Hundreds of Littlehampton drivers illegally park on grass-verges whilst destroying them #ParkSmart

Hundreds of #Littlehampon drivers have illegally driven onto grass verges despite the action being a criminal offense in all four #UK nations.

Parking on any council-owned grass verge, or any private grass without the landowners permission is an act of criminal damage because section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 states: 'A person who without lawful excuse destroys, or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy, or damage any such property, or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed, or damaged shall be guilty of an offence.'

#Worthing Borough #Council said: "You should not park, or drive over, a grass verge. We realise that in some areas finding a place to park can be difficult, but parking, or causing damage to grass verges is an offence. The damage caused by vehicles to grass verges, and pavements is expensive to repair. Parking on verges can also be hazardous to pedestrians, and other road users, especially when vehicles obstruct a footpath, or entrance, or park close to a bend, or junction."

The council work on grass verges desperately trying to keep them looking as nice as possible, therefor, it is unfair on the council(s) responsible for keeping them looking decent to have a careless driver wreck all of their hard-work. #STOP

Drivers are recklessly destroying grass verges, and are running the risk of being criminally prosecuted for multiple driving offenses, and criminal damage to the verges.

Parking on a grass verge is also bad for the environment because it wrecks the grass (which is home to many wildlife species), and may release oils into the soil from your car. #ParkSmart

Dwayne Hards (#LCN Founder/#Leader) said: "Who do these people think they are, the king or something?! Like the gypsies, they just dump their car(s) on a "nice" grass patch, and expect the council to fix the mess that they make, but people complain when the council are one hour late fixing/replanting the grass that they damage. Duh, if you didn't park there, it wouldn't be damaged in the first place, then the council(s) wouldn't need to fix you guys mess. Think morons, think!"