CHEEKY motorists are causing misery for pedestrians by using a parking trick to avoid fines.
Car owners in Woodside are parking on pavements avoiding newly-painted double yellow lines around Cedar Street and Grovepark Street.
The unusual tactic may be saving drivers from penalties but is causing problems for pedestrians, particularly those with buggies and wheelchairs who are forced to walk out on the road.
All round the estate, cars can be seen parked completely on the pavements leaving no space for people to walk on.
Yan Lin, 32, who lives in the area with her two children, said: “It is quite difficult here with these cars.
“It wasn’t always like this but it’s hard if you’ve got a buggy to get it around as you have to go out onto the road.
“There are plenty of cars here, so maybe they have no space.
“Now there are double yellow lines here so people have been parking up on the pavement, but I don’t know if that’s legal or not.”
Yan said there is construction work going on to revamp three blocks of flats in the area, which may be contributing to the extra vehicles.
The full-time-mum said: “The building work is still going on, on three buildings at the same time so there are plenty of cars here but no space to park.”
Sandra White, SNP MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, has been campaigning to bring in a Scottish responsible parking bill which would make it illegal for drivers to park on pedestrian walkways.
She branded the drivers “totally irresponsible” and said: “This is just ridiculous.
“This is an area of double yellow lines where there should be traffic wardens out, there should be signs saying that it is regulated.
“They should be getting a fine slapped on them at least for parking like this, instead of evading it by going on to the pavement.
“The council should be doing something about it. People can’t even walk on the pavement, and it is an offence to park there but there are grey areas in the law.
“That’s why I’m introducing the bill to tackle it.
“Police aren’t able to tackle it unless there is someone in the car and I know the police can’t hang about all day, but something must be done.
“These motorists are dumping their cars on pavements at the detriment of pedestrians. They are putting lives at risk by forcing people with buggies and people in wheelchairs to walk on the road."
A GCC spokeswoman said: "At the request of the local housing association, temporary parking restrictions are in place on Cedar Street and Grovepark Street to allow building refurbishment work to take place.
"We will monitor the restrictions and take appropriate action where required.
"Where there are no yellow lines and cars are parked on pavements or causing an obstruction then the enforcement responsibility is a matter for Police Scotland.
"The council can only enforce where there are yellow lines."
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