As long as your car is parked then it's his fault.
Jon
""Chuong Nguyen"" <dester223@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F170AFeURtvElzXqHof0001564c@hotmail.com...
> Okay, our house has a lot of cars that goes in and out. My (new) neighbor
> is a pretty bad prick.
>
> anywho. We live on a cul-de-sac and we have 4 cars at our house. 1
garage
> bay is full of home improvement left overs that has yet to be cleared and
my
> parents crappy mini-van leaks oil like a @#$##.
>
> anywho. it's a 2 "lane" driveway, and my dakota and my little winter
beater
> takes up the left side. The right side of the drive way is reserved for
my
> parents to park inside so oil doesnt' get tracked (any worse) onto the
> driveway. and my sister usually parks behind the dakota extended into the
> cul-de-sac. but DIRECTLY behind the dakota...
> I have to leave for work at 6:30 in the morning and it's hard enough to
> reposition cars as it is and get to work on time.
>
>
> anywho. since it's a cul-de-sac, there's no extra room on the "side of
the
> road" to parallel park, so we park directly behind our driveway.
>
> SO... here's where newbie neighbor comes in. he comes over and tells me
> that this is illegal and that he wants an immediate resolution to the
> problem, blah blah. then he goes and says that "Since you are illegally
> parking your cars, if my wife backs out and hits you. it's YOUR fault" and
> this is when the cars are directly behind OUR driveway. not 2 or more
cars,
> just 1 friggin car sticking out of the driveway.
>
> I wasn't trying to be a prick to the guy, but i had 3 hours of sleep the
> previous night and my girlfriend and I weren't on the best of terms, so I
> ignore his comment. So. in front of his 4 or 5 year old daughter, he
comes
> over acting all hard wanting to fight me. and I politely ask him to not
act
> childish and use vulgar language in front of his kid, and that if he wants
> to resolve it, to please send his child inside..
>
> but he doesn't and throws a fit.
>
> anyways, the rest is itty bitty details. but what do you guys say? A guy
> backs you and hits your car and it's your fault when it's your vehilce
> parked behind YOUR driveway in a cul-de-sac
>
> I can probably make a quick drawing in paint to help further illustrate
the
> matter. Can anyone please help me? Can I do something legally against
the
> guy? or will the city police laugh at me and tell me I'm wrong? I mean,
> if i'm wrong, then I'm wrong. I just hate it when you have people that
can
> use the excuse of "oh, my wife is a bad driver, and she'll hit your car
one
> day" (and in the back of your mind you think, and you guys have kids?
What
> if oyu back over THEM??""
>
> how friggin hard is it to turn around and look AS A DRIVER!!! so you
don't
> back into other things/people/property ????
>
> am I being a rude neighbor and is he being a rude neighbor?
> -Chuong
>
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