There’s parking a little on the kerb to keep your vehicle out of the way of traffic ... or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it.

It can force parents with prams and people in wheelchairs into the road ... MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit ...

Under one possibility, traffic signs and bay markings would show drivers where pavement parking was still allowed and local authorities would be able to introduce some exemptions. However ...

Rule 244 of the Highway Code says of parking in the UK's capital: "You must not park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it.