Dangerous parking and obstructing pavements

Several residents have recently raised concerns about thoughtless and dangerous parking, parked cars obstructing pavements and near misses.  This was raised at the recent Parish Council Meeting and Dorset Councillor Belinda Bawden has provided the following links to encourage residents to report these issues. 

https://www.dorsetroadsafe.org.uk/

Dorset Police tell us the more problems are reported, the more likely it is they will respond e.g. if cars or motorbikes are habitually whizzing round the village or in a car park, if the police can respond they will. If they can’t, the next time the same problem is reported, they are more likely to respond as the evidence from previous reports make it a priority.

https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/report-a-problem-on-the-road-or-pavement

Dorset Council logs all complaints, comments, concerns on this system so it is much more effective for people to use this rather than emailing in.  Belinda has stressed the need for individuals to report every issue.  There are over 350 Traffic Regulation Order requests currently on the list of which only 30 get progressed each year, so the more data there is, the more justification for a TRO.  In addition, if there are other circumstances, ie, it is a walking route to the school, this should be mentioned.