Parking on the pavement

SlyReaper

SlyReaper

SlyReaper

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I was told off earlier today by some busybody for parking on the pavement in the street nearest to where I live. This is on a narrow road where every other parked car happened to be parked on the pavement. Otherwise there wouldn't be room for other vehicles to get past.

Her: You know parking on the pavement is illegal, right?
Me: Yes, but if I don't park on the pavement, I'll be blocking the road, which is even more illegal.
Her: Please do, it would stop other people coming down here!
Me: ...
Her: I sometimes report things like this to the police, so you've been warned.

And then she walks off.

Yes I know it's technically illegal to park with wheels on the pavement, but surely common sense has to come in to play here? I've been careful not to block any doorways; I've parked next to a stone wall. Every other street around here has exactly the same problem of being too narrow to park legally on, and everyone parks on the pavement. There's nothing anyone can do about the streets being narrow, so we all do the best we can; this sometimes means bending the rules.

Am I in the wrong?

*waits for accusations of being an inconsiderate yobbo*
 
Pretty much, yea. Either put up with people not being that impressed with you parking on the pavement or park somewhere that you don't inconvenience anyone.
 
[TW]Fox;19023653 said:
or park somewhere that you don't inconvenience anyone.
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As far as I can tell, I'm not inconveniencing anyone anyway. I'm not blocking anything. And there are no proper parking spaces for miles, unless I happen to get lucky and find one of the 6 parking bays at the bottom of the road vacant.
 
I always park on the pavement **** them

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If its the only way to park then it has to be done. Similar situation on my Fiances street only her neighbour took exception to anyone parking in what he classed as his spot. So under the cover of darkness he would tippy toe out to my car and slash the tyres or key the paint work. ALLEGEDLY.
 
It's illegal to park on the pavement in London, but outside London it's down to the local council IIRC. You're meant to be able to get a pushchair down the pavement...but for the sanctity of your wing-mirrors and paint it's good practice to leave a gap anyway.
 
I've heard, around here atleast, that its illegal to park straddling the pavement. But if you get all 4 wheels on there there's nothing they can do about it?
 
I have this problem often with my truck, trying to do a road side delivery. Its too big to park properly so I have to park half & half so I don't block the road. Thus I get a ticket (issued via CCTV) so no I say **** 'em & block the road which causes chaos & inconvenience when doing whats wrong actually helps everybody.

Alas, sometimes the truck will make a real mess of a flagged pavement, so I see their side of it too... :o
 
Listen you park outside your shop like so, and say sorry to the passers by :)
 
parking on the pavement is a no no imo, although around here plenty of people do it and nothing is done about it.

Can't understand it myself, if it was a parking bay it would be, err, a parking bay.

As I said people around here leave their cars parked on the grass verge for days even though they could actually park on the road.
 
Slam62 said:
parking on the pavement is a no no imo, although around here plenty of people do it and nothing is done about it.

Can't understand it myself, if it was a parking bay it would be, err, a parking bay.

As I said people around here leave their cars parked on the grass verge for days even though they could actually park on the road.
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slam my man, when you get 3 quid to your name you'll understand it :D
 
Slam62 said:
parking on the pavement is a no no imo, although around here plenty of people do it and nothing is done about it.

Can't understand it myself, if it was a parking bay it would be, err, a parking bay.

As I said people around here leave their cars parked on the grass verge for days even though they could actually park on the road.
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But that doesn't apply in this case. Parking on the road would mean blocking the road for everyone else. It's too narrow. And every street in the area has the same problem. There is literally nowhere to park unless you straddle the pavement.
 
SlyReaper said:
But that doesn't apply in this case. Parking on the road would mean blocking the road for everyone else. It's too narrow. And every street in the area has the same problem. There is literally nowhere to park unless you straddle the pavement.
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well the you can't park you have to walk a bit further simples
 
Whilst it's illegal I wouldn't have a problem with parking half on the pavement outside your house, but not elsewhere.

I know my Dad's had a ticket before as he had two wheels on the pavement (road didn't have yellow lines or anything, he just parked half on the pavement because it's narrow).

DM said:
I always park on the pavement **** them

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You drive a nice car so it's allowed!
 
Slam62 said:
well the you can't park you have to walk a bit further simples
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A bit further? It's at least half a mile to a place where you can reliably expect to find a vacant parking bay (and even then it's far from guaranteed). As it is, it's a 5 minute walk from the nearest non-double-yellow road to my home. Is it reasonable to expect me to walk that far from my car to my own home when I'm carrying heavy stuff?
 
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