My Neighbor’s Parking Turned My Driveway Into A Deadly Blind Spot So Every Time I Back Out, It Feels Like Russian Roulette!

Not sure if this is the right subreddit, so let me know if there’s a better place to post this!

Location: WA

This is going to be long, but I’m at my wit’s end and truly don’t know what to do. My neighbor parks their cars, vans, and a massive RV right at the edge of their driveway, practically at the curb. Because of this, every time I back out facing forward, I have zero visibility of traffic coming from the left. I’ve had way too many close calls, and honestly, I’m scared especially since I often have my babies in the car with me.

I’ve tried everything from backing in with my car face forward, rolling down my windows to listen for cars (which is extra tough since I’m hard of hearing), creeping out inch by inch. I even bought one of those convex mirrors, thinking it would help, but I didn’t think it through. There’s nowhere to install it. I theoretically thought I could set up a pole and angle the mirror just right, but the only place to put it was near the curb (which I’m pretty sure isn’t legal). And when I tested it? All I could see were reflections of my neighbor’s vehicles! Great.

To make things worse, my neighborhood doesn’t even have sidewalks or enough shoulder space for proper street parking. And people fly down our street like it’s a highway.

I already talked to my neighbors, and their response? “It’s our property, we can park however we want.” I get it. Do whatever you want on your property. But what about basic safety? If something happens, I doubt I could even hold them liable but that doesn’t change the fact that this is dangerous as hell.

At one point, after exhausting all my options, I finally reported them to the county for creating a hazardous blind spot. They were just given a warning. And now, I get smug looks whenever we cross paths, so I know they figured out it was me and continues to not change despite the given warning. Should I keep reporting them? I hate the idea of retaliation, but honestly, I’m more afraid of getting myself and my babies hurt just trying to back out of my own driveway.

So… what can I do? Legally or realistically, is there any way to fix this before something terrible happens? Any advice would mean the world right now.