My Apologies For This Little Rant!

Rant accepted!

I would have asked the men on the pavement to let me through. People are so thoughtless

I understand how annoying that was. You shouldn't have to walk into the road because a car was parked on the pavement. Pavements are for pedestrians not cars. The two men blocking the accessible part should have moved when they saw you coming. Was one of them the owner of the car I wonder?

Oh for the love of……….
Whatever happened to using your very best loud and imperious voice to say "Excuse me gentlemen, I need to walk through here"?
I will not, under any circumstances, walk in the road because a car is on the pavement, or if men are standing chatting and blocking the path either!
Don't put yourself in danger, assert yourself!

Exactly Juggernaut.

Yup, Juggernaut, exactly what i would do.

Same here, definitely giving them one of my looks as well.

Hear, hear.
No point in being a doormat then moaning about it afterwards.
A sweet “Excuse me” is all it needs.

The driver who beeped you didn't know why you stepped into the road. He reacted instinctively.

I would've asked the two men to move out of the way - or poked them with my walking stick.

It’s not always necessary to say anything in those circumstances.
I have stood my ground for a few seconds until someone realises they are blocking my way. There is invariably an apology.

I also stand my ground when faced with an oncoming zombie staring intently into his or her phone!

I wonder if, over many many centuries, the posture of humans will revert back to that of our ape ancestors ?

I get very loudly beeped at by some twit in a passing car...the SAME car that did it to me a couple of weeks ago .. to get out of the way

1) he won’t have known he “beeped” at you 2 weeks ago.
(Are you sure it was the same driver?)
2) do you make a habit of stepping out into the road? A warning “ beep” is just that - not a “ Get out of the way, but a “Look out, be careful!”

Rant accepted too, although I would have said something too in days gone by - I don't go out anymore as too scared.

I have a similar rant - I have a double drive, but only one dropped kerb, so I can't claim it exactly, but there's a family opposite that have 2 flat bed trucks and a huge car with an even larger trailer. They always park over my drive - but the last few days the truck has had a stainless steel pole sticking out of the back, and the first day I pulled in (I always park on that side because there's a strip of grass that others drive over, and I don't!) I swing in and straighten up avoiding the grass. I didn't know the pole was there, and when I swung in I saw that it was inches away from my windscreen! Then last night, it was the large car and trailer - so large that actually it was covering part of my dropped kerb. It is seriously p***ing me off, as it's rude! They could put their trucks on their drive and also on their side of the road ... grr! I was taking pictures last night though and saw what was in the trailer - LOADS of beautiful holly absolutely covered in berries, so I nicked some!

Those inconsiderate men blocking the pavement would most likely have moved if you had asked (smiling sweetly!) if they would mind letting you get past. I'd have had no compunction in asking.

Could have been someone you know in the car and it was a beep of recognition. Hence 2.

I have discovered that if I stop when 2 men or a group of youths are walking 4 a breast but don't move out of the way, it has the effect of making them stop too and let me pass.
I say nothing apart from thankyou.
I am sympathetic with you though. People can be thoughtless.

It took you longer to write that post than it would have done to say excuse me lads/ chaps/ gentlemen
They would probably have been very apologetic. But you’ll never know.

As others have said, if someone is blocking the pavement, just ask them to move. Honestly.

Rant away, you have that right but I agree it would be quicker to say, "Excuse me please," to the gentlemen. However, my daughter would find that difficult as she is wary of men in a big way, so I have sympathy for your plight.

Just smile and say "Excuse me"

Keep to the pavement for your own safety. I'm sure the nincompoops will move out of your way.

In reply to MadeinYorkshire..Why dont 'you call police as the inconsiderate parking is probably illegal if blocking your access across dropkerb area.

The police in my area did spot checks one morning, and warnings issued to all those illegally parked on the pavements.

i often ask people to let me through if they are blocking my path. I cannot remember anu occasion when anyone didn't move or complained, most apologise for being in the way.

I am fully fit and have been doing it since I was a child, as far as I can remember.

I live by a primary school so inconsiderate parking is a daily experience. There are yellow lines near the school entrance as well as white lines across all the residents' drives but people are so entitled. There is a school car park but it fills up, however a lot of parents arrive early to get a spot on the road so they don't have to queue to get out of the car park!"

One day a saw a woman parked half on the pavement and half in the road OVER the yellow lines! I was feeling mischievous so I pretended to take a photo with my phone. At the time I had a basic pay as you go phone with a rubbish camera but the driver didn't know that. She got out and asked why I was taking photos of her car. I replied that she was parked illegally and children and their parents were having to walk in the road to get round. She said she had broken down! When I continued she got back in her car and drove off! I should do it more often as it really annoys me!
For a while some of the school staff in hi-viz patrolled the road to ask people to move their cars and assist residents who were struggling to get in or out but that doesn't seem to happen any more. I feel another letter to the school coming on!

Years ago, I was pushing DS in a large pram (remember those?) when a car parked on the pavement mean to going into the road. I marched into the offices where the offending vehicle was parked and asked if the owner would kindly move it as I had a pram which I wasn't minded to push into the road. They moved it and apologized.