Cars parked on pavement

pipkin71

A few houses on our street park on the pavement, in such a way that I cannot get past, when in the wheelchair.

I don't know which houses the cars belong to, so is there anyone I can get in touch with to resolve this, please?

Thank you

tomtom256

Local council highways department or who ever deals with parking.

Alternatively if they are blocking the public highway the police via the non-emergency number may help or if your area has neighbourhood wardens then they may knock on doors for you as it falls under their remit.

AdamKels

I parked on my pavement when i lived at my parents house because if i did not, i would block the road for all other car users.

A guy in a wheelchair politely asked me to move my car further onto the road so he can get past, fair enough, i did.

However, one time i forgot to park close to the edge and he ran a key down the side of my car.

That's always an option.

V_Chic_Chick

The local council has a relevant department, although I forget what it's called. My grandmother used to take great pleasure in ringing up the council when people parked across her driveway, then sitting at the window and watching when they came to tow it, at great (£185+) cost to the owner in question. It was quite a regular occurance, as at that time there was a small shop next door.

Not entirely relevant to you, but the downside of having the council paint 'disabled' across her driveway was that this particular form of entertainment disappeared!

Anyway, I suspect that if it is invariably the same cars each time, they will soon learn when they have been towed.

pipkin71

AdamKels wrote: »

I parked on my pavement when i lived at my parents house because if i did not, i would block the road for all other car users.

A guy in a wheelchair politely asked me to move my car further onto the road so he can get past, fair enough, i did.

However, one time i forgot to park close to the edge and he ran a key down the side of my car.

That's always an option.

I wouldn't dream of doing anything like that Adam. I think that's an awful thing your neighbour did :eek:

If I knew which houses the cars belonged to, I could ask but I don't. There are about four or five cars blocking the pavement.

OneYorkshireLass

My neighbour parks on the pavement all the time, despite having a 4-car driveway. They always park outside our house too, never theirs, which annoys me as it makes us look like the inconsiderate ones.

There's a man who uses a mobility scooter who comes past regularly and always struggles, and two people in manual wheelchairs who sometimes venture into the road (it's a 40mph, sometimes cars go faster!).

We recently told the neighbour that they shouldn't block the pavement because we've seen people struggling to get past.
So far it hasn't made a difference, so I'll keep in mind that the council could do something about it ;-)

minimad1970

Could you put a note on each car explaining the problem? Sometimes people are oblivious to the problems they cause, especially when they see other cars already parked there.

paddedjohn

I read somewhere recently that there are plans to outlaw parking on all pavements in the near future.

Chorlie

I used to play sport with a guy who had some very very sticky stickers, with a not so overly polite massage on it, basically telling the owner what he thought of there inconsiderate parking etc etc etc.....

He'd stick the said sticker right in the eye line of the drivers view and when you tried to peal it off it tore. He stuck one on my car for a joke and it took ages to remove it with soap and warm water....

Not sure where he got them from, but his view was that the driver had inconvenience him, so he was doing the same....

Horseunderwater

Chorlie wrote: »

I used to play sport with a guy who had some very very sticky stickers, with a not so overly polite massage on it, basically telling the owner what he thought of there inconsiderate parking etc etc etc.....

He'd stick the said sticker right in the eye line of the drivers view and when you tried to peal it off it tore. He stuck one on my car for a joke and it took ages to remove it with soap and warm water....

Not sure where he got them from, but his view was that the driver had inconvenience him, so he was doing the same....

Wonderful - I like that.

Invalidation

paddedjohn wrote: »

I read somewhere recently that there are plans to outlaw parking on all pavements in the near future.

Its already Illegal.
Classed as driving on the footpath