Petition Make it an offence to park a motor vehicle on a public footpath.

Vehicles obstructing the public footpath, are breaking the law, to enable a vehicle to park in such a way, the vehicle has driven to its position, driving on the footpath is illegal. Pedestrians on many occasions have to walk into traffic to pass these vehicles obstructing the footpath.

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Section 34(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA 1988) provides that anyone driving a mechanically propelled vehicle, for example a motor car, on a road that is a footpath, bridleway or restricted byway is guilty of an offence unless it can be shown that there is a private right in place for people to use the accessway to gain vehicular access to their property. The burden of proving that there is such a vehicular right of way in place rests with the defendant.

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Date closed 18 January 2017
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