{"id":326103,"date":"2026-03-03T05:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/326103\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:14:07","slug":"aussies-using-app-to-dob-in-neighbours-for-dodgy-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/326103\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussies using app to dob in neighbours for dodgy parking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frustrated Aussies are dobbing in neighbours for dodgy parking by using an app designed to solve local issues.<\/p>\n

Drivers who improperly park across footpaths or driveways, on private property or in disability zones could face hundreds of dollars in fines from cranky neighbours who report them to authorities.<\/p>\n

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Snap Send Solve, an app designed to help identify and fix minor issues in the community, has been downloaded more than 1 million times by Aussies looking to improve their area.<\/p>\n

While it the app\u2019s usual usage surrounds local government hardware such as broken footpaths, busted bins or missing signs, users are increasingly taking to the app to report people for poor parking.<\/p>\n

The app works by alerting relevant authorities, such as local councils, about problems such as blocked paths. It does not issue fines.<\/p>\n

Snap Send Solve chief executive Danny Gorog told Yahoo News<\/a> more than 120,000 people in NSW and Victoria dobbed in fellow residents using the app last year, and that reports of poor parking in some stats had surged by as much as 849 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIllegal parking continues to be a growing frustration across Australia, with issues like blocked driveways, cars parked in no-standing zones, and vehicles overstaying time limits creating daily challenges,\u201d he told Yahoo News.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany of us might be able to sidestep rubbish on the footpath, but that\u2019s not so easy if you\u2019re in a wheelchair or walking with a pram.\u201d<\/p>\n

The app\u2019s Facebook page is loaded with comments from people frustrated by parking infringements.<\/p>\n

Large vehicles were a regular source of annoyance.<\/p>\n

App users were quick to deride \u201cride\u201d drivers who don\u2019t have \u201cthe right to block the foot path\u201d.<\/p>\n

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More understanding folk said people were parking in the wrong place \u201cbecause house blocks are smaller, streets are narrower (thank you developers), and freakin cars are bigger\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cCars are becoming bigger and wider,\u201d another person said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost cannot be parked on the street without blocking traffic and reducing streets on one lane.\u201d<\/p>\n

While some people felt that the issue could be explained by a \u201clack of parking everywhere\u201d or \u201ctoo many cars in Australia\u201d, others were less forgiving and called on their community to \u201creport them all\u201d.<\/p>\n

Would you dob in your neighbours for poor parking? Have your say in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frustrated Aussies are dobbing in neighbours for dodgy parking by using an app designed to solve local issues.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[986,138097,151025,34111,151026,151024,151018,151028,151017,823,151021,151019,151023,151016,151013,61,151027,173,60,202,89582,151022,151020,151012,151014,80,151015,165,151011],"class_list":{"0":"post-326103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","10":"tag-blocking-traffic","11":"tag-chief-executive","12":"tag-community-problems","13":"tag-danny-gorog","14":"tag-david-mccowen","15":"tag-disability-zones","16":"tag-dodgy-parking","17":"tag-facebook","18":"tag-foot-path","19":"tag-freakin-cars","20":"tag-geelong","21":"tag-government-hardware","22":"tag-growing-frustration","23":"tag-ie","24":"tag-illegal-parking","25":"tag-inc","26":"tag-ireland","27":"tag-mobile","28":"tag-oceania","29":"tag-parking-poll","30":"tag-reducing-streets","31":"tag-regular-source","32":"tag-regulation-changes","33":"tag-technology","34":"tag-time-limits","35":"tag-victoria","36":"tag-yahoo-inc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}