parking on pavement now banned ? (anyone know if this is true?)

[ShiWarrior]

Anyone got any concrete evidence this is true ?

came up on my news feed on my phone

i dont know if its "certain areas" like the north or the south

came into force on the 1st august apparently ?

 

[floatindolphin]

It's been like this for a while, I think.


It's good, but the chances of it being enforced and dinglers still whacking it up on the curb.....small

 

[Rroff]

Be nice if they stopped people parking around this corner:

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Not many cars in the Street View capture but normally they are parked all the way around and it is a pain - especially as most of them do have garages or a designated off-road parking space but don't use them for their car(s). Granted in some places the parking situation is dire but more often than not it is just people being lazy without a care for how it impacts people using the road.

 

[shifty_uk]

Middle lane hogging is meant to be an offence also, not a thing ever gets done about it.

 

[Rroff]

I can't see anything that confirms it has actually been brought in yet though it was one of the ones supposed to be coming in this August.

Highway code still says "should not do so... unless signs permit it" but that is a should not, not a must not.

 

[LiE]

Doesn't deter those attending the local mosque at pray time. The only way they sorted this was blue cones along the entire length of the path at pray time.

 

[henry hoov3r]

Doesn't deter those attending the local mosque at pray time. The only way they sorted this was blue cones along the entire length of the path at pray time.

Same near a mosque near me. Cars parked everywhere and not a warden in sight on a busy high street as well.

 

[casper_uk]

It's always been banned in London and Scotland was meant to be following suit. A law was passed a few years back in Scotland to ban it, but covid delayed the plan. It's recently started to be enforced (at least threats), £150 fine. England have had a consultation on banning it in place for years, which has gone no where and the government keep delaying. I hope for one it does get banned as people are selfish gits when it comes to parking!

 

[kaiowas]

As long as you turn on your flashing orange parking lights the rules don’t apply anyway

 

[theone8181]

As long as you turn on your flashing orange parking lights the rules don’t apply anyway

Or if its a white van or suv .

 

[Haze]

Nothing new as far as I know

 

[Lopéz]

As long as you turn on your flashing orange parking lights the rules don’t apply anyway

Based on my experience, in countries like Greece this is taken pretty much as law

 

[Uther]

There's no traffic wardens and no police presence where I live so people pretty much do what they like here. Parking on double yellows, blocking pavements, speeding. Zero enforcement.

 

[Nasher]

Same on every estate, no one enforces parking so who cares. Even worse on modern ones as the roads are usually tight and not enough spaces off-road. You can't park in some without being half on a pavement or you'd block the road for HGV/buses.

The most annoying is when people with driveways park on the road and leave the drive empty. This seems to be a new trend for some reason :/

 

[BUDFORCE]

Yeah I don't think this is anything new.

In our local town there is a wide pavement verge area outside some shops, there is parking there but some people also park on the pavement bit there, and have done for ages.

The other day we saw police go down and give the whole lot tickets.

But I guess that is once in a blue moon it happens becuase people still seem to park there.

 

[Ozymandias]

The most annoying is when people with driveways park on the road and leave the drive empty. This seems to be a new trend for some reason :/

Probably reserving "their parking space" in front of their house to prevent any one else taking it.

 

[robj20]

IMO it's a necessary evil, but it shouldn't be done in an unsafe manor.
On our road you have to, even one car fully on the road blocks the road, but it's perfectly safe to walk down the road. You know it's not an issue when, police, ambulance and absolutely everyone else also parks on the pavement. You do occasionally get a hero type that parks fully on the road and it causes chaos people can't get to work, bin truck can't get down the road. The police came out and they pushed 95% on the pavement so what more permission do you need. Lol

 

[lordrobs]

Same on every estate, no one enforces parking so who cares. Probably even worse on modern ones as the roads are usually tight and not enough spaces off-road

The most annoying is when people with driveways park on the road and leave the drive empty. This seems to be a new trend for some reason :/

Reserving "their" space on the road.

My old neighbor used to go out of his way to make a point of saying it was ok and that he "didn't mind" if my car was parked partially in front of his front garden on the public road with no parking restrictions. Something that happened maybe 10 times a year. Funnily enough he never said a thing when he used to bring a shed of a 70 seater coach home every nigh for months which spanned the front of both our houses (and made the drives opposite unusable). In summary, people are odd.

 

[Nasher]

Probably reserving "their parking space" in front of their house to prevent any one else taking it.

There is no point to it where I am. It's all 2+ bedroom houses and all have driveways, plus there are "visitor" spaces. Yet people with 3-4 car driveways park insist on the road, including opposite junctions. They are just lazy

 

[[TW]Fox]

On our road you have to

Is that really true?

Or is it actually the case that you don't have to, but you choose to in order to park next to your house?

Pavements should be for pedestrians only - if they are wide then perhaps they should reduce the size of them to accommodate parking but I don't really think parking on a pavement should ever be acceptable.