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Is parking hlaf on the pavement illegal?

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?
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  • markelock
    markelock Posts: 1,735 Forumite
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    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.
    Remember the time he ate my goldfish? And you lied and said I never had goldfish. Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl?
  • I thought the same

    Needless to say they didn't leave details but karma might get them!
    2p off is still 2p off!
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    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
    markelock Posts: 1,735 Forumite
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    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!!!
    Remember the time he ate my goldfish? And you lied and said I never had goldfish. Then why did I have the bowl Bart? Why did I have the bowl?
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
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    dzug1 wrote: »
    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
    derrick Posts: 7,424 Forumite
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    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.
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  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    That is my understanding but in many areas it is accepted practice. Until they hire a new warden then all hell breaks loose....;) .
  • Keith
    Keith Posts: 2,924 Forumite
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    It would be very wrong to forget that the car was partially on the pavement when it comes to your insurance report ;)
  • 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
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    Have a look a this link 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]
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