Pavement parking: Blind man reveals the dangers
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Fire crews have warned of “tight spots” on roads which risk turning streets into “dead ends” for emergency vehicles. The parking warning comes from Kingsbridge Fire Station in Devon who experienced issues on a patrol.
Their usual route on Church Street is currently closed so teams were forced to find alternative routes.
However, they issued a social media warning after finding routes packed with vehicles making it almost impossible to pass.
They posted: “Please, please make sure we can get through in an emergency.
“Last night after our weekly training evening we took our appliance for a test drive around the possible routes to incidents whilst our normal exit is closed.
“We encountered a couple of tight spots on our way last evening:
“On Waterloo Road, where a motorbike was parked at 90° to the pavement and a car was parked over the indicated line in the road.
“On Henacre Road where two cars parked on opposite sides of the road had not left sufficient space for our appliance to pass with ease.
“With more cars on the road and the increase of multi-generational extended families sharing properties, we know it is frustrating not being able to park outside your property.
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“But we politely ask you to remember our fire appliances are larger than cars and we need more room to get through.
“Don’t turn your road into a DEAD END for the emergency services and be the reason we cannot help someone in need.”
The Department for Transport opened a consultation looking into whether pavement parking should be banned back in 2020.
The poll set out three options, including a nationwide ban which would see drivers fined for stopping on kerbs.
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