If someone’s car is blocking your driveway with the keys in it, do you have the right to move it?

Anele and the Club on 947 · Sep 18, 2026 · 15m · transcript

Someone has parked their car across your driveway, blocking you in and you’ve tried calling them, but they’re nowhere to be found. Then you notice something interesting: the keys are still inside the car.

So what do you do? Do you have the right to get into the car, start it and move it out of your driveway because it’s preventing you from leaving? Or, the moment you touch that car without the owner’s permission, are you putting yourself on the wrong side of the law?

And what if it’s an emergency? What if you need to get to work, fetch your child, or get someone…