People that park their cars on pavements.....

Torry_Quine

JReacher1 wrote: »

Most terraces appear in rows of terraces. If you're advocating a system where cars can't park on terrace streets where will these hundreds of cars park?

There are not magical car parks that offer free parking for hundreds of residents cars.

I didn't say anything about any particular type of street actually. However are they able to have parking along one side?

JReacher1

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I didn't say anything about any particular type of street actually. However are they able to have parking along one side?

So your system now is that only 50% of the residents can park on their street. Where will the other 50% park? You're still going to have a large number of car owners with nowhere to park.

prowla

JReacher1 wrote: »

No it's an abbreviation of the Latin word carrus .

The word carriage is derived from the same word but "car" is not an abbreviation of carriage.

Oh, not from "horseless carriage" then?

JReacher1

prowla wrote: »

Oh, not from "horseless carriage" then?

Nope that's what uneducated people think. You should google it. It's actually quite interesting.

prowla

JReacher1 wrote: »

Nope that's what uneducated people think. You should google it. It's actually quite interesting.

It depends whether you think that knowing that defines being educated or not, I suppose.

Now googling "etymology of the word car (for the uneducated)"...

prowla

Ah - now I am educated by google...

car (n.) c.1300, "wheeled vehicle," from Anglo-French carre, Old North French carre, from Vulgar Latin *carra, related to Latin carrum, carrus (plural carra), originally "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaulish karros, a Celtic word (cf. Old Irish and Welsh carr "cart, wagon," Breton karr "chariot"), from PIE *krsos, from root *kers- "to run" (see current (adj.)).

Oh, but that's not directly from Latin, any more than "carriage" is; it's from a derived word itself!


Education is a great thing, and being uneducated or ignorant can manifest itself in many forms...

JReacher1

prowla wrote: »

Ah - now I am educated by google...

car (n.) c.1300, "wheeled vehicle," from Anglo-French carre, Old North French carre, from Vulgar Latin *carra, related to Latin carrum, carrus (plural carra), originally "two-wheeled Celtic war chariot," from Gaulish karros, a Celtic word (cf. Old Irish and Welsh carr "cart, wagon," Breton karr "chariot"), from PIE *krsos, from root *kers- "to run" (see current (adj.)).

Oh, but that's not directly from Latin, any more than "carriage" is; it's from a derived word itself!


Education is a great thing, and being uneducated or ignorant can manifest itself in many forms...

So you accept you were wrong and it's not derived from "horseless carriage?"

Just think if you had googled this before your post then this unpleasant exchange could have been avoided.....

doughnutmachine

I have to admit that I feel a certain joy when I have to scrape a carrier bag full of shopping against a car that is parked on the pavement.

But I agree with others that if the driver has left room for a wheelchair use I think pavement parking is OK.

earthstorm

paddedjohn wrote: »

no law is being broken unless any other local restrictions forbid it

from https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q387.htm

Local authorities (in England) can make an order prohibiting parking on the pavement. If this is the case, then there will be signs which clearly point out on a particular road where parking on the pavement is specifically prohibited. The penalty for contravening this will be a fixed penalty notice.
Otherwise, parking a vehicle on the pavement could lead to an offence of obstruction being committed. This could result in a fixed penalty notice being issued to offending vehicles. It can also cause danger/nuisance for pedestrians and wheelchairs users.

martinthebandit

Geodark wrote: »

I live in a terraced house, with a small drive at the front just big enough for a car. Unfortunately people tend to park opposite the drive making it near on impossible for me to get the car in or out - so as a result I have to park on the pavement so that I can park in front of the house. other than parking a few streets away, which isnt practical as I have a young son, I don't have any other option.

So let me get this straight, you would much rather cause problems for the blind, wheelchair users, patents with buggies etc etc than expect your young son to walk a few streets with you?