Parking on the pavement
I walk to work most days and something that annoys me cars half parked on the on the road and half parked on the pavement. It seems worse when the vehicle in question is a van or some kind of massive suv or 4×4. I took the picture on the left the other day on the way to work. This shows a classic example of what I am talking about. Not only is the vehicle the size of an elephant it is virtually parked on the pavement. One other thing you might notice is the childrens crossing sign, this is because just around the corner there is a primary school - hence all the other traffic at this time in the morning. For those parents who do walk their children to school and might have a pram or pushchair I can see this vehicle parked on the pavement being a bit of problem.
I can understand why people might park on the pavement. The road where this picture was taken can get quite busy particularly in the morning right next to the school. People do it because they don’t want their wing mirrors knocked off or wings being scraped by the other cars that are driving by too quickly and thoughtlessly.
So which comes first? I think attitudes need to change towards cars they need to treated as luxuries rather than essentials. I think drivers need to treat all road users with respect even when their car is parked and they’ve forgotten about it.
The yellow lines match his car beautifully!
On a serious note, I often have to go off the pavement and into busy roads with my daughter in her pushchair to get around cars parked on pavements because these plonkers don’t leave enough space to push a baby buggy through between their car and the hedge/wall.
I always give the wing mirror a good bash as I walk past a car parked on a pavement. Maybe the odd broken mirror will keep them off the pavement.
I have to say that your post shows incredible narrow mindedness. If that truck was parked fully on the road, thus turning the road into a single lane and causing tailback, you would be complaining at that too. In fact it would not suprise me if you just complain about everything as you feel the need to express your anger and lack of content with life.
As far as cars being treated as luxuries; wake up and have a look at the world around you! People NEED cars to get to work etc. i’m sure your not so naive as to suggest that the public transport system is sufficient and we can all discard our cars?!
Tandy, I would like to point out that you are intentionally causing criminal damage, and you obviously think a lot of yourself that you can take the law and justice into your own hands. Remember an eye for an eye leaves us all blind, but i suppose we’re not all brought up like that; are you a teenage chav by any chance?
Tracy, I do sympathise with your situation and agree that it is unacceptable. What we need is compromise; If it is neccessary to park on the pavement to avoid blocking a road, it has to be done only if sufficient space can be left for pedestrians and buggies etc.
Tracy,
I can see how parking on curbs is a problem in situations like that shown above, but in a large number of cases, there is more than enough room for part of a car and pedestrians, and it is in these cases where it seems stupid to block a road unnecesarily.
TANDY,
I happen to live in an area where I have to slightly park on the curb in order to allow traffic past, I don’t see it as a problem because the pavement is almost the width of the road, and so there is still plenty of room free for people to get past. Maybe your just really fat and clumbsy, and accidentally bump into car wing mirrors and say it was deliberate to avoid embarressement, or maybe you are just so important that people wont mind spending the odd £100 on fixing thier cars because you decided to be a moron.
Get a life you sad gits. HAve yuo gto nothing better to do than moan about tihs. I always park my car 3/4 on the pavement outside my house. Its a lot safer, it keeps the traffic flowing and there is still plenty of room on the pavement.
To be honest everyone who has posted so far apart from Tracy is missing the point. Why is it that we take it for granted that it’s OK to park on the pavement? Why is it that cars play such a large part in our lives?
I don’t think I am moaning or complaining when I say this - I just think it’s something that needs a bit of thought.
Right on Matthew…I hate people who use cars, I personally make my 30 mile trip to work in my flying saucer, which because of its vertical takeoff system, means it can be conviently stored out of the way in my back garden.
I know a lot of my friends are against cars get up at 4am to make the walk into work, which i think is great. Think of the excercise they get walking 40 miles a day.
And it would be even better if nobody went to work, because that way people would hardly need a car.
I know that some people seem to think that they “need to work to earn a living”, but i think that is ridiculous, everybody should just bum around at home and watch tv.
Thanks Billy it’s nice to people can approach these ideas constructively!
BTW - I don’t hate anybody!
If the people who park on pavements were ever to become disabled / blind then they would know the problems caused by their selfish, inconsiderate behaviour. It isn’t just a matter of complaining for the sake of it.
I don’t see a problem with people parking halfway onto the pavement like that, so long as they’re not blocking the path up so much that a wheelchair or pram etc. could not fit through. The gap there is more than big enough for a wheelchair or pushchair to get through. I should know, I’ve work with disabled people in wheelchairs for the last 3 years.
I also disagree with the way people won’t think twice about causing damage to people’s cars. It’s not your property to damage and it’s against the law to do so, no matter how angry you may be. He isn’t even parked illegaly, he’s not on the double yellow lines and has left enough room for vehicles to pass one side and pedestrians to pass on the other.
Although having said that, someone who drives a bright yellow Dodge Ram probably deserves everything he has coming!