On 28/01/2024 05:45 am, Simon Mason wrote:

Campaigners have called for legislation to be introduced to extend the ban on pavement parking in London to all UK cities, with almost four in five Express.co.uk readers joining calls for a crackdown, a new poll has shown.
The offence is illegal in the capital city and while the Highway Code advises against the practice, it is up to local authorities to enforce restrictions, with offenders facing £70 fines if their vehicle causes an obstruction.

Causing an obstruction has been an offence for the best part of 200
years already, in the form of the provisions of the 1847 Town Police
Clauses Act.

Sheffield City Council is already exercising its powers to clamp down on pavement parking in the city centre since last year, with other cities looking to follow.
The Green Party in Bristol is running a petition calling for pavement parking to be banned in the city, with Councillor David Wilcox writing: “We need to improve the situation for local people.”

But NOT, it seems, for local people with motor vehicles who don't have
private parking and "need" to park in the street near their homes.

Well, that's alright... I've long been of the opinion that all motor
vehicles - and chav-bikes - should be kept garaged OFF the highway:

No driveway or garage at the home location?

Easy: no vehicle to be kept there (or nearby) by that household,
no exceptions,
no excuses.

Plus: no vehicles in excess of the number which can be parked off-road
to be kept at ANY residential address either way.

The highway is too precious as a community resource to allow some people
to pre-empt its use more or less 24 hours a day.

And that name... Wilcox...bear it in mind.

While Labour MP Afzal Khan presented another petition to Parliament earlier this year calling for a ban on the practice in Manchester. He said: “Pavement parking is not only an issue for those with disabilities or young children, but encourages

speeding and reckless driving in neighbourhoods. It's time the Government takes action.”

He must be referring to unobstructed access as "speeding and reckless
driving"!

Perhaps he "thinks" that obstructive parking is less bad? Can he really
be as thick as he makes himself sound?

And that name... Thicko Khan...bear it in mind.

Campaigners have called for legislation to be introduced to extend the ban on pavement parking in London to all UK cities, with almost four in five Express.co.uk readers joining calls for a crackdown, a new poll has shown.
The offence is illegal in the capital city and while the Highway Code advises against the practice, it is up to local authorities to enforce restrictions, with offenders facing £70 fines if their vehicle causes an obstruction.
Sheffield City Council is already exercising its powers to clamp down on pavement parking in the city centre since last year, with other cities looking to follow.

Aren't there usual already single- or double-yellow lines in "city centres"?

The Green Party in Bristol is running a petition calling for pavement parking to be banned in the city, with Councillor David Wilcox writing: “We need to improve the situation for local people.”

Hang on... haven't we already heard from Loony Party Cllr David Wilcox
(above)?

While Labour MP Afzal Khan presented another petition to Parliament earlier this year calling for a ban on the practice in Manchester. He said: “Pavement parking is not only an issue for those with disabilities or young children, but encourages

speeding and reckless driving in neighbourhoods. It's time the Government takes action.”

And ditto for Thicko Khan (see above)?

In a poll that ran from 1.15pm on Thursday, July 6, to 11.15am on Thursday, July 13, Express.co.uk asked readers: “Should all UK cities ban pavement parking?
Overall, 1,002 votes were received with the vast majority of readers, 79 percent (795 people) answering “yes” compared with 20 percent (199 people) who said “no”. While one percent (eight people) said they did not know.

It is interesting that loony thicko lefties are so ready to rely upon
polls as to what people think about parking, but dismissive of polls
about whether the UK should remain in the European Union, innit?

In the comments left below the accompanying article, readers shared their thoughts on whether there should be a crackdown on pavement parking.
The majority of readers were in favour of banning the practice, with username Angisan writing: “Yes as soon as possible and strongly enforced.”

Under what non-existent legislation?

Username worzel4candles agreed and questioned the safety of footpath users, commenting: “Of course it should. If I or my blind and disabled stepson were to walk down the centre of the road then how many drivers would think it acceptable? Well, how

the hell do you think we feel knowing it isn't safe to walk along a footpath?”

One can appreciate that it might be difficult in some places and for
short distances impossible, but why is it "unsafe"?

Others shared experiences from their own streets, with username President Bulldog explaining: “We live in a beautiful cul-de-sac. You can never walk down the pavement because it’s full of cars from the adjoining street.”

No driveway or garage at the home location?

Easy: no vehicle to be kept there (or nearby) by that household,
no exceptions,
no excuses.


Plus: no vehicles in excess of the number which can be parked off-road
to be kept at ANY residential address either way.

The highway is too precious as a community resource to allow some people
to pre-empt its use more or less 24 hours a day.

Likewise, username Flexi one said: “Definitely yes, because where I live in a cul-de-sac we have a problem of pavement parking, this due to lazy drivers not putting their vehicles in their own driveway…and there is a turning area which is full of

parked cars which makes it difficult to turn and drive out of the cul-de-sac.”

See above.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1790643/pavement-parking-ban-poll-result-spt

I am glad to see May Sun so supportive of majority votes.

He must already be reconsidering his opposition to the majority in the
June 16th 2016 referendum.

Now... what's the chav-cycling connection for you, May Sun?

Or was this just another trolling attempt by you?

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