And I am fortunate enough not to be mobility disabled - but you must also be driven mad when someone parks in the road but across the dropped kerb - especially close to corners of the roads. I saw such an event with a small builders truck and thought inwardly now what if a disabled person - either on foot or in a wheel chair - ditto a parent with a push chair - needed to use that access point - and to my disbelief it WAS needed at that very moment - the wheelchair user was fortunately accompanied by an assistant which shows that this particular person was unable to be fully independent whilst out and about making the problem even worse. The driver was already out of the vehicle and half-way down the road.
I wonder if there is a criminal case to answer under Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 in respect that the owning entity of the commercial vehicle is (by virtue of obstructing the footway thus preventing its use by wheelchair users etc) is failing to make a Sec.20 reasonable adjustment?
When I was 17 (decades ago!), shortly after passing my test, I had parked half on the pavement outside a shop. A policeman came in and asked whose car it was, he was polite (those were the days) and said "what about a wheelchair or pushchair?" I've never repeated that, his point was entirely valid. I DO make it a point to point this same error out to police drivers who never had the same memo.
drives me mad that people are forced to walk in the road i am wondering as someone who has no chose but to use a wheel chare if you are forced to use the road and get hit who is responsible the person parking on the pavement. the local council for allowing it or the one driving to fast down a long but narrow road
I live in Ilford,Essex (East London) you see that kind of thing every day over and over again, when you brush up against the vehicle because you cant get by without going into the road, they jump out the car/van and start shouting, mainly imigrants.
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 :)
@@margaretnicol3423 Not yet, but I may now after watching this :) I presumed there must be some loophole and nothing could be done about it (apart from grousing, of course).
@@TheYohtube That makes sense. It's in an area with a lot of pay-to-park streets and a pay car-park over the road, so lots of traffic wardens checking for overstays, but for some reason up to 5 cars in a row, all parked end-to-end and fully up on the pavement, seemed A-OK by the rules.
@@blatherskite3009 The area covered by the yellow lines extends from the back of the footway to the centre of the highway, so even if you are parked behind them on the footway you are still technically committing the same offence. You might want to remind the Council of this fact.
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.
@@Hammertime054 You say the police are a part of it, and I'd agree, today I saw a police patrol car parked on a pelican crossing zigzags outside a small café, unfortunately it was raining heavily, and the police weren't in sight (they were probably in the café having a coffee) otherwise I'd have said something to them about their illegal parking
@@cougar02000 I am perfectly fine with it in an "emergency situation", but yeah, "getting drinks" is not an emergency situation.. And neither is "going up to a house to talk to someone".. Yes, doing that is part of their duty, but not "emergency"
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. :(
Police will ignore this type of offence because if you go down to the local station they're more than likely parked all over the pavement themselves...👍
@@dfar2303 He's the local bigwig you eventually get passed to when you badger the local cops and council for long enough about pavement-parking, they give you his number so he can tell you to sod off.
In the UK there are normal police and traffic police. They are very different despite what people may claim. Try and fill out an online reporting of a traffic offence a few times and see what happens...I think you might be surprised.
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
Some town councils have email addresses for this sort of parking, you email them the photo with the reg and time. Then they send out a parking officer to the street to fine them if they're doing it regularly.
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.
Whilst it would not condone either parking or the consequential act, I've been aware of a situation where somebody put a screwdriver (or similar) through the vehicle grill, puncturing its radiator.
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.
Today is a blessed day after this TH-cam 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@dfar2303 Yes I get the picture and in my job working for a local authority I would often take to task our local police and own call centre for giving the public the wrong information. Enforcing pavement parking was one of my daily chores along with other site visits. Tell them when you call it their business and if they fail to act you will pursue a formal complaint.
@@dfar2303 That's unfortunate. My experience with Durham police (15 years ago, admittedly, so things may have changed) was very positive. They took the report and then called me back about an hour later to tell me they had spoken to the individuals and they had agreed to park elsewhere.
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!
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 …..
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.
The problem is even worse on new estates and is because councils grant planning permission for builders to build houses without adequate parking space. Unfortunately, builders cram in as many dwellings as they can get away with to maximise their profits with no consideration for the access and parking. It's an absolute scandal, but they're allowed to get away with it😡
@@ianhill4585 Absolutely! Just because you own a car or van doesn't give you the right to park anywhere you like and break the law. These types of people who disregard the rules are usually the first to bitch and moan when something happens because of their selfish behaviour.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
And how many of those near accidents or illegally parked cars were due to school runners? Mad hormonal mumsies who should never be allowed behind the wheel in the first place? And as for those selfish ignorant people who want to park a car outside their own home? Can't wait for you to start tripping over all the EV charger cables......
Try online reporting to the traffic police as a road offence. Often no one is reporting the problem so nothing happens. If lots of people start reporting it, something will happen.
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.
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.
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
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".
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
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.
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.
You are correct in that the local council can do little in many situations. However the traffic police can. Most likely the incident can be quickly reported online.
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”..
It's actually an unnecessary risk and also you are training your children to walk on the road. If it were my children I would be reporting the incident to the traffic police. In most places this can be done online.
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.
Some years ago I noticed a lady in a mobility scooter unable to get past a car parked on the pavement. I pulled up and knocked on the house door. Got some verbal abuse but the driver moved the car. People in wheelchairs etc can be afraid of asking someone to stop causing an obstruction for fear of abuse, including physical. When some people are called out for doing something wrong they can get very defensive/aggressive instead of just accepting they're in the wrong.
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.
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..
The police you spoke to are very incorrect. While parking offences like parking overstay may be down to the LA things like blocking the highway and enforcing the road traffic act are completely within the Traffic police domain. Next time it happens report online as a road traffic offence.
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.
If you started reporting each incident to the traffic police online then things would start to change. Have you seen the change that "Cycling Mikey" has made in London with bad drivers?
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.
Reminds me of something a few years ago. We were out for a Sunday afternoon family walk and walking down one street, there was a van parked on the pavement, blocking it and meaning anyone with mobility aids, pushchairs and, in our case, children had to walk into the road to get past. As we did, the owner returned and I politely mentioned that he'd parked inconsiderately. He became verbally defensive and claimed his reason for blocking the pavement was because he he was picking up his son, who appeared to no difficulty walking. So he blocked the pavement to ensure his son didn't have to walk in the middle of the road, but didn't care about anyone else having to walk in the road. Dad of the year there!
I recently observed a police officer crouching in a bus shelter with a speed gun hiding behind people waiting for the bus his car Hidden in the cemetery gates out of sight. I went back to confront him he was gone the following day same car parked on the pavement of a main road people having to walk on the road to pass he was doing his paperwork.
Now, personally I believe people who do this should be named, shamed, taken to the nearest bridge and strung up. I know some would say that's a bit excessive, but I can't see it myself to be honest. Alright, alright, I'll settle for named and shamed! Either way, motorists are selfish idiots, generally speaking, and a stop needs to be put to it.
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.
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.
Yet another case where Sweden is more straightforward. Parking and stopping on a footpath or (bi)cycle path is forbidden, always and everywhere. The only exception is the general rule that stopping because of other traffic may be needed, but even then you should not obstruct a crossing...
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.
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.
It's the typical arrogant attitude of most entitled drivers, they have a vehicle and feel entitled to park it where they want - they'd have to be brain-dead not to know that the van isn't encroaching on the pavement/footway... I'd never park like this, but, there again, I'm not an arrogant moron! Driving and vehicle laws in the UK need to be more strictly applied, preferably with higher penalties...in this case I'd like the law to give them no chances and just seize and crush the vehicle. People would take note then...lol
I can accept that sometimes someone can cause unintended problems for others - but then there are time when some don't give a stuff about anyone else, only themselves
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…
If this is an offence, why is it ok for the police to just have a 'friendly chat' with them? The offence has been committed, so there should be a fine.
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!
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?
Voiced exactly my own concern. I moved to suburb which I thought would be a quiet place away from the city from which I found work. Turned out the "quiet cul-de-sac" is actually a bloody taxi rank, scrapyard, car showroom, and actual cargo service running from two homes. People hoarding cars they can't fit on their driveway, which they do not want to park in an orderly manner on the street. They insist on parking in the turning circle, in front of their own driveways. Furthermore, when confronted, they act/behave like goons. As for the local authorities - the council says it's the police's responsibility - "obstruction comes under Highways Act 1980." Conversely, the police say it's the council's responsibility - "council have the right to issue PCNs under Road Traffic Act 1991." Turns out the council have contracted all the highways to Kier Transport who have agreed to "only enforce single and double yellow lines." Even if there is legislation, I don't think there is a will from any side to actually stop this obnoxious behaviour that is fundamentally anti social.
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.
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)
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.
This is awesome!
As a wheelchair user parking on pavement is a *huge* problem and massively prevents me being independent.
And I am fortunate enough not to be mobility disabled - but you must also be driven mad when someone parks in the road but across the dropped kerb - especially close to corners of the roads. I saw such an event with a small builders truck and thought inwardly now what if a disabled person - either on foot or in a wheel chair - ditto a parent with a push chair - needed to use that access point - and to my disbelief it WAS needed at that very moment - the wheelchair user was fortunately accompanied by an assistant which shows that this particular person was unable to be fully independent whilst out and about making the problem even worse. The driver was already out of the vehicle and half-way down the road.
I wonder if there is a criminal case to answer under Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 in respect that the owning entity of the commercial vehicle is (by virtue of obstructing the footway thus preventing its use by wheelchair users etc) is failing to make a Sec.20 reasonable adjustment?
When I was 17 (decades ago!), shortly after passing my test, I had parked half on the pavement outside a shop. A policeman came in and asked whose car it was, he was polite (those were the days) and said "what about a wheelchair or pushchair?"
I've never repeated that, his point was entirely valid. I DO make it a point to point this same error out to police drivers who never had the same memo.
drives me mad that people are forced to walk in the road i am wondering as someone who has no chose but to use a wheel chare if you are forced to use the road and get hit who is responsible the person parking on the pavement. the local council for allowing it or the one driving to fast down a long but narrow road
I live in Ilford,Essex (East London) you see that kind of thing every day over and over again, when you brush up against the vehicle because you cant get by without going into the road, they jump out the car/van and start shouting, mainly imigrants.
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 :)
Have you tried complaining to the Council or even the trading standards people?
Traffic wardens can not act as inforcers where vehicles are parked entirely on the pavement according to my experience and research?
@@margaretnicol3423 Not yet, but I may now after watching this :) I presumed there must be some loophole and nothing could be done about it (apart from grousing, of course).
@@TheYohtube That makes sense. It's in an area with a lot of pay-to-park streets and a pay car-park over the road, so lots of traffic wardens checking for overstays, but for some reason up to 5 cars in a row, all parked end-to-end and fully up on the pavement, seemed A-OK by the rules.
@@blatherskite3009 The area covered by the yellow lines extends from the back of the footway to the centre of the highway, so even if you are parked behind them on the footway you are still technically committing the same offence. You might want to remind the Council of this fact.
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.
Yes and the police are part of it🤔
@@Hammertime054 You say the police are a part of it, and I'd agree, today I saw a police patrol car parked on a pelican crossing zigzags outside a small café, unfortunately it was raining heavily, and the police weren't in sight (they were probably in the café having a coffee) otherwise I'd have said something to them about their illegal parking
@@cougar02000 I am perfectly fine with it in an "emergency situation", but yeah, "getting drinks" is not an emergency situation.. And neither is "going up to a house to talk to someone".. Yes, doing that is part of their duty, but not "emergency"
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. :(
Police will ignore this type of offence because if you go down to the local station they're more than likely parked all over the pavement themselves...👍
I've even spoken to the master of highways about this and he doesn't give a damn.
@@dfar2303 He's the local bigwig you eventually get passed to when you badger the local cops and council for long enough about pavement-parking, they give you his number so he can tell you to sod off.
Of course the police don't care. They're all too busy finding rainbow coloured paint!
In the UK there are normal police and traffic police. They are very different despite what people may claim.
Try and fill out an online reporting of a traffic offence a few times and see what happens...I think you might be surprised.
It's something that drives me nuts. Bad manners, aside from anything else.
It happens every day where I live.
Too many lazy, arrogant and entitled people about unfortunately. I blame the powers that be for not doing anything.
@@John_Wood_ Ideally, the motive for not doing it comes from within.
Your parents are supposed to teach you this.
@@peterbrown6224 Ideally yes, but enforcement should mop up the outliers.
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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.
"It's my Birthday and I'll park where I want to, park where I want to..."
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!
Report each incident online to the police as a road traffic offence. Things will change pretty quickly.
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.
Well done :-)
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
Yes, those people do a great job in Russia.
They’re very commendable, I agree.
I'm advised this also happens (or used to happen) in London.
@@archstanton5603 still happens in my neck of the woods here in NI, same idea using paper posters on the windscreen of the offending vehicles.
Well done with the the 250 K subscibers, you deserve it.
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.
Some town councils have email addresses for this sort of parking, you email them the photo with the reg and time. Then they send out a parking officer to the street to fine them if they're doing it regularly.
@@vickymc9695 I've never thought of that. I'll check my council website.
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.
Whilst it would not condone either parking or the consequential act, I've been aware of a situation where somebody put a screwdriver (or similar) through the vehicle grill, puncturing its radiator.
I know of someone who used Gorilla Glue in the middle of summer to seal all of the doors, windows, hood of car, trunk, keyholes of a vehicle.
@@TTM1895 Wow! That’s a new one on me! 😂
@@eddiebruv Bit of superglue in the keyway is not unknown, but few cars left that use keys to open doors anyway, nowadays...
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.
Today is a blessed day after this TH-cam 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
Congrats on hitting 250k!!! 🎊 Hope floof is feeling better
You deserve 250k subscribers- your contributions are invaluable. Well done 👏
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.
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.
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.
"Let them eat cake"
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.
Every person needs to watch your channel,,, seriously.
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.
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.
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.
The local authority will log the call and can use the information as case history if needed.
@@dfar2303 Yes I get the picture and in my job working for a local authority I would often take to task our local police and own call centre for giving the public the wrong information. Enforcing pavement parking was one of my daily chores along with other site visits. Tell them when you call it their business and if they fail to act you will pursue a formal complaint.
@@dfar2303 That's unfortunate. My experience with Durham police (15 years ago, admittedly, so things may have changed) was very positive. They took the report and then called me back about an hour later to tell me they had spoken to the individuals and they had agreed to park elsewhere.
I get the council involved, they operate a damned sight quicker than the police who never turn up.
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!
the other type of bad parking that grinds my gears is parking too close to a junction
Especially when there is double yellow lines....they are lazy, ignorant and selfish.
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 …..
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.
The problem is even worse on new estates and is because councils grant planning permission for builders to build houses without adequate parking space. Unfortunately, builders cram in as many dwellings as they can get away with to maximise their profits with no consideration for the access and parking. It's an absolute scandal, but they're allowed to get away with it😡
Then the residents get blamed for parking like this. It is, absolutely scandalous.
You factor in the lack of parking when you buy or rent the premises.
Its like saying" ,I parked on your lawn because there's no room elsewhere"......
@@ianhill4585 Absolutely! Just because you own a car or van doesn't give you the right to park anywhere you like and break the law. These types of people who disregard the rules are usually the first to bitch and moan when something happens because of their selfish behaviour.
@@Boudi-ca If there's no space to park legally, then they should abide by the law and park elsewhere.
Congratulations on the 250k, worthy of all 👍🏻
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.
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!
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.
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 on your 250,000 subs!
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.
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.
I wouldn't blame you when you try walk pass to put a few dents into these illegally parked cars then - start with the wingmirror
And how many of those near accidents or illegally parked cars were due to school runners? Mad hormonal mumsies who should never be allowed behind the wheel in the first place? And as for those selfish ignorant people who want to park a car outside their own home? Can't wait for you to start tripping over all the EV charger cables......
Try online reporting to the traffic police as a road offence. Often no one is reporting the problem so nothing happens.
If lots of people start reporting it, something will happen.
I am sure there are more pressing matters in life ??
Take a look at the police, they are just as bad if not worse.
Congratulations on reaching 250,000!!!!!
Well done, you really deserve it buddy!!
Keep up the great work and onwards to the big 1000,000!!!
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.
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.
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.
That's outrageous parking. Unfortunately, people still think its ok. It's a me, me, me society!
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
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".
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
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.
Congratulations 250,000 subscribers
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.
It is something that the traffic police need to deal with.
@@groot6830 That's a short term fix, the council could double yellow it and offer a suitable alternative
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 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.
You are correct in that the local council can do little in many situations.
However the traffic police can. Most likely the incident can be quickly reported online.
People park blocking pavements all around where I am, is really annoying and dangerous.
Doing this is one thing, actually believing it’s not wrong is another…I despair
There was a planned consultation into banning pavement parking across the whole of the UK. Haven't heard the result yet.
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”..
It's actually an unnecessary risk and also you are training your children to walk on the road.
If it were my children I would be reporting the incident to the traffic police. In most places this can be done online.
@@groot6830 good point.
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.
Some years ago I noticed a lady in a mobility scooter unable to get past a car parked on the pavement.
I pulled up and knocked on the house door. Got some verbal abuse but the driver moved the car.
People in wheelchairs etc can be afraid of asking someone to stop causing an obstruction for fear of abuse, including physical. When some people are called out for doing something wrong they can get very defensive/aggressive instead of just accepting they're in the wrong.
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.
It’s an absolute eyesore too.
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..
The police you spoke to are very incorrect. While parking offences like parking overstay may be down to the LA things like blocking the highway and enforcing the road traffic act are completely within the Traffic police domain.
Next time it happens report online as a road traffic offence.
Congrats on 250k!
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.
I use a mobility scooter and this is a huge problem for me.
If you started reporting each incident to the traffic police online then things would start to change.
Have you seen the change that "Cycling Mikey" has made in London with bad drivers?
@@groot6830 no chance they are not interested
@@groot6830 I have and they say they cannot respond. I emailed my MP and the culprits that block the pavement where I live have been stopped so far.
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.
I have shared this very useful video with several groups that I am involved with. Lets hope it is of use to the members
"LiCenSe aNd iNsUrAnCe"
Reminds me of something a few years ago. We were out for a Sunday afternoon family walk and walking down one street, there was a van parked on the pavement, blocking it and meaning anyone with mobility aids, pushchairs and, in our case, children had to walk into the road to get past. As we did, the owner returned and I politely mentioned that he'd parked inconsiderately. He became verbally defensive and claimed his reason for blocking the pavement was because he he was picking up his son, who appeared to no difficulty walking. So he blocked the pavement to ensure his son didn't have to walk in the middle of the road, but didn't care about anyone else having to walk in the road. Dad of the year there!
Shared to fb, I live in a town with lots of students, my cousin is having a big issue
I recently observed a police officer crouching in a bus shelter with a speed gun hiding behind people waiting for the bus his car Hidden in the cemetery gates out of sight. I went back to confront him he was gone the following day same car parked on the pavement of a main road people having to walk on the road to pass he was doing his paperwork.
They think that they are exempt. One law for them, another for the rest of us.
Do not engage.People who breaks the law can be unpredictable.Call the police. You never know what lunatic is owner.
I drive everywhere. So nobody walks anywhere. 🙄🤣🤣🤣
Now, personally I believe people who do this should be named, shamed, taken to the nearest bridge and strung up. I know some would say that's a bit excessive, but I can't see it myself to be honest. Alright, alright, I'll settle for named and shamed! Either way, motorists are selfish idiots, generally speaking, and a stop needs to be put to it.
always find you very interesting and informative.
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.
@@homie3461 Sounds like a good system, should also have to prove that the property you're about to buy or rent is sufficient for your parking needs.
It boils me to see this as it's common place around here, selfish and thick comes to mind!
The biggest problem is the building design. How on earth did that get planning permission and/or pass building regulations?
Thanku Mr BBB ! 🙋
Thanks for covering this though, and making it super clear that parking directly in front/behind/beside the property is not a legal or moral right
Parked vehicles is a huge problem in the UK. ☹️
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.
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.
Because most tradesmen are hunts.
Yet another case where Sweden is more straightforward. Parking and stopping on a footpath or (bi)cycle path is forbidden, always and everywhere. The only exception is the general rule that stopping because of other traffic may be needed, but even then you should not obstruct a crossing...
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.
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.
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.
Because of people like this I keep a small sharp screwdriver in my pocket .
Could always get a smaller van.
250k Subs, well done xxxx
This is excellent content, thank you for sharing this.
It's the typical arrogant attitude of most entitled drivers, they have a vehicle and feel entitled to park it where they want - they'd have to be brain-dead not to know that the van isn't encroaching on the pavement/footway... I'd never park like this, but, there again, I'm not an arrogant moron!
Driving and vehicle laws in the UK need to be more strictly applied, preferably with higher penalties...in this case I'd like the law to give them no chances and just seize and crush the vehicle. People would take note then...lol
I can accept that sometimes someone can cause unintended problems for others - but then there are time when some don't give a stuff about anyone else, only themselves
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…
I am on crutches in Luton and this is a big problem.
If this is an offence, why is it ok for the police to just have a 'friendly chat' with them? The offence has been committed, so there should be a fine.
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!
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?
Voiced exactly my own concern. I moved to suburb which I thought would be a quiet place away from the city from which I found work. Turned out the "quiet cul-de-sac" is actually a bloody taxi rank, scrapyard, car showroom, and actual cargo service running from two homes. People hoarding cars they can't fit on their driveway, which they do not want to park in an orderly manner on the street. They insist on parking in the turning circle, in front of their own driveways. Furthermore, when confronted, they act/behave like goons.
As for the local authorities - the council says it's the police's responsibility - "obstruction comes under Highways Act 1980." Conversely, the police say it's the council's responsibility - "council have the right to issue PCNs under Road Traffic Act 1991." Turns out the council have contracted all the highways to Kier Transport who have agreed to "only enforce single and double yellow lines."
Even if there is legislation, I don't think there is a will from any side to actually stop this obnoxious behaviour that is fundamentally anti social.
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.
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)
No one gives a stuff in the UK as we’re not civically minded.
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.
Massively useful. Thank you. x