parking on pavement now banned ? (anyone know if this is true?)
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Not everyone using pavements is walking, parking on it discriminates against the disabled who needs the extra space. Either the pavement is unnecessarily wide and should be rebuilt to allow cars to park fully on the road or there isn't enough room to park a vehicle on that side of the road.
On my estate, built in 1999, if a car parks fully on the road then there is 'just' enough space for a car to get past. Sometimes people do that, and bin lorries etc have to drive onto the opposite verge to get past.
It's an impossible conundrum. Not all roads are wide enough for modern society. So if people park on the road, there's not enough room to get past. If they park on the pavement, the pavement is partially / completely blocked. There's no alternative suitable parking.
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So there isn't really space to park there then is there. I know it's what everyone does, but the point is they shouldn't be and this is presumably what trying to ban it is about.
What solution are you suggesting - park elsewhere?
What if there isn't anywhere? Don't have a car?
Did somebody remove all the parking after the property was purchased or was the available parking situation, or lack of, obvious at the time?
How about a discussion regarding if it's the councils problem that there isn't any free public storage space for someone's private property?
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I've told the kids if a car is on the pavement don't worry about scratching it as they go by 
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.I've a friend in a wheelchair who's none too careful either if he has to struggle to get past.I've told the kids if a car is on the pavement don't worry about scratching it as they go by
Don't start my son's disabled he has zero issue using our road as do all the pensioners. Some people just like to look for trouble. You might get one car every hour going up our street at walking speed, it's a non issue.
It's a shame some people rather than using common sense choose to criminally damage someone's property.
Like I said at first don't park dangerously but on a side street with almost no traffic I don't see an issue.
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Different disabilities have different needs. Also not forgetting parents with prams.
Again we take our children in a pram and mobility pram down the road zero issue. Main roads should definitely be kept clear, more cars, much higher speed and less awareness.
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On our estate the car owners have drives so it's their own fault if the kids catch it. I'd rather they stayed on the path as most people seem to want to break a land speed record when driving round here, despite it being a (justified imo) 20 zone as its quite windey.
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I was always of the understanding that if you parked on the pavement it was against the highway code, and mounting the pavement anywhere other than via a dropped kerb was a no no.
Personally I loathe pavement parkers as a general thing, mainly because so many of them don't care if they're forcing people into the road and causing a danger to the blind etc*.
As I think has been said before, the police etc can and will ticket every now and then, but as there aren't enough of them it's rare as hens teeth, it's like parking in loading bays and double yellows etc unless you're in an area with an active traffic warden it just happens. Having said that I take an odd amount of perverse enjoyment every now and then when I see the local traffic warden making her monthly rounds in my town centre, mainly at the reaction of people who've spotted her and are now rushing to move their cars from where they've blocked the loading bays, and in the turning area, or parked up behind someone in a legit bay blocking usually a couple of cars in.
*I think one of the houses on the next street over has changed hands because for the last week or so it seems they've got some SUV parked completely blocking the path, on a corner.
Personally I loathe pavement parkers as a general thing, mainly because so many of them don't care if they're forcing people into the road and causing a danger to the blind etc*.
As I think has been said before, the police etc can and will ticket every now and then, but as there aren't enough of them it's rare as hens teeth, it's like parking in loading bays and double yellows etc unless you're in an area with an active traffic warden it just happens. Having said that I take an odd amount of perverse enjoyment every now and then when I see the local traffic warden making her monthly rounds in my town centre, mainly at the reaction of people who've spotted her and are now rushing to move their cars from where they've blocked the loading bays, and in the turning area, or parked up behind someone in a legit bay blocking usually a couple of cars in.
*I think one of the houses on the next street over has changed hands because for the last week or so it seems they've got some SUV parked completely blocking the path, on a corner.
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I can't find anything online but where's it written that you can't park on the pavement? London and the boroughs being an exception.
Highway code rule 244 off the top of my head - it says shouldn't rather than must not, must nots are enforced, shouldn't aren't.
In theory it is being changed to a must not but hasn't happened yet.
Don't buy a ****** house that has no parking.