Road Traffic Offences: Pedestrian Areas

(asked on 15th October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to remind the public that driving on the pavement is illegal.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 28th October 2019

The Highway Code states that you must not drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.

Also, drivers must not park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.

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