Parking rage after 'inconsiderate muppet' owner abandons car on pedestrian crossing
The vehicle was parked outside Love Coffee Co. in Oxford
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Motorists have slammed parking on a street as being full of "'inconsiderate muppets".
Residents in Oxford said that they were frustrated after a motorist abandoned car on pedestrian crossing.
The car in question parked on the dropped kerb at the pedestrian crossing on Iffley Road, Oxford.
It had been left abandoned opposite a newsagents by the 'Love Coffee Co' and 'Golden Barber' stores.
A White van has previosuly parked around Donnington shops on Iffley Road.
Nearby residents said the area has been a hotspot for poor parking.
Some of the other qualms people have had include vehicles on yellow lines, bike lanes and mounting sections of the pavement.
The parking was picked up from the Badly Parked Oxford account which tweets about "anti-social parking".
A spokesperson from account said: "Parking on a pavement isn't a victimless crime.
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Parking on Iffley Road has been dubbed an "a***hole jamboree"
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"It makes life difficult for anyone using a pushchair or wheelchair and it breaks up pavement surfaces which we all pay for.
"But most importantly, it means *driving* on a pavement, which is deadly."
One user on X, formerly Twitter, responded, saying: "This bit of Iffley Road is an a***hole jamboree at all times."
Rule 244 of the Highway Code has stated since 1974 that drivers: "must not park partially or wholly on the pavement and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it.
"Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs".
Badly Parked Oxford added: "There seems to be confusion about the purpose of pavements, which perhaps isn't emphasised enough to new drivers and those who are new to driving in the UK.
"Pavements are for people. Roads are for vehicles."
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