A 72-year-old woman created her own 'no parking ' zone outside her home after becoming frustrated with the number of cars being left in front of her driveway . The grandmother , who does not want to be named , said she took action after being repeatedly blocked in by parents on their way to pick up and drop off their children at a nearby school . She paid to have a white line painted on the road in front of her home on Culmington Road , Birmingham , and 'no parking ' written on the pavement . Action : The 72-year-old woman , who does not want to be named , paid to have a white line painted on the road in front of her home on Culmington Road , Birmingham , and 'no parking ' written on the pavement . The woman also placed traffic cones on either side of her driveway . Parents of pupils at Albert Bradbeer Primary School , which is less than half a mile away , have branded her decision 'ludicrous ' . The grandmother-of-five called the police during a dispute last week with a couple who she claims parked in front of her home twice on the same day . She said : 'The couple deliberately came and parked and blocked me in . They have children at the school - two little children - and I went to see who was parking there and blocking me in . 'In the afternoon he came back again . I said `` You again ? I 'm calling the police '' . ' She claimed the man started racially abusing her and mimicking the way she talked . She added : ' I had to get the police involved . They told me to put something visible up so people would know there 's no parking . ' ' I have lived here 20 years and this is the first time I have had any trouble . 'Sometimes you overlook things . I do n't mind people parking on the public bit but not parking on my driveway that I paid to make . ' Parents at the school have branded the woman 's decision 'extreme ' . One mother , Katey Large , who walks her children to school along the road every day , said : 'There have been days when the lady who lives there sits outside in a chair underneath the window and tells people they ca n't park there and she 's gone to extremes now by painting that on the road . 'People with drop kerbs do n't want people parking on them but to go to the extreme of painting it yourself is ludicrous . 'As if Birmingham does n't have enough litter on the streets , we 're are teaching people it 's OK to paint lines on the footpath . It 's crazy . ' Taking a stand : The grandmother-of-five also placed traffic cones on either side of her driveway . 'Ludicrous ' : Parents of nearby Albert Bradbeer Primary School have branded her measures 'extreme ' But she added : 'You quite often see parents in the morning walking up the road and sniggering , but if it was outside their house they would n't be laughing about it . ' A spokesman for Birmingham City Council said : 'She does n't have the right to paint on the road because road markings are subject to traffic laws . 'If it 's on her property that 's different but if it 's on the public highway , it 's not allowed . '
72-year-old woman became frustrated at cars parked in front of her drive . Said parents taking their children to nearby primary school blocked her in . Paid to have line painted on the road and 'no parking ' written on pavement . The grandmother-of-five also placed less than half traffic cones outside her home . Parents who use the Birmingham road described measures as 'extreme '