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Diddums said:
I don't think this is a reasonable comment to make tbh. It's hard to see from the image just how obstructive this is. There might be a perfectly clear pavement on the other side, it may be a cul de sac where everyone knows each other, and this is probably the route of least resistance. I agree that people parking on pavements is irritating but in this instance it's hard to tell just how much it's inconveniencing others. The whole street seems to be doing it too.
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Indeed. I don't like parking on the pavement, but in certain situations, it makes sense.
He did say that his road is narrow and that's the only way he can park. If he didn't he might instead risk impeding the progress of an ambulance or fire engine.

roccles said:
I will happy squeeze the push chair though rather than having to push my child on a busy road. If this means a car gets damage so be it. Its infuriating. At least I can hop onto the road if needed, wheel chair users may not have this luxury. Whats worse is when people insist on doing it on a road that can easily accommodate a car parked on the road.
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My road is wide enough that everyone can park along one side, completely off the pavement, and leave a lane clear for passing traffic.
However, there's two houses up the road where the owners repeatedly park so far onto the pavement, with no real reason to, that they only leave about 6 inches of pavement to pass by on. I just either step onto their front garden to pass, or fold their door mirror in. Hoping they'll take the hint soon enough.

Either that or they'll see me and I'll get a punch in the face.
 
Diddums said:
I don't think this is a reasonable comment to make tbh. It's hard to see from the image just how obstructive this is. There might be a perfectly clear pavement on the other side, it may be a cul de sac where everyone knows each other, and this is probably the route of least resistance. I agree that people parking on pavements is irritating but in this instance it's hard to tell just how much it's inconveniencing others. The whole street seems to be doing it too.
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roccles said:
I will happy squeeze the push chair though rather than having to push my child on a busy road. If this means a car gets damage so be it. Its infuriating. At least I can hop onto the road if needed, wheel chair users may not have this luxury. Whats worse is when people insist on doing it on a road that can easily accommodate a car parked on the road.
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If you pushed your pushchair into my car on a dead quiet road because you were too impatient then all I can say is I'd hope it's your ambulance that gets stuck because someones blocked a road.

Conscript said:
Indeed. I don't like parking on the pavement, but in certain situations, it makes sense.
He did say that his road is narrow and that's the only way he can park. If he didn't he might instead risk impeding the progress of an ambulance or fire engine.



My road is wide enough that everyone can park along one side, completely off the pavement, and leave a lane clear for passing traffic.
However, there's two houses up the road where the owners repeatedly park so far onto the pavement, with no real reason to, that they only leave about 6 inches of pavement to pass by on. I just either step onto their front garden to pass, or fold their door mirror in. Hoping they'll take the hint soon enough.

Either that or they'll see me and I'll get a punch in the face.
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I also hate parking on pavements and this was the first time I've ever done it since passing my test. However I truly had no other option, there was plenty of dropped curbs for people to take their wheelchairs off onto the road as it's a row of driveways. Screenshot of the road in question just to defend myself.

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It gets narrower up the road however there are no cars parked there during the streetview for scale :(
 
What you could do is park on the opposite side of the road, and should people struggle to pass your car (which by the looks of things they shouldn't - I could get a bus through there!), they could mount the curb. Thus allowing wheelchair and pushchair users to pass without having to move onto the highway.

I think it's wrong and selfish of you to state that someone is impatient if they have to take their wheelchair or pushchair onto the road!
 
Diddums said:
Oi, fix your bloody quote you plank. I was in your corner :p
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Sorryyy, just quoted everyone :p

Clarkey said:
You for real? That house has a large driveway to park in?
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Read it again :rolleyes: I was parked further up the road where it's narrower but the streetview doesn't have any cars.

If I had parked on the other side of the road nobody would have been able to move because cars were parked all the way down the road and I'd have blocked several dropped curbs but also anyone with a car larger than a Fiesta would have been stuck.


Also the house I was visiting had 4 vehicles already on the drive :p
 
If the road is sufficiently narrow that there is no way to park on it without obstructing either other traffic or the pavement, is the answer not 'do not park there'? You mention the 'impatience' of people with pushchairs who can't be bothered to simply use the road but what about the impatience of drivers who can't bear to park a few minutes walk from where they are visiting so that they can park without obstructing either the road or the pavement?
 
[TW]Fox said:
If the road is sufficiently narrow that there is no way to park on it without obstructing either other traffic or the pavement, is the answer not 'do not park there'? You mention the 'impatience' of people with pushchairs who can't be bothered to simply use the road but what about the impatience of drivers who can't bear to park a few minutes walk from where they are visiting so that they can park without obstructing either the road or the pavement?
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I had tools and equipment in my boot that it was pretty much impossible to carry. It's also right beside a main road (hence why people wouldn't be walking on the pavement there unless they lived in the road, at which point they'd understand) so parking is non-existent.
 
Lol at people not wanting to push their children on a road being labelled impatient.

I'm not sure photograph exhibit A benefits your case by the way. You've blocked the only available pavement and if your only alternative is to prevent ambulance access, then the road isn't for parking, it's for passage.
 
sigma said:
I reckon I could push a pushchair through that gap without damaging somebody else's property.
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I'm up for a trip to Northampton to test this.


Oh and OT:
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LED side lights freshen up the front end. However, the headlights are only halogen so the colours mismatch. I'm going to have to change them again because it looks daft. Maybe a decent warm white led?
 
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