Pavement Parking

System

The amount of times you see a car parked on the footpath or in the road and theres a car park nearby I couldn't count.

And the amount of times where there is no other parking facility probably couldn't be counted either.

There is a big difference between a policeman ticketing for obstruction and a pedestrian (possibly intentionally) causing damage to a vehicle.

By all means, when you see a vehicle parked on a pavement feel free to ring 101 and report it. Then a policeman, if one ever turns up, can make an assessment as to whether it is obstruction or not and take appropriate action. However you still end up walking in the road to get around it so nothing achieved.

C_Mababejive

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Unfortunately parking on the pavement is completely legal unless explicitly banned.

House of Commons Standard Note SN01170 gives a good bit of info on pavement parking

Link doesnt work??

ivanwilson

This one should -

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN01170/parking-pavement-and-onstreet

BigAl94

It's an issue that needs attention.

BatCat

In my conversations with the PSNI regarding cars parking on the pavement, the cars have to leave enough space for a disabled person to pass. If they don't, then they are causing an obstruction. So, if you can't get by with your pushchair/wheelchair feel free to report them/take a picture and pass it on to the PSNI.
I used to have to go down a street (ironically next to a police station) where cars routinely parked up on the pavement so close to the wall that I couldn't get walk with a relatively narrow buggy. I finally went into the police station and complained. After that there were fewer cars parked there.
Frankly if you park on the pavement and get scratched by a pedestrian then it's your own fault for parking like a twit and not using a car park.

Ticked

Thanks to all, maybe I'm not just a carnaptious old sod as most seem to support my view. Interesting, in the parliamentary piece that ivanwilson posted a link to, pavement parking is defined as 'parking at the side of the road'. Quote 'This Note outlines the general legal position on what is generally called ‘pavement parking’ (parking at the side of the road) and the measures available to the police and local authorities to tackle it.' unquote.
Parking at the side of the road would not be pavement parking in my book! Perhaps I am carnaptious, but in a court case where a car was damaged in a car park which had a sign 'Cars parked at owners risk' the judge ruled that the 'Owner' was the owner of the carpark, not the car, and awarded damages and costs to the driver. The devil is in the detail.