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Parking on pavements to become unlawful.
- Thread starter John Marwood
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Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Parking is a thorny issue. No one has the right to park outside their house (as we all know) and really everyone knows that parking on the footpath isn't clever. Having said that, there are places were it can be deemed sensible because of the narrowness of the roads. Unfortunately this then impacts on people who actually need to use the footpaths. It is a lot more of a problem for parents with pushchairs or young children, the elderly, people with disabilities, people walking dogs and so on.
In theory, parking on the pavements shouldn't be allowed but I cannot see this being passed as law.
In theory, parking on the pavements shouldn't be allowed but I cannot see this being passed as law.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
I don't drive, but I got a house with a drive just in case. Anyone with a normal sized garden can have a drive, I'm amazed more people don't.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
It has been law in London boroughs since 1974, with very few Corporation Street style exceptions.
http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/se...parking-advice-members-public/footway-parking
Noah
Well-Known Forumite
Rent out your drive for weekday parking?
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Bit far out of town tbh. It's annoying though that some people Park work vans in the street which makes getting a fire engine down there dicey. They have front gardens but don't turn them into drives, I think if you can park on your property but instead choose to block a pavement then a fine is acceptable.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Corporation Street houses all have rear access available...
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Very good point actually!
Jonah
Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Yeah but that's London. They do what they like there.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
People can get quite difficult about parking on the highway.
https://twitter.com/OFFICIALWMAS/status/855406181992542208/photo/1
https://twitter.com/OFFICIALWMAS/status/855406181992542208/photo/1
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/new...pid-fines-for-cars-parked-on-drives-1-5121821
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Cue
Well-Known Forumite
I'm of two minds about this... on one side, if you have a small drive don't be an idiot and buy a car too big for your drive. On the other it's quite petty on the fine side of things.
John Marwood
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tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
I dunno about that.....
Jade-clothing
Well-Known Forumite
In reality, yes. but my house has been turned into two flats and the rear access is really only suitable for one car. Which on the whole is fine as I don't have a car but I do have visitors, who generally park on the road.
GNM67
Well-Known Forumite
This is in Stone today.
This is why pavement parking should be punished more. These were the worst almost every other car on this road was on the pavement to some degree when there was no reason.
Worst were the school parents sat in their cars for up to an hour with engines running waiting for their little precious.
kyoto49
Well-Known Forumite
Outside the Co Op on the Stone Road is terrible. It's on a corner and a big wide pavement frequented by many kids yet selfish drivers of both cars and vans seem to mistake it all the time for a car park. They park with impunity. This is the sort of unnecessary selfish parking they should be clamping down on, drivers using the pavement as a road. I have some sympathy for people in residential areas who edge on to the kerb to widen the road for emergency vehicles leaving pedestrians enough space to walk on the pavement safely!
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tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
And that co op has a car park!
Cue
Well-Known Forumite
You wouldn’t even be able to get down most residential roads if people didn’t ride the pavement a little tbh. We need wider roads and more drivers before not parking on the pavement can be enforced.
The ones in your photos are taking the piss though for sure
We need fewer cars on the road and indeed, we should ban people from keeping cars if they don't have a private parking space* to keep them on. Cars SHOULD NOT be parked on the road, or the pavement. These are places for the public to use and not for selfish people to leave several tons of their own junk on.
*And no, paving over your front garden should not be permitted.
*And no, paving over your front garden should not be permitted.