Drivers have been warned of recent enforcement measures coming into impact subsequent week, which is able to see 1000’s slapped with £100 penalties.
Fife Council will start implementing a pavement parking ban from Monday, September 1, with drivers going through penalties for breaching the brand new guidelines.
Underneath the measures, drivers shall be banned from parking on pavements, double parking and parking at dropped kerbs throughout the area.
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Drivers shall be issued a £100 wonderful for breaking the brand new guidelines, however the council famous that this may be discounted to £50 if paid inside 14 days.
The ban hopes to advertise protected journey and cease automobiles from taking on essential area on the pavement, which is being utilized by pedestrians and weak customers, together with visually impaired individuals and pram customers.
Councillor Altany Craik detailed how the brand new regulation goals to enhance the security of pedestrians, notably these with mobility points or visible impairments, and oldsters or carers with pushchairs.
He shared: "Parking attendants have been issuing warning notices for pavement parking, double parking, and parking over kerbs dropped for pedestrians to cross since July 1, to present drivers time to regulate to the brand new laws."
Mr Craik defined that the ban goals to maintain communities protected and encourages drivers throughout Fife to help this "necessary step in making footways safer for everybody."
Earlier than the penalties come into impact, drivers shall be issued warning notices as a substitute of a wonderful. Nonetheless, from subsequent week, the council has warned drivers to not park one wheel or extra on the pavement, which might end in a penalty cost.
Drivers must also not park on the street adjoining to a different car, which might additionally end in a wonderful, the council urged.
Motorists have additionally been warned that parking at a dropped kerb can even incur a £100 penalty cost, because the part of the pavement offers crossing factors for pedestrians and should be stored clear.
Mr Craik stated there are some streets the place an exemption to the pavement parking ban could also be launched, in addition to sure automobiles being exempt from fines. This contains emergency companies, roadworks, waste assortment, and postal companies.
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On exempt streets, pavement parking fines won’t be issued as they’ve already been assessed by the council and qualify for an exemption.
The council said {that a} checklist of probably exempted streets will be seen on-line and that drivers parking on the footways in any of the streets listed should nonetheless go away 1.5 metres of the pavement clear for pedestrians.
Mr Craik added: "On streets that aren’t listed as potential exemptions, drivers shouldn’t park on the pavement. Throughout Fife, the default rule is don’t park on pavements."
Whereas the brand new guidelines have security in thoughts, native residents have reacted with combined responses.
Taking to Fb, one individual shared: "Good luck to ambulances, fireplace engines, bin lorries. Vehicles go up and down when automobiles from all sides of the road are parked on the street. Lives in danger!!"
One other individual commented that whereas in principle introducing pavement parking bans is a good suggestion, "there's been subsequent to no thought on it".
The resident shared: "I stay on a busy predominant street the place automobiles have been written off whereas half the automobile is on the pavement.
"It's solely going to trigger chaos when just one automobile can get by means of at a time. It's much more chaotic when the Standing Stane Street will get closed due to an accident."