Parking ticket for parking on the pavement

[rallen]

My son got a parking ticket for parking on the pavement which is wide enough for two cars side by side and is generally allowed, however in that occasion there was also a double yellow line. My son thought that the yellow line applied to the road and not to the pavement but the council see it differently.

Could anyone please advise me?

Many thanks

[J3PTF]

Your son is wrong. Lines apply to road and adjacent footpath.

[zarjaz1991]

No pavement is wide enough for two cars, or even one car. It is only wide enough for pedestrians.

Edited by zarjaz1991 on Sunday 3rd January 12:38

[TooMany2cvs]

rallen said:

My son got a parking ticket for parking on the pavement which is wide enough for two cars side by side and is generally allowed

Good for your local council.

Are you sure about the parking being "generally allowed", rather than just not actively enforced?

[themanwithnoname]

zarjaz1991 said:

No pavement is wide enough for two cars, or even one car. It is on;y wide enough for pedestrians.

This post needs reposting many times.

[gazza285]

Which one of these cars is reasonably parked?

[Mandat]

themanwithnoname said:

zarjaz1991 said:

No pavement is wide enough for two cars, or even one car. It is on;y wide enough for pedestrians.

This post needs reposting many times.

If only to highlight how incorrect it is.

[Monkeylegend]

My advice to him would be pay up and don't do it again.

[Cliftonite]

It is a pavement, not a car park.

Quite simple, really.

[TooMany2cvs]

gazza285 said:

Which one of these cars is reasonably parked?

Oh, that's easy. Both deserve a ticket.

Actually, the barry'd-up 206 deserves crushing, but...

[Countdown]

TooMany2cvs said:

Good for your local council.

Are you sure about the parking being "generally allowed", rather than just not actively enforced?

This + 17,000,000.

Where my parents live, the pavements now resemble something from Eastern Europe (I may possible be being unfair to EE) because of the number of people parking their cars on them. Broken tarmac, deep ruts, cracked paving, pools of water...purely because lazy arses have to park their Trojans and Transits as close to their front door as possible. I only wish our Council/parking enforcement was more pro-active.

[Cliftonite]

Countdown said:

This + 17,000,000.

Where my parents live, the pavements now resemble something from Eastern Europe (I may possible be being unfair to EE) because of the number of people parking their cars on them. Broken tarmac, deep ruts, cracked paving, pools of water...purely because lazy arses have to park their Trojans and Transits as close to their front door as possible. I only wish our Council/parking enforcement was more pro-active.

You are showing your age!

[Cliftonite]

Going well for you, OP?

[Hobo]

JuSt to clarify though, parking on pavements is allowed in accordance with the highway code, that states;

1. You can't park on the pavement in London

2. You can't park on pavements where there are yellow lines in place or signs advising

3. If your vehicle is over 7.5 tonne

Personally, I'd prefer no parking on pathways as believe it causes issues for pedestrians, but if the rules dictate it being allowed ...

Edited by Hobo on Sunday 3rd January 15:19

[Chrisgr31]

gazza285 said:

Which one of these cars is reasonably parked?

It's possible that most of the Astra is on private land and therefore had it been marginally more to the right would be legally parked, as the different paving may indicate different ownership. Whether it was legally driven there is a different question.

[Mandat]

Example of allowable pavement parking in London:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4929854,-0.26972...

[Hobo]

Mandat said:

Example of allowable pavement parking in London:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4929854,-0.26972...

How do you come to your conclusion that parking there is allowable ?

I only ask as the highway code details parking in London on pavements is not permitted whatsoever, and there seems to be nothing advising to the contrary there.

[SS2.]

Hobo said:

I only ask as the highway code details parking in London on pavements is not permitted whatsoever..

If that's what the HC says then it's wrong - there are exceptions, and these required to be signed accordingly.

[Mandat]

Hobo said:

Mandat said:

Example of allowable pavement parking in London:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4929854,-0.26972...

How do you come to your conclusion that parking there is allowable ?

I only ask as the highway code details parking in London on pavements is not permitted whatsoever, and there seems to be nothing advising to the contrary there.

Because cars park there on a daily basis (I've also parked there in the past) and the council do not enforce any parking restrictions in this location. That part of the pavement belongs to the Wickes showroom, which is why it has different paving to differentiate from the public pavement.

[Mandat]

Cliftonite said:

Countdown said:

This + 17,000,000.

Where my parents live, the pavements now resemble something from Eastern Europe (I may possible be being unfair to EE) because of the number of people parking their cars on them. Broken tarmac, deep ruts, cracked paving, pools of water...purely because lazy arses have to park their Trojans and Transits as close to their front door as possible. I only wish our Council/parking enforcement was more pro-active.

You are showing your age!

Talking of "Trojans", there's one in my previous link.