I am so frustrated at this point. A new neighbor moved in and immediately began parking across part of our driveway. This was several months ago. I left a nice note on her windshield with a smiley face and everything. Saw her a bit later and she apologized. Next thing we know, her mother (which we didn't know it was her mother) totally blocked the driveway. We left another nice note and got a written response through the door next morning. Their response? Her son was ill and we should have come and asked them to move. It let up for awhile but every day now she has been squeezing her car in and going over by at least a foot into our drive. Ostensibly, we could maneuver around her to get out but it's a busy road and hard enough to get out safely at times. Plus, if someone parks right at the edge (perfectly fine and legal) on the other side then we have NO room for error if we can even manage to squeeze out.
I just confronted her in person as she was getting out of her car, parked a good 18 inches over the line. She said would I stand there and watch her back up? There was maybe 6 inches of room between her and the car behind her!! I told her that wasn't sufficient and please stop blocking our drive and then she said it's so hard because "i'm on my own with my little boy". OH PUHLEEZE! Like she can't walk a few feet down the road? And then she said you can always come and get me if you have to go somewhere!!! I just said that's not exactly convenient and I'll let it go tonight but from now on she had to stop or I'll phone the police. I hated to use that threat as I would really prefer to resolve this amicably but nothing on earth seems to be making an impression.
Am I overreacting? I have tried so hard to be nice. Probably too nice, apparently.