Vehicles blocking pavements

That would be an ecumenical matter…

Down with this sort of thing!

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Careful now.

My husband is partially sighted and this causes him no end of problems when he's out walking with a cane. He's in training for a guide dog and he has to tell the dog how to go around a car. It shouldn't be necessary. Pavements are for people, end of.

Guide dogs are currently running a campaign to tackle pavement parking but I don't think it will go very far unless the government puts it's foot down and makes it illegal, which they won't because they're making far too much money from the oil companies to want to take cars off the road. It's an argument I could ramble all day about and I'm probably a hypocrit as I do drive a car when I have too. The rest of the time I walk or take the bus.

The lack of public transport in this country is terrible but I do wonder how many people would give up their cars even if there was good alternatives. We seem to be welded to our vehicles and I'm not sure what it will take to stop people.

I would happily stop driving tomorrow if I could but having disabled family members makes it a problem.

parking on the road only is fine untill your house is on fire and the fire engines cant get close enough to save it then you find out your not insured its swings and roundabouts