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

Selfish Parking

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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/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.