Parking on pavements

alphahurricane

I live in a road with double yellow lines, ppeople still park on the pavement though. I put two notices in my window asking drivers not to park their vehicle on pavement, it does not always have an effect, some people do it to be annoying. One bloke said when i asked him why he had parked six inches away from my front door and house wall"Where should I park then" Derrrr, what is the road for?????

There is a pub opposite me and a chippy 20yards down the road, but they can't be bothered to use the CAR PARK 100yrds away!!!

Minerva69

Calley - you mentioned your husband has a wheelchair. I seem to remember (although I may be wrong) reading on another forum that you can get the council to stop people blocking your drive if you need it for disabled access, perhaps you could contact somebody at the council to find out.

scbk

Minerva69 wrote: »

Calley - you mentioned your husband has a wheelchair. I seem to remember (although I may be wrong) reading on another forum that you can get the council to stop people blocking your drive if you need it for disabled access, perhaps you could contact somebody at the council to find out.

On my grannie's street there's a wheelchair user, and they got the council paint markings outside their driveway to keep it clear

Also may be worth contacting your local fire station, they might take action if the street is blocked. But I wouldn't worry too much, if there was a fire then they WILL find a way past, the cars might come off a little worse for wear though

plane_boy2000

Reading this with interest - we have the same issue in teh roads around us - its a new development and we have been here 2 years. In some areas in an atempt to calm the traffic the pavements have been made very wide to slow the cars down on the corners, but the effect of that is that they are wide enough to park a car on! I have just been out for a walk with a puschair and have had to step down onto the road numerous times. Just to add to it they are just about to start building a primary school here by my house so all the kids going to and from will have to walk on the road in places - made worse by the fact that they have not even provisioned enough spaces for the staff at the school let alone parents dropping off!!! All the houses by us have at least one parking space and sometimes several like me, but they all still want to park on the pavement!

anewman

plane_boy2000 wrote: »

- made worse by the fact that they have not even provisioned enough spaces for the staff at the school let alone parents dropping off!!!

Parents shouldn't be lazy and making their kids fat anyway. Surely most people are within a mile or two of their school, it's not too difficult to walk, yet chances are most will turn up at 1pm to get a parking space right outside the school gate for when their kids come out at 3pm. And they'll do this in big massive land rovers and live just round the corner.

Poppy9

anewman wrote: »

Parents shouldn't be lazy and making their kids fat anyway. Surely most people are within a mile or two of their school, it's not too difficult to walk, yet chances are most will turn up at 1pm to get a parking space right outside the school gate for when their kids come out at 3pm. And they'll do this in big massive land rovers and live just round the corner.

#

A big reason many children are driven to school is working parents who don't have time to walk to school and walk back home and then set out for work. Most parents of primary school children are reluctant to let them walk by themselves due to the volume of traffic and parking on pavements. You don't see the same problems at secondary schools (here anyway) because the children are older and are more likely to walk to school. The walking time also gives working parents extra valuable time to travel home from work to be there for them. It's a fact of life now that both parents work. Even if it's only part-time due to the short school day a car is usually needed.

Throbbe

To get back on topic ...

We had an issue with parking on pavements in our road and the local police were very helpful. A letter drop didn't have much effect, but the ticketing blitz over the next few weeks certainly did!

derrick

scbk wrote: »

On my grannie's street there's a wheelchair user, and they got the council paint markings outside their driveway to keep it clear

The white lines have no legal authority I have/had a similar problem, asked police,parking authority and local council all told me the same thing, it just highlights the need for access to a driveway, but people would probably still park there and it is not an offence to park on one of those white lines,( if some one can point me to a site that refutes this I would be grateful), also would cost me £70.

Report them to the police. it is an offence to obstruct, hardly anyone obstructs our driveway now.

Hapless_2

217: DO NOT park your vehicle or trailer on the road where it would endanger, inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users. For example, do not stop

near a school entrance
anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
at or near a bus stop or taxi rank
on the approach to a level crossing
opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users
in front of an entrance to a property
on a bend.

218: DO NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, the visually impaired and people with prams or pushchairs.

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/22.htm

derrick

MUST & MUST NOT re the Highway Code are mandatory, DO NOT is advisory.