Blocked pavement

[seadogg]

There is a vehicle regularly parked on a pavement in such a way that it impedes pedestrians.

What is the proceedure for dealing with such an obstruction.

[sandyRoe]

I wish I knew. The street where I live has the pavements blocked from about 8.30 until after 5 by people who leave their cars and travel on to work by bus.

[Jan1957]

If there are yellow lines you can report it on line to my local council without having to leave your details. They do say though if there no yellow lines then it is classed as an obstruction and should be reported to the police.

[Jan1957]

Sorry, meant to say your local council not my.

[Buenchico]

If parking matters have been de-criminalised in your area (so that 'tickets' are given out by council employees rather than by traffic wardens or the police) contact the relevant council department. (If a vehicle is "parked with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than a carriageway (footway parking)" a 'Code 62' parking ticket can be issued/

If you've still got traffic wardens (or police community support officers) enforcing parking around your area, speak to your local community constable. You could even do that anyway, if you'd prefer, since (irrespective of parking legislation) obstructing a public footpath is a criminal offence.

Chris

[seadogg]

Sorry about your street Sandy. Jan'57 and Chris, many thanks for those suggestions. Where I live people are generally very careful about this sort of thing and we are all friendly so I dont want to rock the boat . The community policeman idea is good for starters. We have no lines and parking has been de-criminalised. What we do have is older people who are not so good at getting round obstructions.

[dzug2]

Accidentally damage it as you squeeze past??

Well maybe not, but at least fold the mirror in - that doesn't cause any damage but does cause them a bit of bother when they move off.

[sinderella]

put a piece of paper under the wiper saying
"thanks for parking on the kerb.please leave me a can opener so i can get past next time"
read it on a post here somewhere and it cured my neighbours

[sandyRoe]

I found a note in the street once. It said: You're blocking my access- you ****. It must have been left under a windscreen wiper. I don't think it did any good though.

[craft1948]

lol where I live it would get scratched by all the mobility scooters..........

[sherrardk]

I walk past (with the double buggy) muttering (loudly) about having to push my children into the road, don't mind us, we'll just get flattened by a tractor, etc (we live in quite a small village so the person who owns the car won't be far away). Went past one car last week and the driver got into the car (parked on the pavement) just before we got there and she pretended to be looking for stuff on the passenger seat.

[atalanta]

You used to be able to get some VERY sticky labels, with messages such as "don't park here again or I'll put another of these labels on your car"
The labels are so sticky that they take about half an hour to scrape off. Put a few over the driver's view and you will probably solve the problem quite easily.
The difficult bit is locating a supplier of the labels.

[cassa333]

My neighbour has a sign on his fence with a poem about not parking on his grass verge. Apparently it has worked quit well.

I think I should use the same phycology on him and put a sign up asking him not to park two of his cars on the pavement! Not just a wheel or two but the whole dam thing and one of them is a huge 4x4!!

[redvanman]

let the tyre down with a match stick in he valve