Parking half on the kerb

[blue b4 the moon]

There's also the issue of people with drives not using them.

As I look out of my window the two houses either side aren't using their drives and have 5 vehicles between them all on the road & one of the houses has 2 cars and a work van.

 

[bluedaze]

Multi car households are the norm now and cars are much bigger. My elderly mum with poor sight has had a fall after bumping into a car on the pavement. All these new housing estates have cars on pavements everywhere.

 

[ballbag]

Even new build estates don't plan for this with roads as narrow as possible to allow for as many substandard houses to be built as possible.

Can appreciate that some places just don't have enough room for cars, but also think people mounting pavements are selfish as fuck at times.

 

[East Level 2]

I don't see parking half on the pavement as a problem provided there is sufficient room for someone in a wheelchair, or someone pushing a double buggy, to get through.
There are a few narrow pavements where there is room for neither due to the poor positioning of streetlamps.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I think there could be sensible laws imposed.

If a road is so narrow that parking would block the path of an ambulance then the council should paint double yellow lines or permit pavement parking by using some kind of kerb marking.

If pavement parking is permitted the driver must leave 1M gap for pedestrians.

If pavement parking on both sides still blocks an ambulance then it’s time for double yellow lines.

It’s not rocket science.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Given you’ve posted this in the politics subforum, it’s got to be the boat peoples’ fault.

If we smash the gangs, kerb parking won’t be an issue.

(Cool story, bro) ;-)

Hey, I'm not laying this on the boat people when it's clearly Gary Neville's fault.

 

[East Level 2]

A further thought. Twice as many cars can park on a street if they are half on the pavement and such parking is on both sides of the road. It really is that simple in many areas where car ownership has exceeded expectation significantly.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

That said I do notice now how pavements are becoming churned up due to heavier vehicles so I do also think that some vehicles should be banned from residential streets. It used to be the case that commercial vans weren’t allowed to park on estates but don’t think anyone really enforced it. Small vans fine but you get big transits now.

 

[117 M34]

I've nothing to add other than my wing mirrors automatically going when I lock my car so maybe this guy's van does the sma end it wasn't a conscious decision

 

[GornikDaze]

I think there could be sensible laws imposed.

If a road is so narrow that parking would block the path of an ambulance then the council should paint double yellow lines or permit pavement parking by using some kind of kerb marking.

If pavement parking is permitted the driver must leave 1M gap for pedestrians.

If pavement parking on both sides still blocks an ambulance then it’s time for double yellow lines.

It’s not rocket science.

Completely agree, common sense and yellow paint is the answer. Sadly, most councils can’t afford a tin of yellow paint and people are selfish and have no common sense

 

[hilts]

I don't see parking half on the pavement as a problem provided there is sufficient room for someone in a wheelchair, or someone pushing a double buggy, to get through.
There are a few narrow pavements where there is room for neither due to the poor positioning of streetlamps.

I have a simple rule when I park on a kerb because sometimes you have to.

Can a pram/wheelchair get past on the kerb ?
Can a large vehicle get by on the road ?

If yes fine, if no i dont park there.

Cunts dont care though.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Parking on kerbs which are for people to walk on is a cunts trick, especially if there isn't enough room for the pedestrian to easily walk past. What about disabled people, in wheelchairs? Should they have to go into the road to pass? Not that I do it myself but anyone blocking a pavement deserves to have their car keyed and their wing mirror broken.

Yeah great we'll all park on the street. Our bins will never be emptied and hopefully no body has a medical emergency or a fire down our street because I have never seen a cyclist paramedic nor a motor cycle fire and rescue pump

 

[mattcity5]

Multi car households are the norm now and cars are much bigger. My elderly mum with poor sight has had a fall after bumping into a car on the pavement. All these new housing estates have cars on pavements everywhere.

You're right about the size of cars, but I've no idea why some people buy the massive things when their own street isn't big enough to cope.

 

[bluethrunthru]

The person at fault is the council planner who allowed a pedestrian walkway from a new estate onto what already was a very overcrowded street

to be fair when our estate was planned in the late 60's the world was totally different. I was brought up on Abbey Road on Hollin Estate in Middleton. In 1970 we could play football on the street when the school playing field was too wet - nowadays I doubt there is enough space for a ball to roll down the street

 

[blue for life]

Too many cars and too many work vans being brought home. It’s a nightmare. But nothing will happen until you literally won’t be able to drive anywhere as it’s one complete traffic jam everywhere . I have also noticed recently the tendency for some selfish twats to completely park on the pavement and that needs a huge crackdown. Is it right you can’t even park half in half off in London now? But there’s no political will as the ‘war on motorists’ brigade will start whinging again

 

[blue for life]

You're right about the size of cars, but I've no idea why some people buy the massive things when their own street isn't big enough to cope.

Correct. I live in a street where you have to think of that before purchasing a vehicle

 

[bluethrunthru]

Even new build estates don't plan for this with roads as narrow as possible to allow for as many substandard houses to be built as possible.

Can appreciate that some places just don't have enough room for cars, but also think people mounting pavements are selfish as fuck at times.

If you buy a house on the new build estate I was referencing it comes with a covenant which bans on street parking - not that there is space for it - so as most houses came with a small plot outside which can be turfed there are in fact almost no front gardens just paved areas for more parking - very environmentally friendly

 

[mosssideblue]

I have a simple rule when I park on a kerb because sometimes you have to.

Can a pram/wheelchair get past on the kerb ?
Can a large vehicle get by on the road ?

If yes fine, if no i dont park there.

Cunts dont care though.

I have a simple rule too. Anyone who parks on a pavement is a **** and deserves to need a spray job when they return. Inconsiderate bastards, all of them.

If the Rd isn't wide enough, park somewhere else

 

[Vic]

Yeah great we'll all park on the street. Our bins will never be emptied and hopefully no body has a medical emergency or a fire down our street because I have never seen a cyclist paramedic nor a motor cycle fire and rescue pump

Firefighter motorbikes scheme alarms union

Merseyside fire service insists £30,000 motorbikes to be trialled in Liverpool will not be used to replace fire engines

www.theguardian.com

 

[Vic]

Not long ago the planning standard for modern housing was a maximum number of offroad parking spaces (to encourage not using cars). That's gone, now it's usually a minimum (unless there's other nearby provision), but the houses with maximums are now the houses with grown-up kids still living at home and with their own cars.