Parking half on the pavement
Can anybody help me please?
I'm positive that I was once told by a policeman that it was ok to park with 2 wheels on the pavement (kerb) where the pavement was split into paving slabs and hard standing.
It was a bookable offence to park on the paving slabs, but where the "tarmac bit" (hard standing) was, that's what it was for!
However, even though our residential side roads are not wide enough for parked cars on either side of the road, and all the roads have hard-standing, our local council are now giving and enforcing parking fines for parking on the pavement - they are also doing this evenings and weekends (so when visiting friends, the choice is block the road or get a ticket for parking with two wheels on the hard standing).
Does anyone know what the law says about this? Is the council correct or are the police correct, or did I just imagine the conversation!
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newkid Tue 13/05/08 11:17
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I don't think it's legal to park on the pavement. In fact I don't think it's 'legal' to park in the highway at all, it's just not illegal either in all cases.
If you're considerate and leave enough room for wheelchairs and mum with buggies etc to get past I can't see the problem, But maybe the council have been forced to take this tough stance because there were too many numpties blocking the whole pavement. Of course, it might just be to earn more revenue!
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It is not legal to park on pavement
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So what's the difference between the pacing stones (usually wide enough for buggies, pedestrians, familes, etc!), and the tarmaced hard standing (usually a couple of feet from the road kerb to the paving stones)?
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we only have tarmac pavements around here. Do you think we can park on all of the pavement???? No, neither do i.
There is no difference in the material. You cannot park on the pavement.
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if you park with only 2 wheels on the pavement you might only have to pay half the fine. check with a solicitor
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I once parked half on the pavement in a narrow street, to enable other cars to get by more easily while still allowing room for pedestrians. A kindly warden pointed out that this was illegal, whereas if I just parked on the road (single yellow lines) and blocked traffic I'd be ok as they have to allow several minutes' grace before issuing a ticket. He let me off anyway.
I don't think paving material makes any difference
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It is illegal to park or drive on pavemaents but some councils have bylaws that allow you to do this in some areas.
Check with the council.
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I wish my council would enforce fines on people who park on my street. There is loads of cars parked on the path, some with 2 wheels on and some all the way on. They don't seem to care about pedestrians I get sick of pushing my daughter in the middle of the road because I can't get past
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You say your choice is block the road or park on the pavement, not true, what about parking elsewhere ! You have no right or expectation to park outside your property.
I seem to remember a law or bye law that prohibited the pushing of perambulators (sp) on a sidewalk.
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The only difference the surface might make is to the code on the parking ticket you'll receive. It will either be PCN60 or PCN62 (plus, in either case, a suffix to indicate the number of wheels not on the highway). Parking with one or more wheels on the pavement or verge (of whatever surface) is always a 'contravention' (rather than an 'offence', since most parking matters were de-decriminalised) except when either:
(a) there are official signs permitting parking on the verge or pavement; or
(b) when the vehicle is parked in a 'non-urban' area.
Chris
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