DEAR EDITOR - What are pavements intended for? The obvious answer to this is that they exist as communal, safe, traffic-free, pedestrian rights of way.

However, this is the age of the car and it seems that pavements are increasingly being adopted as an off-road parking facility. While there is nothing new in the practice of parking a car with two wheels up on the kerb (most of us have done it at some time or other), this is of little consequence compared with leaving a vehicle entirely blocking the way of passers-by.

In one of the more recently built parts of Bromsgrove, the sight of a front drive containing two cars parked end to end is quite common place. The problem, though, is that often the drive is not actually long enough to accommodate two vehicles, with the result that one of them projects as far as the road.

Anyone arriving at this spot using the pavement - whether on foot, or in a wheelchair, or pushing a baby buggy - must veer right out into the road in order to pass. The safety implications are obvious.

So, come on homeowners, if you are a two car family with a one car drive, there are alternatives. You could put one car in the garage (surely what it is intended for!) or leave it parked on the road. Or you could sell one of the cars - or move.

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