A WOMAN has been left stunned after her neighbour left a fake “court action” note on her car for parking in the street.
The stunned Glasgow resident only discovered the rude message when she headed out for the day.
Handwritten on a lined piece of card, the note read: “PRIVATE. Residents parking only.
“Civil proeedings notices apply.
“To avoid court action, please remove and park elsewhere.”
It was simply signed off as “residents association”.
But the woman was baffled by the note as she is, indeed, a resident – and pointed out there are no parking restrictions on the street.
Taking to Facebook, she asked: “Anyone had this put on their car before?
“I actually am a resident and live at the end of [the] road and this was placed on my car where I had parked late last night.”
And locals immediately jumped to her defence, insisting she had done nothing wrong.
One said: “Just someone who had to park a bit further down the street, threatening court proceedings!!! What a pathetic little person.”
A second person wrote: “Does such an association exist or is it just someone trying to intimidate from parking in their favourite spot?
“The lack of any proper contact details makes me suspect the latter. I could be wrong, wouldn’t be the first time.”
A third chimed in: “They didn’t even attempt to make it look official.”
“Not worth the card the note is wrote on”, joked a fourth.
A fifth fumed: “I bet this ‘Residents Association’ is one KAREN neighbour who nobody likes.”
Meanwhile, a sixth added: “How do people have time to do that? Just bin it. If you were parked illegally you wouldn’t get a warning, you’d just be ticketed and fined.”
In the UK you don’t have an automatic right to park directly outside your home or to prevent others from doing so.
The only exceptions are if parking in a street is prohibited, or a space is reserved by the local council for a particular resident. For example, a blue badge holder might have a designated parking space.
It is also illegal to park on the pavement, double yellow lines or along a dropped kerb.
