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Topic: Pavement Parking Ban
21. Author:  Milos Drizzle        
Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 09:06

When’s the next council elections? I’ll be taking a much keener interest in them this time to make feelings known, and cast votes accordingly. Pavement parking ban has a very noble aim, but was executed in a shockingly poor (cheap?) and lazy way.

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22. Author:  jake89        
Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 10:17

This is a Scottish Gov decision not council.

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23. Author:  Athletico        
Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 11:43

jake89, Fri 3 Oct 10:17

This is a Scottish Gov decision not council.


True, but its local authority Transport Committees that have implemented it, therefore local councillors.

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24. Author:  GG Riva        
Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 15:53

Athletico, Fri 3 Oct 11:43

jake89, Fri 3 Oct 10:17

This is a Scottish Gov decision, not council.


True, but its local authority Transport Committees that have implemented it, therefore local councillors.


Exactly. The Council has known that this was to be implemented for 2 years. It should have been painting lines on pavements that are wide enough to accommodate pedestrians with prams/pushchairs/wheelchairs and parked cars. This has been done for pavements shared with cyclists, so why not for parked cars. Pavements not wide enough for both could allow cars to park with 2 wheels on the pavement as long as this leaves enough room for the aforementioned pedestrians.

Not exactly rocket science... 🙄



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25. Author:  Milos Drizzle        
Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 18:45

They could even have embarked on a hearts and minds campaign to alert people to the issues of pavement parking. It wouldn’t have stopped issues completely, but I bet it would have significantly reduced incidences of folks parking excessively on the pavement.

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26. Author:  Raymie the Legend        
Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 19:46

Bin day today. Had to walk on the road as the pavements were blocked




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27. Author:  jake89        
Date: Fri 3rd Oct 2025. 19:50

Milos Drizzle, Fri 3 Oct 18:45

They could even have embarked on a hearts and minds campaign to alert people to the issues of pavement parking. It wouldn’t have stopped issues completely, but I bet it would have significantly reduced incidences of folks parking excessively on the pavement.


There were adverts about pavement parking on TV and on posters for years. As always, the few ruin it for the many. As mentioned before, one of my neighbours used to have a regular guest who would park their entire car on the pavement. Absolute bellend.

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28. Author:  shellypar        
Date: Sun 5th Oct 2025. 17:28

jake89, Fri 3 Oct 19:50

Milos Drizzle, Fri 3 Oct 18:45

They could even have embarked on a hearts and minds campaign to alert people to the issues of pavement parking. It wouldn’t have stopped issues completely, but I bet it would have significantly reduced incidences of folks parking excessively on the pavement.


There were adverts about pavement parking on TV and on posters for years. As always, the few ruin it for the many. As mentioned before, one of my neighbours used to have a regular guest who would park their entire car on the pavement. Absolute bellend.


Tv and posters, never seen anything on my telly, and these days alot of young folk wont see alot unless its on social media, i for one never knew this was a thing until it was on dunfermline press recently

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29. Author:  Milos Drizzle        
Date: Sun 5th Oct 2025. 18:55

I must have missed the media campaign also. Compare with the campaigns against speeding, and the drink-driving ones. I think most people are reasonable, and such a campaign would provide a wake-up call for all but the most ignorant offenders.

The council could also have mandated a 1.5m clear pavement, and sold 1.5m rules at cost - no need for signs, line painting, exemptions etc.

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30. Author:  jake89        
Date: Sun 5th Oct 2025. 23:18

Every councillor, MSP, MP and Fife Council have had it on their socials. That`s in addition to the national safer Scotland campaign that`s been on TV, posters, social media, side of buses...

Not sure how you can have missed it! I`ll bet it was promoted on Kingdom FM or whatever it`s called now.

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31. Author:  Milos Drizzle        
Date: Mon 6th Oct 2025. 00:29

jake89, Sun 5 Oct 23:18

Every councillor, MSP, MP and Fife Council have had it on their socials. That`s in addition to the national safer Scotland campaign that`s been on TV, posters, social media, side of buses...

Not sure how you can have missed it! I`ll bet it was promoted on Kingdom FM or whatever it`s called now.


Fair point! But miss it i did. I don’t listen to radio much at all these days, actively avoid ads on TV via recordings, and filter out ads for the most part subconsciously. And I don’t follow folks on socials. Begs the question quite how public information messages would reach the likes of me! :)

ETA: I presume you’re taking about a campaign to change folks behaviour, as opposed to just warning about the impending ban? As the latter would not change behaviour - folks in our street parked as normal partially on the pavement until the day of the ban.

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32. Author:  jake89        
Date: Mon 6th Oct 2025. 12:10

Campaigns were for both. They had visuals like a parent having to push a pram on the road alongside the date it was implemented in Fife. Any visitor to Edinburgh should have been used to it and I think they did a month where people just got advisory stickers.

I live on a pretty narrow road so it`s annoying when someone parks fully on the road but not as annoying as if I was in a wheelchair and I had to go back down the street to a drop kerb to then wheel myself back up the road.

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33. Author:  Milos Drizzle        
Date: Mon 6th Oct 2025. 14:16

I think we can all agree that blocking wheelchairs on the pavement is completely unacceptable, and have all seen instances where imbeciles have done just that.

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34. Author:  Dave_1885        
Date: Mon 6th Oct 2025. 15:26

People not knowing how to park is just as bad - parking on double yellows across from other parked cars blocking roads, parking in loading bays whilst going into shops for food, parking behind lorries in bus stops - the list goes on and on making life hard for professional drivers and sweet f**k all gets done about it.

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35. Author:  NMCmassive        
Date: Mon 6th Oct 2025. 16:14

Milos Drizzle, Mon 6 Oct 14:16

I think we can all agree that blocking wheelchairs on the pavement is completely unacceptable, and have all seen instances where imbeciles have done just that.


Seen it today actually. They’d parked their car on the pavement leading to retirement/care in the community housing. Old boy stuck in his scooter thingy waiting for whoever to come back.

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36. Author:  jake89        
Date: Mon 6th Oct 2025. 17:24

Dave_1885, Mon 6 Oct 15:26

People not knowing how to park is just as bad - parking on double yellows across from other parked cars blocking roads, parking in loading bays whilst going into shops for food, parking behind lorries in bus stops - the list goes on and on making life hard for professional drivers and sweet f**k all gets done about it.


Parking in the drop off bays at Tesco, parking in the disabled or parent bays without any need, parking on the road but on a corner where the drop kerb is for wheelchairs, parking on the bloody New Row every single bloody day...

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