The world's most famous sidewalk-parked car was photographed on this day 50 years ago
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A Guide Dogs survey has shown that 97% of people with a vision impairment encounter problems with street obstructions, and 90% of those had experienced trouble with a sidewalk parked car. The fact a car is parked on a footway is no proof it was driven there: it could have been dropped on the footway by a crane, for instance.
While stressing that tackling pavement parking would be a “very worthy activity to undertake” Superintendent Keasey admitted that a chronic shortage of police officers meant it wasn’t a crime that would be tackled. Motorists have been sidewalk-parking since at least 1902. This image is from the U.S. magazine"Automobile," 1902.held a “pavement parking” inquiry evaluating whether the practice deters walking, cycling and other forms of active travel.
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