... to be peeeed off when I have to push dd's buggy into the hedge

[Roskva]

to let cars past that are nothing to with the 3 houses that are on an 'no entry accept access' lane, that is not wide enough for a car and a buggy . Cars use it as a rat run to avoid a one way system. It is driving me up the wall

[yama]

Whenever I get frustrated by car drivers thoughtlessly parking on pavements or blocking accesses of any sort I just think about how bad it'd be with a double buggy or a wheelchair.

[pinkspottywellies]

Don't do it, don't let them pass! Stay in the road, make them stop and ask them which house they're going to and point out that it's access only

[Desiderata]

Ditto. It pisses me off no end. Cars seem to be taking over the pavements more and more. At least once a week I have to push my pram out into oncoming traffic because some fat-arsed wanker has parked his car on the pavement.

Obviously, the BMW is worth more than my kid's life

In fact, I feel so incensed about this, I am really tempted to scratch their cars. I mean ... I have seriously considered doing it.

[Desiderata]

Yes, I have. Almost without exception.

[kyala]

I have a similar problem as there are no pathways in our village and, when getting off the bus, have to walk in the middle of the left side of the road (due to overhanging bushes etc) and then have to cross the road (twice), I get people grunting things at m,e as they get past but, unless they're actually going to stop and say something they're not worth a second look.
I'd do the same as pinkspottywellies, if they can't be bothered to wait for you to get to the end of the road then they'll have to ask you to move, in which case you are fully inclined to ask which house they're visiting etc.
You shouldn't have to risk putting your child in danger or discomfort, and the person driving will be able to see that there's not enough space for you to walk comfortably, so if they're reasonable then they'll just wait. . . . .

I don't think anyone with any sense would get narky at you, especially as you shouldn't have to push a pushchair in the verge!!

[Roskva]

there is no verge, kyala - it's a bank with a hedge on top, or the doorstep of one of the houses. Also, the house next to us is a holiday cottage. It has a bay window, which makes the pavement really narrow - the terrace is straight on the road, with no front gardens. Yesterday, the people in the holiday cottage parked their large car right in front of the bay, and one of them watched in case I touched the wretched car as I tried to get the buggy past, because there was too much traffic for me to go in the road round it, grrrrrr - probably the same person that winds you up Desiderata. I frequently have to push the buggy down the road, because the pavement runs out half way down, and if I use the pavement, I can't get the buggy off it past cars parked on double yellows at the end . Wheelchair users must have the same problem.

[nightowl]

i remember when ds was a couple of months old i was pushing him in his buggy up the road near us. there's no path on one side at this point, just a wall next to the road for a while, and its on a horrible corner to a main road, no way of seeing what's coming around it. so there's this building i believe is now used as an office but it was a pub at some time, two big bay windows that stick out some way onto the footpath and some idiot had parked right next to it. woman sitting in the passenger side waiting for the driver watched me struggle for about five mins to get my buggy through, never offered to move the car (ok, maybe she couldn't drive), never offered to help and didnt even apologise. in the end i rammed the buggy through the gap and didnt really care if i scratched their car. tough. not taking my baby into the road.

when dd was still in her buggy, i got really pissed off with people keep parking outside my gate. went knocking on doors several times to ask them to move as i couldn't even get her out of the garden!

[iesha]

I will actually sqeeze the pushchair by the car that is parked on the path everytime. If it gets scratched all the better in my eyes, tho I have never managed to scratch one yet. I would not take the chair on the road ever (if I could help it) just because some people dont know the law.

But it does remind me of one time when I had a really bad go at a big van driver for it. He pulled up, blocking the path just in front of me. I'd had a really long tiring day and only wanted to go home for a brew. And it was a really busy road. I laid into him no end telling him how inconsiterate he was, why should I have to risk my childs life just to make his life easier etc He appologised and went to move the van, saying he was only stopping to ask me for directions I felt really bad then, and gave him directions and a heart felt sorry.

[HectorsHouse]

'no entry except access' means they are allowed to use it as a cut-through

[Roskva]

I'm beginning to feel persecuted - went out this morning and came back to find a council van parked half on the pavement outside my front door, which is directly on the street. Had great fun trying to get the buggy in to the house. Now is the council-employed traffic warden going to book her colleague? I suspect not

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

It's must be annoying when there's an obvious no access sign,

However, I the rest of you that obviously have garages/off street parking on which you/your DP/DH can park the car. We don't have that luxury on our street. It's only narrow, residents on one side of the street automatically park "on the road".....residents on our side have no option but to park slightly up on the pavement- otherwise the entire road becomes blocked

[wheresmysuntan]

So is it ok to block the pavement making it unusable by people in wheelchairs or those with double-buggies etc in order not to block the road? Why is there such a motorist bias in this country? If it is inconvenient to pedestrians then the car should be parked elsewhere.Motorists have no right to park in such a manner which forces law-abiding pedestrians off their rightful place on the pavement.

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

no it's not "ok" - but in some cases it's the only way to be able to park. There is NOWHERE else for residents on our street (or the adjoining streets) to park unless people on one side of the street park half on the pavement.

I DON'T drive - DH does - if I need to go down the road (or up for that matter as we're half way down the street) with my Hauck Pushchair (which is pretty wide) I simply cross over the road and walk down the completely unblocked pavement.

[Roskva]

It's actually single yellows outside our house - because the front doors are straight onto the street. I have to park the car about 1/4 mile away. OK, so that's my choice because I'm having a row with the council who have withdrawn free residents parking permits for the car park behind my house, and now want to charge us £95 but are refusing to create any residents' parking bays, but that's another thread. I don't actually have an issue with people parking on the road outside because I do it myself when I can, but this b*gger was on the pavement.

[TheQueenOfQuotes]

that's the thing - there simply isn't a carpark nearby that people on local streets can use. It's all "on road" parking round here - but with narrow streets that means that one side of the street ends up parking up on the pavement.....although I've trained DH well to leave enough space to get the pushchair past .