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

Selfish Parking

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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/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

It is legal to park on the pavement, but funnily enough illegal to drive on the pavement, so how did they get onto the pavement?

Alos iirc The government is looking to make it illegal to park on the pavement everywhere in the UK punishable with a £70 fine

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u/Joshyboy28 Nov 08 '19

I've heard that too but can't see it happening. Apart from motorways and major trunk roads, British roads are designed for horse and carriage. Parking on the pavement in areas like this give more room to traffic.

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u/asymmetricears Nov 08 '19

I've also seen some streets where the parking spaces are marked with lines that make it clear you need to be half on half off

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u/Mukatsukuz licence = noun, license = verb Nov 08 '19

My street has lines marked for parking which leave a passage down the middle of the road for traffic. Problem is, the passage they've left is about the width of 2/3rds of a car. There's no way anyone could drive into my street if people didn't park partially on the pavements.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19

I think there needs to be a happy medium…park on the pavement but not in a dangerous way.

I remember this one time a lady with a buggy had to walk on the road as the pavement was blocked and nearly got hit by an oncoming car