is it against the law to park a car on the kerb on a housing estatae?

Answer 1

yes, its against the law to park on a kerb at any time.
Doesnt stop loads of people doing it though so they must not be too strict about it.

Answer 2

It depends.

If the estate's roads are 'adopted' by the local council, then council parking rules will apply and parking with wheels on the kerb is not normally allowed.

If it is a private road on an estate, then if the estate has a residents' parking scheme and marked bays then parking outside a bay may be against the rules and you may be clamped.

If it is a private road on an estate and there is no parking scheme or designated bays, then provided you are not causing an obstruction to other vehicles or to users of the pavement then you may be OK.

Answer 3

Yes it is. Simple answer is to walk past the offending vechicle with a childs buggy or wheelchair and scratch or remove the wing mirror.

My 3 yr old ran down the pavement into a wing mirror - totally ripped it off, didn't do him much good either. Had a right mouthful from the owner of the car demanding I pay for repairs. That didn't happen!

Answer 4

techinically
yes it is illegal to park on the pavement as this obstructs pedestrians right of way ,
it is also blocks disabled people plus mum's with prams , pushchairs aswell ....
but as some of the streets in some areas are so narrow one also have to remember one thing , emergency services ..i.e fire services , ambulances who have to get to the scene of an emergency quickly as possible , some councils do in some ways relax the punishment for parking on the pavement ,
according to law , one mustn't obstruct the public highways act but as I said many now relax this and are begining to do away with grass verges and replacing that with parking lots , more could be done in that area as there are far too many wide grass verges which could easily be turn into proper parking plots
why don't some councils even consider that I don't know.
one thing to add aswell
if you damaged a vehicle that's parking half and half on the pavement , techically you aren't responsible for any dameged to the said vehicle or if you get injured by the said vehicle
owners of the vehicle concern is responsible for your well being

Answer 5

It's worth noting that technically it's illegal to park ANYWHERE on the highway except in specified parking places - like parking bays, meter bays etc. - whether there are yellow lines or not. The highway includes the pavement. Anyone who does so can be done for "obstruction of the highway"

It's because we must all be able to "pass and re-pass" on the highway without obstruction, as the expression goes.

Not that the powers that be can be bothered usually, except in blatant cases.

If your passage on the pavement is being obstructed, try reporting it to the police.

Answer 6

Ive got no idea but one thing that does annoy me on the estate that I live is the people who park half on the pavement and dont leave enought room for me to get through with a buggy, leaving me to walk on the road. Please bear this in mind if you do park on the kerb!

Answer 7

I found this site; I haven't had a good look yet, but I may find what you are looking for.

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/

"218: DO NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, the visually impaired and people with prams or pushchairs"

Answer 8

you have somebody towed for blocking off your driveway. this is illegitimate for them to realize this. they might park everywhere else on the cut back (as long as there is not a No Parking sign), yet can not block you from using your driveway. they could additionally not park interior of a few of ft of your driveway, in simple terms such as you may not park too on the brink of a corner. whether, they might park everywhere else alongside your cut back. that is felony. some supplies vendors attempt to dam their cut back with trashcans, markers, and so on...to ward off human beings from parking there, yet that is illegitimate as properly. call the police (not 911) and tell them what's happening. they are going to the two come provide him some tickets and tow him or in simple terms have a tow truck take the automobile to the impound.

Answer 9

In most cases I'm afraid it is....basically for the reasons previously stated, and also because pavements are not built to support the weight of vehicles, and can cause permanent damage when parked on them.

Answer 10

yep, i got a ticket for it once.

The road was narrow, the pavement was wide, parking partly on the pavement enabled pedestrians and cars to move freely. It was a quiet cu-de-sac and i got my ticket at 2AM. Personally I think the policeman was stalking the house owner and got jealous i was there.

Oh well, common sense isn't the laws strongest point.

Apparently, according to the paperwork, the fine was a "contribution to pavement repairs"