‘Absolute loser’: Aus driveway feud erupts amid parking chaos

A fluorescent pink stripe slapped across a tradie’s ute has exposed Sydney’s latest neighbourhood parking war, with fed-up residents taking aim at motorists who block driveways as frustrations boil over from the northern beaches to the city’s west. The spray-paint backlash in Freshwater has divided locals, but it’s also tapped into a wider anger over illegal parking as denser housing, packed suburban streets and shrinking parking options turn everyday inconveniences into full-blown neighbourhood feuds. Tradie Rob Rakuc was left fuming after returning to his ute on Moore Rd to find it marked with a bright line showing how far it had crossed into a driveway. MORE NEWS Cop accused of taking over dead man’s home $5bn homes gone: Foreign buyers flood Aus Where single Aussies can move for under $4000 “No warning or anything. No coming by and saying, oh, can you move your car?” he told 7NEWS. Rakuc said the paint was likely permanent and would cost a “couple hundred” dollars to remove. “That’s annoying. You finish work and come to that,” he said. Tradie Rob Rakuc said the vigilante action has crossed a line after his ute was targeted in Freshwater. Credit: 7NEWS Rakuc was not the only tar...