Drivers could face £70 fines for parking outside their houses amid a nationwide ban on parking on pavements being considered.

Pavement parking laws are changing to maximise safety on journeys of disabled and visually impaired people.

This law change is in response to large concerns being raised in local communities on pavement parking and how it raises the risk of injury for those walking on pavements.

It comes after a national enquiry was launched in 2019 into the ‘real problem’ on our roads.

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At the time, the Government’s transport committee said there had been a ‘lack of progress’ on the problem, and said there were growing calls to put a stop to drivers parking with their wheels over the kerb.

Rule 244 of the Highway Code states: “You must not park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it.”

If the rest of the UK also follows the same rules as London, which already has a pavement parking ban, then parking on grass verges and ramps linking private property to roads will also be prohibited.

Car leasing site Select Car Leasing found that it is likely that it’s up to local authorities to serve pavement parking fines, but if they deem your car an obstruction – whether it’s on the pavement outside your home or not – then you could be handed a £70 fine.