To ask people to move their cars if its on the pavement and you cannot get past?

[ShonC]

Hi all,

I am not sure why this bothers me so much but I guess it's the sheer ignorance of some people or perhaps they really don't care.

My dad is reliant on a wheelchair or mobility scooter. He is allowed to use his scooter on the pavement as it's below 12MPH. There has been times where he has been out and he has had to ride in the road because he cannot use the pavement as cars are parked there and I couldn't even get through. I worry for him as people drive very dangerously and often use mobile phones so I don't like him going in the road and neither does he, nor should he have to.

My partner says that I am going to get smacked by someone one day as there have been times where I've knocked on people's doors asking if that is their vehicle blocking the pavement and explain my reasoning, they are usually very understanding/ embarrassed and move it immediately. I think sometimes people just don't think.

AIBU? There are some disabled people who wouldn't have the confidence to ask that someone moves their vehicle for them.. I feel like I do this to help. I am never rude or confrontational either, hence why I think people are reciprocative.

I just think it's unfair that people park like this when it's so difficult for disabled people using wheelchairs or scooters to find a dropped kerb and takes longer for their journey. Similarly unfair for those with young children or prams..

I know that roads and pavements aren't built for purpose but I think people need to be more accommodating for the needs of others. I also don't spend my days knocking on doors in case anyone thinks I do, just if there are serial offenders or I cannot get past myself.

Here is a recent image of someone who I asked to move and they did, but he does this all the time

Call the police. Selfish fuckwit.

That street looks very like the one my mil lives on. There is no parking apart from on the street on on either side the cars have to long the pavement (to a lesser degree than this guy) or emergency vehicles cannot get through.

But if parking there means you have to choose between blocking the pavement or blocking access for emergency vehicles, maybe the answer is to not park there

The road I live on is narrow and people mostly park on one side (and mostly don’t block pavements, to be fair). Right now I can see out of my window that someone’s visiting my neighbour and has parked on the other side of the road, driven right up to block the whole pavement. They could have parked further down the road on the same side as the other cars and walked up but evidently the idea of walking for a few minutes is just unthinkable.

YANBU, I hate it too. I find it is nearly always van drivers that do it. They park on double yellows or the pavement (or those pickup trucks) as if the law doesn't apply to them.

I make a point of obviously taking photographs when I see it as it's dangerous for wheelchair users or anyone with a pram/pushchair.

One day the kindly bin men left my big green bin several houses down the street. I have mobility issues so I was not pleased. There was very little room left on the pavement to bring it back because of selfish parking of this kind. So I dont know how anyone with a pushchair or wheelchair would have managed. The bin just "happened" to bang against every parked car while I was dragging it back. (Un)fortunately plastic bins dont damage metal cars, but I got a lot of satisfaction out of the "thuds" as it scraped by their paintwork.

Yes it’s annoying and yes so many selfish people parking but that picture is hardly the m6 .

The simple fact is most households have 2 cars with no drives . Houses years ago were built without drives and impossible to actually have a driveway especially in congested areas . So if it bothers people so much you need to live in a area where everyone has a parking space , but good look finding that .

@islockdownoveryet there is ample parking on our road and drives for three vehicles.. there is no excuse on this occasion. People feel entitled to park outside their house but it's not the case unfortunately

@Herbie0987

My partner (after some time in the pub), came across a vehicle parked on the footpath and walked over it.

I've often thought of doing this but not had the alcohol content.

There’s a new housing estate just down the road from me which has a very weird parking set up. People have two tandem driveway spaces but there is a footpath between the two if that makes sense. The amount of houses who squeeze three cars on their “drive” and completely block the pavement area is ridiculous.

So if it bothers people so much you need to live in a area where everyone has a parking space

Or the people owning two cars who don’t have a drive to put them on could show some responsibility and park them somewhere that doesn’t inconvenience/endanger other people?

Tempted to start parking my bike in the middle of the road like a pp suggested!

Recent twat.

I live where we all park part on pavement and this wouldn't fly here at all. This is absolutely a dickhead parking!

My whole street is like this! Severely pisses me off, especially when people have garages which are being stored with junk while their cars are hogging the pavement and I had to walk in the road with my DD in a buggy. I often wonder how people in wheelchairs would manage.

Here in Scotland it became illegal to park on the pavement last year. Not one single tyre is allowed on the pavement.

Queen, I hope whoever parked that isn’t teaching others how to drive (looking at the L plate).

Imagine going in your wheelchair to your ESA interview one morning and finding this cunt parked like this which means you can't get past and so can't to the bus stop for your daily dose of "will I/won't I get a space" roulette which means you get sanctioned.

If you can't, don't worry. Neither can the DWP.

I take my mum out in her wheelchair and the other thing that really grates is people parking alongside dropped kerbs, especially in the town centre. It means I have to push her for ages before we can cross the road.

I've challenged people several times when they've been sitting in the car and you always get them pretending they can't see you and then going 'we'll only be a few minutes' It's so annoying

A Pp has already mentioned cars parked next to houses that have overgrown bushes as well, it's bloody infuriating.
What's likely to tip me over the edge though is the next arsehole that beeps/shouts abuse out of the window at me because I can't walk on the pavement and therefore have to walk on the road and getting in their way, inhibiting their ability to drive like a wanker in a lot of cases too.
I'm afraid I can't fly or levitate. Selfish of me I know, especially as I'm the one going to come off worse in a collision, from said wanky driving.

I take my mum out in her wheelchair

If I'm with DW, I can bump her down the kerb, carefully. She can't do it on her own.

the other thing that really grates is people parking alongside dropped kerbs,

Depending which dropped kerb it is, DW either takes a 400 metre (quarter mile to you) detour, or quite simply doesn't get out at all.

There's a lazy phrase "wheelchairs and prams" which is complete bollocks, as a pram can always be bumped down a kerb. It may not be idea and shouldn't be needed, but it's an option. However a wheelchair doesn't have that option.

So long as you're polite. Often it's done to be considerate to road users to not block the road. Not to deliberately block disabled people

I hate this. My next door neighbour was a pain for it and I used to deliberately make a big song and dance about getting by with the buggy so he'd hear/see. Then he'd be straight out once I'd passed to check his car. I don't understand why he did it as he had a drive, and our road was very wide and he could easily park fully on the road without blocking it.

There's a lot who do it on our estate too and I've taken to carrying a pen and a bit of paper (old reciept/leaflet) in the buggy and have been known to leave a passive aggressive note....

My husband hates me doing it but he doesn't have to wander in to a busyroad daily with a baby to get anywhere!

@Tinydinosaur

So long as you're polite. Often it's done to be considerate to road users to not block the road. Not to deliberately block disabled people

The intent is immaterial, frankly, Or so the DWP will say as they sanction you.

Also, I'm mildly amused at the planet everyone here lives on where it's possible to immediately locate the parking cunt to ask them to move. Most of the time they are nowhere to be seen.

And that's before you imagine being in a wheelchair and trying to go up and down a series of front paths to knock on doors.

The only reason we know it's not done deliberately to block disabled people is because 99% of the time 99% of the people never consider disabled people to start with. Even if they've "done a course".

@BIoodyStupidJohnson

YANBU. It's illegal here (London) and there's been talk of making it a fineable offence in the rest of the country too.

I wish they would. My street has really narrow pavements, and even 2 wheels on the pavement makes it near impossible for a mobility scooter or double buggy to get through.

We also have an issue with people whose cars are longer than their drives, so the front of the car encroaches a couple of feet onto the pavement. There are several houses where they've built extensions the full width of the plot, reducing the length of the drive, and they now can't fit their cars on the drive.

My neighbour has a complete bee in her bonnet about it, and has complained to the council a few times, but they never do anything about it.

@Robbo94 ample parking round the corner though - he just could not be bothered to walk..

@Tinydinosaur

So long as you're polite. Often it's done to be considerate to road users to not block the road. Not to deliberately block disabled people

It doesn’t matter what the intention was. Don’t block pavements!