Parking on the pavement

I get sick of people parking on the pavement outside my house, ususally overnight! Not only do they sometimes block access but there are water and gas main access point they are covering. They put these in the pavement for a reason - EASY ACCESS - impossible if a car is covering them. What happens if there is an emergency and services need to get to them?
And my comment to George : get real yourself - sorry but tough if you have to walk 5 minutes to the newsagents. Don't be so lazy, you are being totally selfish.

I can't see the problem in parking across driveway entrances. If there is nowhere else to park what else can I do, other than park further away and spend about five minutes walking to the newsagent? Get real. I'm only going to be there for a maximum of a few minutes and if someone can't wait that long for me to get back then they need to get a patience injection.

what are the police policy for people blocking driveways?can they be stopped? are people allowed to park big vans and lorries outside your house blocking everything even the sun? please help.

Ok so it appears to not be illegl to park your car on the pavement....? Let's all go in a big group and have picnic party in the middle of the road - and we'll soon see the law arrive at high speed to move us out of the way - but nothing is done about car-owners who do the same to anyone who uses the pavement. Not sure if cars on pavements contravene the Disability Discrimination Act - anyone know?? They are denying access to wheelchair users and in some moe extreme cses there's not even room for people with baby buggies or walking aids to get by. Never mind though - in a few years the oil will run out - and if we grow all the 'green fuel' plants neeeded to replace it at the current rate of fuel use there'll be no land left to grow food - so we'll all be dead and the empty cars can take over!

I also hate selfish people who park on grass verges - leaving deep troughs that take months to grass over.

You have rights of access [easements] to your house and property as defined in your deeds. If this car is blocking this access you can ask the Police to remove the vehicle for causing obstruction.

I was just wondering what rights I have over the the pavement and kerb area in front of my house because a person parked there and when I told them not to,they said its public property and I have no rights over it.

I was just wondering what rights I have over the the pavement and kerb area in front of my house because a person parked there and when I told them not to,they said its public property and I have no rights over it.
please help !

Our neighbours have 5 cars, with space on their driveway for 3 - but they don't use it - they park their cars all over the street with one always on the pavement at the bottom of my driveway which makes reversing out a little difficult to say the least. When delivery vans arrive they can get nowhere near our house......do the neighbours care????

To the selfish gas guzzler, with his rangies and jags, I would warn that the next time he parks on a pavement, a footpath for pedestrians, I shall campaign for the law to be changed which will allow that vehicle to be immediately towed, sending it directly to the crusher.

Such cars should be banned completely from urban areas. Let's have urban cleansing of these beasts.

I have no issue with parking on the pavement or kerb. It's irresponsible and selfish. BUT.... there is no national law against it. Local councils may enforce bye laws against pavement parking in specified areas, in which case the police/traffic wardens may issue fixed penalties, etc.

If I hear another whinger rattling on about crushing cars, and so-called "green" issues, I shall go out and buy another Bentley.

There is no excuse for this at a time when the future of the species is under threat from climate change according to mainstream scientists.

If you're too poor to pay to park, ditch the car and burn off some of that fat walking to the shops. Lazy, selfish, inconsiderate slob drivers killing off honest shops, obstructing the vulnerable, and providing hiding places for muggers.

And to the person who suggested it was irresponsible to damage someone else's property, did they think about the damage to the pavements and utilities pipes running underneath? Give me a sledgehammer and I would run out of breath long before doing an equivalent amount of damage to the cars that plague our local pavements.

Any car that blocks my path to my door or gate on the pavement outside may expect to be walked over.