A pavement parking odyssey

[lazybloke]

There are exemptions for Teletubbies, doncha know.

? I can see what looks like Bagpuss on the parcel shelf

 

[PeteXXX]

Of more interest is why you're stood outside B&M?

I wasn't..
MrsPete went there while I took the dogs for walkies in Becketts Park 👍

 

[Jenkins]

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I didn’t realise popping out to the village shop for milk could be so hazardous.

That deserves a comment on the parking written in the dirt on the back of the car

 

[matticus]

? I can see what looks like Bagpuss on the parcel shelf

I didn't spot Bagpuss, very negligent of me

I was going by the "Eh Oh" on the plate. Just me? Oh well ...

 

[captain nemo1701]

Saw a taxi driver pull this one from a bus the other day...Google earth got someone too. Just what are they avoiding, given there's parking spaces nearby for a supermarket?. I've seen people drive up onto pavements/cyclepaths to avoid the dreaded yellow lines thinking somehow, its legal?. OK, this isn't a pavement but illustrates my point of just...why?.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Taken yesterday in Clitheroe Lancs. The yellow lines had only been repainted in earlier in the day, according to someone who told me. Those not even disabled parking allowed yellow bits on the pavement weren't there before, but the council added them after requests from road users who've had trouble getting sometimes wide vehicles through when other vehicles are double parked. Soon after I was told the lines had been newly painted a car parked on them and partly on the pavement, so the owner could go into a take-away! Damn, I should've taken a photo, but I was that amazed at this @"#ts act of evil I didn't think about it in my moment of total anger!!

 

[Drago]

They've recently painted double yellows outside the local,secondary school. They needn't have bothered- lazy ass parents just pretend they're not there and park where they want. Without some kind of regular effort at enforcement its a wast of paint.

 

[Aescott]

Insurance companies should insert clauses that any vehicle parked illegally is not covered by the insurance, therefore any damage done to the vehicle whilst parked illegally will not be covered, and so repairs come out of the owner‘s pocket.

 

[DCLane]

A car parked across zig-zag lines and blocking the pavement on Tuesday lunch-time will be getting a course/penalty/court letter from West Yorkshire police after I reported it - it had a 'P' sticker on as well so the driver may have issues if they've recently passed.

 

[PeteXXX]

A couple of drivers who don't seem to know where the front of their car ends at Riverside Retail Park today..
I did comment to the person pushing the wheelchair & the occupant how much fun the slalom around the posts must be!

 

[captain nemo1701]

Behind Easton Leisure Centre in Bristol. Despite the yellow No Parking signs, I've seen up to 12 cars and vans use the pavement as a car park. And I feel sorry for anyone trying to access the business park:

 

[Drago]

Blimey, BITD if I'd seen vehicles parked 4 wheels up on the footway like that id have reached for my non-endorseable FPN pad and had the lot towed.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Record was 12 cars last week (I bus into work occasionally). The area does have big NO PARKING signs but they are ignored. I have alerted BCC parking dept to it many times. Worst offenders seem to be taxi drivers.

 

[Drago]

Report the taxi drivers diredt to the licencing department at the carncil. They usually have a fairly low tolerance for even minor misbehaviour from the taxi lot and aren't afraid to throw their weight about.

 

[mjr]

Insurance companies should insert clauses that any vehicle parked illegally is not covered by the insurance, therefore any damage done to the vehicle whilst parked illegally will not be covered, and so repairs come out of the owner‘s pocket.

It used to be that insurers denied to cover vehicles being used to commit some crimes, but do you really want everyone hit by a pavement driver also to have to deal with having been hit by an uninsured driver? A lot of criminal drivers only have insurance to avoid the box in the cop cars going 'ping' and them getting caught more easily so I doubt making the cover cheaper and cover less will deter any.