It is on again ‘but I can park on the footpath I have a flash car’.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11501042
Dear NZ Herald
Your article opens with cars being fined for ‘ 2 wheels on the curb’ yet the photo shows a Land Rover parked on the footpath. Is Morgan Tait also a footpath parker with his car centric comments. Footpaths are for people and you can see our campaign at Living Streets Aotearoa.
Parking on footpaths is illegal for a good reason, it is inconvenient for wheelchairs, prams, groups and forces people into the stream of traffic. Footpath parkers use excuses like ‘it was safer and more courteous’’ and ‘’its being considerate for people using the road’ which actually means ‘I am worried my car will get scratched’. I ‘have to go really slow’ when I drive past legally parked cars, well lower speeds in residential streets is a good thing. There would be “No Parking” yellow lines if the road did not have enough space for the parked cars. Morgan Tait was out there with a measuring tape, is he also a urban planner? Footpaths are for people who walk and cars should stay on the road. Also don’t even think about blocking the path by parking on your driveway because it is still the public footpath.
Its not all about you, think how you fit into our society, not the other way round.
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