This is just out of curiosity, but what are you allowed to do when parking on the pavement with the bike, or parking on the curb with a car?
I’m asking because i normally park on the curb with the car in small streets and sometimes put my bike on the pavement. My mate just got a ticket for parking his car on the curb, (which i normally do and haven’t been caught when i go round) and also there were no signs around.:w00t:
Around where I live in South East London you will get a ticket (and I know people who have) if you park your car with 2 wheels on the pavement where its not allowed and indicated by lines and signs.
From the DFT
You can no longer park your bike on the pavement, footlights or not.
The council will have signs where you can place your wheels on the curb, and generally white dashed lines along the pavement too. I got done for this a while back, but managed to overturn the decision. If I had parked ‘legally’ no emergency vehicles could have got past. I did actually think about wheelchairs, and double buggies too when I parked - just got p*ssed on when I got the ticket.
They also said to me that if there are any other places like this, let them know… ? Isn’t that their job!?
I think there’s a couple of threads regarding parking bikes on pavements (like the ones outside shops with glass lights for basements), but that may have been overturned due to the fact you have to cross the pavement to get to it, and if it’s reasonable that pedestrians ‘may’ want to walk over it too. If it’s railed off, then it should be okay, but then you run the risk of private vigilante companies making a quick buck by issuing £200 tickets (speak to Lusty, she knows who this happened to).
Hope that helps??
I got a ticket last year in Islingston - arrived at night to find an unlit bay with nothing to chain onto. Opted for pavement well away from the pedestrian but - right up against a wall - but got a ticket nonethesless.
Just wouldn’t go there myself - the wardens will ticket anything irrespective of whether it is a hazard or nuisance.
I thought you could use some footlights, as some are part of the “land” of the building but as Alex says you may get done because you have to push 
the bike across the pavement.
I got a ticket from Westminster for two wheels on the kerb.
Was at 1245 ( so after midnight ) on a Saturday during the storms when the bike was blown over twice !!!
I thought I would wait until I went to bed but still got a ticket !!!
i park on the foot paths all the time and cover me bike up.
Wardens have the right to lift your cover to check your reg, if they are in a bad mood they can also do you for failure to display a valid road fund licsense if it’s covered up. Stupid but true.
they can go for it the last 1 didnt get very far…
Yes thanks. Very helpfully :D:D
On the subject of cars parking on kerbs - I live in a fairly narrow cul-de-sac. When cars are parked on the road on both sides it can make it pretty difficult to get through, when you’re in a car.
In the past, a few people here have parked with a couple of wheels mounted on the kerb so helping any other drivers who have to come up the road. What they didn’t count on is the sneaky little c**t who sneaks up on a moped and tickets the ‘offending’ cars. A couple of times the cars have even been towed.
Another case of profit before common sense 
Some one I know simply covers/ removes the numberplate from his bike when parking on the pavement. The wardens are not alowed to touch/ interfere with a vehicle other than to place the ticket on it. Also keeps his tax disk in his wallet too so theres no ref to the bikes reg visible.
Not condoning this but it works :Whistling:
I suppose a tight fitting cover secured with a chain would do too…
Could they not, in theory, have their bike removed or even crushed for failing to display valid tax or registration or something ?
Not sure? Depends how long you parked it there I suppose.:unsure:
He only does it when working on site and theres no parking anywhere.
I live near stratford on avon, we used to park the bikes up along a road in town rite by the river/park, but a few years ago now they made it all disabled parking and built a crappy bike park next to the multi story, which they actualy had problems with initialy cause when it was hot the bike stands were sinking into the tarmac.
Well anyway now we are back to parking on the same bit of road we used to but we actualy park on the pavement, its not a normal pavement though its a big space so we arent causing a hindrance at all, you even get the traffic wardens talking to you, not even mentioning the fact of where you are parked and there is always people checking out the bikes, get loads of tourists there.
Used to get done for parking there but they’ve obviousley admited defeat over the last couple of years
If you park a car with 2 wheels on the curb outside our place you will get lots of nice dents in it as we manouver our bikes in and out of our gate…i normally manage but rockerchic gets all aggressive 
No point in re-inventing the wheel so I’ll just add this:
http://www.motorcycleparking.com/footway_pavement_parking.shtml
Seems the games up on this then…
The London Local Authorities and Transport for London Act 2008 now specifically allows Civil Enforcement Officers (Parking Attendants) to remove any obstacle obscuring your Vehicle Registration (VRN) without being liable for any damage caused in so doing so (provided the act was not done in bad faith, without due care or in contravention of the Human Rights Act)(Updated 9 Sep 08)
