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| 1. Author: GG Riva Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 08:27 There`s no doubt that banning vehicles from parking on pavements is good for pedestrians, but it can be argued that it`s just shifted the problem onto our streets. I live near a school and my street has become quite tricky to negotiate as parents park on both sides at both ends of the school day. It`s not a major problem for me but some roads are on local bus routes and they haven`t been able to get through due to thoughtless parking. It wouldn`t surprise me if there`s a U-turn on this ban as it`s arguably causing more problems than it`s solved.  Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 2. Author: FifeEternal Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 09:06 No chance of a U-turn. Would mean admitting they are wrong. Not gonna happen until the current cabal are replaced. Reply |
| 3. Author: jake89 Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 10:15 The issue will always be stupid and ignorant people. Parking slightly on the pavement isn`t an issue. My neighbour`s friend used to park her entire Vauxhall Adam on the pavement. It was like she thought she was helping by doing this. These are the people that led to the ban. What we have now is daft people parking opposite parked cars and making the road incredibly narrow to the point buses and emergency vehicles can`t get past. The worst people are the ones with driveways that take two cars in tandem who insist on parking one on the road. If it can be off the road, park off the road! I suspect this is the "the road outside my house is MY road" brigade. Reply |
| 4. Author: ipswichpar Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 11:29 Feels like a good opportunity to just get folks fined for blocking roads. That`ll learn them. [URL=https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/parking.html#:~:text=You%20MUST%20NOT%20park%20in,unless%20entitled%20to%20do%20so.&text=You%20MUST%20NOT%20leave%20your,unnecessary%20obstruction%20of%20the%20road.&text=DO%20NOT%20stop%20or%20park,near%20a%20school%20entrance]HIGHWAY CODE[/URL] Reply |
| 5. Author: jake89 Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 11:33 ipswichpar, Mon 15 Sept 11:29 Never enforced though. I regularly see people parked directly opposite junctions. Nothing ever happens despite it being an obstruction. Take a look at the cars "loading" on New Row or driving down the High Street outside blue badge hours. Reply |
| 6. Author: P Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 11:55 Get double yellows down one side of the road where there are issues, it will help break the must park right outside me door (and no one else is allowed to park there) mindset Reply |
| 7. Author: NMCmassive Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 12:59 P, Mon 15 Sep 11:55 That’s just going to push problems elsewhere 🤷🏻♂️ COYP Reply |
| 8. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 15:47 P, Mon 15 Sep 11:55 If you think double yellows will sort the issue, then by all means take a pop along to Falkland one day this week…..cant get parked to make deliveries because theres a line of cars and buses parked on double yellows either side of the road. And before someone says it delivery drivers can park on double yellows to make deliveries 😁 Double parking already caught out bus drivers in Anstruther too, who couldn’t get down a street and couldn’t reverse back up it as another bus behind them…….genius. Reply |
| 9. Author: Jeffery Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 19:30 This doesn`t feel well thought through or part of any long term planning for maintenance/replacement of pavements and roads. I drove through Abbeyview the other day and Whitelaw and Blacklaw Roads are a nightmare. Reply |
| 10. Author: jake89 Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 19:42 Jeffery, Mon 15 Sept 19:30 Experienced the same. Slalom between parked cars. I noticed more people are parking on the road on Halbeath Road rather than the pavements between the trees. Reply |
| 11. Author: Raymie the Legend Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 21:46 Wing mirror sales should go up? Get a dotted line down the pavement. Allow cars to park a little on and still leave room for a pram etc How about FC make everyone accountable? Many times I’ve had to walk on the road as empty bins are scattered across the pavements. Brucefield Avenue and Dewar street spring to mind as two examples  It`s bloody tough being a legend Ron Atkinson - 1983 Post Edited (Mon 15 Sep 21:49) Reply |
| 12. Author: Milos Drizzle Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 22:04 I suspect there are a few folks at the Council delighted with themselves, crowing about how they nailed a DEI objective. Unfortunately it looks like they rushed it through in the simplest way possible. Everyone agrees that it is a worthy objective (and councils up and down the country will follow suit over the next few years), but it really needs thought through, taking account the current realities of our urban streets and car culture. I’m sure a solution can be found, but it will take time, sensible thinking, and money to implement… This is my signature Reply |
| 13. Author: NMCmassive Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 22:11 Raymie the Legend, Mon 15 Sep 21:46 I actually had that thought earlier about a dotted line or something on the pavement COYP Reply |
| 14. Author: NMCmassive Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 22:20 DEI should d.i.e I don’t understand how we can think that we can solve our problems by discriminating openly. COYP Reply |
| 15. Author: jake89 Date: Mon 15th Sep 2025. 22:40 NMCmassive, Mon 15 Sept 22:11 Fife Council can`t even paint lines on the road and speed bumps. I`m fairly sure they DO have some lines on the pavement in Abbeyview but it`s for a disabled bay. Reply |
| 16. Author: GG Riva Date: Thu 2nd Oct 2025. 15:16 Well, a month on from the ban and motorists in my street are plucking up the courage to park on the pavements again. Not in a way that forces pedestrians onto the road but a la Jim Leishman, with 2 wheels on the kerb. Quite sensible really, as it allows for 2 way traffic to flow instead of causing frustration at the gridlock, but wait until Fife Council send the Traffic Gestapo along. 😱 If any poster knows where I live please keep it to yourself. 🤫 Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 17. Author: jake89 Date: Thu 2nd Oct 2025. 18:01 Isn`t the rule that you leave 1.5m on the pavement? So you CAN park as long as there`s space for chairs and buggies. Reply |
| 18. Author: Milos Drizzle Date: Thu 2nd Oct 2025. 22:47 jake89, Thu 2 Oct 18:01 That would be far too sensible, Jake. I believe that rule only applies to delivery drivers and emergency vehicles, and even then only park like that for the minimum time possible. This is my signature Reply |
| 19. Author: Jeffery Date: Thu 2nd Oct 2025. 23:32 Milos Drizzle, Thu 2 Oct 22:47 ...and provost`s picking up a chippy 🤣 Reply |
| 20. Author: Athletico Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 08:42 Councils have had years to get this right, the Parking Ban was voted through Parliament in 2019, it`s just utter incompetence from Councils. I stay out in a village in West Fife, but visit Dunfermline regularly. My first experience of driving round the toon post parking ban was on returning from holiday from the emptiness of Harris & Lewis. It was quite the contrast. Reply |
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