To be annoyed someone is pushing my wing mirror in?

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Incredibly trivial problem alert!

At home I park ever so slightly on the pavement - but it's a wide pavement and there's definitely room for people, prams, wheelchairs and even scooters to pass. And yet someone keeps tucking in my wing mirror. AIBU to think it's a bit rude to touch someone else's car?

If the people in our old mill town do didnt park on the pavements then we'd all be parking in the next town as the vast majority of our streets are old Victorian ones.
You can't actually walk down our pavements because of cars as they are not wide.
It is a bit of a bugger but it is just accepted locally that pedestrians will be in the road and that you drive with this in mind as there is simply no other option for parking.

We do all put our wing mirrors in and park as carefully as we possibly can though.

I live in a village, which has narrow pavements, road plenty wide enough for parking on one side - but loads of idiots park on the pavements. Sometimes there isn't room to squeeze by even without a buggy or suchlike. Extra fun if you're walking round one with your dog and the driver suddenly decides to pull out without looking or signalling. (Fortunately I was alert to the possibility of such idiocy so no harm was done except to his opinion of his driving skills)

Yeah, not too much sympathy for a folded in wing mirror. YABVVU.

Rule 244
You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.

Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 (obviously there are places that aren't london where this gas no relevance)

As to parking on footways, grass verges, etc.

(1)Subject to subsections (3), (4), (7) and (11) of this section and without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment, any person who, on or after the appointed day in or on any urban road in Greater London parks a vehicle so that one or more of its wheels is resting on—
(a)any footway;
(b)any land (not being a footway) which is situated between two carriageways in any such road; or
(c)any grass verge, garden or space not falling within the foregoing paragraph (a) or (b);shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 1 on the standard scale].

where are these extra streets that everyone must move to if they cant find a space?

a recent story in my news is of a fire engine that couldnt get through to a house firebecause a car wasnt parked up on the pavement they had a delay getting through

if that doesnt ay pleae park onthe pavment i dont know what does

The OP has said at the beginning but it's a wide pavement and there's definitely room for people, prams, wheelchairs and even scooters to pass.

There are many roads around here where cars park fully on the pavements because there are no drives/parking spaces. Each pavement is over 2 cars wide, much wider in total than the 2 car width road.

Standard practice (and guidance) is to park on the pavement. This still leaves > 1 car width on each pavement for pedestrians - comfortably two double buggies side by side in my experience. The council did start reducing the width of the pavements, converting them to proper permit parking spaces but they ran out of money.

This is a pretty common set up and whatever the law says about parking in London the local authority and police guidance is to use the pavements. OP's area may well have the same guidance.

Where did you learn to drive OP, The Stevie Wonder School of Motoring?
Pavements are for pedestrians - end of story. They are not designed to support two tonnes of metal.

Actual legislation states that driver must not park there car on a pavement in London however the RAC advises that cars (outside of London) should not park on a pavement unless a situation allows it. Allowable situations would include a one way street, narrow street etc.

If someone is pushing your mirror in, odds are they either don't have enough room to get past or they are trying to passive aggressively trying to tell you to move your car. As to whether you more your car or not... that's your choice....

Just be aware that next time they may not just push the mirror in. If it's the only option for you and your car, keep doing it. Just make sure you leave enough room for a pram, wheel char, etc... to get past.

Thanks,
J