Parking over a pavement?

[Grandpappy]

Why don't the police or the Civil Enforcement Officers (Council traffic wardens)invoke code62 and fine motorists who park on pavements. It's an easy £70 and we would soon have our pavements back in better nick than before.
It's a simple question and a simple solution.
Let the 'Devils Advocates' begin!
Grandpappy

[Kathyan]

They'd make a killing on our close! We have a drive large enough for 3 cars. I'm thinking of renting it out!

[albaqwerty]

Our local council had a "pavement for pedestrians" campaign some years back. Where did the council vans park? Yep, that's right.

[Old_Geezer]

Great isn't it, make the roads too narrow, give folk little option, then beat them up and demand money when they try to work out a solution to a problem the authorities have created. I dislike folk parking over the edge of the pavement, but I appreciate that until a sensible option is available it is often the best compromise.

[The-HouseHusband]

Either fine them or ignore any insurance claims from them when the vehicle gets damaged by people trying to get past with prams, buggies, wheelchairs, ETC

They would soon stop parking illegally if they lost out financially.

[The-HouseHusband]

Old_Geezer where do you live if they are building roads that are too narrow??
I think you will find that all roads have to be built to meet strict legislation to allow for emergency vehicle access and would have to have parking restrictions if you could not fit a fire appliance down with vehicles parked normally either side of the road.

[Old_Geezer]

Almost everywhere I go, in residential areas, this problem exists.

Parking restrictions, if they exist, don't solve the problems. Folk still have to park somewhere, and banning them merely causes further problems. But it allows those in authority who ought to solve the problem to ignore it as 'nothing to do with them'.

[The-HouseHusband]

Perhaps we should just put tarmac over every bit of greenery within the city or town boundaries and provide more parking spaces at the expense of the environment.

I am alright as my house is over 30 metres above sea level so the floods and rising sea levels wont get me.

Then again where will i park the car if the town is flooded??

[daffy654]

Everyone in my street would be fined daily then, all residents park partially on the pavement due to how narrow the road is, cars would never be able to pass if they were parked fully on the road.

[Sooper]

I understand why many people have to park partially on pavements in certain roads etc but my gripe is the ones that park with virtually their whole car on the pavement. It happens a lot where i live and it means that people in wheelchairs or with prams and children then have to walk out into the road to get past, this is wrong and these individuals should be fined in my opinion.

[joko]

i dont mind people parking just over the kerb...better that than taking wing mirrors off or scratches, and people can still get past....

i think the rules should be a percentage of the pavement - if you park more than say, halfway or a third across you shoud be fined

[Twenty20]

"i think the rules should be a percentage of the pavement - if you park more than say, halfway or a third across you shoud be fined (sic) "

Are you being serious? So, you have a narrow pavement and you say it should be alright for cars to park half way across it?

Obviously you don't get out of your car and walk very often or you wouldn't have written that! Have you ever used a wheelchair or tried pushing a pram or buggy where motorists park on the pavement? Obviously not.

If the road is too narrow to park then do the sensible thing - park somewhere else!

[joko]

twenty - obviously i am talking about normal sized pavements, i didnt mention thin ones...there would have to be some working out of the plan - i said it as a general idea, and you will note i said if you park OVER a third or half on, then be fined...
i am not saying they should be allowed to park that far, that they have permission, but that the there should be a level before fines come in, at the moment no-one gets fined at all...
the point i was making - as you would know if you hadnt just decided to have a rant - was that it would be a ridiculous waste of police and council time to ticket every single car that even goes on the pavement...so some rule to state when its way too far = ie, half way or a 3rd, shoudl be enforced...to make sure people at least consider the widtht the have left

so wind your neck in

[Grandpappy]

It seems that MOST people agree that 'pavement parking' is a real pain and that the authorities (council & police) are not prepared to tackle this issue. If a pedestrian walks on the road he/she can be 'done' for jay walking-then the police take it seriously,why?
In a sweeping generalisation, I could ask - 'Who do we need to control the most,people or traffic?' I know that rules are meant to be broken but to who's advantage or benefit?
I'm enjoying reading all of the comments and as a motorist and a pedestrian I can see both sides, but I think the issue comes down more to 'environment and /or economics' and which carries the most 'clout' in the eyes(minds) of our elected politicians.
Cheers all