No Parking or Turning

As a kid I used to wonder
about those little signs,
'No parking or turning!'
some people had in their driveways.

I could understand the no parking,
but what harm was there if,
frustrated by a narrow lane,
someone briefly nosed in
to turn around.

Today, stood at the kitchen window,
I saw someone back into my space,
just to turn their car around,
and heard myself say out loud
"Piss off."

I guess it comes with age ;-)

Gyppo

Partly.  But also, not everyone is a very good driver, particularly in reverse.  Many a gatepost and indeed bird bath has been demolished by someone "briefly nosing in to turn around".  The public road is exactly that: it's owned by all of us.  People want to turn, they can find a side road and use that.

I must admit I did briefly think they were coming through my kitchen window.  they were right up to my flowerbed under the window,  It was a double horsebox hooked to a Range Rover, which is a fair bit of length  ;-)

We live at a T in the road. If you don't stop at the stop sign on Law Blvd, you are in our driveway. People like to make a U-turn there for some reason. Some going back up or down Ayscough or some getting back to Law. I would prefer they pull into the driveway and make a three point turn than run up into the yard as they sweep around. We've had to replace the mailbox because of nonsense.

Quote from: Gyppo on August 12, 2026, 10:08:51 PMIt was a double horsebox hooked to a Range Rover, which is a fair bit of length  ;-)

That's just stupid!  I've seen a lot of people reversing horseboxes.  Very few of them are even ball-park accurate.  I think you're lucky to still have a kitchen!