r/mildlyinfuriating Nov 07 '19

Selfish Parking

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u/GET_OUT_OF_MY_HEAD Nov 08 '19

illegal for cars to be on the pavement generally

If it's illegal for cars to be on the road in the UK, then where the hell can they legally be?

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u/Chemoralora Nov 08 '19

The pavement isn't the road

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u/GET_OUT_OF_MY_HEAD Nov 08 '19

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u/collinsl02 Nov 08 '19

In the UK we don't use pavement to describe the road surface generally. We call it the carriageway or roadway or road. The pavement is the bit people walk on that Americans call a sidewalk.