Bastards parking on pavements!

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People that completely block the footpaths with their cars. AIBU to have pre-printed some notes to leave on windscreens because on a 5 minute journey I counted 12! There is NEVER an excuse!

This boils my piss! (in case there was any doubt)

It's only illegal to park on pavements in London. Don't think there's a problem leaving a note (unless you super glue it or something!)

Does nothing piper, our school have written home many times but if people are selfish enough to do it in the first place they won't be deterred by a letter from school!

leave note on car saying " sorry I have scratched your car, but i could not passed in my wheelchair." they will be out with a magnifying glass looking for the scratch and may think twice in future.

YANBU, they're selfish twats. And those fuckers who don't trim their bushes Most of the pavement down my road is completely unusable.

Hmm, Round doesn't seem right to pretend I have a wheelchair. And Sirzy you're right about the schools. The only thing that does seem to work is PCSO or Traffic warden.

Ray I'm pretty handy with a hedge-trimmer

Completely understand your frustration. I live on a very narrow street but all properties have either private driveway or allocated parking space plus additional bays for guests. And yet 4 of my lovely neighbours who live opposite my driveway insist on parking half on/off pavement outside their house because otherwise they would have to walk an additional 2 metres.

It blocks the pavement for wheelchair/pushchair users. We only have pavement on that side of the street so alternative is to walk on the road. Also means that getting on/off my drive is a nightmare, requiring a minimum 10 point turn .

Still, as long as they aren't inconvenienced.

say its a buggy, or a pram,

Last year we arrived at my Parents home to find a car parked 3/4 across their shared double drive, you could just get a car on the drive with lots of careful moves. This car had also parked on the path, also completely blocking a path T-junction. They were also half parked in a perfectly safe parking space on the road, making that unusable. So my parents, Dad has a blue badge, their neighbours, also blue badge, any visiting GC, up to five families from 3 months to 5 years all struggled to park on a driveway that they had every right too park on. Who was the driver who thought they were more important than all these people? A Mum and her PFB. OH asked excuse me, what do you think you are doing? After the abuse that came out of her mouth she drove off and we thought that was that. Until the police arrived, I'm not sure what happened after that

Bloody hell scaredy

We have cars do this every weekend down our street (parking is only allowed on one side of the street) they know traffic wardens don't work weekends.

it is annoying, in my old street you had to park on the pavement and the road still could barely fit a car down. We had no front garden (victorian terraces) and sometimes i could barely step out of the house and couldn't take the buggy out as someone was so close to my front door.

I've actually had abuse from a driver for being so 'fucking crazy' to be pushing my twin pushchair in the road. That I had to do so because some inconsiderate asshole had blocked the pavement seemed neither here nor there to them!

YANBU.

But waiting for someone to come along and tell us that they have to park on the pavement to be near their house...

I once worked on a council phone line and a man in a wheelchair phoned as some bastard had parked on the pavement in front of his house. There wasn't enough room to swing open his front gate so he was house bound until the car moved. The police weren't able to do anything, and neither were we. The man had been at home for three days and had missed appointments. It made me so angry talking to him, he was resigned to it as he was used to selfish bastards.

Unfortunately it's only illegal to park on theppavement in London. It is however illegal to obstruct the pavement although sadly because that is open to interpretation (& the police perhaps consider other crimes more important) it's unlikely for anyone to get prosecuted. Drives me nuts! Was blocked from walking down the pavement with my DD's buggy the other day. Man also unable to get by with his dog took photos and said he'd call the business number on the van. I was pleased I have an ally in my village!

There's a site called inconsiderateparkers.co.uk which you can upload photos to anonymously.

I'm on the fence with this. I live near a northern town that has plenty of Victorian terraced houses and nowhere to park. If they don't park partly on the pavement emergency vehicles can't pass, but if they do then people in wheelchairs, people with buggies and visually impaired people can't walk on the pavement.

What is the answer?
Knock all the houses down
Knock some houses down to provide a car park
Only buy a terraced house if you don't drive

Even modern housing estates don't provide enough parking, so people park on the pavements. What are the planners thinking of? Money, pure and simple.

The police are able to issue a ticket for obstructing the pavement. Some just can't be arsed.

Lots of people park on the pavement in our street, including the Police Inspector's wife - so I'm assuming it isn't actually illegal - but bloody annoying, as it means I have to use the road with DD in her wheelchair.

YANBU.

If anyone reading this is someone who parks on pavements be aware that whenever I need to squash past with my buggy, I will ALWAYS accidentally scratch your car and I don't give a shit if "there's nowhere else to park"

There is. You are just to lazy to walk.

Bun People who buy homes with no parking, need to park further away from their home.

Lazy bastards.

I may have had this issue on the walk to school with DD countless times throughout the summer.

I may have ranted about it a few times when DD and I were almost knocked over by lorries using the village as a cut through and having no choice but to walk in the road.

I may have commented that I hoped no-one was going to be so inconsiderate when the school held its annual fireworks display, especially as the village has no street lights and walking in the road could be deadly.

I may have ensured I used my large handbag with the metal studded corners that evening.

I may have sniggered a bit when I read the Community Newsletter later that month - shockingly a number of cars were damaged on fireworks night, how awful for the owners .

Good on you Eve. It's just so astoundingly lazy of people! If someone has a disabled badge displayed then fair enough but the majority of people just think they're entitled to park RIGHT on their own doorstep.

Who says that's so? Pay for somewhere else if you want a safe spot. Why is their car more important than other people's safety?

Bun People who buy homes with no parking, need to park further away from their home

Every road in my old area was like this for a 1/2-1 mile radius. There wasn't really an option of parking a road or 2 away and walking back. It was completely expected everyone would park on the pavement and you just had to walk in the road. They had to put speed humps and traffic calming everywhere too because drivers would rush down the road even tho it was full of pedestrians and buggys

DH is totally blind and uses a cane.

He copes well with fixed obstacles eg lamp posts because he can remember where they are.

When someone parks illegally and he crashes into the car he can sometimes fall and have a nasty accident.

I have told him the next time he seriously injures himself because some idiot has left a car obstructing a pavement we are going straight to a PI solicitor and getting compensation.