Pavement Parking Beyond Words! 

This is awesome! As a wheelchair user parking on pavement is a *huge* problem and massively prevents me being independent.

Happy to see this, because people parking on the pavements is a pet peeve of mine. There's a business near me where the road in front of the building has double-yellow lines, so the proprietors and staff simply park their cars up on the pavement, all day every day, entirely blocking it, and for some reason the traffic wardens (who are in abundance in the area) simply let them do it. Meanwhile, I see people in wheelchairs or pushing prams having to go down into the road and dice with the traffic just to get past the obstruction in what I consider to be "their lane." Irks me, it does :)

It's something that drives me nuts. Bad manners, aside from anything else. It happens every day where I live.

It's awful how people don't consider that their actions may have an effect on other people, unfortunately we have to share this world with selfish individuals.

This is a common occurrence where I live in Glossop Derbyshire and the police literally ignore it turning a blind eye and do absolutely nothing about it all the time. I only wish that motorists could be a little more considerate and think about more than just themselves. :(

I encounter this so much on my walks, it is such a pain! My neighbours who have been here forever don't use their driveway and park in front of their house, which is fine until they have guests who park in front of my driveway. This came to a head one day when I couldn't get out and I knocked on their door. The excuse was it was her birthday. She was shocked when i said it was mine too 🤣 no excuse.

I drive a van every day. I NEVER park up on the pavement, not even slightly. My wheels are always on the road. If I can do it, and always have, then so can everyone else. In Japan, you cannot buy a vehicle until you prove you have somewhere to park it.

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As a wheelchair user I wish all drivers were more considerate of others, the number who park on pavement or across dropped kerb blocking access to pavement really peeves me off!

There's a group of pedestrians in Russia (mainly Moscow & St Petersburg) who tackle drivers who park and drive on pavements. Watching them is an eye opener. StopXam Msc

The parking situations are pathetic in the UK due to such small houses & streets.. we’re like sardines. It was fine back when everyone didn’t own cars and the streets were congestion free, but the problem is, it hasn’t been updated. It’s dangerous.

It looks like the homeowner has extended the driveway so as to give two off street parking spots. Hence the lack of a dropped curb. I’ve lived in places where he’d be buying new tyres every few days for parking like that.

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Congratulations on reaching 250K subscribers. This is just what I need as I am disabled. I have to use a mobility aid to help me walk. Far too often I have to go onto the road because a car or van is blocking my way on the pavement.

Usually, the response from such a driver is "where do you expect me to park then?" as if there's an implicit entitlement to park in the first place.

the other type of bad parking that grinds my gears is parking too close to a junction

Every person needs to watch your channel,,, seriously.

I am so glad you did this vid. I am having huge problems in my area with lots of people parking on the kerbs. I am disabled and cannot get past. Also dropped kerbs being parked across. Driving tests should make considerate parking part of the test imo.

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yesterday yet another car parked on a raised crossing, because it was the only space available as the rests of the double yellow was already taken up and the free parking carpark was nearly half full.

Thankyou 'Dan'. This has provided me with great information to go forward with an Obstruction from two trailers permanently parked in the middle of a tiny village, including on a disabled parking space. Milk lorries, farmers vehicles and Hay,feed and straw delivery lorries are always having trouble manoeuvring around them . I shall be getting in contact with the relevant authorities. Hope you have a happy Xmas.

Today is a blessed day after this RU-vid feed, we have a disabled at home and it's a nightmare going out on the scooter, some near misses when having to drive on the road because the pavement is blocked. I will be invoking those laws soon..... Thank you

I've called the police non-emergency number in a similar case and they sent someone to talk to individuals concerned, which was successful in getting them to change their behaviour. The police non-emergency number is probably better than the local authority, since the local authority will just have to refer it to the police anyway.

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It’s an absolute eyesore too.

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I’m just so surprised all councils haven’t found a way of making money out of this kind of parking instead of having wardens sneak about waiting for meters to run out …..

Thank you for discussing this annoying and potentially dangerous way of parking! It happens in my area quite often, and always during football events. Same goes for parking on double yellow lines including in curves!

This is just another prime example of the incredibly selfish society we live in and no-one gives a toss about it. You'll be lucky to get the police out to do anything if you can even get through to them.

That's outrageous parking. Unfortunately, people still think its ok. It's a me, me, me society!

I see this kind of shenanigans all over the place. The best one was a static caravan: partly in the front garden, across the footpath and in to the road about the width of an HGV. People parking in their drive with a trailer across the footpath is another classic.

I have a similar problem and have to squeeze between a car and a wall on the pavement, trust me, the car comes off worse each time 😂

I don't normally subscribe to channels but this one deserves support. Excellent! Daniel, you remind me of my old law lecturers - except the relative ages have somewhat reversed... Keep on doing what you're doing.

In the street where I live, there was once an articulated lorry complete with full length trailer parked with all wheels on the pavement, and this was right opposite a infants school. This vehicle was parked there for many hours, during this time a number of police cars passed by and did absolutely nothing about it.

My daughter had this problem once she had a van park up on the pavement and completely blocked access in and out of the property, police attended and told the driver to move or he would be towed and vehicle impounded!

Parking is one thing. Where I live it's not unusual to be driven towards while walking on the pavement. Some people think they'll get away with it every time because it worked once. But I'm an old git and stand my ground. Eventually pedestrians will have to wear "dashcams".

I use a mobility scooter and this is a huge problem for me.

Also The Highways Act 1980 - Section 184, makes it an offence to drive a vehicle across a footway, or verge, where there is no proper vehicle crossover.

Thanku Mr BBB ! 🙋

This person is making money, presumably, off running the van but is not paying for the parking it clearly needs. But obviously quite happy to live like that.

It looks like a lovely quiet road. The van driver has assessed that they will have few people thuggish enough to give them any trouble. They clearly care not one jot for anyone, least of all women with pushchairs, or older people with mobility issues. I doubt that speaking to it will benefit this person's mother, and instead may lead to unpleasantness. Speaking to the authorities is a good idea, but whoever does it, again, will be found out and singled out. No easy solution here, I feel. And then there is the issue of this vehicle placing a big question mark over whether someone would want to move home to buy near that unthinking neighbour

People park blocking pavements all around where I am, is really annoying and dangerous.

We had a very similar situation on our street in York. We called 101 for North Yorkshire Police and they said its not our problem, call the council. I call York City Council who said its not our problem, its a police matter. I said the police already said its you, they said sorry its not. I called the police again to say I called the council and they said its for you to deal with. And they are aware I already called you but said its 100% you. They said its not, its the council and hung up. I called the council back and said the police know you know but said its on you to sort out and resolved and said there is no further advise they can offer and terminated the call. So clear as mud then.

Doing this is one thing, actually believing it’s not wrong is another…I despair

We have this a lot where I live ...we asked the police for help they said it was no longer their concern and it is now the responsibility of the local council...so while we have to walk in the busy road including people with prams ...we wait and wait for the council to help ..maybe with the 5% rise in council tax they can at last act..

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Congrats on 250k!

I mentioned to someone once politely and got my head bit off "what's it got to do with you" so I don't bother now. Hope you get it knackered then.

Parking partly on pavements is common where I live, I have twin toddlers so I quite often have to go onto the road to walk round. People have complained on the town’s Facebook group but the majority of people say “walk round it”..

If I park up on a pavement it is usually just on making sure disabled buggy or twin wide pushchair can get past. I used to park on the 30 mph road outside my house but got fed up with having to get new mirrors and damaged paintwork. I rectified all this by building in a drive way, cars much safer now

This is a terrible problem in my village. There is only a pavement on one side of the road. There are always cars and vans parked on the pavement. Anyone who can't squeeze past (wheelchair users, people using crutches like me, anyone with a buggy) has to walk in the road. It's a busy road with lots of HGVs and tractors coming and going. Council does nothing about it.

Some years ago, I was confined to a wheelchair for six months. I apologise to the many cars that I found on the pavements, as I accidentally, in my ineptitude, removed a huge amount of paint, and wing mirrors, from dozens of obstructive vehicles, including a Police traffic car.

I had a similar thing where someone did that with their 4x4. I contacted the council and they told me there was nothing they could do. As already mentioned in the comments here, a big problem for wheelchair users, but just as unsafe for (young) children to have to go around it on their scooters and into the road. Just selfish, that's all. But we live in a time of inconsiderate self-important people who have no consideration for others.

There is an Ocado delivery van that parks on the pavement by a pedestrian crossing to delivery to a house . One time confronted the driver to tell him his parking was dangerous and illegal. Not interested, nor was Ocado head office in seeing the photographic evidence when I contacted them. They did say they would speak to the driver and of course a few weeks later, Ocado van parked in same spot. These types of infringements you refer to, happen thousands of times a day in the home delivery industry, often Vans just left in the middle of the road. Enjoy the channel congratulations on your growing subscriber base.

Congratulations 250,000 subscribers

BBB, I would think a call to the local police for a drive by, should be all that is necessary. Thanks for the video, all the best to you and yours.

I am on crutches in Luton and this is a big problem.

It is people like this who ruin it for everyone else using common sense. It’s a narrow road so you bump 2 wheels up on the kerb and no-one complains because you can still get a pram or wheel chair through no problem. Then idiots start parking like this, and the authorities clamp down and start issuing tickets to anyone they can find because it is another good revenue earner.

I know for some areas pavement parking might be tolerated, as housing was either built before car ownership took off or, much worse, when the Govt brought in parking space caps to discourage car ownership, which affected all new developments......and never worked. That said, as a rule of thumb, drivers should ask themselves whether their parked vehicle: 1) would allow someone in a wheelchair or with a pushchair to make passage along the road (not simply pass their vehicle); 2) obstructs the view of oncoming traffic; 3) might damage the pavement and so make it a hazard to others - eg heavier vehicles. If they do not care either way as their convenience trumps everyone else, take their licence away.

Where I live, pedestrians can't use the pavements because of all of the vehicles parked up on the curb. You literally can't walk on the pavement. Despite numerous instances of mothers with prams almost being hit by passing cars (because there are two schools down my road), the local council couldn't care less.

One of the problems is vehicles are bigger and parking spaces and roads are the same size

It boils me to see this as it's common place around here, selfish and thick comes to mind!

Live next to two schools and a nursery in Gateshead Tyne and wear and this problem has been going on since 2009, all pavements are blocked daily as are all the back lanes as every street are Cul De Sacs in the area. Council eventually put in place a PSPO order but never enforced it saying that a camera car would do it even though it can only enforce yellow lines and school entrances, the parking enforcement team that never visited the site wasn't trained in CSAS. No community policing presence what so ever even though PPC Kim McGuiness was asked why this was the case with no answer to this and various questions, so now approaching 3 months waiting for community trigger answers before going down the enjoyment of property route about blocked paths, entrances,noise, soiled nappies, rubbish and cars getting covered in gloss paint.

There was a planned consultation into banning pavement parking across the whole of the UK. Haven't heard the result yet.

Long and short of it is, don't rent or buy a property that is insufficient for your vehicle needs. They have a long van, so they need a driveway capable of holding it, so they shouldn't have moved into this property, simple as that. I have a neighbour who have 3 vehicles, a van and 2 cars. They bought a property that has enough parking space for one vehicle. It's a cul-de-sac, and they just park on the cul-de-sac as though it's an extension of their driveway. People use it to turn their vehicles round. A TNT van had to do at least a 20 point turn because of these people parking like that.

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Should be banned nationwide. I'm disabled and I have had to use the road to get past a vehicle(s) Putting myself in unnecessary danger.

We're beginning to see a lot of this kind of parking where I live. I'm one of the last few villagers here, the rest of the population being made up of ex-townies who have, for various reasons, decided to descend upon the village like a plaque of locusts. It's more common to see vehicles parked in such a way that they're sticking out of the driveway and obstructing half to two thirds of the width of the footpath, but full width obstructions are still quite common. There seems to be a popular belief that the verge, footpath and road outside the house is the property of the house owner/tenant, and furthermore, that it's not a problem because hardly anyone ever walks along the path anyway. It's a problem if you use a wheelchair, a mobility scooter, or a walking aid. Likewise if you use a pram, or pushchair. It's yet another example of selfish and self entitled people who have no regard for others. This has only come about since the influx of "off'cum'd'uns" (town folk who don't belong here), and who bring with them three or four cars, which won't fit within in the driveway. Their attitude is "It's 'our' driveway, our verge, our piece of footpath, our bit of road". I don't where they get that idea from, but, anything outside of your boundary (fence, wall, hedge or other arbitrary marker) is actually council property, under the control of the local highways department, unless, you live within a private estate, or a gated community. I could take you to a location, not five minutes away, and show you a section of Main Street which has earned the nickname of "The Scrapyard" where cars and vans are parked in all directions, all over the place, with no thought or care for anyone else - It literally looks like a car breaker's yard, and there will be no less than thirty cars and vans littering the verge, pavement and curbside. Time perhaps for legislation to put a stop to this kind of behaviour?

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The most annoying case I see is of 2 cars I see in my local (pedestrianized) town centre who parl right at the end of the pedestrian zone, which requires them to drive around 200 yards on the pavement to do so, I even seen them both show up an mount the kerb in order to do it, this isn't even a case of them being frustrated that there is not adequate access to the area for them as there is a massive car park round the back with an area that has a barrier to allow for staff parking with both back doors on all units and a perfectly good path leading around the side that opens directly into the area where they are parking, to me this is just unacceptable, but neither the council nor the police will do anything about it! What right do they have to drive over a large pedestrian area in order to park on it for marginally more convenient access to their store front? There is a lowered kerb there, but that is clearly there for emergency services, council services or in the case that a permit is granted (for renovations, etc for example) NOT for them to have access, if everyone who worked there did it, you'd effectively have a car park instead of a pedestrian area! It just seems like completely arrogant entitlement on their part!

I have shared this very useful video with several groups that I am involved with. Lets hope it is of use to the members

The example you show is glaring but on estates the most common example is when people put two wheels on the pavement leaving enough room for pedestrians to pass and enough room on the road for traffic. It's an attempt to give everyone what is required. Probably still actionable.

Parked vehicles is a huge problem in the UK. ☹️

Because of people like this I keep a small sharp screwdriver in my pocket .

I've found round where I live almost all the residential roads except bus routes are too narrow to park on the road even for cars, so almost everyone who hasn't converted their garden into a drive, parks partily or fully on the pavement, which is a pain in the arse for anyone who has to use them. I feel a lot of the problems faced by drivers in residential streets was Bad design when these estates where being build, with no forward thinking. at the same time most of the houses round here were build in the 50's when there weren't that many cars.

What are your thoughts about e bikes ? My friend was recently told to move out of the way. He was on the pavement. Society is breaking down. There's no respect anymore. Thanks for all you do to inform us.

Quite apart from the nuisance to the ordinary people, this is a huge problem for wheelchair users. In addition it's a problem for people who don't actually use a wheelchair but even so have impaired mobility, and arguably for blind people who may find it hard to navigate safely around the obstruction. It might confuse a guide dog I would argue that in addition to the legal authorities @BBB mentions, this is actually causing a public nuisance, which is actionable both as a tort (in a civil court) and as a crime (in the Crown court). Obvs a friendly chat followed by attempts at friendly approaches from the police would be sensible before throwing the book at the vehicle owner, but there are actually both torts and crimes you could invoke if you so wished

Bristol is crazy for Road Vehicles users parking on pathways & so also needs some strict measures to curb it.

I have a mobility scooter and this happens alot, and when delivery drivers / workers fill the pathway and I can't get by, I have to go into the road to go around them, cross the road and sometimes when there haven't been a drop kerb ( a main road for example) I've had to turn around and come back to find another route, it's frustrating that people have no respect and only think of themselves

It's funny you post this; just a couple of days ago i was walking home and an SUV was sticking off of it's driveway and taking up half the pavement, making me walk around it.

In Tokyo I'm told that the law is that before you register a vehicle you have to have space of road to park it at the registered address. The inspector comes out and measures the space before you are allowed to bring the vehicle into the city. (I was told this by a Japanese visor to the UK some years ago, to be honest I'm not sure if it is still the case now)

There is a road where I live where cars parked in driveways with cars also parallel parked on the pavement making the pavement inaccessible to persons of limited mobility, and at the worst points inaccessible to all pedestrians. It is a very busy road and pavement as it is a main thoroughfare to the local railway station and two superstores and access to the local motorway. Walking around (more often sprint because vehicle operators haven't anticipated pedestrians being in the road) the cars on the road is dangerous. Some years ago the local council did write to all residents warning that they were implementing fining any vehicle parked on/obstructing pavements. They haven't implemented this.

I know crossing the pavement is not allowed, but if you are having work carried out to build a drive or extension then a drive, you can get a temporary permit to cross from the council so you can have materials delivered ,once the work has been carried out you you can have a drop curb fitted.

BlackBeltBarrister also missed the property deeds which will more than likely state no commercial vehicles or caravans allowed on the property.

Not good for the blind - walking along the footpath being forced into the main road

Report to the local council easily online.

There is also Section 184 of the Highways Act 1980, whereby it is an offence to drive a motorised vehicle across the footway, where no vehicle crossing exists…

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I see this every day.

There's a row of around 5 or 6 small businesses near me that have vehicles parked outside their respective companies all day. These are always parked with two wheels on the pavement, the vehicle completely covering the cycle lane & the other two wheels are on the cartridge way. So basically interfering with people who are using the footpath, people who are riding bicycles & motorists alike, opposite across the road there is an all-day car park that is never full & is as cheap as chips!

I have an ignorant prick for a neighbour who parks both of his vans inconsiderately. He lives in a corner house where people have to turn left past his house to leave the estate. The first van is parked outside his house is such a way that you have to be on the wrong side of the road as you turn blindly left, then go past his other van which fully blocks the pavement but is still wide enough to force you to stay on the wrong side of the road. The police won't do anything (surprise surprise), because they say it's a new estate (15years) so not their responsibility, and the council say that it's not their responsibility either, because of some technical loophole they have never taken ownership from the consortium who built it; but they still manage to take council tax from us all every month.

90% of time there is no need to park on any pavement. Really annoys me as it has become the norm.

Shared to fb, I live in a town with lots of students, my cousin is having a big issue

A problem in recent years is that training of Police Officers has been cut back , to save money, such that they no longer have a good knowledge of the Law.

kid in wheelchair had to turn back find an alternative route because raise crossing used as ramp to park on high kerbed pavement. Had the gap been negotiable it would not have mattered as the opposite side of the raised crossing was parked on. Given the nearby trolley station was inconveniently ten feet away the kid would still have to deal with the four trolleys left on the pavement.

Tradesmen are having a nightmare working in inner city/town areas

One of the few sensible things to come out of London in recent times. It must be made illegal in all areas of the country.

Daniel, thank you for sharing this information with your 250,000 followers 😀. Sadly, obnoxious and inconsiderate parking seems to be prevalent throughout the UK. As a wheelchair user, my pet hate is parking on the pavement, but also parking on the disabled low tactile kerb ramps on either end of pathways, which many people think it is there to mount and park on the pavement. Sadly, it is harder to get local government authorities to get them to keep these public pavements free from obstruction. I cannot even go to post a letter in a Royal mail postbox in our street for fear of bad drivers deliberately blocking my and other people's access. Even children and parents have to walk on the main road because of obstruction of badly parking vehicles. I reported these incidents to my MP, Councillor and police only to find one of my neighbours had hacked my wife and my personal mobile phones for over 4 years and was communicating with the offenders who cars I was photographing and complaining about. The situation has deteriorated to every electronic device in our home has been hacked, wireless Land-line phones, my new LaserJet printer, both Fibre Routers, each wireless tracker ball mouse has been hacked repeatedly. Changing 420 passwords doesn't work, so we can only deduce with high probability they have installed Spyware software program illegally on each of our mobiles, iPad Pro and computers. We even document people check our property for items I have purchased from Amazon UK and Europe, China, Sweden, America etc. We cannot even speak freely in our bedroom because it is immediately acted upon and shared between extended family, friends and neighbours too. The Wireless Communication Act 2003 means nothing to these people, neither does loosing their jobs some of whom work for the National Health Service in senior positions. We have had to sign a contract with a Private Investigator agency because of a gross misconduct PCSO following someone causing my wheelchair lift to collapse whilst I was going to bed, these people had also hacked our internal security cameras management software. We even contacted your clerk and CYFOR Secure for assistance and advice. Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🙏

The moment someone parks like that you know they're spoiling for a fight, and you can prove that by knocking their door to confront them.

You would have a field day if you watched one of our neighbours. They have a drive but no dropped curb so they used to use one of their neighbours to get onto her drive, neighbour told her not to do so cos they didnt contribute to the drop curb fee so they stopped but now they are using the other side but in doing so has to drive a short way up a footpath then either reverse or swing round to get onto the driveway. Several times we have witnessed this and almost got knocked down by them. There is also parking on all the pavements and grassy areas and the council came round at 9 am when most of the vehicles have been gone for work! Told them to come back at 6ish to witness this, but they don't work beyond 4-5pm now!