A woman has branded her neighbours 'pathetic' and 'sad' for devising a two-car system to keep hold of the roadside parking space outside their home14:46, 20 May 2026Securing a roadside parking spot outside your home can be an absolute nightmare at the best of times. There are approximately 42.4 million licensed vehicles on British roads, 34.5 million of which are cars. With only 29 million households, that's over 5 million more cars than there are homes to park them outside of. And that's before you've even considered other vehicles, such as vans and campervans, that people may also wish to park at their property.‌If you're lucky enough to have a driveway, parking is generally straightforward - provided nobody has inconsiderately blocked your entrance. For those without one, however, the only option is to hunt down a space on the road. Roadside parking is largely a free-for-all, and while it's always preferable to park outside your own home, it's far from guaranteed. You don't own the road outside your property, and anyone is perfectly entitled to pull up there if the space is available.‌Yet one resident is furious at the selfish arrangement her neighbours have put in place to secure the space outside their home — despite having a driveway large enough for two cars.‌Tasha Bonner posted a video on TikTok exposing the parking tactic, which she labelled "pathetic" and "sad". Rather than making use of their sizeable driveway, the family have come up with a cunning scheme to ensure no outsiders can ever park outside their house.The neighbours park one of their cars on the roadside, and should that car need to leave, they simply move their second vehicle into the vacated spot, keeping their driveway free while permanently reserving the space outside their home.The woman, from Kent, laid out the situation across two videos - the first capturing the parking manoeuvre in action as one car departs and the second immediately swoops in to claim the space.‌She wrote on the clip: "When your neighbours won't allow anyone to park in this space. The brown car [is] about to pounce."Tasha went on to explain that the two vehicles — belonging to a "father and son duo" — operate like a "double act", ensuring the space is perpetually occupied so nobody else can use it, even if it means leaving their own driveway completely empty.In the caption, she used a string of hashtags including "sad neighbours", "pathetic humans", "pathetic neighbours", "bad neighbours", and "parking drama".‌Despite Tasha's frustration at her space-hogging neighbours, her video sparked a divided response from viewers.One person said: "My boyfriend's neighbour does exactly the same! We have four cars coming and going, they have two and stay at home all day ... it's so selfish and pathetic!"Another said: "Someone by me does this and it's incredibly funny to take the spot just because [I can]. I deliver shopping and even took the spot when delivering to someone on my road and she blocked the work van in expecting something to happen."‌But another person countered: "I don't get what the issue is. If someone is outside my house, I will move my car when they leave. I like to be able to see my car."Is it legal to reserve the roadside parking space outside your house?In the UK, there's no legislation stating that a homeowner has any right to park outside their own property. Provided the motorist isn't breaching any Highway Code regulations, they're entitled to park wherever they choose — including on the street outside your home.It's also against the law to reserve or "save" a public parking bay outside your property using items such as traffic cones, wheelie bins, and other obstructions. Under section 137 of the Highways Act 1980, obstructing the highway without authorisation from the local highway authority constitutes an offence, and this encompasses blocking roadside parking bays.Article continues belowIf you have a driveway or a dropped kerb, then different rules apply, as it's illegal for another motorist to obstruct your driveway or park across a lowered kerb. In such circumstances, you can ring 101 to report the matter to police, but you mustn't attempt to shift the vehicle yourself or arrange for it to be towed, as this could result in legal proceedings against you.Regarding Tasha's neighbours, moving your car into an available parking space isn't a criminal offence, so while your neighbours might consider you "pathetic", you're perfectly entitled to do so if you choose.