Parking

[jennyjoan]

Is parking on the kerb legal.

[jennyjoan]

^^^^ all 4 wheels up

[hc4361]

Only if it is causing an obstruction OR if there are yellow lines so that parking is restricted at that time (yellow lines apply from the middle of the road to the curtilage.)

[Toorak]

Apparently only illegal in London - but you might be fined depending on the circumstances

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/legal/parking-on-the-pavement/

[AuntPollyGrey]

You couldn't get all four wheels on a kerb. So you mean parking on a grass verge or public path? I think if the path is obstructed by the vehicle its against local byLaws

[jennyjoan]

I do mean 4 wheels Polly - it is a main road tho. Apparently if there are no yellow lines on the road - it is legal to park on the kerb/footpath.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Some cars near us park half on half off the path as there are not enough parking spaces and recently someone from the council has put notes on the windscreen they obstructing the path and will be fined.

[Bazile]

//Since 1974, Highway Code rule 244 has stated that drivers "MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it." //

On some roads if you didn't park partially on the pavement - i.e. one side of the vehicle - you would have great difficulty passing other vehicles coming in the opposite direction

[TonyV]

If say someone cannot get a pushchair or wheelchair past yes it is illegal.

[Buenchico]

This isn't the first time I've had to answer one of Jennyjoan's posts by referring to the difference between 'general' and 'specific' legislation:

In London there's 'specific' legislation, meaning that parking "with one or more wheels on any part of an urban road other than a carriageway (footway parking)" can result in a 'Code 62' Penalty Charge Notice being issued, requiring payment of £110 (or of £55 if paid within 14 days). It's a civil matter, not a criminal one. (i.e. it's a legally enforceable 'bill' and not a 'fine').

There's no similar 'specific' legislation elsewhere in the country although there might be in the future:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49635176

However it's a criminal offence "if a person, without lawful authority or excuse, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway". [Section 137, Highways Act 1980]. So, under that 'general' legislation, a driver who (say) prevents a wheelchair user from being able to manoeuvre along a footpath risks a fine of up to £1000.

[jamesnan]

Depends where you live - our friends moved to St Leonards in Sussex and when we visited about 1" of our tyre was on the kerb. When we got back from a bus trip there was a parking ticket on the car, due to that face. Where my daughter lives in Stevenage, Herts you are absolutely not allowed to park cars anywhere near/on the pavement/kerb. However where I live in Essex, you cannot move for cars parked all over kerbs and pavements, and no one gives a toss.

[TonyV]

Some times I have to park with a couple of wheels on pavement, don't like doing it, but our street was built for horse carriages not cars.

[Cloverjo]

There is a part of London near Wimbledon which has parking spaces marked half on the pavement and half on the road.

[Mamyalynne]

Many years ago when walking my eldest to school with her younger sister in a pushchair I regularly came across the same car blocking almost all of the pavement.

Finally I had enough, as the pushchair was due to be scrapped, I once again asked him to move and once more he refused.

'Hang on' I said, 'I think I can get through'.

The noise was most unpleasant - he wasn't there the next day.

[TonyV]

Lynne that's one way of getting your point across.

[Mamyalynne]

Breaking point, better than traipsing two small children into the road.