Pavement parking leading to £70 fine

boliston

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......

I don't think pavements are really designed with vehicles in mind as they often get damaged by vehicles - look at a typical pavement and see how many slabs are cracked or missing and have been patched up with tarmac. I would imagine the cost of damaged pavements is paid by the taxpayer rather than the person who selfishly parks on it.

unholyangel

boliston wrote: »

I don't think pavements are really designed with vehicles in mind as they often get damaged by vehicles - look at a typical pavement and see how many slabs are cracked or missing and have been patched up with tarmac. I would imagine the cost of damaged pavements is paid by the taxpayer rather than the person who selfishly parks on it.

Roads are also damaged by vehicles. Not entirely sure what you were trying to evidence with that.

Heck our council repaired a main road here that is closed to buses, HGVs etc and less than a month later, cracks & holes had already reappeared.

Gloomendoom

knightstyle wrote: »

So where should people park????

Perhaps we should adopt the Japanese approach to car parking.

Japanese law requires motorists to prove they have access to a local parking space. To register a car, or when changing address, motorists need to obtain a "parking space certificate" ("garage certificate" or "Shako shomei sho") from local police.

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Robisere

On a long straight, fairly modern road, leading into Louth town centre, the road itself is wide enough to take any vehicles. The pavements either side are also quite wide enough for residents' cars to park upon, with more than enough room for double buggies, scooters and wheelchairs to pass the parked cars. The parking of cars on the pavement is allowed, in fact encouraged, by the Council, to keep roads clear. Yet there were still the occasional idiots who 'double park' beside another car.

Then some annoyed persons employed a few small, sharp implements. It is apparently no longer a problem.

prosaver

Marktheshark wrote: »

Here is what they are doing.
Banning home owners / tenants from making a new drive or hard standing on your own property.

Penalties for parking off road on council land including pavements or verges.

Residents parking permits costing on average £700 a year to park on any street.
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could get away with this by idea?
worth a look into,

http://www.groundprotection.co.uk/grass-protection/grassprotecta.html

Gloomendoom

Robisere wrote: »

Then some annoyed persons employed a few small, sharp implements. It is apparently no longer a problem.

Perhaps a polite note would have been a less Neanderthal response.

parking_question_chap

Ok, this is good in theory but what about narrow roads? Parking on the kerb allows easier flow of traffic. What if you now get two vehicles parking by the side of the road on opposite sides and causing an obstruction?

I believe its against the highway code note 243, but will not stop people doing it.

Are councils going to have to part yellow line all narrow roads?

billn

Johno100 wrote: »

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.

Waltham in North East Lincolnshire, It has been happening for about a year.

Car_54

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Ok, this is good in theory but what about narrow roads? Parking on the kerb allows easier flow of traffic. What if you now get two vehicles parking by the side of the road on opposite sides and causing an obstruction?

I believe its against the highway code note 243, but will not stop people doing it.

Are councils going to have to part yellow line all narrow roads?

Causing an unnecesssary obstruction is an offence - no need for yellow lines.

Strider590

Robisere wrote: »

Then some annoyed persons employed a few small, sharp implements. It is apparently no longer a problem.

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Perhaps a polite note would have been a less Neanderthal response.

Old people damaging peoples cars again....... :rotfl: