Someone is parked blocking my driveway, what can I do?
Posted Jul 25, 2023, 4:37 PM UTC
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I would crawl under it and hope my pony tail doesn’t get caught.
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shrieks
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Don’t call 311 in this case, call the non-emergency line for Somerville PD. 311 will just tell you call them anyway.
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Incredibly unnerving to see my apartment show up in a photo on reddit.
So how'd this thing resolve?
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I mean no one would know it's your apartment if you didn't say that lol
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Call the police non-emergency line.
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It looks like a city of Cambridge parking enforcement vehicle. Call their office and report the vehicle number. They can probably get ahold of the driver.
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Better yet, you should call the Somerville parking enforcement and see if they’ll give this guy a parking ticket lol.
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This is the way
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Hell yeah this is the way. Inter-camberville warfare
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This sounds like a lost episode of Parks and Rec
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Obvious answer here. They'll know who is assigned to this vehicle and radio them.
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Who watches the watchmen?
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Who meters the meter maids?
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Ironic
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I'd pay to see the slap fight between a Somerville parking person trying to give a ticket and the Cambridge parking person trying to get away.
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Ironic
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I’ve called 311 in similar situations and they gave me the choice of ticketing or towing the car.
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Definitely submit it to 311 so it is logged with the picture of the number/plates/Cambridge decals.
For immediate relief, would look around for the parking enforcement person. Definitely can't be too far.
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Ticket and tow.
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Let the air out of the tires?
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Hey, I think Iived in the same building a few years ago. If that's a Cambridge Parking enforcement vehicle it's probably the guy next door in 16. The owner at least when I lived there worked for Cambridge Parking.
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How ironic. I hope parking enforcement gives him a ticket.
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Coincidence, not Irony.
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nah nah that’s ironic my guy
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Might want to look up the definition on that one.
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Deflate their tires, have your dog pee on it, and call a tow company
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Call 311
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Tow their ass
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How does towing work? Do i just call a towing company and ask them to remove that car?
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If on private property you would call a tow company yourself. If the vehicle is parked “publicly” I.E on the street and it’s blocking your driveway then call the non-emergency SPD # and an officer would tow it/ticket it.
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Call 311
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So what happened?!
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Call a tow truck to move it.
Usually the police have to get involved and then they call the tow. Tow truck won't tow from street without 'em. Know this because every year I have to have at least one car towed from across my dw, because people are apparently bigger idiots than you would think.