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Random folks blocking people’s driveways is an age-old story, unfortunately, people never learn from it
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This creates problems for her autistic kid to travel from the car to the house if the poster parks it somewhere else
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She has told the woman many times to stop it, but she has never listened, so the poster went online seeking advice
Today, we dive into the age-old conflict of folks blocking someone else’s driveway as the same thing has been happening to OP. She lives on the same street as a school and a random woman always blocks herdrivewaywith her car and simply ignores her when told to stop.
Now, the problem is that she is often parked there whenever OP returns from picking up her autistic kid, and for the poster to park somewhere else and then walk to the house is quite difficult. She even mentions that if not for thekid, she wouldn’t really mind it, but since the child has severe additional needs, it really must be challenging for her.
Frustrated with her situation, she vented online and asked people whether noting down the number plate and complaining to theschoolwould be helpful or if there’s anything else that she could do. As always, people came to her rescue and suggested quite a few things.
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One person commented that the poster should look at theHighway Code, which clearly instructs, “DO NOTstop or park: in front of an entrance to a property”. Folks joked around that she should make a big printout of this and stick it to the lady’s windshield.
Others jested that she could hold a large cardboard poster with the vehicle number, stand in front of the school, and call out the lady loudly and publicly. Someone even suggested that when she comes back from picking up her son, she could go near the woman with her car and keep honking until she moves. However, many flagged down this idea as it might disturb her neighbors.
Quite a few netizens advised that she shouldapply for a blue badgefrom the council as it states that a person can do so if they care for a child who’s disabled or has a health condition that affects their mobility. People suggested that she could post it in her driveway and see if that would somehow affect the entitled woman’s attitude.
So many genius solutions, aren’t they? Netizens never disappoint when someone comes asking for advice! OP mentioned in a comment that her husband has some time off coming up and she could ask him to take a serious look into the matter.
Netizens came up with quite a few genius solutions for the poster and even shared a few jokes about the situation
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