"Fenny" k wrote in
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Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ^W^W^W^W uk.rec.gardening, I
heard Michael Saunby say...
I suspect folks that park half on the pavement are simply trying to
show
their working class roots. Anyway car drivers can be just as effective
in
curing offenders by parking correctly immediately behind them - so they
can't see traffic when they want to pull out.

It does depend somewhat on the circumstances. Although it is against
all my principles, I have to park half on the pavement when I visit Ma,
as her house has no drive and the road is not wide enough for cars to
park on both sides and still allow traffic to pass. And as there are
several people (including her next door neighbour) who work from home
and have large vans as well as more than one car, it can get more than a
little crowded.

You don't have to - you choose to, and in doing so you probably break the
law. I used to live on a fairly narrow road in Wargrave, the folks there
simply restricted their parking to one side of the road. In places where
the residents haven't show the sense to do this the local authority
eventually end up painting double yellow lines down one side of the road.

Michael Saunby