bazjea Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Hello all fellow pedestrians. Since when was it ok to park on the pavement. I walk to quite a few places pushing my granddaughter in her buggy and I find in numerous places that the path is blocked by a parked car. The owners of said cars give me rather dirty looks if I am in their way if they are either coming on to the path or wanting to get off it. Since when did a car have the right of way on a path. I have phoned the highway department to complain and have been told to ring 101. But i think the police have rather more important things to deal with. No parking signs or road markings would be good. I think a blind eye is used in places where a vehicle is parked partly on the pavement If the footpath is completely blocked is a different matter. The problem can be that emergency vehicles and large lorries will not be able to get through on narrower roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin C Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I agree but we're wasting our time. Road vehicles clearly have absolute priority even on pavements. I live in hope that a pavement side wing mirror will fall off when I unavoidably come into contact with one in these circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I think a blind eye is used in places where a vehicle is parked partly on the pavement If the footpath is completely blocked is a different matter. The problem can be that emergency vehicles and large lorries will not be able to get through on narrower roads. The problem is that people are in too much of a rush, and they dont believe in walking any further than 100 mts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 On the other hand, could you imagine the furore if council were to clamp down on it and fine drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 On the other hand, could you imagine the furore if council were to clamp down on it and fine drivers? The law is already in place, its illegal to drive on the pavement, why do the police choose to ignore this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Since when was it ok to park on the pavement. we have this problem in Page Hall. Cars park on the pavement, so pedestrians walk in the road instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 The law is already in place, its illegal to drive on the pavement, why do the police choose to ignore this one? To drive or park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane2008 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 To drive or park? Surely you have to drive on to it to park there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Surely you have to drive on to it to park there You also have to drive across a pavement to park in your drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firecon Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I stopped a policeman the other week and asked him why people are allowed to park on pavements and he wasn't interested. He said if they get in the way of say fire engines they can legally barge them out of the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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