r/CasualUK • u/EvilSuppressor • Nov 08 '19

Selfish Parking

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u/Random_Brit_ Nov 08 '19

Driver is a twat.

But also couldn't Royal Mail have turned the postbox 90 degrees facing the pavement so this would never be a problem? Or if there was a reason the postbox must face this direction, yellow lines to stop people from parking there?

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u/ieya404 Nov 08 '19

Well, the car shouldn't be parked on the pavement anyway; the Royal Mail shouldn't have to accommodate stupidity like that.

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u/Joshyboy28 Nov 08 '19

Nothing to stop them parking on the pavement though, that car is parked perfectly legally

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u/valdamjong Sugar Tits Nov 08 '19

Unless they're in London, where they can be fined £70 for partially or wholly parking on the pavement or kerb. I think they're considering making it nationwide, as well. The highway code advises that you do not park on the pavement anywhere, but yeah it's not illegal outside the capital.

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u/CatDeeleysLeftNipple Give me all the Jaffa Cakes! Nov 08 '19

I don't see that being enforced in the whole of the UK.

There's far too many towns with narrow streets and not enough off street parking. So anyone not wanting to block the road parks on the pavement.

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u/mediocrity511 Nov 08 '19

Controversial, but I'm of the opinion if you need to choose between blocking cars from passing or blocking pedestrians from passing then there simply isn't enough room to park there.

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u/samtheboy Nov 08 '19

Problematic that the nearest parking space would be over a mile from my house then, especially as everyone else would then have to park elsewhere.

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u/deains Nov 08 '19

Maybe, just maybe the problem is that we have too many cars.

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u/samtheboy Nov 08 '19

True, but also living 1 hour bus journey with great big whacking hills between my house and it does make a car somewhat necessary

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u/Flatcapspaintandglue Nov 08 '19

Heretic. The solution is more tarmac, just fill the land with endless plains of bitumen. Parking problem solved

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u/Pm_me_herman_li Nov 08 '19

Theres no way the bus could fit down a street near me if the people parked either side of the street weren't on the path

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u/Yetibike Nov 08 '19

It's not controversial in my opinion. If you block pedestrians then you can be fined. So if you can't park without blocking cars or pedestrians don't park there.

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u/mediocrity511 Nov 08 '19

It's controversial because some car owners seem to take offense if their right to take up public space with their vehicle gets questioned.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

its not even enforced in london either. i regularly see people parked on the pavement. cops pass by, nobody cares.

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u/LemmysCodPiece Nov 08 '19

Unless London is different to everywhere else then parking is a civil matter and dealt with by the local authority.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

yeah sorry i should have said enforcement people they have their own cars etc and i see them regularly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

If it was made nationwide no one is parking in my entire estate. Tiny narrow roads, you can't park cars along side the kerb, if its not half on the pavement no one except Micra drivers are getting through and bigger trucks / ambulances / whatever are definitely not getting through.

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u/Joshyboy28 Nov 08 '19

That only applies to the COL. I can say with some certainty that this isn't there.

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u/rightboobenthusiast Nov 08 '19

Will be in Scotland in a year and a bit

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u/fsv Nov 08 '19

I never understood why that law only applies in London. It'd be great to see it applied elsewhere, too.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

it is in some parts of Bedford. I suppose it is in several places but it's up to the local council outside London.