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Pavement Parking

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  • isplumm
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    ChrisCobra wrote: »
    Pavements are for pedestrians , or were you also born in a barn ?

    How are parents with pushchairs or even double pushchairs or even wheelchairs gonna get past with your lump of metal in the way?

    In the Chessington area of south London there are big wide spaces on the pavements, with car parking spaces marked out .... but still part of the pavement - so cars park there ...

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  • darich
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    what about two wheelchairs passing each other?
    or two double buggies passing?

    And on a seperate issue the construction of a footway/pavement is significantly less than a carraigeway/road. Driving on the pavement will, in time cause the surfacing to sink, the kerbs to move and in turn cause puddles, trip hazards and cost more to fix.

    If you're in a car, stay off the pavement.

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  • McKneff
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    isplumm wrote: »
    In the Chessington area of south London there are big wide spaces on the pavements, with car parking spaces marked out .... but still part of the pavement - so cars park there ...

    Mark

    Thats different if car parking spaces are marked out, the rest of the pavement must be a normal pavement width.
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  • Stu666
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    I'm not daft, I have myself been inconvenienced numerous times by kerb parkers, more so since becoming a parent.

    But I also live in the real world and accept that it's just not always possible to park in a 100% suitable place. Personally I always try to consider both pedestrian and motorist, and would never park so that a pushchair for instance couldn't get through. I'd rather park fully on the road than do that. And yes, fortunately there are wide pavements where I live.

    However, I really do not think you can occupy the same world that I do if you 100% believe there is always somewhere suitable to park that is not halfway up a kerb.
  • p00hsticks
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    Stu666 wrote: »
    Although the law says otherwise, I do not see the big issue with pavement parking. Providing you leave enough space for pedestrians to get past, what is the harm in making life a bit more easier for other road users and thus reducing the chance of a collision?

    Like darich says, pavements aren't constructed to take the weight of cars. Parking on them damages the kerbs and the pavements, which costs money to fix and can cause pedestrians to trip and injure themselves.
  • superscaper
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    Stu666 wrote: »
    However, I really do not think you can occupy the same world that I do if you 100% believe there is always somewhere suitable to park that is not halfway up a kerb.

    If you find you can't park legally maybe you're better off without a car. There's a difference between being completely against parking on pavements and saying there's always somewhere to park.
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  • woody01
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    edited 8 November 2009 at 8:55AM
    Stu666 wrote: »
    Although the law says otherwise, I do not see the big issue with pavement parking. Providing you leave enough space for pedestrians to get past, what is the harm in making life a bit more easier for other road users and thus reducing the chance of a collision?
    I'll tell you the problem seeing how you are too stupid to realise yourself......
    It's not just about pedestrians. What about mums with pushchairs or people in wheelchairs? Or even people with shopping trollies?
    All of these people have a right to use a pavement that an idiot that parks on it does not.

    It amuses me no end when i actually see someone in a car parked on a pavement and i walk by with either my daughter in a pushchair and scrape the side of their car or do not alter the direction i am going to accomodate them and push the wing mirror back.

    They are dying to have a go at me, but when you are over 6ft 4ins and nearly 16st, staying in their car and being quiet is the safer option for them :T
  • It's not just parking on the pavement that gets my goat. What about the inconsiderate people who park on grassy areas/verges near their homes? Only yesterday I noticed a car parked on a well kept piece of grass clearly owned by the council. It's becoming more common.
    I think these people should have their cars clamped and then towed away to be made an example of.
  • nexuss
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    lady64 wrote: »

    I had not realised that it was illegal to park on the pavement in London, until I got my ticket.

    Pavements would have white lines down the middle if you were meant to drive down them.The OP is the reason they should make people resit their driving tests.
  • trisontana
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    nexuss wrote: »
    Pavements would have white lines down the middle if you were meant to drive down them.The OP is the reason they should make people resit their driving tests.


    Keep death off the road, drive on the pavement!

    As for those grassy areas mentioned by passatrider, we have one in our street and it gets a real mud-bath in the winter due to inconsiderate motorists parking on it.
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