On 18/12/2019 15:59, Robert Skedgell wrote:
It's parking a car on a footway which is illegal in London (an offence which is only subject to civil enforcement), unless explicitly allowed by the local authority.
It's potentially a criminal offence anywhere see sub-paragraph 17 of <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/184>. I think the situation in London is just that the default position is reversed, and everywhere is assumed to have a notice by default. The offence is crossing the kerb or verge, not parking on the footway, which is a separate offence.
I think issue of civil enforcement is just that the police have abdicated all this sort of thing to civil enforcement, rather that it isn't a crime. About the only parking offences the police will prosecute are dangerous and obstructive parking, but they could prosecute any of them.
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