John Towill wrote:

It is an offence to park on the pavement. Here is an amusing story.

A friend lives beside a busy dual carriageway with a very wide
pavement. It is usual for people to park on that pavement to aviod
causing an obstruction to the road, the pavement is so wide that it
will easily accommadate a pram as well.

His daughter aquired a new boy friend who lived on a nearby "problem"
estate. One evening when he took the girl home by car he was
followed by a police car, when he parked on the pavement he was
imediately booked. My friend phoned the police to complain, and
insisted that they sent someone arround to deal with the matter.

When an inspector arrived he said that as the paperwork was done the
prosecution would have to go through. My friend had sent his son out
to photograph the inspectors car. The case was dropped, work out
why! :-) He also gave a copy of the photograph to all the local
residents. Cheers
John T

An even more amusing Fact: At present it is unlawful to drive on the
pavement, but most magistrates do not accept a pavement-parked vehicle as
proof that it has been driven there!
http://www.eta.co.uk/tr/pj/peds/pave.htm

Steve R

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