Cars parking on pavements

[ultraviolet]

I notice the cars on High Street are now parking on the street but parking on both sides of the street where they never used to. What's that all about especially when their is space on the other side where all the cars park? You now have to dodge parked cars on both sides just outside Babettes now. Maybe better off on the pavements

[howlsatthemoon]

Maybe better off on the pavements

Better off for who? Car drivers or people who are pushing prams.

[katya]

As both a driver and someone who has 2 very young children, this is quite an issue for me. In my opinion, wheelie bins on the pavement are a much more prominent and everyday problem. Most people only leave the bins out on the day of collection, but there are some who seem to leave them out for a few days - with the width of most pavements being quite slender, I have to take the double (tandem) buggy on the road.
Back to the issue of parking, the pavement at High St is very wide right enough, but the tree roots are very prominent and there is normally some dog dirt to negotiate as well...

[jdcarra]

It was good to read a bit in the Courier highlight the number of cars who now park on the pavement rather that on the road especially highlighting the ones who seem to do this as the norm on High Street and the inconvenience it is to runners and walkers. I have to wholeheartedly agree and find it rather annoying when out walking that I have to make my way round cars parked on the pavement. Shouldn't I do that on the roads? Actually was surprised to read it is illegal. Is it? And if so why are so many people doing it?

In reply to the above and not being a resident of that area,I personally did over the past year park my van and trailer on part of the extra wide pavement whilst renovating work being done on my daughter/partners new home.Knowing the area well vehicles have done this for many years for the simple reason of road safety.
This afternoon I parked on the road opposite Tweeddale,van and trailer and knowing what was about to eventually did when the local bus tried to turn into High Street,I could read the drivers lips as he barely scraped by the vehicles on both sides.Some of the residents around there are restricted as it is,ones living up the back of Babettes who have very little parking space.Buses and wood lorries thunder down this stretch of road daily and my feeling is parking on both sides of the road could make an accident more likely to happen.Again,complaining too much could bring in the dreaded double yellow lines.The council should look at allocating some of the pavement to vehicles and upgrade the inner for pedestrians....see photos.
Parking on pavements is not only done in High Street,look around other parts of the town,better still,come up to Carradale were there are pavements completely taken over by cars,you have to walk on the road.The police did a year or two back speak to owners about this,but it resorted back to normal practise of kerb hopping.

[howlsatthemoon]

Extra wide pavement!!! where on the photos does it show that there is a "extra wide pavement". All I can see, in the photos, is the damage that has been done by incosiderate car/van owners parking on the pavement.

jdcarra by your own admission you have not only broken the law by parking on the pavement but you have also knowingly caused an obstruction and as such should consider yourself very lucky that you have not been reported for the offence.

[jdcarra]

Extra wide pavement!!! where on the photos does it show that there is a "extra wide pavement". All I can see, in the photos, is the damage that has been done by incosiderate car/van owners parking on the pavement.

jdcarra by your own admission you have not only broken the law by parking on the pavement but you have also knowingly caused an obstruction and as such should consider yourself very lucky that you have not been reported for the offence.

Took you long enough to reply, least I'm honest enough to admit what I've done,offence or no offence .

[argylltourist]

What numpty tarmaced right up to the trees?