parking laws

[mickrh]

Can a parking ticket be issued for parking partly on a pavement with no yellow lines, and if you park correctly on the road any passing vehicle has to mount the pavement on the opposite side to pass, I would like to add this is a cul- de-sac.

[gina32]

people who park on the pavement are really annoying for people who try to get past, its even worse if you have a pushchair, i have numerous times had to walk on the road because i cant use the footpath because of cars parked on them, if people sat in the middle of the road to have lunch or just a sit down motorists would soon moan

[bednobs]

yes, you are not allowed to park on the pavement. As a wheelchair user i also get very annoyed about this, and would much rather have it so that someone had to go up on the pavement for a few seconds at a time, rather that someone parked permanently on the pavement. If its a cul de sac i dont suppose lots of cars have to squeeze past. (mind you, i ddont suppose there are many wheelchair users either!)

[gouldc]

This is an argument I had with my father the otehr day. I had to leave my car outside his house, and the street is quite narrow. I parke dit on the road, but he told me to put two wheels on the pavement. I refused as this would partially block the pavement.

He advised me that as the kerb was dropped to allow access to his drive (too small to put my car on it), then the law allowed you to mount and park on the pavement.

Is this correct?

[Coobeastie]

No you can't park on the pavement unless there are signs saying that you can do so.

Dropped kerbs are only for allowing access over the pavement onto your property and you are not permitted to park over them. If your father paid for the kerb to be dropped he only paid for access not for that section of pavement to be his own to do with as he wanted.

[eyeshade]

Cbeestie is correct, and local authorities are hot on this especially where they have the ownership of parking tickets, like many London boroughs. It is the public highway and you are not allowed to obstuct it, which I think is very fair all things considered. Also I think it fair to say that anyone should park reasonbly and ensuring that people do not have to go up on the pavement putting other peoples/animals lives in danger.

[gouldc]

Thanks for that clarification - sorry to thread-jack!

[Hammer]

You can't park on the pavement unless there is a specific sign allowing it.

And if "parking correctly on the road" means that other vehicles cannot pass you, then it is obviously not "correct".

Looks like you'll have to park round the corner and walk!