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Is this OK for 45 minutes? Parking

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Itsaparkingone · 23/12/2021 14:47

See diagram - is it OK for car two to park half on the drive, across the pavement and sticking into the road, for 45 minutes/ an hour? The dropped kerb was put in place to enable access to the drive, so not sure what the rules are about keeping it free.

OP posts:
GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 23/12/2021 15:59

No, you can’t block the pavement. You are permitted to cross it where there is a dropped kerb but not remain there.

What if a wheelchair needed to get past?

Mochudubh · 23/12/2021 16:07

No it's obstructing the footpath. Which is illegal

Anaximedes · 23/12/2021 16:08

Not really. If my relative in their electric scooter was to need to drive themselves along that pavement, they'd be forced into the road. Not good. Ditto prams and the generally vulnerable.

NatashaBedwouldbenice · 23/12/2021 16:12

I can't believe nobody has mentioned wheelchairs or electric scooters yet. Surely that's the obvious thing that needs pointing out at least once or twice?

2bazookas · 23/12/2021 16:12

@BoredatHome321

The car shouldn't be parked across the pavement, no.
No. Its blocks pedestrians, prams and wheelchairs from their safe passage on the pavement.

Just hope nobody keys some expensive damage on that selfish idiot's paintwork.

Whammyyammy · 23/12/2021 16:15

Be a shame if a pram scraped it whilst getting through....

WeAllHaveWings · 23/12/2021 16:15

No, but thanks for the nice diagram.

jcyclops · 23/12/2021 16:16

The dropped kerb and driveway are irrelevant. In London (and I think possibly Exeter) both car 2 and the car on the left parked half on the pavement are parked illegally under specific legislation. In the rest of the country, car 2 is illegally causing "unnecessary obstruction of the highway" as the pavement is part of the highway and it is causing obstruction to normal users of the pavement (Section 137 - Highways Act 1980). The car half on the payment may or may not be parked illegally, but if normal pavement users can still pass, it will be OK (as will the wheelie bin!!!).

In Scotland, legislation has been passed to totally ban pavement parking, but it has not yet been implemented, so the situation is the same as the rest of the UK.

traka · 23/12/2021 16:16

I would report nuisance parking to the council in this situation

It's selfish and entitled behaviour and I've reported cars in the past for this

Walkaround · 23/12/2021 16:18

Bizarre. Why not park on the road in front of the drive, instead? Then it’s fine, presuming the owner of the car already on the drive is the one who suggested it was OK to block them in. If both blocking the pavement and the drive without anyone’s permission, then they are insane and deserve to have the end of their car smashed in by passing vehicles.

iheartredsquirrels · 23/12/2021 16:23

twatty behaviour parking on pavements.

GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 23/12/2021 16:24

No.

muddyford · 23/12/2021 16:27

I park once a month or so in a quiet cul-de-sac, all four wheels on the road. The other dozen or so cars were all half on the footpath. When I came back I was the only car without a ticket. Obstructing footpaths is antisocial and entitled behaviour.

Beautiful3 · 23/12/2021 16:30

No, you can't block the pavement. If you were my neighbour and I had to walk the road because of this, I'd call the council. Wheelchair users and pushchairs can't get past.

Iamanicepersonreally · 23/12/2021 16:31

Of course it's not OK. You can't block the pavement

viques · 23/12/2021 16:33

Imagine a guide dog user trying to negotiate that situation.

RobinPenguins · 23/12/2021 16:33

Definitely not ok, it’s blocking the pavement. 45 minutes is long enough to inconvenience a lot of pedestrians.

TyrannosaurusRegina · 23/12/2021 16:38

Of course if isn't, what if a wheelchair needed past? Selfish pig of a driver and I might key a car that I saw parked like that.

SpiderinaWingMirror · 23/12/2021 16:39

Nope. I know someone who was ticketed for just that.

TyrannosaurusRegina · 23/12/2021 16:41

@NatashaBedwouldbenice

I can't believe nobody has mentioned wheelchairs or electric scooters yet. Surely that's the obvious thing that needs pointing out at least once or twice?
They have, there are 10 posts before yours which mention wheelchairs/mobility scooters.
Chesneyhawkes1 · 23/12/2021 16:42

Someone up my road does this all the time. So annoying. With his big truck blocking the whole pavement.

I'm so tempted to just walk over his car.

There's a man who uses the road a lot in his mobility scooter and another man who uses a walking frame. Feel bad for them.

SantasBairyHollocks · 23/12/2021 16:43

Of course you can.

Just don’t do it near where my sister lives as she will ram the fuck out of the side of it with her mobility scooter.

Seriously ….. Hmm

DisforDarkChocolate · 23/12/2021 16:45

No, not and all and you know that.

Blossomtoes · 23/12/2021 16:46

@Svara

I have heard of people walking between the cars with keys in their hand in this situation
A woman’s just been prosecuted and fined over £1k for this. Unluckily for her it was a Tesla with a security camera. I’d string her up personally, fucking vandal.
ivykaty44 · 23/12/2021 16:46

Hate it when cars do this

Cars don't drive themselves yet, don't blame the car - by doing so you take the onus away from the driver, who is responsible for where and how they drive.

its a bugbear of mine that its reported, spoken about as if a human hasn't made that choice and pretend it was the cars fault

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