Parking contraventions are unfortunately on the rise, especially in cities, despite car ownership actually dropping in the past two years.
This will be no surprise to local residents and business owners who are becoming so frustrated at reckless drivers parking their vehicles on their property or in a non-permissible way, that they have started leaving warning notes on badly-parked cars and vans.
However, frustrated drivers and concerned citizens may actually find themselves in hot water for leaving the note, depending on the content, and it may be best to seek alternative methods of communicating with the driver.
Put yourself in their shoes
Your approach to a reckless parker will of course depend on the circumstances. But it may be helpful to be open-minded about why someone would be parking there, and the level of inconvenience to you, before you go all guns-blazing and draft a furious note.
For example, delivery drivers who use car leasing Bristol from a provider such as www.autolyne.co.uk/car-leasing-near-me/bristol to do their daily deliveries will only be parking momentarily while they quickly hand a package to a local resident. If they are parking across your drive and you need to get out, this is not great behaviour, but only a momentary inconvenience. You could contact the leasing company, or the delivery company if you know who they work for, or try and nip out to catch them in person. But you should remain calm and polite at all times.
To leave a note or not?
Leaving a note on a car may be seen as an escalation to a parking dispute, and perhaps a passive-aggressive way of communicating frustration rather than addressing the issue directly. There are risks to doing so, especially if your note is sharply worded or aggressive, as this may be seen as threatening, and thus a criminal offence. If you touch the car and accidentally damage it, you could land yourself in a lot of trouble, so think very carefully about whether leaving the note is likely to lead to what you want.