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A ban in Scotland, what about the rest of the UK?
Now this may be controversial but I'm not convinced at this point on the idea. I am somewhat torn as to whether I support it or not. I understand that it is problematic and sometimes dangerous to a few in our society. There is a street near me where when my son was still in a pushchair some drivers wouldn't even leave enough space for me to get passed with the chair. But the trouble is there are so many streets and places where if cars didn't park half on the pavement cars wouldn't be able to get past. Yet so many households have one car or more but only have on street parking available. So if we banned parking on the pavement where would all these cars park? And would we see the roads becoming more congested and hazardous to drive as a result of more cars causing an obstacle/obstruction fully parked on the road? |
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By *zQTWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere |
This is the problem we have on our road. It’s on street parking and one of two roads that lead out of my area on to the main road. So it is in constant use.
If everyone was to stop parking half on the pavement on both sides then it would be far too difficult for one car to get through the middle, let alone it being a two way road. |
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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago
Stoke area |
"A ban in Scotland, what about the rest of the UK?
Now this may be controversial but I'm not convinced at this point on the idea. I am somewhat torn as to whether I support it or not. I understand that it is problematic and sometimes dangerous to a few in our society. There is a street near me where when my son was still in a pushchair some drivers wouldn't even leave enough space for me to get passed with the chair. But the trouble is there are so many streets and places where if cars didn't park half on the pavement cars wouldn't be able to get past. Yet so many households have one car or more but only have on street parking available. So if we banned parking on the pavement where would all these cars park? And would we see the roads becoming more congested and hazardous to drive as a result of more cars causing an obstacle/obstruction fully parked on the road? "
But if cars park on the pavement to allow better traffic flow, then people with pushchairs or in wheelchairs are forced to go into the road and put themselves in danger. More hazardous than two cars having to take it in turns to drive down a narrow street.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Half on half off in designated areas might work but its the ones who park fully on the footpath who need educating.
Visited Coventry recently and parking on street is a nightmare with conflicting signs and lane markings. |
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By *zQTWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere |
"Half on half off in designated areas might work but its the ones who park fully on the footpath who need educating.
Visited Coventry recently and parking on street is a nightmare with conflicting signs and lane markings."
I would like to add we do park half on half off here and our pavement are quite big. We have the patch of green and then the actual pavement so buggies and wheelchair users shouldn’t have a problem |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This is a problem that will only get worse ,children staying longer in the family home reach driving age ,another car to find space for.
What pisses me off is (this happens in my road),visitors parking on the street when there's ample space at the property they are visiting which is off road. |
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"Half on half off in designated areas might work but its the ones who park fully on the footpath who need educating.
Visited Coventry recently and parking on street is a nightmare with conflicting signs and lane markings."
Half on half off damages the footpath and kerb eventually. If you're partially sighted it's a nightmare. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Half on half off in designated areas might work but its the ones who park fully on the footpath who need educating.
Visited Coventry recently and parking on street is a nightmare with conflicting signs and lane markings.
Half on half off damages the footpath and kerb eventually. If you're partially sighted it's a nightmare. "
Coventry and several places have signs up to authorise this, Crazy idea, But encouraged to keep the traffic flowing on certain routes. They also have one road that is a major route that has a centre lane and 2 thirds of the road is for parking, City planning at its best. |
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"Half on half off in designated areas might work but its the ones who park fully on the footpath who need educating.
Visited Coventry recently and parking on street is a nightmare with conflicting signs and lane markings.
Half on half off damages the footpath and kerb eventually. If you're partially sighted it's a nightmare.
Coventry and several places have signs up to authorise this, Crazy idea, But encouraged to keep the traffic flowing on certain routes. They also have one road that is a major route that has a centre lane and 2 thirds of the road is for parking, City planning at its best. "
Yeah there are whole streets around here where everyone parks half on half off.
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Where we live this happens all the time. But banning it would cause absolute chaos. Our council is currently attempting to building 50,000 new homes with no strategy for roads, schools, hospitals, utilities. The population density here has gone through the roof already over the last ten years. If cars were not allowed to park on pavements, the entire place would become gridlocked, dustmen couldn’t collect rubbish, and delivery vans couldn’t drop off shopping to the very same people who struggle with mobility. The fact is much of the UK’s infrastructure was never designed to cope with the population density we have, especially in the south east, and especially when most households have at least one car and many have more than one (our neighbours have four). So until someone comes up with a plan to encourage people to give up their cars, nothing will improve. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This drives me crazy!
Often people park full square on the pavement, it's so inconsiderate.
People are lazy and feel a sense of entitlement to park outside or very close to their house. It's against the law in Central London but this should be the case everywhere.
People buy or rent a house with only on street parking but some like the house opposite me have 3 cars and 2 work vans. It courses so many issues. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Half on half off in designated areas might work but its the ones who park fully on the footpath who need educating.
Visited Coventry recently and parking on street is a nightmare with conflicting signs and lane markings.
Half on half off damages the footpath and kerb eventually. If you're partially sighted it's a nightmare. "
Or if you have a physical disability, it's not easy navigating your way round. |
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"Where we live this happens all the time. But banning it would cause absolute chaos. Our council is currently attempting to building 50,000 new homes with no strategy for roads, schools, hospitals, utilities. The population density here has gone through the roof already over the last ten years. If cars were not allowed to park on pavements, the entire place would become gridlocked, dustmen couldn’t collect rubbish, and delivery vans couldn’t drop off shopping to the very same people who struggle with mobility. The fact is much of the UK’s infrastructure was never designed to cope with the population density we have, especially in the south east, and especially when most households have at least one car and many have more than one (our neighbours have four). So until someone comes up with a plan to encourage people to give up their cars, nothing will improve. "
Yep! That about sums it up I think |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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As usual the majority which are car drivers don't think further than their own parking issues.
Parents doing the school run with pushchairs and toddlers left to negotiate cars parked on the paths.
Disabled people and wheelchair users who have to use the road because paths are used by car users as a car park.
Cyclists who have to edge out further because a car is parked on the cycle lane.
More consideration is needed. |
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"A ban in Scotland, what about the rest of the UK?
Now this may be controversial but I'm not convinced at this point on the idea. I am somewhat torn as to whether I support it or not. I understand that it is problematic and sometimes dangerous to a few in our society. There is a street near me where when my son was still in a pushchair some drivers wouldn't even leave enough space for me to get passed with the chair. But the trouble is there are so many streets and places where if cars didn't park half on the pavement cars wouldn't be able to get past. Yet so many households have one car or more but only have on street parking available. So if we banned parking on the pavement where would all these cars park? And would we see the roads becoming more congested and hazardous to drive as a result of more cars causing an obstacle/obstruction fully parked on the road? "
If pavement parking/blocking was banned.. people would park on the road. Even if folk park half on and off the pavement they are still causing an obstruction on path and road... so why even bother with the footpath. Just park on the roadside and allow space for pedestrians and pushchairs and wheelchair users. It's unfair and unsafe. |
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By *tew008Man
over a year ago
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Happens it my street I can’t even walk past the car let alone a pram. People are just parking close to their house when they have 3 or 4 cars and can only accommodate 2.
Means housing developments should really have 2 spaces available per a property or they shouldn’t charge as much. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This is a problem down my street, which is quite narrow. It can be annoying. There is one car that the owner always on the pavement, leaving very little or no room at all to get by. That house has off street parking for 1 car but has 2 cars. My son refuses to park his car on the pavement, he says it's bad for the car. We live opposite a dropped kerb though. I looked into getting a dropped kerb myself but the rules have changed recently and I couldn't work out which council has to give planning permission.
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"Half on half off in designated areas might work but its the ones who park fully on the footpath who need educating.
Visited Coventry recently and parking on street is a nightmare with conflicting signs and lane markings."
We do have that in areas of Coventry. Trouble is that only really works on wide streets that have wide footpaths. |
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"A ban in Scotland, what about the rest of the UK?
Now this may be controversial but I'm not convinced at this point on the idea. I am somewhat torn as to whether I support it or not. I understand that it is problematic and sometimes dangerous to a few in our society. There is a street near me where when my son was still in a pushchair some drivers wouldn't even leave enough space for me to get passed with the chair. But the trouble is there are so many streets and places where if cars didn't park half on the pavement cars wouldn't be able to get past. Yet so many households have one car or more but only have on street parking available. So if we banned parking on the pavement where would all these cars park? And would we see the roads becoming more congested and hazardous to drive as a result of more cars causing an obstacle/obstruction fully parked on the road?
If pavement parking/blocking was banned.. people would park on the road. Even if folk park half on and off the pavement they are still causing an obstruction on path and road... so why even bother with the footpath. Just park on the roadside and allow space for pedestrians and pushchairs and wheelchair users. It's unfair and unsafe."
But what about the many streets (mainly residential) that are not wide enough for cars to park fully on the road both sides and traffic to pass? Many households have at least one car and people with houses on said streets need somewhere to park? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A ban in Scotland, what about the rest of the UK?
Now this may be controversial but I'm not convinced at this point on the idea. I am somewhat torn as to whether I support it or not. I understand that it is problematic and sometimes dangerous to a few in our society. There is a street near me where when my son was still in a pushchair some drivers wouldn't even leave enough space for me to get passed with the chair. But the trouble is there are so many streets and places where if cars didn't park half on the pavement cars wouldn't be able to get past. Yet so many households have one car or more but only have on street parking available. So if we banned parking on the pavement where would all these cars park? And would we see the roads becoming more congested and hazardous to drive as a result of more cars causing an obstacle/obstruction fully parked on the road?
If pavement parking/blocking was banned.. people would park on the road. Even if folk park half on and off the pavement they are still causing an obstruction on path and road... so why even bother with the footpath. Just park on the roadside and allow space for pedestrians and pushchairs and wheelchair users. It's unfair and unsafe.
But what about the many streets (mainly residential) that are not wide enough for cars to park fully on the road both sides and traffic to pass? Many households have at least one car and people with houses on said streets need somewhere to park?"
And pedestrians need somewhere safe to walk.
If you know parking is a problem and choose to have more cars than you can accommodate that's your issue and need to find somewhere else to park. |
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"Happens it my street I can’t even walk past the car let alone a pram. People are just parking close to their house when they have 3 or 4 cars and can only accommodate 2.
Means housing developments should really have 2 spaces available per a property or they shouldn’t charge as much."
I agree, good more for new houses. Plus I think they want to change building regs so new houses have a designated charging point. But many people live in older streets with no parking provision apart from the street because when built the residents weren't expected to own car (car may not even have been invented). |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Footpath on one side of the road, car parking bays on the other, it still wouldn't keep everyone happy but it's as close to a happy medium as you're going to get. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Footpath on one side of the road, car parking bays on the other, it still wouldn't keep everyone happy but it's as close to a happy medium as you're going to get."
My road has that but they still park on the pavement side. |
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"I don't see a problem there are lots of other places to park that are not a pavement.
What, throughout the whole country including in town and cities....? Have to say I doubt it. "
There really isn't. I live in a big city and there are so many areas where its totall parking wars, especially nearer the centre and older parts. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Where I used to live banned pavement parking and all drivers had to park all 4 wheels on the road. The road is not a wide one so the Council brought in left side of the road park on road on alternate days then opposite side did alternate days. Anyone not parking correctly got a ticket. Obviously this caused chaos further round the estate where no restrictions were in place, and people from my road squeezed their car in anywhere they could. Reason for the alternate days parking was that the Fire Brigade had complained that their fire engines had twice been delayed going down my road by people parking half pavement half road and not leaving a big enough gap to get the fire engines through. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ban it!
Too many mums with push chairs walking in the road where I live. I've had it before where someone parked on a double yellow expected me to wait on the pavement in the rain with a pushchair when my daughter was younger while they disembarked to use the shops.... tickets and fines all round please! |
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"One car registered per household. Anymore cars then go park somewhere else
Absolutely. "
That's one answer, maybe. I think it could alter the desirability of some properties and the house prices (up and down). After all the ability to park your car at home is a big deal to most people. The reason I bought a house with it's own yard for parking a 2 or 3 car was because I didn't want to get involved in parking wars. Still I could imagine such a system would make it difficult to have visitors, especially if there is nothing but street parking for the surrounding mile radius.
I just pondered to what extent the thousands of people who have a difficult parking situation would (given the choice) sacrifice their ability to park by their houses for others ease of access? I just cant imagine as a policy this would be a vote winner (on the whole). |
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"Where I used to live banned pavement parking and all drivers had to park all 4 wheels on the road. The road is not a wide one so the Council brought in left side of the road park on road on alternate days then opposite side did alternate days. Anyone not parking correctly got a ticket. Obviously this caused chaos further round the estate where no restrictions were in place, and people from my road squeezed their car in anywhere they could. Reason for the alternate days parking was that the Fire Brigade had complained that their fire engines had twice been delayed going down my road by people parking half pavement half road and not leaving a big enough gap to get the fire engines through."
Near my house they were digging up roads on neighbouring streets for gas work. Caused chaos on mine and the surrounding streets as the swams of car refuges. When you impede parking in one location you not only push the problem onto another street but you also intensify it. Seems to me if you want to get cars of the pavements you either need to reduce the amount of cars on the road or invest in finding suitable parking solutions which in some areas would be very hard to do without demolishing some of the housing and spending millions.
I don't think in our city's we can always have it all. So in some cases we need to choose either to put up with parking on pavements, force people to give up their cars or make/clear land for neighbourhood parking. |
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By *i1971Man
over a year ago
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There are more and more people parking half on the pavements around me than ever before. Our pavements are fairly narrow in the first place so people with push chairs / buggies or wheelchair users really struggle at times. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Footpath on one side of the road, car parking bays on the other, it still wouldn't keep everyone happy but it's as close to a happy medium as you're going to get."
If anyone on my street has a fire they will die. Fire engines and ambulances can't get through. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cars have got bigger,so less room on roads,both my houses have off road patking part of reason for buying,these days of entitlement,people expect to do as they like,parking on the pavement should be avoided as much as possible |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have a driveway but our street still has pavement parking, its even got boxes painted, half on pavement and half on street.
Alteast its free to park, in some places in london, it can get very expensive really quick! |
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We both have a car and only have space on our drive for one of them. Neither of us could get rid of our cars and go to work on public transport. For hubby, buses don’t start running early enough, for me, there are none that go to the estate where I work. We have no choice than to leave one of our cars parked on the road. I see people are saying park elsewhere. Good in theory but where? Maybe in future developers could be forced to build car parks into their plans but it doesn’t create car parking spaces for existing houses. |
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