Could you culprits please explain to me why you park half on and half off the road? In tight industrial areas I accept it is sometimed necessary but on a normal road or side road you are still causing an obstruction and others still can’t get by so why do it?
I’m parked right now near Goole and there is a container parked with 6 wheels on the path, it’s one way and loads of room 
Parking is a real bug bear of mine and I won’t even start on those that take up 2 bays 
Highway Code rule number 246
Goods vehicles. Vehicles with a maximum laden weight of over 7.5 tonnes (including any trailer) MUST NOT be parked on a verge, pavement or any land situated between carriageways, without police permission. The only exception is when parking is essential for loading and unloading, in which case the vehicle MUST NOT be left unattended.
[Law RTA 1988 sect 19]
I know that but the question still stands■■?
Your head is to the kerb so if there is a camber you feet are up!! The kerb levels the cab and so you. I was also taught that you turn to the side so if your hit the lorry goes away from the traffic.
Must admit i have done it on the odd occasion.
Used to do it if there was a heavy camber , so as to level the cab up. Couldnt sleep with me feet higher than my head and always slept head to n/s if that makes sense. 
Couldnt be arsed to drive onto chocks like our continental cousins 
I don’t mean when parked up, although I get the drift of that I’m on about general pulling over. Stopping for directions, nip into the shop or check map etc. Even pulling in before a delivery. At livingston where I deliver to quite regularly to there is a waithin lane but some persist in sticking the whole of the left side on thw kerb/
Just tell me why? Even pm me anonymous, I just need to know…pretty much why people on their mobiles walk round in circles, why not stand still?
I have too much time on my hands and wonder about too many trivial things, makes the world go round I suppose.
Suedehead:
Must admit i have done it on the odd occasion.
Used to do it if there was a heavy camber , so as to level the cab up. Couldnt sleep with me feet higher than my head and always slept head to n/s if that makes sense.
Perfect sense - I’m just waiting for someone to say - should have parked on the other side of the road 
But if your heads away from the traffic then your feet will still be up!!
Rick B:
pretty much why people on their mobiles walk round in circles, why not stand still?
makes the world go round I suppose.
Mobile phones
you should of asked the driver that was parked on the kerb and he would of told you your answer
i think its a mind set there in a big truck and think there need to give room to other road users, there mite even believe that there been considerate to other truck drivers. i know i have had to ask a few trucks to move on cos there blocking the road.
I think the blood is rushing to peoples heads on this forum, probably due to their heads being lower than their feet when sleeping
It may even provoke councils to build little parking places for lorries when they design or authorise new “industrial” areas.
OK ,now the blood has gone to my head
Just as a wee aside, we had a Counceller responsible for Roads (Rnfrewshire Council) a few years ago who actually started a Campaign throughout the County to stop people parking on Pavements. Every Council Vehicle has a big sticker put on proclaiming “Pavements for Pedestrians”. The nutter was actually all over the Press locally stating that the whole problem stemmed from the Beatles because on the ‘Abbey Road’ Album cover there’s a Car parked half on the Pavement !!.
cos it pees people off
especially cyclists
as a multidrop I do this on several occasions especially as majority of drops are city centre, even though at times i have to block road for the delivery I still get as far on the pavement as poss as its handball the distance between truck and drop is crucial. “for me anyway”
I always try to leave room for other drivers to get by but at times you could leave the width of a street and still someone will bleep their horn and say can you move your truck pls
moving off topic a little i was in harrogate the other week a drop which was down a one way street and we have no alternative but to block road for 5-10 minutes, just start unloading and you get the inevitable blast of a horn, 10 minutes mate I shouts, another blast of the horn so ignorance comes into play! i take some stuff inside come back out! wished I had a camera at this time, the guy had only trie to drive down the pavement along side my truck, luckliy for him someone had noticed the lampost that was obscurred by my open curtain. would have liked to have seen his face if he had hit lampost though!! but of course it would have been my fault! best thing is there is another street that runs off this street and goes to the same road, the junction is approx 15 metres behind me truck.
ROG:
Highway Code rule number 246
Goods vehicles. Vehicles with a maximum laden weight of over 7.5 tonnes (including any trailer) MUST NOT be parked on a verge, pavement or any land situated between carriageways, without police permission. The only exception is when parking is essential for loading and unloading, in which case the vehicle MUST NOT be left unattended.[Law RTA 1988 sect 19]
which is a £30 fine to the DRIVER not the company.
I also hate it due to the fact that the lorry is taking the whole pavement up and your having to walk into a road to get round it
mickyblue:
which is a £30 fine to the DRIVER not the company.
and may be a claim by the council for pavement damage repair 
ROG:
Suedehead:
Must admit i have done it on the odd occasion.
Used to do it if there was a heavy camber , so as to level the cab up. Couldnt sleep with me feet higher than my head and always slept head to n/s if that makes sense.Perfect sense - I’m just waiting for someone to say - should have parked on the other side of the road
Doh Thats simple Rog 
Then the truck would have been facing the wrong way wouldn`t it … also against the law
ROG:
Highway Code rule number 246
Goods vehicles. Vehicles with a maximum laden weight of over 7.5 tonnes (including any trailer) MUST NOT be parked on a verge, pavement or any land situated between carriageways, without police permission. The only exception is when parking is essential for loading and unloading, in which case the vehicle MUST NOT be left unattended.[Law RTA 1988 sect 19]
One of ours got done for just that Rog, and was in the back with a pallet truck, only parked that way so traffic could get through, ind area, still got done.
park anywhere lights mean we park where we want …if i accidentilly park half on the pavement its in respect to other road users to give them some room at least to get by…anyway to be honest mate i think someone needs to get a life,
I get a kick out of seeing how many slabs I can break.