Pavement parking leading to £70 fine

roddydogs

Ha Ha this old chesnut comes up every so often, itll never happen except in London/Greater London. Same old clicky bait the tabloids bring up when they are desperate.

roddydogs

dacouch wrote: »

The parking adjudicator in London tends to adopt a common sense approach and will cancel tickets where the wheel is just on the kerb.

Traffic Wardens tend to be aware of this and will not issuem tickets where just a wheel or two is on the kerb.

Well, unless Lambeth has mellowed of late, they will do just that. BTW they are not Traffic Wardens.

billn

roddydogs wrote: »

Ha Ha this old chesnut comes up every so often, itll never happen except in London/Greater London. Same old clicky bait the tabloids bring up when they are desperate.

It has already happened near me, search for "Waltham parking on pavement"

Johno100

billn wrote: »

It has already happened near me, search for "Waltham parking on pavement"

Nothing found (except this thread).

Waltham? Is that Waltham in Lincolnshire or The London Borough of Waltham Forest. If the later then you come under Greater London with pavement parking banned under the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974.

RichardD1970

http://www.birminghamupdates.com/dont-plonk-it-park-it-thats-the-message-from-west-midlands-police-to-inconsiderate-motorists/amp/

JP1978

knightstyle wrote: »

boliston, it is NOT a few yards, it is over a mile from our house to a place where you can leave a car for more than 30 mins without parking on the pavement in our close.

agrinnall wrote: »

So do without a car or move. Or be prepared to pay the fines if they are introduced by your LA.

Thats very nice of you. What if knightstyle was in that house many many years ago before so many people had cars - maybe a hospital or college is nearby where all the visitors park on local streets? Its not just B&W sir.

What about self employed with vans.... park them a mile away and get broken into every night?

Lets face it, the Government and councils hate cars and see them as a revenue stream - it doesnt matter to them that people don't fall into the 'well there is plenty of public transport in the area' pot.

Im sure we have seen it happen over recent years -

Hospital starts charging for parking for staff and visitors
Visitors park on the surrounding streets
Local complain to council
Council bring in parking permits at cost to residents
People have to park on hospital car parks

The only ones that win there are the council/hospital trusts and Joe Public (both the people wanting to park, and the residents) lose.

Johno100

JP1978 wrote: »

The only ones that win there are the council/hospital trusts and Joe Public (both the people wanting to park, and the residents) lose.

And don't forget the private parking companies, they're on a nice little earner as well.

Barny1979

Parking Permits for residents issued by the Council have to cover administration time and the cost to implement the scheme, TRO, signing and lining and then any enforcement, a surplus is not made typically.

Tigsteroonie

Manchester is thinking about going down this route.

I wouldn't mind, but the pavement outside our house is wide enough for a large car to be parked on it, and still get a double buggy or wheelchair easily between the car and the garden fences. If people left the pavement clear and parked on the road, you'd struggle to drive up/down without constant manouvering into gaps to pass. Will the rules be applied sensibly? Will they consider narrowing the pavement to create a wider road? I doubt it. Manchester will view this as another cash cow.

Barny1979

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Manchester is thinking about going down this route.

I wouldn't mind, but the pavement outside our house is wide enough for a large car to be parked on it, and still get a double buggy or wheelchair easily between the car and the garden fences. If people left the pavement clear and parked on the road, you'd struggle to drive up/down without constant manouvering into gaps to pass. Will the rules be applied sensibly? Will they consider narrowing the pavement to create a wider road? I doubt it. Manchester will view this as another cash cow.

No authority can go down that route unless the legislation is changed for all authorities outside of London. Ultimately the only way to be consistent with regards enforcement is for authorities to formalise pavement parking schemes, which costs money for TROs and signing and lining, therefore allowing parking on pavements, this would then mean that it would be easier for members of the public to know when pavement parking was not going to result in a PCN.