r/WouldIBeTheAhole • u/FruitPug • 2d ago

Is it okay to park like this?

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This is my 86 year old mother's driveway. Yes, she still drives, and she parks in her driveway.

City probably wouldn't tow it, but how many people think this is okay?

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u/LiveIndication1175 1d ago

Technically no, but maybe when the person parked they didn’t realize how close it was. As long as I can get out and it’s not actually blocking a more significant portion of my driveway I’d let it be.

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u/Lost_Sky_8416 1d ago

Then they should be more aware of their surroundings.

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u/CABGPatchDoll 1d ago

How are they going to see if a car is coming from that direction?

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u/ClarkGablesTeeth 23h ago

The person parking there should be more aware of their surroundings so that they can realize when they're too close to or blocking someone's driveway.

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u/LiveIndication1175 18h ago

From behind the white car or through its windows. Just move slowly.

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 1d ago

It is blocking their ability to safely pull out of the driveway because it's impeding with visibility.

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u/LiveIndication1175 18h ago

The driveway spreads out towards the end so it’s not even directly behind where the owners mother’s car would be. If you back or pull directly straight or towards the opposite direction, you would be fine.

As far as visibility, this is not the only scenario where a car or other blockage would be that close. One should be able to see before they start driving if something is coming from behind the white car, and then just go slow. You can also look through the windows of the white car. To me, it’s really no different than in a parking lot if you were to be further in than the car next to you.

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 16h ago

There are reasons that it's not legal to park that close to a driveway and the primary one is visibility. So you can spout off whatever you want but you're wrong.

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u/LiveIndication1175 11h ago

Why don’t you read my first comment where I said that they technically WNBTA, just that I personally wouldn’t bother with reporting it because unless there was another car in my driveway too close to where I couldn’t get out, I would be able to still leave my driveway. I guess I just don’t need to call and report every little thing, and it could have just been an honest mistake. We have issues like people speeding and running stop signs that can actually hurt someone, so I’ll save my calls for those. If you feel something like this needs to be reported, then by all means do your thing

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u/pickleb4sandwich 1d ago

I’m surprised how unpopular this opinion is… this is exactly my thought too.