So , to start with, we are THAT family.

You know, the one with all the trucks, boats , campers, and assorted broken down things being worked on in the yard. We are not in a neighborhood association. I have 3 generations living at my house for a total of 8 people. We have a total of 6 vehicles. We have just enough room to keep them on pavement. Lately , we had a broke down truck and car sitting on the road out front.

Enter the Karen. I call her the queen of the neighborhood. I can see her house from mine. We have had mostly good interactions through the years until the vehicle issues. She starts calling and texting me, wanting to know about when we are going to do something about the vehicles. I politely told her we’d take care of it asap, and we did. Got the truck up on the driveway, and had the car towed to the junkyard. ( a whole other story is how the car was wrecked ). So I think it’s over.

Today , a relative parked his suv on the side of the road with 1 foot hanging off in the road and gets a ticket !! No warning , I’m pretty sure she called the police, because it’s the first ticket I’ve ever heard of on a street like ours. It wasn’t blocking traffic, and has a tag and runs fine.

I’m speaking to a lawyer about it tomorrow.

What would yall do? I’m considering asking her if she had anything to do with it.

Sorry for the long story, but people need to mind their own business !!😡

Pay the ticket and move on.

I second the paying the ticket and moving forward. Not worth engaging. People like that want the drama.

My relative has no extra money to pay the ticket. Now this.

I checked, and it’s not against the law to park like that as long as your car runs, moves every 24 hours at least, and it must have a tag.

Maybe the lawyer will be able to help. He’s a friend.

Pay it and move forward. If you had a cordial relationship with her in the past, try to move back toward that. Invite her over for some iced tea and have a cordial chat, ask her if the vehicles really bother her that much and ask her to text you beforehand and you'll resolve it.

If your family member was wrongfully cited, they should try and get it dismissed. If they can’t, it is probably good advice to just pay it and go on with your life. Life is too short.

A lawyer is going to cost a lot more than the ticket. If a law wasn’t actually broken, fight the ticket in court. You shouldn’t need a lawyer to do that.

8 hours ago, Junger said:

Pay it and move forward. If you had a cordial relationship with her in the past, try to move back toward that. Invite her over for some iced tea and have a cordial chat, ask her if the vehicles really bother her that much and ask her to text you beforehand and you'll resolve it.

That’s essentially what I’ve done already. I just think she called the cops about it . Someone did.

What’s wrong is that another neighbor parks her car on the road and nobody bothers her about it.

35 minutes ago, Scott F said:

A lawyer is going to cost a lot more than the ticket. If a law wasn’t actually broken, fight the ticket in court. You shouldn’t need a lawyer to do that.

I can get sdvice from the lawyer for free- he helped me once before with a speeding ticket .

1 hour ago, Happybeerbuzz said:

If your family member was wrongfully cited, they should try and get it dismissed. If they can’t, it is probably good advice to just pay it and go on with your life. Life is too short.

I agree.

Y’all have talked me off the ledge about the karen.

I just mind my own business and expect others to do the same. When they don’t, it is really annoying.

Have you checked Nextdoor app? It’s amazing what people will post to a neighborhood based social media app.

Well I'd probably pay the ticket rather than try to fight it, as that could cost more - then I would look to move to another town so I'm not paying that same police department a dollar since they want to play that way apparently.

17 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

My relative has no extra money to pay the ticket. Now this.

I checked, and it’s not against the law to park like that as long as your car runs, moves every 24 hours at least, and it must have a tag.

Maybe the lawyer will be able to help. He’s a friend.

If you feel strongly about and think it was the police responding to a complaint from you neighbor. Go in front of the traffic court judge without a lawyer. Explain the situation, provide photographs of how the vehicle was parked, show proof it had up to date registration and was a running automobile. The police officer that wrote the ticket has to be there too. Ask what law was broken and how many times has it been enforced in your neighborhood. If you lose you lose, pay the ticket and court costs and go on with life. At least you got your two cents in.

I beat a parking ticket years ago doing this. I was young and in my early 20's. I had been parking alongside the road at a local swimming hole for several years. It was a very popular place especially in the summer time. This time I went there was new no parking signs posted and all the signs were parallel to the road and the last sign was perpendicular. I parked after the perpendicular one thinking it was the end of the no parking zone. I went swimming and came back and my motorcycle had been towed.

I got the ticket and got my bike back from the impound yard. I went to court several months later on my court date. Waited until my case was called and the police officer showed a picture of my motorcycle in front of the sign and I said it was mine and yes it was parked there on that date and time. They looked at me like I was stupidly admitting my guilt. I asked the judge when the ordinance was passed or changed for parking along river road and stated that the signage was brand new and the parallel/perpendicular signage theory.

The judge asked the police officer when the no parking law was passed and how recently the signs had been installed (it was a few weeks before). The law cited was 10-15 years prior to my ticket. Judge banged his gavel and said case dismissed.

The point being if you can show you were singled out and prejudically ticketed maybe you can get a judge to agree and dismiss it. At least your got your two cents in.

FM

18 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

So , to start with, we are THAT family.

You know, the one with all the trucks, boats , campers, and assorted broken down things being worked on in the yard. We are not in a neighborhood association. I have 3 generations living at my house for a total of 8 people. We have a total of 6 vehicles. We have just enough room to keep them on pavement. Lately , we had a broke down truck and car sitting on the road out front.

Sorry for the long story, but people need to mind their own business !!😡

I'm The Other Guy.

Meaning, you and I are on opposite ends of the property management spectrum.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1EYwreH9qH/

But it's all good.

The Golden Rule might help.

Either way, do you think she's familiar with this tune?

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1769212777402437/

Good Luck.

A-Jay

Not worth fighting in court or getting a lawyer involved.

As others have already stated, pay the ticket and learn from it.

Also, just because you aren't in a HOA doesn't mean there isn't city code. I've lived in suburbs most of my adult life (no HOA) and there are city codes about parking that are enforced. They generally give you a warning the first time though.

Being completely honest here, post a pic of your front yard and we'll know why she's getting po'd.

I have a used car lot in my yard too. With the kids upgrading and keeping their first cars out of sentimental reasons, it’s starting to get cluttered. Luckily all my neighbors are cool. They can tick out the front door, or shoot a skunk by their burn barrels and I’m not going to say a word , and they reciprocate. Sorry about your crybaby neighbor. Maybe she’ll move.

If you know it was her…

Put on a suit and tie

Polish your shoes

Brush your teeth

Comb your hair

Walk up to her house

Ring her bell

When she opens the door hand her a plate of chocolate chip cookies.

Anything short of that…

Just move on

😜😀

Mike

Back in 2005 we moved in to a brand new house in an HOA controlled neighborhood. I read through the by-laws and had some experience working with contracts and agents from previous job. Knew if my truck was "driven regularly" it could sit in my driveway as long as I wanted.

No issues...great neighbors...we all got along well. The street fills in with houses...and a few doors down a somewhat-Karen moves in. It was a couple of years later and they are trying to sell their house, and I hear from the HOA that she's upset with my truck in the driveway. I gently remind the HOA rep the truck is driven regularly and it's not going any where.

I made a concerted effort to wave, say hi, and be generally nice to my somewhat-Karen, knowing that I won this battle...but if she wanted to wage war...that would be not good for either of us.

Good luck with your neighbor.

Making enemies with neighbors goes nowhere. It's like making enemies with co-workers. All it does is compound the problem.

Not saying anyone needs to be best friends or go out to weekly dinners with their neighbors, but it behooves you to get along and show some respect. Fighting fire with more fire is not the solution here because the problem is just going to be there again the next day. And the day after that. And the day after that. You get the point.

On 7/9/2026 at 4:09 PM, A-Jay said:

'm The Other Guy.

Meaning, you and I are on opposite ends of the property management spectrum

A.J - I have attained something similar to your property several times.

Then the relatives mess it up. Time would not permit me to tell you all the battles I’ve fought with them over this.

I have somewhat given up until( hopefully) they move on. We run a halfway house of sorts for struggling relatives here. They are always tearing down something. We are compliant with loval laws but not being able to park in front of your house is absurd.

And I do try to follow the golden rule. That’s why I haven’t had a word to say to her about this.

Thanks for the insight!

On 7/9/2026 at 2:15 PM, Happybeerbuzz said:

Have you checked Nextdoor app? It’s amazing what people will post to a neighborhood based social media app.

Eh...maybe don't.

24 minutes ago, detroit1 said:

Eh...maybe don't.

Agreed. I got in a little squabble via Nextdoor with a neighbor few blocks over...he thought it would be a good idea to sweep his leftover fireworks down the storm drain(!??). Not cool.

On 7/9/2026 at 8:14 PM, deaknh03 said:

Being completely honest here, post a pic of your front yard and we'll know why she's getting po'd.

She shouldn’t get po’d about something that’s none of her business. If she doesn’t like it, she shouldn’t look our way. Nothing in our yard breaks any city codes,

She wasn’t complaining about our yard anyway, it was cars/trucks parked out at and by the road.

She also yelled at my grandson and his friends for riding their 4 wheelers around. ( This is before the last thing) when I confronted her about that she admitted it and calmed down some.

23 hours ago, Mike L said:

If you know it was her…

Put on a suit and tie

Polish your shoes

Brush your teeth

Comb your hair

Walk up to her house

Ring her bell

When she opens the door hand her a plate of chocolate chip cookies.

Anything short of that…

Just move on

😜😀

Mike

I don’t want her to think I’m trying to pick her up lol.

1 hour ago, N Florida Mike said:

She shouldn’t get po’d about something that’s none of her business. If she doesn’t like it, she shouldn’t look our way.

Exactly. In my opinion this is all that needs to be said of the matter.

I'd bite the bullet and pay the fine and certainly not confront her in any way. You could find yourself having a couple of cops showing up in your presence and all that entails.

4 minutes ago, GreenTrout said:

I'd bite the bullet and pay the fine and certainly not confront her in any way. You could find yourself having a couple of cops showing up in your presence and all that entails.

Im not paying the fine- the relative will have to come up with it.

I wasn’t planning on knocking on her door, but had considered texting her . But I’ve learned that a fire will die out eventually if you don’t add fuel to it. So I’m at the point where I hate drama and just want peace, even if I’m right.

It’s still irritating to think that she called the police and that resulted in a ticket.