To be absolutely fed up with this type of inconsiderate parking

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First of all I am not talking busy towns or cities as I know parking is difficult (although I still don’t agree with being inconsiderate).

I live in a village. A village with wide enough roads in which one can park their car on the road and there will still be plenty of space for traffic usage.

Yet people are parking like this on a daily occurrence.

I took this picture this morning. My mum and I were going for a little walk down the road she lives (we live in the same village). Parking like this meant we had to either cross over the road or step off the road and walk on the road around the car. The road is quite busy with regular buses and lorries passing through (often not adhering to the 30 limit but that is another story!) and as my 80 year old mum suffers from Alzheimer’s, is bent over with osteoporosis, uses a stick and is frail we decided not to risk it so turned and walked back instead. But we shouldn’t have had to do that. The pavements are designed for people not vehicles.

Why have people become so self centred and ableist? I work with disabled people and this is a daily occurrence for them. Having to cut their journey short or risk their lives by going onto the road. Are people now so materialistic that they will put their car before the safety of pedestrians?

I feel it’s about time the government made this an offence in certain areas and it should carry a fine. We have a PCSO who will come over and slap on inconsiderate parking tickets but it’s not cutting it.

Yesterday I walked my dog along 7 roads in our village and 5 of those roads had cars parked like this. The worst one was by the school. Cars all parked on the paths or double parked yet further down the road was free, people really are too damn lazy to park a little further down and actually walk.

@LadyGrinningSoul85 I just assume that they aren't bothered about the car getting scratches if they park like that.

Report to the police for causing an obstruction and keep reporting every time they park like that.

It's a police matter, not council.
Causing an obstruction is a traffic offence.

The epitome of inconsiderate parking. There are no dropped kerbs and it’s a narrow pavement. If my disabled friend was on this path, in her scooter she’d be completely stuck. She couldn’t easily do a 3-point turn so would have to reverse up which isn’t easy in a mobility scooter. Twats.

Flopsythebunny I’ve posted it on our local FB group. Many residents agreeing with me. One of the local councillors has replied saying he will have a word with our PCSO (who we hardly ever see but that’s another gripe for another time) and she will issue out ‘Inconsiderate Parking’ tickets. What a joke.

What a cunt you are. Have you ever tried bouncing an adult wheelchair up and down a pavement?
I've lost count of the number of illegally parked cars my chair has damaged, and I don't really care.
My local police force have a initiative where if a disabled person cannot continue their journey because of a vehicle causing this kind of obstruction they will send someone out. If they cannot trace the owner to make them move, I they will tow the vehicle.
This took many meetings between a local disability action group and the chief constable to get off the ground but things are improving the slowly

Well said

I disagree with you. I honestly think 70% of the time it's thoughtlessness and confusion. People think it's better keeping the road clear especially in narrow streets because for many people a parked car doesn't obstruct them. They're thoughtless about others rather than malevolent.

A good education campaign would take care of that 70%. Then it's easier to target the 30% who just don't give a damn.

Yanbu. Some people are just so selfish. I remember when DD was a baby in the pushchair and I was trying to walk past a business whose vehicles were blocking the pavement and luckily a lovely person saw me struggling so went in and got them to move it (couldn’t walk on road as busy junction with drivers thinking they were in the wacky races).
Also once near the entrance to local park saw a car taking up the whole pavement - so someone placed a load of dog shit all over the bonnet of the car 🤣. Loved to have seen the car owner’s face when they got back to it .

A scaffolding lorry was regularly parked entirely on the footpath fifty yards from the local primary school. I took a photo, sent it to the company and it hasn't happened since.

This. I was wading through responses and no one has got to this point until you.
indeed, what the hell do we even have pavements if it’s a mere parking extension to the road- cars bouncing on curbs doesn’t do them or curb any good. If that’s what the space is for, just create a lay by along the road 🤦‍♀️🙄

Yes, Transport Police told us this too. But you have to report while they are there.

It was very satisfying this morning when my large gym bag ‘accidentally’ hit a taxis wind mirror this morning. Parked on double yellows and 3/4 the pavement. Driver then moved on after I’d gone past.

Our neighbour who was parking half on the pavement has now got a disabled space for a family member so has stopped pavement parking.
Now she's been replaced by another one who is parking half on the narrowest part of the pavement which would involve walking into the road on a very dangerous and busy corner.

Apparently parking on the pavement isn't illegal in Scotland. The are "working on legislation to prevent it"