Wibu to have scratched this car?

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Taking dtwins out in our double stroller, cars parked right on the pavement , can't walk on the road, too much traffic. Was I unreasonable to force my pram though, scratching one of the bigger cars in the process?

Why the fuck should she have crossed the road? Perfectly usable pavement but partially blocked. I'd have scraped by too, if I were pushing a wheelchair or buggy.

No one is disagreeing that they shouldn't have parked on the pavement, Lunar.

If someone is stood in the way of the disabled toilet, what do you do? Do you say excuse me or do you barge passed them with your wheelchair?

No one has said that vulnerable people shouldn't come first but the OP is expecting praise for criminal damage. No.

But the OP took the law into her own hands. Is she the Parking Police?

You can ask a person to move. Can't ask a car with no one in it. I've asked a car that had just pulled up blocking the pavement to shift it so I could get past with the pram. They looked a bit surprised, but they moved it.

Don't want your car scratched by people going past? Don't block the pavement.

I see someone doing something illegal! I could call the police and let them deal with it. Or I could break the law and deal with it myself.

YANBU, some bloody drivers do take the piss, I would have left a wee note saying " Don't park like an arsehole!" Why should you with a double buggy have to walk on the road, pavements are for people, not cars, skate boarders etc"

No she's a person using the pavement for its intended purpose. If the car had been parked properly it wouldn't have been damaged.

She didn't set of out thinking what crime can I commit today, she was in a situation where damaging the car was the safest choice for her situation.

Bloody hell....you are walking along a pavement by a busy road but if you come across a car blocking your way you have t

1. Walk on the busy road (where, if you get hit by a car everyone will say it's your fault for walking on the road)
2. Consider the driver may be picking up a disabled person or is a carer in a rush.
3. Call the Council to report it, or wait for a warden.
4. Worry about the car belonging to the Twat who parked it there.

What a complete load of bollocks.

Newes, I was using the example Lunar gave me earlier.

But the OP took the law into her own hands. Is she the Parking Police?

Did she say she did it on purpose? I read it that she thought she could squeeze by, but when it came to the bit, the car got accidentally scratched.

I wouldn't lose sleep over it, but without an explanatory note, the driver is hardly going to rethink his/her kerb manners.

Ywnbu hate fucking 4x4s or the mentality of lots that drive the fucking things

Ok, how long should someone have to stand and wait for the police to come out before the are allowed to try and pass.

OriginalMavis None of the examples you mentioned could cause the death or injury of another human being. I live on a road with no pavement on one side and a very narrow pavement on the other. There are always vans/delivery vehicles/cars/postie van etc parked on the pavement forcing me on the road - they don't even leave enough room for a pedestrian, never mind a wheelchair or pram. It is a continuation of a national speed limit road and although it goes from a 60mph to a 30 mph cars pay no heed.

So if I had a wheel chair I would be completely housebound. As it is I literally risk my own and my children's life daily trying to get them to school.

I'm sorry but my children's lives are priceless..... i refuse to get bothered by a knob head's car being scratched.

But scratching the car was an offence. You can get fined for that.

You can't just take the law into your own hands if there's something you do like. Feet on train seats piss me off by I can't go around chopping off feet now can it? Dog poo can't be inserted into the mouths of inconsiderate dog owners can it?

The driver shouldn't have parked their car onto the pavement but scratching the car makes you immature, also deliberately scratching someone's car is a crime: it's called criminal damage.

And yes, selfish parkers suck but I'd rather enjoy seeing them get a ticket.

I hope your going to pay for the damage

You were very unreasonable but it's very understandable.

I get pedestrian rage often as I use a walker/wheelchair/mobility scooter and people block the pavement daily. I can't just bump down the pavement and go around - I have to go back and find somewhere suitable to cross. This can add on unnecessary distance, and if using my mobility scooter on a narrow pavement means reversing until I can find somewhere to turn. Not easy and could easily cause an accident as it's rare for the pavement to be smooth.

People are selfish.

But don't be one of them.

No one was taking the law into their own hands!!!
They were walking on a pavement blocked by a car forcing them to squeeze past.
The owner took the risk. Tough!

A lot of people don't seem to realise that it's actually illegal to park on pavements.

Not in most of the country. Only in London and one other place, Exeter I think.

While I agree that parking on pavements is a dickish thing to do, I don't think that scratching the car purposefully is a good thing to do in response. If it happened by accident though.......

I'd love you to show me a single police officer who would have taken action against me. Terminally ill husband in a wheelchair in our early 20's scratches a badly parked car!

I think I'd have been fine as police tend to see the shades of grey rather than the black and white crap about breaking the law some of you are trotting out. In fact the police went knocking on a few doors on our road and gave them a proper telling off as they were blocking our path on a regular basis.

But scratching the car was an offence. You can get fined for that.

How so? Can you point to the post where OP admits she scratched the car on purpose?

Chopping off someone's feet on a train would be assault, no matter what the circumstances (barring leg amputation of a crash victim).

Exercising your legal right to walk down a pavement, trying to squeeze through a tiny space caused by a badly (possibly illegally) parked car, and unintentionally scratching said car is not an offence or a crime.

TWINNY RECKON I got it!

Lunar, some PCs might not have a choice. If the owner of the car hasn't broken the law and want to press charges, what choice will they have?