Crikey. Internet Warriors.

[Sara_H]

I didnt directly call her lazy, inconsiderate and selfish - I said that drivers who block pavements are, then she said she blocks the pavement and she's taken offence.

Oh dear!

 

[glenn forger]

She has subsequently claimed that there is nowhere her husband can park within a half mile radius

Tell her every time she tells a lie God craps in a kitten's handbag. She sounds like she's in denial and is getting all defensive, my advice is to escalate this to a war of attrition.

 

[simon the viking]

Where does she live I'll send Mrs V..... Parking on the pavements really (I mean REALLY) P****s her off and she made no special effort when she was pushing little-uns pushchair to avoid obstructions

 

[Sara_H]

Where does she live I'll send Mrs V..... Parking on the pavements really (I mean REALLY) P****s her off and she made no special effort when she was pushing little-uns pushchair to avoid obstructions

Good plan. Mrs V doesn't suffer fools gladly - she'll be streight in with "Oi Fatty" insults"!

 

[glenn forger]

And her Boudicca pram with spinning blades attached.

 

[SquareDaff]

She has subsequently claimed that there is nowhere her husband can park within a half mile radius without blocking the pavement. I suspect they're just lazy twats, though she has assured the group she is not!

Tell her he needs to get a bike if he can't manage to walk the half a mile!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

She has subsequently claimed that there is nowhere her husband can park within a half mile radius without blocking the pavement. I suspect they're just lazy twats, though she has assured the group she is not!

Whilst I don't know where she lives, to be fair, where I used to live, the streets were narrow and there was sod all elsewhere to park when a property didn't have a drive (there wasn't the space), and it was in an area that was reasonably out of the way of many amenities, including car parks. I can well imagine that there are plenty of areas and estates a bit like that around the country. It is bad design, pure and simple.

 

[Smurfy]

Why has it become acceptable to use the pavement as a parking area though?

Cos when you have a car you don't need to walk anywhere. Just watch the manoeuvres some motards engage in to get in a space 20 steps closer to the supermarket door. It's painful to watch!

 

[Leodis]

She has subsequently claimed that there is nowhere her husband can park within a half mile radius without blocking the pavement. I suspect they're just lazy twats, though she has assured the group she is not!

I bet they are both fat, live on a diet of take aways and look pale.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

[QUOTE 2983897, member: 259"]Which, in fairness, must be exacerbated by cyclists riding two abreast.[/QUOTE]

I hate that when there are vehicles behind trying to get past, you don't want to annoy the idiots in tin cans more than is safe.

 

[simon the viking]

And her Boudicca pram with spinning blades attached.

Fortunately for the cars on the main road (the road where she encountered most pavement parking)in to Burton from our estate..... Little-un is now older and does not need a pushchair......

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Anyway, all I'm saying is that there must be places like that all over the country, where houses have been built without taking into consideration anything else like accesability, parking, etc etc.

 

[asterix]

Someone who knows you.

It's not too hard to find 'Sara_H' on Cycle Chat through a search engine!

 

[Piemaster]

Tell her you would stop cycling on the road and go on the pavement the instant you see her approaching in her car to avoid being a hindrance, but can't as some selfish twat has parked on it.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

IANAL but pavement parking isn't illegal per se in all areas of the UK. In some situations plod will invoke obstruction but that seems to be increasingly rare these days when parking enforcement is delegated to local authorities.