Is parking hlaf on the pavement illegal?

[fatboyonadiet]

I have single yellow lines outside my house and all the residents on the street tend to park half on the pavement and half on the road, anyway the other night someone smashed into my car and drove off. I'm putting a claim through on my insurance but will they say it was illegally parked?

[markelock]

I don't believe you are allowed to park on the pavement at all.

Someone may come along with a link to back this up.

Not sure whether it will impact on the insurance though either way. Hopefully the person who did it gets some just deserts though.

[fatboyonadiet]

I thought the same

Needless to say they didn't leave details but karma might get them!

[dzug1]

You are not allowed to park on the pavement at all except in a very few areas where a concession is signposted.

It's a rule that is seldom forced though.

[markelock]

any damage that you might be able to see on theirs? paint, missing light etc? a route they take often?

I'm annoyed, so you must be livid. Mind you, I don't have much of a life!!!

[roddydogs]

You are not allowed to park on the pavement at all except in a very few areas where a concession is signposted.

It's a rule that is seldom forced though.
Seldom (en) forced? try it in Lambeth, youll get a ticket for 1" on the pavement!

[derrick]

I have single yellow lines outside my house and all the residents on the street tend to park half on the pavement and half on the road, anyway the other night someone smashed into my car and drove off. I'm putting a claim through on my insurance but will they say it was illegally parked?

Single yellow lines are accompanied by a plate giving restricted parking times, usually 0800-1800, and are enforceable "up to the wall" so parking part on pavement will not stop you getting a ticket inside those hours for breaching the yellow line restriction, as far as insurance concerned I cannot see how you parking illegally can have any bearing, the car that hit you was at fault as you where stationary.

[Hintza]

That is my understanding but in many areas it is accepted practice. Until they hire a new warden then all hell breaks loose....;) .

[Keith]

It would be very wrong to forget that the car was partially on the pavement when it comes to your insurance report ;)

[Lemonade Pockets]

I got a ticket in London for parking partialy on the pavement. I'd never heard of this before (i lived in North Yorks) i queried it. Apparently it is in the highway code, and obviously rigorously enforced by some London borough councils.

I'm not sure the fact that it was parked illegally has any bearing. For instance if you crashed at 80mph i think they'd still pay out.

This is a guess but i think your insurance is invalidated if you are breaking criminal law rather than civil. I.e. drink driving.

[davetrousers]

Have a look a this link (http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860) from the Highway code, see no.244

244

You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.

[Law GL(GP)A sect 15]

[skintbuthappy81]

You don't have to mention to the insurance that it was part on the pavement, it was still on the road outside your property.

[thescouselander]

Yes, its definitely illegal. People park on the pavement outside our house all the time. Our next door neighbour cant get past with her double buggy and reports them to the police, the police come round and give them a ticket - I think its a £30 fine or something like that.

Your insurance should NOT be effected if you do park on the pavement however.

[vansboy]

Unless you were causing an obstruction, parking badly, or really close to a junction, say, then you're insurance will probably not be concerned, in this instance.

But as others have mentioned, you're NOT supposed to obstruct ANY of the Queens Highway, or pedestrians right of way.

In fact, you are 'technically' an obstruction, even when legally parked - OR MOVING!!

But that's alonnnnnnnnnnnng drawn out load of expletives, I read on another forum!!

VB

[lucid2008]

They use lie detector software on the phone when you make claims do not forget.They are very crafty these days.

[fatboyonadiet]

Needless to say they were flying down the road and didn't stop, had I been parked fully in the road I think the story would have been a lot different!

[roddydogs]

It used to be that in London (including greater London) its an actual offence. even if the pavement is 40' wide. but outside London it has to be "Causing an obstruction" to be an offence.

[cyclonebri1]

Just tell the truth and asuming you were parked on the road/pav outside the hrs of restriction, then it should have no bearing;)