In Defiance Of The Law And Regulations: Squat Sidewalk Public Danger

Pedestrians came to us expressing their exasperation. They have had enough of these drivers and other drivers who are uncivil flout the law and the rights of other users to move freely.

Also, not having to pay parking tickets, these little 'smart' believe they have found a 'trick' to enable them to cope ... cheap. Why pay when you can park on the quiet spaces for pedestrians?

Reprehensible and normally punishable by a ticket. But as the police - responsible for ensuring compliance with the rules of the road even on sidewalks - do not punish, motorists benefit.

Aware of some obstruction to cause the sidewalks still think to leave a little space for pedestrians to cross. Others do not hesitate at all. They do not care about the inconvenience to pedestrians who are forced to travel on the road. With all the dangers that entails, especially with heavy traffic which characterizes some streets of the capital. The photos that illustrate this text speaks volumes about the I-me-care attitude of some of our compatriots.

A mother will leave her child to school every morning regrets this situation absurd. "It's insane, pedestrians are forced to make their way between cars to move. This creates fears. Often children and even adults have difficulty properly judge the speed and distance of vehicles that come across as concerned to find a safe place to go ... "

Mary tells how she almost got hit by a car because she had no other choice but to walk on the road. "The move is supposed pedestrian and I have to take every morning is constantly clogged with vans or cars.

And I have a feeling that this is the same car, even if I did not think to raise their number plates. Everything suggests that these drivers have squatted the walkway to make up their parking place every day, "she grumbles.

"Tik Tike Bizin for Reusi through. These vehicles annoy us terribly, "says Jean, a sexagenarian. "I am forced to walk on the road to go to the hospital Dr AG Jeetoo. With all these buses and cars passing by accident I would be held solely responsible. The authorities say that I walked on a space vehicle. No wonder why I was walking on the pavement. How do such practices cease annoying? "Asks the sixties.

Different types of pavements

The monolithic sidewalk curb and gutter structure is higher compared to the floor. There is also the sidewalk constructed at the same level as the floor. "This type of pavement, said the police officer, is considered a 'footpath' and these two spaces (contrary to what people may think drivers) are reserved for pedestrians. In fact, no vehicle has the right to infringe this space.

What the law says ...

• Section 2, paragraph 3 (e) of the Road Traffic Act states: "No person or permit any Shall because motor vehicle to be parked against a gold-Near curb in Such a way as to obstruct free access to the footpath '. A police officer tells us, however, that the Road Traffic Act does not indicate the word 'pavement' (sidewalk) but the obstruction of a sidewalk (pedestrian area) and hinder a crosswalk ('footpath') described in the law as' a portion of a road, exclusive of the carriageway, set aside for use Solely by pedestrians is liable to a fine.
• The Road Safety Section 123T also states: "Any person in charge of a vehicle and who causes or allowded, the vehicle or a trailer drawn by it or Any appliance of the vehicle To Remain at rest on a road in Such a position in gold Such conditions or in circonstances Such as to be dangerous due to Likely to other persons using the road Shall commit an offense. '
• Article 1382 of the Civil Code also states that "every act whatever of man that causes damage to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it." "So, whenever there is an obstruction to the detriment of pedestrians, they have every right to file a complaint stating the number of the license plate of the vehicle. Drivers who obstruct a crosswalk or sidewalk be hurt by a fine, "said the police officer.