Two positive stories about parking.
This morning some workman pulled up with a van and trailer and started putting barriers round the area of pavement they needed to work on, blocking our drive. I went to the front door to survey the scene, and one of them straight away asked if we needed to get out and said he would move , which he did.
At our previous house, the neighbour opposite started parking outside our house. I think his idea was to leave the space outside his house for his son when he visited, which was often. We were on good terms, so I politely pointed out that if he parked outside my house, then I would have to park outside his house. He got my point, and reverted to parking outside his own house again. End of story and no hard feelings.
Not everyone is unreasonable. Some are thoughtless. Some are bloody minded.