Drivers face ban on pavement parking

Tom Price    on 12 March 2020

A parking ban is already law in Scotland.

De Sisti    on 12 March 2020

On narrow roads there doesn't have to be "nose-to-tail" parking on both

sides. If there were reasonable gaps* between cars, then the parking on

pavements wouldn't be an issue. So the owners of some cars won't be able

to park near their front doors; there will always be streets nearby that aren't

as narrow for them to leave their vehicles. Yes, it's an inconvenience for some.

Nobody ever said life was fair.

*Painted lines on very narrow roads to inidcate where vehicles can park?

Just a thought.

Edited by De Sisti on 12/03/2020 at 15:58

   on 12 March 2020

If lines were painted on roads where parking IS permitted, rather than where it ISN’T.”, local councils and highways agencies would save millions of pounds in yellow and red paint.This could be put towards free car parks.

Dorset123    on 12 March 2020

Why do people think they should park on a path I am sure they wouldn't like people walking down the road and stopping them. If your house doesn't have a driveway or any parking why does that make it someone else problem ? Nobody is forced into renting or buying a house without parking.

Selfishness is the cause    on 13 March 2020

No-one has a right to park anywhere except on one’s own driveway / garage or the permission to use someone else’s. To be certain that my family could park outside our house I moved to a home that had its own driveway and garage with sufficient space for our cars and visitors too. This meant moving further from my workplace. I did not think for a moment that I should receive special privileges to allow me to park how or where I wanted.

gavsmit    on 13 March 2020

Unfortunately modern life seems to need to adhere to set rules rather than common sense. Maybe that's come about because some people don't think about their actions enough so need to be 'controlled' by rules.

I hate to see cars parked on pavements - it can be dangerous, damages the pavement / verge and obstructs pedestrians / people pushing prams / wheelchairs etc. But in narrow streets it seems like a necessary evil - as long as people park considerately - and this is the problem.

There's a length of road in front of my house between two driveways which is big enough for two cars but more often than not, one person parks in the middle of it, taking up two spaces. I've also seen cars parked completely on the pavement, meaning people have to walk into the road to get around it.

So I think there should be a specific law against 'inconsiderate parking' - a bit like driving without due care and attention. The person's car should be photographed and a fine (its amount relating to the severity of their bad parking) issued with a brief description of why they have incurred that penalty. It might also optimise the parking available and teach people how to park properly for those that legitimately don't see the error of their ways.

glidermania    on 13 March 2020

About time. The number of drivers round our way with off street parking but who decide to block the pavement such that you have to walk on the road, is a disgrace.

Brian Hilton    on 13 March 2020

I live in a, village where it isn't necessary to park on the pavements or grass verges, however it seems these days the default position for many drivers these days is to automatically park on pavements and grass verges without given it a second thought whether or not necessary.
Just as bad are the grocery home delivery drivers who park on pavements etc automatically so they don't have to carry the goods as far.
I agree there are circumstances where a couple of wheels only on the pavement are necessary, but this should be the exception rather than the rule.

conman    on 14 March 2020

Pity you don't live in Stockport they have just spent a fortune widening the pavements which of course narrows the roads. Oh and hardly anyone walks anymore, same with the fortune spent on new cycle paths with traffic lights. there is one near my house only seen a handful of people use it in 3 months. So if you wonder why the councils are increasing your council tax you don't have to look very far.

   on 16 March 2020

The impact in this area of North London, where it is already against the law - but tolerated, will be interesting. If the local council applied the law - within a mile from here about four bus routes would have to be cancelled, as the bus can only get through because cars are parked on the kerb. If parking restrictions are introduced, the local residents will be barricading the roads.

Mike TTT    on 16 March 2020

So long as you do not obstruct either wheel chairs or double buggy's I see no reason to restrict the parking if the road is narrow. However this trend of SUVs or 4x4 outside a row of terrace houses in a city doesn't help. Also think to the future, in 20 years all these EVs will need a charging spot and the danger of tripping over extension leads will far outweigh the pavement parking issue.

soldierboy 001    on 16 March 2020

If they moved the kerb back away from the road but leaving enough space for buggies and or mobility scooters then they could park legitimately leaving enough road space for fire engines, then if they put a wheel on the kerb or beyond hit them with a £100 fine no reduction for early payment.

Vivien Barber    on 16 March 2020

Part of the problem around here is that so many car owners have paved all of their forecourts and have dropped curbs for the width of their properties that there is no kerbside parking left. We have three cars, but have arranged the parking so that we only have one entrance. At times we have to juggle but it's better for the road. And, no parking on grass verges! One nearby resident has covered her/his ploughed-up verge with polyanthus!

jchinuk    on 17 March 2020

We manage in London, though some narrow streets have designated 'boxes' painted on pavements where it is allowed.
Of course, once EVs become anything like common street parking will be a serious issue, if you want to charge up it would be nice to be able to park outside your home, but will local councils accept leads trailing across pavements?

Bruce Dibben    on 17 March 2020

Captain Bruce.

The bottom line is too many people on our tiny island. Families with several children consider it their right to have up to five vehicles even if they live in a terraced house.
Council planners give permission, for example, a new estate of forty houses which they do not take into account the probable family ownership of perhaps three cars to a house which equals 120 vehicles. We then inherit urban misery in just one small future development. Leaving out the car parking the already overcrowded surgeries, hospitals and other amenities just cannot cope with more development. A 1940's development of a council culdesac, designed in a narrow service road; never in a million years could they see 2020 problems in their planning, culminating in two lines of pavement parking which will be the norm for any future planning experts to solve.
Do we go the Chinese/ Japanese route? Disobey the countries laws at your peril.
I very much doubt it as the police cannot even control roaming travellers who park and live wherever they like through force of numbers. My complaints to the police is that they do not have the resources to enforce the law so we will stumble along and make the best of it.

cheshiredolphin    on 17 March 2020

Totally agree with this well presented view

A.Ward    on 17 March 2020

Good. Time pavement parking was stopped. The pavement outside my house is not fit to walk on because it is broken to pieces with cars parking all over the place. It is up to the local council to make central car parks on spare ground where possible. No where to park means no car ( catch a bus to work and shopping ) or buy a house with a drive

Edited by A.Ward on 17/03/2020 at 14:48

aethelwulf    on 17 March 2020

So who will enforce this? You will need an army of wardens and local councils are reluctant to annoy their residents who vote for them. After all, obstruction is currently an offence that is rarely enforced. All wind and hiss in my opinion, and experience.

   on 20 March 2020

Just ban b***** 4 wheel drive cars and pickups. Law needs to change to reduce max width of cars. f***in townies in Range Rovers, Q7's etc for school runs and shopping.. Ridiculous.

Graham Saunders    on 4 May 2020

There should be a law that makes it an offence to leave a gap of less than 900mm (3'0") on any pavement.That would allow passage of all foot/buggy/mobility scooters etc to pass. No lines would need to be painted. It should be the driver's responsibility to comply. If they can't judge 3'0" they would soon learn if they were fined for infringement.

Peter Astle    on 17 May 2020

Part of the problem is that there are no restrictions on car purchases. Perhaps in order to purchase a car one should have to verify that one has a place to keep it - off the road at that.

Vincent Edwards    on 9 July 2020

Unfortunately parking on the pavement has become the default option for many, regardless of any perceived "necessity". I live on a wide, moderately busy road. Everyone has a garage and driveway. But some neighbours park on the pavement, across the entrance to their empty drive. On the adjacent 1950s housing estate many people park in their front gardens, others in parking bays provided by the council - but there are always quite a few who block the pavement in front of their houses rather than walk a few yards. At a previous address I was pleased when the people over the road demolished their front garden wall - I assumed they would in future use their garden for parking instead of the pavement. Instead they landscaped their garden and rebuilt the wall. By the time they moved out their children were adults and they had five cars parked on the pavement. At another address I lived close to a sports hall where energetic young things would play an hour's badminton, leaving their cars on the pavement/yellow lines outside rather than use the free car park fifty yards away. By all means make special provision in areas where parking is really difficult (the organisations campaigning for a ban acknowledge this). But some motorists desperately need to be educated, and I fear only a parking ticket on the windscreen will do the trick.

JASON RUTLAND    on 26 April 2021

Some people have no respect for other people or the law and they do this by parking on the footpath when they have a driveway to park. This shouldn't apply to people that dont have a driveway but they should not be alllowed to block the foothpath completely so that pedestrians and people in wheelchairs etc have adequate space is allowed for them to pass through.

Edited by JASON RUTLAND on 26/04/2021 at 17:31

Les Richards    on 23 January 2022

Without enforcement, a complete waste of time.

Add to that, e-scooters and cyclists riding on pavements and pedestrian areas. Both illegal but the authorities do not bother to enforce.

Confiscate your car if it's not taxed, MOT'd, insured, etc but not the same for
e-scooter users and cyclists. Thought we were all equal in the eyes of the Law.

Go figure.

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