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People that park their cars on pavements.....
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I get really cross on Fridays when I take my grandson out in his buggy. The binmen collect on that day and folk leave their bins on the pavements. They are emptied and discarded any old place including next to cars parked on pavements which means I have to push the baby onto the road to be able to get anywhere. This involves having to check behind parked cars to ensure there are no cars moving on the road. It has been known that drivers who come across me get cross with me as I am on the road for a moment or two until it is possible to get back on the pavement.
Maybe I should just stay at home with him and watch tv or something but I do like to go to the park so he can have a bit of fun.0 -
maybe those who park on the pavement should follow the law
https://www.gov.uk/waiting-and-parking/parking-239-to-247243
DO NOT stop or park- near a school entrance
- anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
- at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank
- on the approach to a level crossing/tramway crossing
- opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
- near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
- opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
- where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
- where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
- in front of an entrance to a property
- on a bend
- where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.
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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 150 -
It is also prohibited to drive on a pavement and it is impossible to park on a pavement without driving on it first, (unless the vehicle is carried on in some way or another).
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You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
Laws HA 1835 sect 72 & RTA 1988 sect 340 -
earthstorm wrote: »So how would you pass these without going onto busy roads
I wonder if a warden would have the bottle to ticket that police car for parking on the double yellows.Be Alert..........Britain needs lerts.0 -
paddedjohn wrote: »I wonder if a warden would have the bottle to ticket that police car for parking on the double yellows.
If they did it would be squashed
"we were replying to a call for assistance and at the time it was safer to use the footpath as our private car park"0 -
martinthebandit wrote: »Well personally the excuses posted for doing it all seem to basically boil down to 'so I can park as close as possible to my house'
I know your not going to stop doing it but please can you make sure that you leave more than enough room for a wheelchair to get past especially if there are no dropped curbs near.
Than you
(Please be aware though that I will still think you are selfish and inconsiderate)
I think my post above is still valid0 -
Yesterday I was waiting to pick my kids up from school, with two wheels on the pavement, well away from the school entrance, and where the pavement is really wide, and where parked cars along the road mean it's one-way traffic.
Someone only came along pushing someone in a wheelchair along the road!0 -
Oh, so because you think it's unsafe to walk a mile twice a day (you may wish to address your paranoia, by the way) you decide to create a hazard for parents and disabled people, forcing them off of the pavement that exists for them to use, and into a road and possibly into the path of a car if they're a bit on the slow side, which is likely given the type of people you're affecting.
Now THAT is inconsiderate! "I value my own safety above everyone else's so I will avoid doing something that is highly unlikely to ever have negative or dangerous consequences by forcing people to do something that is potentially much more dangerous!
Case and point, I walk several miles daily, I'm fine from that. If I walked in the road all day because everyone had your point of view I'd most likely end up splattered.
I know the area i lived in and the number of assaults and rapes on young females walking at night is surprisinginly high - so its not paranoria - it was actually police advice not to be out on your own in the dark.
I am happy to walk miles during daylight in buy areas but not at dark in areas where there have been a spat of attacks.
A car parked half on half off the pavement from 9 or 10 at night to 8 in the morning is unlikely to be blocking anyone and the roads are also quiet at that time of night, so the chances of being hit by a car if they are forced onto the road is equally as unlikely.Weight loss challenge, lose 15lb in 6 weeks before Christmas.0 -
A car parked half on half off the pavement from 9 or 10 at night to 8 in the morning is unlikely to be blocking anyone and the roads are also quiet at that time of night, so the chances of being hit by a car if they are forced onto the road is equally as unlikely.
But is its still against the law see posts #133 and #134 regardless if its day or night or are you saying the law does not apply to you.0 -
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