Pavement Parking

daveelsy

It says in the guidance that Parking on the pavement is 'banned'.

Does this mean it is illegal and by doing it you commit a criminal offence or what?

ManxRed

What guidance? What pavement, where?

holyroller

Highway code - Waiting and parking (238-252)

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]

carebear13

dont think it makes any difference tbh whether legal or not. where i live there is someone who always parks fully on the path as they chose to buy a house that has no parking, is near trafficlights so has double yellows, and when we reported it to a traffic warden we were told that it was in the hands of the police and when i spoke to them we were told that they wernt going to do anything about it!!

bazster

carebear13 wrote: »

dont think it makes any difference tbh whether legal or not. where i live there is someone who always parks fully on the path as they chose to buy a house that has no parking, is near trafficlights so has double yellows, and when we reported it to a traffic warden we were told that it was in the hands of the police and when i spoke to them we were told that they wernt going to do anything about it!!

This is a huge problem round my area. The local paper got a quote from the police to the effect that although mounting the kerb is an offence, they have to see it happen. As if the car parked fully on the pavement teleported in...

Next time I encounter a car completely blocking the pavement I'm gonna stick an apple up its pipe.

System

bazster wrote: »

I'm gonna stick an apple up its pipe.

Must be a posh area if you are using apples, normally it's a potato