Can I Park On Pavement In City Centre ?

[beezaneez]

im in an apt block in city centre, lots of people are parked on the pavement beside me, i have parked my car there last night, i dont know if i will get a ticket or not but what are the laws about this, obviously dont want a ticket.


thanks

[VHG]

You cant park on the pavement anywhere.

If anybody phones the police about this then everyone parked on the pavement will get a ticket.

[Hopkirk]

Think of the wheelchair users

[Old_Geezer]

I'm sure you can, but I suspect you risk a ticket. Would depend on how understanding/lenient the enforcement officers are.

[gness]

I think Sandy has an answer for this as I would have done when pushing MrG in the wheelchair....sorry, Beez...but it does make life difficult for the rest of us. x

[Baldric]

Of course you can, and for a very reasonable fee as well,
I believe it's only £60 a time, and it's even reduced to £30 if you pay each one within 14 days.

[woofgang]

plus of course repairing any scratches and accidental damage done by passing wheelchair users :)

[gness]

Woof! Are you saying I may have been careless when squeezing past any cars on the pavement? That I may have accidentally scratched one with the wheelchair?
As if!! ;-)

[FredPuli43]

There is an offence of driving off the roadway, which the parker must have committed. I only know this because a traffic officer ;they have total all knowledge of all traffic offences; asked me whether I had driven the car on to the pavement. I replied that, no, I had pushed it there, it being broken down, and he was satisfied.

[jno]

around our way, parking spaces (with white lines) are marked on the pavement, which may make it legal.

[BlueToffee]

The footpath is part of the public highway and the same rules apply.

[Peter Pedant]

Manc - you can so long as a person can pass.
(from a traffic warden)

not sure if they tell the truth - when the bombs went off we were all forced to abandon our vehicles ( 1990 - 5 or thereabouts ) and i specifically asked one, will you ticket us if we leave it here and he said no
and when we were allowed back the next day - we had all been ticketed.

[woofgang]

Gness....perish the very thought...those blades on the wheels are to scare away cats aren't they?

[woofgang]

PP, he said that HE wouldn't ticket you....I guess that wasn't binding on his merry chums?

[paddywak]

Unfortunatley where my sister lives you're in the Catch 22 Situation, you have to park part on the pavement or there's not enough room for another car to get by.

[spotit3]

Traffic wardens cannot ticket you on pavement. Police can but rarely bother unless you are causing an obstruction..

[Dodger666]

I have taken this subject up with my local authority as cars often park on the pavement in our road.

Unless there is a local bylaw there is nothing stopping you parking on a pavement. Police will only take an interest if you are causing an obstruction.
However, If there are yellow lines in the road alongside the pavement on which you're parked then those yellow lines apply to paring in the road and as far as the buildings across the pavement. They do NOT apply to the road only. If this is the case a traffic warden can issue you with a ticket.

The above applies in my area.

[BlueToffee]

Traffic Wardens, ie those employed by the police authority can book you for parking on a footpath, I don't have the same information though for those Parking Attendants employed by the local council.

[DrFilth]

think a lot depends on where you are, the police were called about these cars on another night when the cars were parked together and a person in an electric mobile wheelchair buggy had to go on the road to get past.
the police did not want to know and said to contact your local council office

on the night i took this picture the lady in the wheelchair was able to get between the cars

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2q3odg3&s=5#.UlLkXVP4JDQ

[DrFilth]

may i just add that this has nothing to do with me, i was visiting a friend

[Buenchico]

In an area where parking has been 'decriminalised' (so that parking control is the responsibility of council staff, rather than the police or traffic wardens) parking with one or more wheels of the vehicle on a footpath or verge is (within an urban area) a matter that can result in the issuing of a 'ticket'.

Elsewhere it's the criminal offence of 'obstructing a public footpath' that's involved.

However it's also worth remembering that single and double yellow lines apply beyond the kerb. (They apply right up to the start of private property). So parking on any verge or footpath where there are yellow lines on the road alongside it (during prohibited periods) is regarded in exactly the same way as parking on the road itself.