Letter: Stop blocking the pavement

1:14pm Friday 29th June 2012 in Opinion

I READ that police have stepped up patrols in Nelson and Colne after a rise in reports of criminal damage with reference to “the odd wing mirror knocked off a car here, or a window smashed there”.

Now I’m not saying criminal damage is ever right, but just maybe if half the pavements in Nelson and Colne were not blocked by parked cars, it may not happen.

Police can’t be bothered to make them move.

justaworkinlad (via website).

Comments (4)

9:59pm Sat 30 Jun 12

happycyclist says...

Well said. It makes my blood boil to see ignorant, selfish motorists park so far on the pavement that someone with a pram or in a wheelchair has to go into the road to get past. They deserve their wing mirrors getting damaged and their cars scratched.
Well said. It makes my blood boil to see ignorant, selfish motorists park so far on the pavement that someone with a pram or in a wheelchair has to go into the road to get past. They deserve their wing mirrors getting damaged and their cars scratched. happycyclist

10:53pm Sat 30 Jun 12

M Foster says...

I agree that cars should not park on pavements. The trouble is, the traffic system would grind to a halt in many places if this rule was strictly followed. In L.A. for example, with roads of airfield width it would be no problem but not so with our ancient, narrow winding roads.

Road parking restrictions need a real overhaul. Double yellow lines on BOTH sides of very wide roads are commonplace whereas on some narrow major roads there are none!

One example is on the A56 Keighley Rd, Colne, a very busy route with buses, wagons, etc, where traffic is badly held up as cars are allowed to park BOTH sides and it only takes one car to cause single line traffic. Crazy but not uncommon.

Then again, many have them knocked off by passing traffic when parked up (as I have outside my house) with the offender just driving off. Electrically heated/motorised replacements are very expensive and I have learned to always fold them in when appropriate.
I agree that cars should not park on pavements. The trouble is, the traffic system would grind to a halt in many places if this rule was strictly followed. In L.A. for example, with roads of airfield width it would be no problem but not so with our ancient, narrow winding roads. Road parking restrictions need a real overhaul. Double yellow lines on BOTH sides of very wide roads are commonplace whereas on some narrow major roads there are none! One example is on the A56 Keighley Rd, Colne, a very busy route with buses, wagons, etc, where traffic is badly held up as cars are allowed to park BOTH sides and it only takes one car to cause single line traffic. Crazy but not uncommon. Then again, many have them knocked off by passing traffic when parked up (as I have outside my house) with the offender just driving off. Electrically heated/motorised replacements are very expensive and I have learned to always fold them in when appropriate. M Foster

12:18am Sun 1 Jul 12

Graham Hartley says...

Consider the example set by staff at Great Harwood police station. Staff cars are often parked with two wheels on the pavement right in front of the station, though there is a public carpark nearby.
Consider the example set by staff at Great Harwood police station. Staff cars are often parked with two wheels on the pavement right in front of the station, though there is a public carpark nearby. Graham Hartley

1:20pm Sun 1 Jul 12

Graham Hartley says...

from Directgov, with capitalisation from that source...

"You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it."
from Directgov, with capitalisation from that source... "You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it." Graham Hartley

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