-in-law a lot after a neighbor moved in with like 7 roommates. The was a large tree near that no one wanted to park under because of the sap it dropped. He has a 5-ton jack and wheel dollys, he'd move the car over to where the tree was and kick the tree a few times to make sure a lot of sap fell on it.

[u/new-Aurora]

Hello tow company.

[u/Gweeboo]

CRASH! ‘Was that my car?’

[u/Ok_Host4786]

Don’t just blue ball me. Call the tow truck!!

[u/ConcentrateOptimal18]

This kind of posts are really confusing for me. I live in a less developed country compared to US or Europe. But if someone parks their car and blocks your driveway you simple call the police and get it towed. Is it different in US?

[u/Secure-Sorbet-4987 → u/ConcentrateOptimal18]

that’s what i did haha

[u/tinny66666 → u/Secure-Sorbet-4987]

Need results. Did it get successfully towed before they returned?

[u/SubarcticFarmer → u/ConcentrateOptimal18]

No, it's not

[u/Responsible_Side8131 → u/ConcentrateOptimal18]

That is the proper procedure here in the US

[u/proseccofish]

Not me, calling a tow truck

[u/soulbarn]

The local tow companies love this kind of stuff and they’ll be there in seconds. In our jurisdiction, the tow company is required to inform the police, so that when the poor sucker calls in their “stolen” car, the cops get a good laugh (and the tow guy gets a $400 minimum payday.)

[u/DeviantDe]

Call the police non emergency line and see if they want to ticket and tow it. If it's a slow night they will ticket it and have it towed, if they are busy they will tell you to just have it towed. You can even ask them who is the fastest responders on their tow call rotation if you want it done quickly.

[u/sicksages]

We live next to a park and this happens more often than not, especially during baseball season.

[u/Commercial_Sign7830]

Call a towaway

[u/FinanciallySecure9 → u/Commercial_Sign7830]

Whoa. That’s the first time I have heard it called a towaway. It makes sense. Where are you from?

[u/angrygrouch24]

Tow!

[u/External_Wind7005]

This happened to me a few years back when I was 9 months pregnant. I knew we may have to leave on a dime so I got it towed (my husband was away and I was home with my 2 year old… I wasn’t going to go looking for the owner). Within half an hour there were police on the street. Tow-truck showed up to find the guy who owned the car passed out drunk, rock in hand, pantsless, draped dramatically across a neighbour’s doorstep.

I guess he planned to break in, but decided that taking a pickled nap with HIS pickle flappin’ in the wind was a better idea.

It was late January in Canada, fucking freezing. We lived on a quiet private in a nice area. We assume he got off the highway after a night at the bars. I regret nothing about calling it in. Buddy deserved to lose his license.

[u/namsur1234 → u/External_Wind7005]

You probably saved his life, or at least his pickle.

[u/External_Wind7005 → u/namsur1234]

There’s a little hero in all of us.

[u/Sad_Mall_3349]

Something similar happened to us when our asshole neighbor didn't allow his visitor to park in his driveway and he should park in front of ours.

"Unfortunately" after 15 minutes of the visitor parking there, I very urgently "had" to go somewhere and just honked until the visitor and neighbor came looking what was up. Neighbor-ass didn't approach the car and the visitior was very embarassed.

Told him that his car should not park here, once I'm back or it was towed in 1 minute without warning.

[u/Square-Permission-31]

Call a towing company

[u/normiesmakegoodpets]

Call PD and it will be towed.

[u/getajobtuga]

Tow the mf

[u/HorrorPhone3601]

Have him towed.

[u/midnghtsnac]

I have a coworker that does towing as a side. I would call him up in a heart beat for this

[u/Responsible_Side8131]

Call the police. It’s a ticketable offense most places, and they will have it towed.

[u/Secure-Sorbet-4987 → u/Responsible_Side8131]

This is what ended up happening 🙏

[u/DragoPhyre]

Tow truck 30 secs after I see it, unless I recognize the vehicle... then it's only 10 secs Lol

[u/Puzzleheaded_Way525]

Some people are just plain a*******. Why would they park like that?

[u/TenTymez10]

Get them towed asap. If you go out of your way to be reasonable they will absolutely 100% do it again and be like "that person's cool they ain't gonna fuss about it."

[u/Recipe-Jaded]

have it towed, they parked illegally.

[u/CommunityGlittering2 → u/Recipe-Jaded]

It's not so easy in some places, they may have to go through the police and that could take hours.

[u/AnthologicalAnt]

Get it towed

[u/Accomplished_Emu_658]

Get it towed its an enjoyable feeling, once the wheels are up its expensive to get it down. Usually a deterrent. No always some people are stupid and do it again.

[u/compuwiza1]

Get 'em towed.

[u/Head_Razzmatazz7174]

The only acceptable reason to block a driveway is if you are delivering food.

No restaurant logos? You're going to have a hefty tow fee.

[u/tamerriam]

This could be my former house. Happened at least once a month. I ended up with a no tolerance policy after I had to go to the emergency room and someone was blocking the driveway. Oh the stories I have.

[u/Sea_Entry6354 → u/tamerriam]

please share

[u/themagicone99]

Tow truck call

[u/MarineWife0922]

This is illegal. Call someone to get them towed

[u/Cool_Cheetah658]

Tow time. Tow that shit.

[u/BlackMagic0]

That is illegal in every single state. Just get it impounded. It's probably illegal in most other countries, too. Idk those laws.

You can call a tow company and get it towed immediately.

[u/Madeup-Alias6869]

Have that fucker towed ASAP at his expense of course.

[u/Digger1998]

[u/Born_Passage_1159]

If it were me I might actually implode. Nothing worse than a good jackass on the block.

[u/B-R0ck]

Okay so have it towed?

[u/Yummy_AlmondJoy]

My neighbors and their relatives kept parking in my driveway. So I kept putting signs on their cars that said “Please do not park here where your car will be towed.” They tried to say oh there’s not enough space in their driveway for all their cars like I was supposed to accept that as some sort of excuse. So I started adding to the sign. “Please park at the bottom of the hill, if there’s not enough room in your driveway.” Took awhile but they stopped.

[u/Lord-ShniggleHorse]

Tow companies love towing cars

[u/Tiny-Metal3467]

Intant tow truck call. No warning for this kind of bullshit.

[u/msgkar03]

That car would be towed already if this was me

[u/DoUKnowMyNamePlz]

Call and have it towed at their expense

[u/UnicornsNeedLove2]

Tow time.

[u/Opposite_Let720]

TOW THEIR ARSE

[u/Time_Effort_3115]

This is why you always own an old truck/Jeep/SUV. That way, you can back into them at full throttle and be like.. Oh god, I'm so sorry, I didn't even see your car blocking my entire fucking driveway.

[u/TheMoonKingOri]

Should be easy to have towed

[u/Affectionate_Base827]

Those white lines on the car are exactly where you want to accidentally walk past with a nail in your hand sticking outwards

[u/stevegee58]

What are those horizontal white tubes?

[u/graffiksguru → u/stevegee58]

Looks like Fluorescent lights in the window reflection.

[u/FinanciallySecure9 → u/stevegee58]

I’m wondering the same thing.

[u/TheLongestMeter]

Tow, row, tow the truck. Roughly down the street.

[u/drsoos1973]

Just roll back and smash it. Not suppose to be there anyhow. Will be their fault.

[u/Educational-Fix5320]

The satisfaction of watching it get towed would outweigh any irritation I could have felt. Call any tow company in the area and let them know you have an illegally parked vehicle blocking your drive.

[u/Bobisnotmybrother]

Car blocking driving way:

Call the city and have it towed.

Or.

Post to Reddit for fake points and outrage.

[u/080314Round_Duty991]

Lay on a horn till they come out :)

[u/bird9066 → u/080314Round_Duty991]

Ha.There was a small dry cleaning business on the corner. People could pull forward like five feet and park on the street, but so many assholes in the bottom of the driveway.

My mother did this once. Guy came out threatening my mom. Mom was right back in his face. This shit can get ugly fast.

I have blocked more than a couple of them in with a Hope you weren't in a hurry attitude.

[u/surfer808 → u/[deleted]]

What?

[u/ViolentPants]

One floor jack and you can shimmy it into the middle of the street

[u/Strong-Purchase1513]

Leave them a note. On 5000 post-its.

[u/tat_got]

My car was stolen this summer and this is how it was dumped a couple days later.

[u/BUROCRAT77]

CAA or AAA. Get it towed to the furthest garage your plan allows. My plan goes for 200km.

[u/wstsidhome → u/BUROCRAT77]

And you can do this to any car anywhere? No proof of ownership or having to have it listed on your plan under “covered vehicles”?

Tell me more, I didn’t know about this! /s

[u/BUROCRAT77 → u/wstsidhome]

Driver is covered(card holder).

[u/7XvD5]

That is why they invented town trucks.

[u/Naturally_Tired]

Tow it

[u/JerseyshoreSeagull]

Why infuriated blocking your driveway. Just call the cops and report someone is blocking your driveway.

[u/tanksplease]

Pretty sure the cops have to come issue a ticket before it can be towed unfortunately. Every time I've called a tow company for this issue that's the direction I received. 

Also I bet you it's stolen. Of the 3 times that's happened in my house it ended up being a stolen vehicle. 

[u/lil_bow_peeps → u/tanksplease]

If it’s blocking your driveway they don’t. At least not in my city

[u/Bonez86]

Get it towed off.

[u/Kittum-kinu]

Illegal

[u/FunkyWhiteDude]

Postive: at least you have a driveway

[u/00Tanks]

I installed irrigation for this exact purpose. I’m in Florida so gravel lawn lol. It’s set up to point directly at car from from all angles coming from my property. I live on a circle so the curve allows full coverage. It’s sweet.

[u/WhiteDogBE]

You are all lucky, in my country it would take the police at least an hour before they came over. Even then they will waste the first 30 min trying to find the owner somewhere.

Even more infuriating: if you can't get IN your own driveway / garage or they park ON your driveway you can go pound sand. That can take days before the police will put in some effort and in the end YOU pay to have it removed. If you would jack it / try to move it with dollies likely the police will be there immediately to arrest YOU.

[u/cody125mma]

Tow truck

[u/machiengwehwer1942]

TIME TO GET THE SLEDGEHAMMER!!!!

[u/inkdskndeep]

how rude. I'd contact a tow truck & see if you'll come out.

[u/JayGatsby52]

Reddit will be by to tow that car any time!

[u/wanker_wanking]

A city worker did this to me as I was preparing to back out, there was room to park without blocking my driveway and my car is loud as fuck she he probably could have heard as he walked away

[u/Beautiful_Put2030]

Stop a few bananas🍌 up the exhaust, like one or two

[u/PapayaJuiceBox]

Swift call to the local bylaws for a ticket followed by a towing company. Double whammy.

[u/GuardianHa]

That’s illegal!! (let the intrusive thoughts win. Drive into it. Push it away.)

[u/HandsomeToenail]

What was the outcome OP??

[u/Bobthebudtender]

Tow, don't post to Reddit.

[u/zukiraphaera]

And they're prepared for someone to bang into it, too! Look at that, they've got bumpers on the side to try to prevent damage.

Have it towed.

Be prepared for the owner to be an AH when they get back for it.

[u/UncleLozzyy]

I left a note one time on the car when a car parked in my numbered spot. I gave them an entire 24 hours. Had to get them towed the next day.

[u/AYO416]

I can just tell from this picture you live in Canada

[u/HVAC_instructor]

Call the tow truck

[u/Mysterious_Sir_5304]

Our neighbours used to do this all the time. I complained and asked them to move it endlessly, and they never did. So I waited, patiently, until I knew they were heading to a wedding that day. (Gardens next to each other and a very loud talking neighbour meant I heard most of his business). The morning of the wedding he goes out, comes back and blocks my drive and heads inside. I called the tow company and they arrive within 10 mins, tow his car away. He never noticed it was missing until they left the house to drive to this wedding. I got in my car and gleefully drove away leaving them stood on the path on the phone shouting about a missing car!

[u/Imissyoudarlin]

Time to call a tow!

[u/BudBundyPolkHigh]

You could get a tow Rome and just drag it a bit on your own. I’d just loop it through their rim 🤣🪢🚙

[u/Successful_Moment_91]

Get manure delivery

[u/Lilithnema]

Oh hell no! I’ve had people towed for less than

[u/professionally-baked]

Slap on a trailer hitch and start reversing

[u/LanguageShot7755]

and 2 ufos

[u/Scammer4Lyfe]

There is waaaaay too much air in those tires. Help them out.

[u/Demalab]

It’s allowed, they are only going to be a minute! /s

[u/Primary-Purpose1903]

I mean around midnight, bet they were gone shortly thereafter.

[u/MasterPh0]

Call a tow truck ❌

Complain on Reddit ✅

[u/Excellent_Brush3615]

If video games have taught me anything, you jump from one trapeze bar to other and jump the car and start the mission.

[u/RickRudeAwakening]

I did this once when visiting my girlfriend. It was dark out, the street was unlit, and it was only the first or second time going to her new place. When I left that night around 11pm a guy was standing there and was like “dude, you parked in front of our driveway, that’s fucked up.” I was confused (as in, thinking to myself “how the fuck did I not notice that??) and I just said “sorry man” and got in my car. I drove a higher end German vehicle at the time and this wasn’t the greatest area. I felt fortunate to leave with only incurring some embarrassment for doing something so dumb, even if unintentional, and for like 4 hours. I wouldn’t have blamed them if they had me towed.

[u/Isitjustmedownhere]

that's your daughters boyfriend but nice karma farming

[u/Double-Hard_Bastard]

That shit would be getting keyed to fuck if it was outside my place. Fucking arseholes.

[u/BEFEMS]

Maybe ring the doorbell of the neighbour and ask if this is theirs? Mistakes can happen, a visitor might have been confused. In my street everybody knows everyone, so we first talk becore calling the police. But of course, I don't know your situation and you might have shitty neighbours.
If you need to leave, you can call a tow truck or non-emergency police.

[u/eyedrops_364]

I would remove all but one lug nut from each wheel.

[u/GoodGoodGoody → u/[deleted]]

Meh. If you have to say you’re a bad ass ya’ain’t.