Avon and Somerset Police have issued a warning to drivers parking on pavements as officers have been out and about "handing out parking penalty notices to vehicles parked illegally".
Posting on Twitter, a force spokesperson said it "continues to educate road users and will use traffic offence report tickets for repeat offenders". It posted the message alongside an image of a Volvo parked partially on a pavement.
However, the Highway Code states parking on the pavement is only illegal in London. Rule 244 of the code says: "You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, 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."
