Rusty Hinge wrote:
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from Ben contains these words:


The surprising thing is that, with the exception of central London,
there doesn't even seem to be any law against parking on the pavement!


There is.

What??? I want to know - it might come in handy some day!

And if you were to take the law to extremes, you wouldn't be
permitted to push or ride any wheeled vehicle, truck, buggy, pram,
shopping trolley etc on the pavement or on any footpath.

I heard that about bikes - if in doubt (and in the presence of a copper)
carry it! Modern bikes weigh next to nothing and fit over your shoulder
quite comfortably. My dad was almost nicked for pushing his motorbike
along a pavement to get round a flood, but in the nick of time (no pun
intended) the copper noticed someone driving past talking on a mobile
phone and sped off after them instead ;-)