THE FIGHT against selfish drivers continues in Bradford as residents and business owners demand more respect when it comes to parking.
Earlier this month, the T&A told of one businessman's endless frustration with "horrendous" parking on Leeds Road.
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In just one incident, the driver of a VW Golf blocked the pavement in front of EastZEast before spending hours at a meal.
And it wasn't just a one-off, he explained, with the worst parking reported to be on Friday nights and weekends.
The businessman said: "It's not safe for anyone, whether it's the elderly or children. It's clearly not on.
"I feel they need to be fined."
Some individuals have no respect or care for our environment. They deliberately destroy the pavements which are for pedestrian use, cause inconvenience to neighbours distress to parents with Prams and wheelchair users.They create their own Highway Code rules and if you try to educate the ignorant individual they become defensive and find every reason to justify their selfish behaviour of parking on a pavement. B4B will work with BFD council and local councillors to eradicate this menace from our streets and roads. - Inayah Sher of Bradford4Better
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This month, Bradford Council voted for a committee of councillors to look at the available options to tackle motorists who park on the pavement.
Brought forward by Councillor Alun Griffiths (Lib Dem, Idle and Thackley), the motion said “parking on pavements is ‘detrimental to the quality of life of those in the locality,’ especially the elderly, disabled and those with young children.”
Meanwhile police are hard at work with Operation Steerside, aimed at toughening up on drivers who don't uphold the law.
How can I report bad parking to police?
People should contact the Bradford force behind Operation Steerside, who now have a dedicated email address: bd.steerside@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
This is for: Dash cam recordings, passing on information about illegal drivers or cars and telling officers about areas where you think they need to patrol.
People can also use the 101 live chat service.
Community answers
Bradford's worst parking fails
"T&A readers send their worst examples of parking spotted around Bradford"
We asked for your responses - this is what you sent.
What is your response?Bad parking
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What is your response?How inconsiderate. This road is always congested yet some people always take up two car spaces.
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What is your response?Leading by example! I couldn’t get my pushchair through, the Police parking on the pavement right at the end. Had to use the road!
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What is your response?Car parked completely across pavement on Beech Road, Odsal. Pedestrians had to walk on road to get round it.
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What is your response?Parked here for a good 30 minutes! No emergency - a passing truck set the alarm off on the car and officer even came out to silence it, then strolled off again.
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What is your response?Annoying, rude driver left his car in between two spaces, even when challenged.
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What is your response?Tuesday afternoon, not busy but too lazy to park properly a few metres away.
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What is your response?Cars blocking pavement. Pedestrians having to use road to get past.
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What is your response?A car is being parked on the pavement clearly blocking members of the public from walking across the path to them move onto a very busy road which is highly dangerous. All four wheels on the pedestrian path way. Quite clearly people are still parking in a way causing distress to others with no care or concern whatsoever for people.
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What is your response?Despite the restaurant having their own car park, the state of the new flags are a disgrace due to illegal parking. Sheer laziness.
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What is your response?Regular occurence on Rook lane..hgvs are allways on the pavement
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What is your response?Taken outside Rajas on Great Horton Road. The owner was happy to park on a corner, block the pavement and the disabled ramp while they went in to eat. Oh double yellow lines too.
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What is your response?pavements are made for parking - manor drive Bingley / Cottingley
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What is your response?Pavement completely blocked
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What is your response?Just let’s park here and throw our rubbish out
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What is your response?During heavy rain and they weren’t even using the click and collect
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What is your response?Town centre by traffic lights with hazard lights on talking on phone...first class selfish idiot!
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What is your response?Van parked blocking pavement on Larch Drive, Odsal. Had to walk on road as a car was blocking pavement at other side of road.
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What is your response?How about checking all the bus lanes blocked by selfish drivers...ie manningham lane etc
What is your response?Opposite the entrance to st Luke's hospital, park lane. Cars parked on pavement and on double yellow lines, as a result pedestrians unable to walk on pavement
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What is your response?Parked on path. Been there about 3 weeks now.
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What is your response?On Duckworth lane bradford
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What is your response?Completely blocked so owner can’t collect kids from school! Also blocks access on pavement to anyone using pushchair, also blocks vision to anyone crossing road. Entrance to snicket, Providence Crescent, Oakworth, Keighley
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What is your response?Car parked fully on pavement
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What is your response?Range rover completely blocked pavement Golf parked on footpath no space for pedestrians to get past
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What is your response?Parking at Asda cemetery road
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What is your response?Wilsden pay and display I wonder if they paid for both spaces
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What is your response?Asda @ Pudsey. Fiat parks badly so the Kia does the same instead of finding a better place resulting in my son having the climb through across the back seat with my 12 month old grandson.
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What is your response?Outside a primary school on Birks Fold all on double yellow lines
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What is your response?Outside a new restaurant in Keighley opposite a busy T-junction with Coney Lane
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What is your response?Parking at Asda Greengates driver could not get in blue car. Has no MOT either
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What is your response?Another taxi driver parks like a moron
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What is your response?On the Pavement onside Killinghall Primary School
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What is your response?Double parked at a road junction near thornton primary
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What is your response?Beyond the law parked on double yellow line's and on the pavement
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What is your response?A Parking Spot others will die for! Illegal parking blocking access to an AED. Roberts Park, Saltaire.
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What is your response?Thornton Road Girlington. Monday morning. 9am. Heavy snow. Van parked on double yellows in front of traffic lights and crossing. While occupants in cafe having a breakfast. Disgraceful. Dangerous.
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What is your response?Parked on the grass verge on multiple occasions.
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What is your response?I was walking up Toller Lane and noticed this!
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What is your response?Parked on footpath. Lady with pushchair had to go on the road as could not get past the car the selfish driver parked.
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What is your response?What gives this person the right to park like this? When it is a public footpath, as you can see he's not only parked illegally, he's also blocked people from passing and also people from getting to the bus stop. This photograph was taken on 7 February at 1:35pm.
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What is your response?Crawford Avenue
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What is your response?This car is parked over the dropped kerb outside an assisted living home. Many people who live here are wheelchair users. Car park available to the left of this photo!
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What is your response?Awful parking
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What is your response?Bradford University Staff Car Park on Great Horton Road, Bradford 7
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What is your response?Totally blocked the foot path on Lilycroft Road opposite Andres bakery. No consideration for pedestrians whatsoever.
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What is your response?On Sticker Lane, window installation company parked on pavement. Causing a danger for pedestrians.
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What is your response?Just badly parked on Sunbridge Road. The woman in the photo is not the owner or involved.
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What is your response?Abandoned
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What is your response?council taxi parked blocking pavement
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What is your response?Blocking footpath outside launderette on Lumb lane
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What is your response?Just about every weekend and through the week cars are parked up on the pathways causing obstructions for the disabled and pushchairs. As we know it does state in the highway code that if a roadway is marked then that rule applies to the pathway as well. Local council know of this problem and nothing seems to get done. So the traffic wardens could actually get revenue from this if they came up here. Even when the school runs happen they still park in permit only places as well as marked pathways. But they also block off the disabled ramp ways on the paths. What really makes you laugh it that the school has hundreds of parking areas within the ground but very rarely get used for the football pitches based on Haycliffe Lane. I have sent a message to the school just saying put up a notice on the gates of the football pitch so cure it but I didn't get any response. We even get them driving up the wrong way on the one way system. It seems the school has no interest of this problem, but it's them which has caused this, simple letters and notices should help, Councillor Joanne Dodds knows this problem well. This is my last resort in trying to get some help, when you have seen wheelchairs using the road then no consideration has been given by these lazy people who want to park as close as they can to the football pitch.
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What is your response?Aldi in Bingley
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What is your response?Outside a school on the crossing. One of many the same day. No traffic warden in sight.
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What is your response?Can't be bothered, no respect. Look at the state of the brand new paving flags, the council resorts to tarmacing the damaged paving. There's no hope.
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What is your response?This parked car fully blocks the pedestrian pavement. Many parents use this route to take their kids to nearby schools and nurseries. This driver forces parents, with young children and babies in pushchair, to walk on the road to continue their journey. This photo is taken beginning of January 2020 in very busy school morning.
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What is your response?This car was parked in BD8 on Woodlands Terrace
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What is your response?This is Leeds City Council van parked in Thornbury (everyday) for hours at a time so I expect the driver lives locally. It parks so far on the path that even without my pram it’s difficult trying to squeeze through. The road itself isn’t a busy one, but definitely a dangerous one that drivers from Leeds Road use to avoid traffic at busy times. Many of them speeding. I did flag this with Leeds Council and they have sorted out the issue with the driver and he no longer parks there, but it’s just one of many examples of inconsiderate parking in Bradford.
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What is your response?Just to show it happens elsewhere other than Bradford, this at Meagill rise Otley.
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What is your response?My neighbour - horrendous parking, blocking my driveway.
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What is your response?Parking on grass verge and footpath
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What is your response?These 2 cars park together all the time, they never move. I have a walking frame and can't get past either of them and have to walk on the road for some way.
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What is your response?Obviously has got to the parking lesson yet.
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What is your response?The worst thing is I have seen traffic wardens just stroll past/walk around vehicles badly parked/all four wheels on the pavement. Same with parking opposite Lillycroft Road Police station and takeaways along there. What is the police and the council doing about it?
What is your response?The worst example in Bradford? Dont worry its at the Girls Grammar School - Ambulances struggle to get past all the badly parked cars.
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What is your response?Bradford Girls Grammar School. Not double parked but triple parking. Parents don't care.
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What is your response?not enough room to park, just reverse in and block the path.
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What is your response?Day in day out, the same old.
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What is your response?Totally clear street but they still double park
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What is your response?The driver of this car regularly parks (not only to drop-off kids) on this same spot every morning (8.30-8.45) in front of Poplars Farm Primary School and Nursery and creates a road block and safety hazard for all other road users especially the kids/parents crossing the road. As we all know this type of parking (on 'keep-clear' markings) is illegal and as a matter of fact it also shows a clear disrespect to all the efforts that both the parents and the school combinedly put forward to maintain a safe environment for the kids. I've requested the school to make a note of this as a matter of urgency and try to warn this driver of their unacceptable attitude and practice.
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What is your response?Someone gone to pray in mosques on Ivanhoe Road Waverley Road without thinking of the trouble and danger he caused to a mother with push chair.
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What is your response?Taking up disabled spaces by the red car and second photo usual parking by this car on a cul de sac preventing emergency services and access to other residents
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What is your response?Access road between Fitzroy and Sandford Road. There is no way through for residents. Access to the vehicle is through a puddle.
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What is your response?HGV parked overnight on the entire pavement on Knowles Lane
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What is your response?Taxi parked fully on pavement.
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What is your response?Typical Manningham lane. Nothing to see here........!!
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What is your response?Both cars do not park properly and also park on disabled spot
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What is your response?Wibsey 24th January
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What is your response?Ok. Mine is the Rover. We're in a Doctor's clinic car park. When I came back it was like this. I managed to get out!
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What is your response?Black car parked on path even after police warning letters sent to all residents on Denbrook Ave. White van doing what they do best on Dawson Lane.
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What is your response?Gouldbourne Street, Keighley. A professional driver by all accounts. Driver not in car.
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What is your response?Same issues on Leeds Rd.
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What is your response?Call me picky, but the driver of the white car may have just clipped the kerb when parking. Someone popping into Asda in Shipley, no blue badge and taking up not one, but TWO disabled places.
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