Parking on the pavement.

[Renton]

Hi,

Quick question; what is the law about parking on the pavement?

I have been told that if the pavement outside the business is large enough, they own up to 3.5 feet of it, and parking there would be with their consent.

I'm going to my tattooist later and they have recently moved to a shop which no longer offers off street parking. I could get the bus, but it is more effort and I need to be back fairly sharpish after the appointment.

Would I be okay parking in the marked area? (with the tattooist' consent).



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[MonkeyKnuckle]

I don't know about the law but I do it all the time. Just be courteous towards people walking, no engine revving, beeping etc.

I still get plenty of evil looks though.
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[dragstaar]

Its a very very grey area. You'll have to check with the tattooist as to whether that bit of ground outside his shop is his. That area looks like its council owned though (generally private 'bits' aren't paved like that. That seems like a council jobby)

If it is his, then yeah, you can park there, just make sure your entire bike is in that bit. If not, then no. Mr Warden will come and fook you in bumhole

[dragstaar]

having said what i've said, How long has that A-Board been there (outside Sillhouettes)? Council health and safety jobsworths get weird about A boards, so if that board has been there for a while, it may be because it is actually private land

[G]

Profile looks like you're in London - if so, I'd be very careful, depends on the parking wardens. Anywhere else, I'd just do it.

There was a case where a dentist got parking tickets for parking his scooter on a bit of the pavement he owned. Pretty sure he failed at appeal and still had to pay up - think he even had some concrete flower pots or something out maybe, but it was still ruled as 'publicly accessible' or something equally stupid - may have got it all wron though, forget the details.

[Renton]

[Easter Bunny]

If you have to park on the pavement I'd cover the number plate, I believe Westminster are the only council that have been to court to be able to remove them by law, how ever Croydon Council are pretty strict on parking
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[Renton]

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[Easter Bunny]

I got reported for not displaying a tax disc, I replied it was tucked under the front fairing facing inwards to protect it from the elements and less obvious to theft (had 3 nicked previously) and that they shouldnt employ numpties as traffic wardens!

Heard nothing back and that was several years ago
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[hellkat]

Yeah I was told by someone at the Kensington and Chelsea parking fine department (grrrrr!) that they can and do remove the carrier bags ..."That old courier trick doesn't work" he told me, LOL

Oh God, how I love parking on the pavement, especially in London.
It gives me that little frisson of naughtiness "go on then, hassle me about it" (people rarely do, they just glare)
And riding along the pavement ... what a rebel.

But its annoying you can't get away with it for long, cos the parking wardens are just looking for such examples of depraved and unsociable behaviour.

And its not even the parking wardens who want to use their "power" these days under the pathetic excuse of "keeping London moving" .. I used to work in Vauxhall Bridge Road and parked up legally round the back of Victoria Station, in a proper bike bay. But in the shop next to where I worked, a guy worked there who regularly had a very nice trail bike parked up on the glass cobbles, so one day when he wasn't there, I parked mine up there.

The dustmen (RUSSIAN dustmen, I hasten to add, working for Westminster CC) told me that I had to move it, and that if I didn't, they would have it towed away.

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[Renton]

I would normally find somewhere to park, but around that area I don't want to leave my bike somewhere out of site. It has an alarm and immobiliser but I only see them as lowering insurance, not preventative theft measures; if a thief is determined enough, they'll have it.

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[Easter Bunny]

I have often thought it would be a hoot to get a plate made up (I know people ) with the reg number of a Westminster parking attendant scooter and get a ticket in Camden or vicer versa

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[johnsmith222]

The scum gave me a ticket for parking in a position similar, but it was most definately land that was privately owned.

There was literally about 12 feet of pavement between the private bit and the road.

I tried the private land thing, but had to get out of it another way. My motorcycle had broken down at the time and was able to provide proof.

[Renton]

[dragstaar]

[GSTEEL32]

My first flat was just round the corner from there. If i were you, I'd either leave it chained up at halfords at the bottom of the street (they don't really care there) , or leave it next to the school at that "guest house". Its not a guest house at all, just a shelter for the weird and drunk, so there are never any cars. I did that a couple of times with my bike , had no worries.

[Easter Bunny]

[Jim Mc]

I don't think there'd be anything wrong with your parking there unless there's some local bylaw which prevents it.

Just make sure you've dismounted the motorcycle to wheel it across the footpath as I think there are legal implications driving across.

[Renton]

[RichieZX6R]

what about that whole 'they cant remove a bike cover' thing? Some one told me that but i'm yet to believe it.
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[Renton]

[RichieZX6R]

as i say i'm yet to hear about any one getting off on this techncality just heard it in passing.

Glad i have no reason to head south. Usually park anywhere here
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[doggone]

It certainly can be OK in some instances, because there are many streets like that which originally had little plots in front of the house, and still technically own a yard or two of pavement.
I think some businesses quite like a bike parked outside as an attention grabber.
I had to get a big bunch of flyers printed once and the shop owner almost pleaded that I parked my bandit on his frontage.
I think they felt it made the place look more busy!

[dodgydog]

What a fucking sad country to live in nowadays. Where you can't park a bike that will clearly not obstruct, hinder or inconvenience anybody in the slightest, without having to worry about being shafted for parking fines.
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