Parking on a pavement

olly300

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

The pavement is for walking on, no matter how wide. It is not for driving on, unless you have to cross it to get into your house. So in essence, if it didn't have a dropped curb, then you're not allowed to be there.

Not strictly true.

I park on the pavement nearly every day with no dropped curb.

However I park in a parking bay which is clearly signed posted that parking is allowed.

To allow me to get in and out of this bay there are double yellow lines along the road.

In addition I have a parking permit and a few times a day a council parking attendant walks up and down checking the permits.

Also in other areas you are permitted to half park on the pavement. Again this is sign posted. If you don't you are liable to get a ticket for causing an obstruction. If you don't get that you are liable to find your car with dents due to the emergency vehicles and bin lorries going up and down the road.

surreysaver

As a pedestrian, I do not mind people parking on the pavement if it is wide enough to still let me pass with a buggy. If there isn't enough room, then a nice scratch and damaged wing mirror is awaiting the owner of the car, and they have only themselves to blame.

cyclonebri1

vikingaero wrote: »

If you are allowed to park on the pavement then there are normally white bay lines painted on the pavement or signs allowing you to park on the pavement.

I took my dad to the doctors surgery yesterday. The surgery is on a main road with a pavement about 4 feet wide outside. When I got to the door there was a queue - 2 ladies with buggies and an elderly lady in a motorised scooter. They couldn't get into the door of the surgery because another patient had parked on the pavement outside the surgery door leaving a gap of about 1 1/2 feet. The driver was having her consultation with the doctor so they had to wait until she had finished! Even worse the surgery is located next to the zig zag lines of a pelican crossing!

Are there any circumstances whereby you are allowed to park on the pavement?

You could argue under emergency conditions but you had better be pretty confident.

surreysaver

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Are there any circumstances whereby you are allowed to park on the pavement?

There are, yes. Like the poster said, there will be bays marked on the pavement. There may also be little signs with a picture of a car parked on the pavement to indicate you can.

cyclonebri1

??? God, no wonder it gets confusing,

cyclonebri1

surreysaver wrote: »

There are, yes. Like the poster said, there will be bays marked on the pavement. There may also be little signs with a picture of a car parked on the pavement to indicate you can.

OK, so is that a pavement that is not always a pavement? sometimes it's a road and sometimes it's a car park??

DaveF327

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Are there any circumstances whereby you are allowed to park on the pavement?

Where you see these signs:



Until the point where you pass these signs:

cyclonebri1

Ah the joys of a rural life;), never seen one before.;)

welshgasman

It does seem to depend where you live.
As I walk up to the bus stop on the main road, the whole pavement has cars parked in front of each house.?

I have never seen those signs either.

One of them does not even have a tax disc, so according to a previous post, he is on the road and so is breaking the law.

woody01

Regardless of how wide the footpath was, it is for pedestrians and not for cars.
What if you hit someone whilst mounting that pavement?