Someone keeps parking on the pavement

WhiteHorse

bedpotato wrote: »

The police don't do anything other than calling me back to claim that they tried calling the number the car is registered to, but they couldn't get through to the owner.

They can put a fixed penalty on the car. No need to bother trying to speak to the owner either, so time and money saved there. But then that would appear in the crime statistics, and that's something they don't want.

Better to buttonhole a traffic warden or complain to your local councillor.

rochja

Get Vladimir Putin to deal with it for you.

The_Turner

WhiteHorse wrote: »

They can put a fixed penalty on the car. No need to bother trying to speak to the owner either, so time and money saved there. But then that would appear in the crime statistics, and that's something they don't want.

Better to buttonhole a traffic warden or complain to your local councillor.

There is no crime in parking on foot path so what statistics would it appear on?

bedpotato_2

mikey72 wrote: »

Is it a hedge next to it, or a wall, or something else?

Yes, a hedge.

bedpotato_2

The_Turner wrote: »

There is no crime in parking on foot path

Surely parking with all four wheels on the pavement must be illegal?

I quote from this page here, brought up by a Google search:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question355070.html

Under the highways Act 1980 section 137 part one and two, page 120 and 121 obstruction of highways and Streets,

If a person, without lawful authority or excuse, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding £50. A constable may arrest without warrant any person whom he sees committing an offence against this section.

Maybe I should read that extract out over the phone to the police next time I have to phone them - or send it to the council!

oldhand

bedpotato wrote: »

Surely parking with all four wheels on the pavement must be illegal?

I quote from this page here, brought up by a Google search:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Question355070.html



Maybe I should read that extract out over the phone to the police next time I have to phone them - or send it to the council!

just write the word TO$$ER in brake fluid on the bonnet and roof and that will do the trick.:cool:

shaun_from_Africa

Maybe I should read that extract out over the phone to the police next time I have to phone them - or send it to the council!

I wouldn't bother as it doesn't seem to apply in this case.
The highway isn't being blocked. It is the footpath or footway (both have separate definitions in the highways act) that is blocked.

Stick to complaining to the local council as you will probably get more action from them than you would from the police.

mikey72

bedpotato wrote: »

Yes, a hedge.

We had someone who did that.

After I made the gap big enough by trampling the hedge down a few times, they got the message.

Enterprise_1701C

A thought just occurred to me, is there double yellow lines on the road where they park? Just I've had a quick word with a traffic warden I know a couple of times when someone has repeatedly parked on a nearby path thinking they were avoiding the double yellows. This was in an area near shops and the such, the road actually has traffic on it and a lot of mums with pushchairs use the path. The traffic warden positively rubbed her hands and said she would have the driver for obstruction of a footway and parking on double yellow lines!

Lum

I can't believe the number of people advocating criminal damage in this thread, especially the people advocating gluing stuff to the windscreen which will render the car undrivable and thus mean it's on the pavement even longer!

If you can't get plod to do anything, start with a polite note, perhaps point out that wheelchairs can't get past and (if appropriate) that there aren't any dropped curbs for them to get onto the road and back off again.