dropped curbs/driveways

[millyboo]

can you park on a drop curb or across a driveway, no matter if a car in the drive or not???

[bednobs]

please dont park accross dropped kerbs - i broke my leg six weeks ago and have been getting about in a wheelchair. I have relied heavily on dropped kerbs and make sure i scratch anyone who is obstructing my way. At times i have had to get out of my wheelchair, go round and get back in which quite frankly is a pain in the arse

[laurence2]

No

[xhxmxsx]

legally you can park across a drop kerb/driveway if there isnt a car on the drive as you aren't causing an obstruction which is the stupidest thing our local councillor has ever told me, but you cant park on the drop/kerb driveway if there is a car!

[laurence2]

xhxmxsx.

Really?

So if i go to pick my children up from school and come back to find a car blocking my driveway, legally that car driver is right, and its just bad luck on my behalf., even tho that driver is denying me excess to my drive {ie private property}

So where do i now park?

[burnhal]

Grief- its a can of worms!! Just had a nose via google at various councils rules and regs. Some enforce not parking across drive access, some say it remains part of the public highway, some charge around �100 a sq metre to grant access across the pavement, some only take action if the access is for 12 or more vehicles or for a disabled person. Seems like you have to speak to whoever your council is regarding rules

[Buenchico]

There seems to be no specific legislation which prohibits someone from parking across a driveway (irrespective of whether there's a car in the drive). Here's a list of all the codes, used on parking tickets, by parking officials:
http://www.parking-appeals.gov.uk/RegAndLeg/PC NconCodes.asp

That list shows that (although you can be penalised for parking across a dropped footway, in London boroughs only), there's no reference to driveways.

However, many motoring matters don't have specific legislation relating to them. For example, there's no specific legislation which says that you can't drive on the right-hand-side of the road. That doesn't mean you can do so! (The police have to choose an appropriate piece of general legislation, such as that relating to 'due care and attention' or 'dangerous driving').

I'm prepared to bet that, if you repeatedly park your car across the Chief Constable's driveway (irrespective of whether he's trying to get in or out of his drive when he finds out), you'll find yourself charged with something like 'obstruction' ;-)

Chris

[xhxmxsx]

i think it differs in different parts of the country, where i live we had a lot of trouble with drives/drop downs etc. there was about 8 houses including mine where 2 roads ended either end of the row of houses, the people opposite wanted to have a drive and extend the road and have drives, it took about 2 years due to protests etc , i now get people park on my dropped kerb when i'm out and there's sweet fa i can do about it as told to us by the council when called and our local councillor during the 2 year protests, unless it's causing an obstruction people can park anywhere. although like i said i'm sure it's not in every area and i'm sure not all of you live around neighbours that will park on dropped kerbs

[happyjo]

In my area they police are really hot on this. I live on a busy residential street, which is used by all and sundary.
A woman decided to squeeze her car in a small gap outside my house.
On my return from doing my food shop I could not get my car on my drive.
I had to lug bags of shopping 50 yrds down my street.

I called the police, they arrived 1 hr later, they issued her with a fixed penalty, and whilst they were at it they discovered her tax had ran out !!! ha ha another juicy fine.

Jo

[uptodate]

Traffic Management Act 2004 updates - It is illegal to block a dropped curb driveway wether there is a car on it or not unless you have permission of the resident.

86Prohibition of parking at dropped footways etc. E+W.(1)In a special enforcement area a vehicle must not be parked on the carriageway adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge where—.
(a)the footway, cycle track or verge has been lowered to meet the level of the carriageway for the purpose of—.
(i)assisting pedestrians crossing the carriageway,.
(ii)assisting cyclists entering or leaving the carriageway, or.
(iii)assisting vehicles entering or leaving the carriageway across the footway, cycle track or verge; or.
(b)the carriageway has, for a purpose within paragraph (a)(i) to (iii), been raised to meet the level of the footway, cycle track or verge..
This is subject to the following exceptions.
(2)The first exception is where the vehicle is parked wholly within a designated parking place or any other part of the carriageway where parking is specifically authorised..
A “designated parking place” means a parking place designated by order under section 6, 9, 32(1)(b) or 45 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27).
(3)The second exception is where the vehicle is parked outside residential premises by or with the consent (but not consent given for reward) of the occupier of the premises..
This exception does not apply in the case of a shared driveway.
(4)The third exception is where the vehicle is being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes..
(5)The fourth exception is where—.
(a)the vehicle is being used for the purposes of delivering goods to, or collecting goods from, any premises, or is being loaded from or unloaded to any premises,.
(b)the delivery, collection, loading or unloading cannot reasonably be carried out in relation to those premises without the v