Time to stop people parking on the pavement (From Dorset Echo)

Time to stop people parking on the pavement

11:00am Wednesday 8th July 2009

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Is it just me or is anybody else getting fed up with motor vehicles parking on and blocking pavements?

Last evening whilst walking from Ferrybridge to Foords Corner I counted 15 vehicles parked either entirely or partially on the pavement.

Not only are these motorists being inconsiderate to the people using the pavement, isn’t it an offence?

Having served 30 years in the police porce I know it certainly used to be (with a fine of up to £400).

I thankfully am able bodied but certainly those with mobility problems or pushchairs would have some difficulty in passing in some places.

I am old fashioned but I thought the road was for the vehicles and the pavement was for the pedestrians (won’t even mention the people who cycle on the pavements).

I even saw two vehicles drive onto the pavement in order to post a letter at the postbox so the driver didn’t have to get out of their car.

More worryingly, I saw three police vehicles drive passed these illegally parked vehicles and do nothing.

Do the Police not know its an offence or do they not care? Perhaps they now pick and choose what to deal with.

Isn’t it time the police get to grips with all these minor offences before it all escalates out of control - or perhaps it all ready has?

Russ Woolley, Marlborough Avenue, Wyke Regis.

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