This is the best summary I could come up with:
Across the UK, parking on the pavement is only currently illegal in London, although police can take action if a driver is causing an obstruction.
The Scottish government passed a law in 2021 that gives local authorities the power to stop pavement parking.
The legislation will receive ministerial approval in December - meaning all councils are free to enforce the ban.
Niall Foley, lead external affairs manager at Guide Dogs Scotland, said: "Parking on pavements is a nuisance for everyone, but potentially dangerous if you are a wheelchair user forced onto the road, pushing a buggy, or have sight loss and can’t see traffic coming towards you.
Stuart Hay, director of Living Streets Scotland, a charity which promotes everyday walking, also backed the plans.
If it goes ahead, the council said it would adopt a low key “soft approach” to ensure that any enforcement action considers the impact on drivers.
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It wasnt? That’s dumb.
Parking is a civic matter rather than criminal. So there were loopholes in enforcement essentially. Lots of roads very tight in urban environments in Scotland too, we never planned for the car! Unclear what they’re going to do for about delivery drivers still also
They can use sack barrows and pallet jacks.
About time, pavement parking a menace in the city with the best bus service in the UK
I think one of the first think I thought when I arrived in the UK is “how are so many people parking randomly on the street?”. Glad Edinburgh is taking steps, now let’s hope the rest of the UK follows…
It’s already banned in London, but it would be great if the other cities joined in and made it more widely unacceptable
Well, except in London there are quite few marked parking bays that straddle road and pavement. It’s a reasonable solution where there is a wide pavement and you, for example - want to add a marked cycle lane
This is great, but let’s be honest it should be Scotland wide. Where I live this is ridiculously common, they get half the car or more on the pavement, stick on their hazard lights and seem to think that’s OK.
One more thing, the fine isn’t high enough in my opinion. There will still be people that’ll carry on parking like this because they justify it somehow. Looking at you Aberdeen Range Rover mob.
