The issue of pavement parking has again been highlighted after an elderly Man fell an broke his hip navigating around parked Cars in Freeview Road Twerton yesterday afternoon.
On this occasion the gentleman was sat up in bed last night but will need an operation but a more frail person could have been killed.
It is clear that parking on the pavement is dangerous and should be avoided at all times, as this causes danger to pedestrians.
The Police in the past have turned a blind eye to some pavement parking but have now been asked to clamp on pavement parking and issue fines to those doing it.
If you park on the pavement and do not give enough space for a single buggy to get past then you are now liable to get a penalty notice on your car, so if in doubt don't do it.
We are working with the council Police and Curo to resolve some of the parking issues across the whole of Twerton and will soon be consulting residents on some solutions that we are developing.
In the mean time please do not park on the Pavements unless you want to be held responsible for someone being seriously injured or killed.
