With calls for a nationwide ban on car parking on pavements we asked for your pictures of problem spots in Herefordshire.
These, below, are the photos you sent us.
Your evidence of the problem here follows a parliamentary committee's inquiry, in which people said the worst case of pavement parking was effectively trapping disabled, elderly and vulnerable people and making them "afraid to leave their homes".
Please remember to park considerately - you never know when it might be you that the emergency services are coming to assist. pic.twitter.com/iyX3aY8AjN
— HWFire (@HWFire) September 17, 2019
MPs recommended that ministers ban pavement parking across England, and hand local councils the powers to crack down on what they dubbed "anti-social parking behaviour".
Their call will chime with emegency services locally, who are frequently frustrated by access to streets being restricted by inconsiderate drivers.
Community answers
Pavement parking in Herefordshire
"Post your photo of parking on footpaths"
We asked for your responses - this is what you sent.
What is your response?Often have to walk in the road here
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What is your response?on a residential street in Leominster
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What is your response?Stonebow road. Cars don't fit on these 'drives' at the best of times but with scaffolding taking up half the drive this driver seems to feel entitled to park fully across the pavement
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What is your response?Inconsiderate parking. Very annoying.
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What is your response?Inconsiderate parking. Very annoying.
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What is your response?Inconsiderate parking. Very annoying.
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What is your response?Inconsiderate parking. Very annoying.
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What is your response?Today is a good day at this spot in Baysham Street. The gap is often much narrower. Many pedestrians use the road now to get along this street. I am…
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What is your response?Parked dangerously on a corner also preventing anybody walking by, never mind a wheelchair or pushchair
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What is your response?Many streets in the Victorian areas, St Nicholas and St James, are quite narrow, and if cars park with all wheels on the road then vans, buses, and lorries cannot get through. By putting 2 wheels up onto the kerb we are enabling traffic to pass along our narrow streets. Perhaps the answer is to make the footpaths slightly narrower, or to make buses and lorries narrower.
What is your response?A ban on pavement parking definitely needs to happen, I have a mobility issue and have been forced to walk in the road by inconsiderate parking on pavements, Not only is this a dangerous practice it is arrogant and inconsiderate, Drivers need to learn that it’s called a Foot Path for a reason it’s for Pedestrians to walk on in safety it is not there for the selfish and arrogant to use as a private parking space.
What is your response?Site of frequent offending.
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