Opinion: Accident waiting to happen?

You should have left those number plates unobscured!

Sorry Vincent but I'm not sure how the black car is causing any impairment to the crossing!

There is consistent poor parking in this area and on the taxi rank beyond the zebra where you can see a large white car. The dark car is on double yellows and this is a route used by pedestrians heading to/from Bank Square. This area is intended only as a delivery route for Waitrose lorries.

I can see the dark car is on double yellows but surely that is a separate issue. Not sure how it has any relevance to the location of the new crossing as it certainly isn't obscuring driver or pedestrian views of the said crossing.

Sarah, I didn't specify anything about the dark car. As Rob points out, it is one of the illegally parked cars in the picture, hence my post.

I confess that this is not a great photograph. The little black car on the road is on the zig-zags. When I had visited the shop earlier, cars had been parked right up to the black and white crossing. I took a camera with me later to take this shot.

Actually, that "little black car" beyond the crossing is parked in a marked Taxi bay!
Surely these bays should have been removed before the crossing appeared?

Very true. The taxi bay should be moved further down Church Street. Parking spaces would be lost but the car park at Waitrose can comfortably cover that.

No surprise whatsoever that it is a BMW parked there!

I think it is churlish to suggest that certain types of car are more likely to park illegally.

@ Julia - I think you're right there, Julia!!! So, so true!! ;)

I agree, leave the number plate visible: name and shame. There are always cars parked on the double yellow lines there.

There are always cars parked illegally outside Waitrose, it`s time something was done about it. And yes you do have a point Julia!!

Every weekend cars are illegally parked outside Waitrose causing a nuisance to pedestrians, can't these lazy/arrogant drivers use the car park above the store?

Absolutely outrageous people park there, just complete laziness considering there is a car park above Waitrose. Makes it dangerous for people crossing that access road. People go on about a parking crisis in Wilmslow, I have never once had a problem finding a space in one of the designated car parks. Just because they are not free and right outside the shop door, just walk a few yards and pay the quid, it costs less than the petrol than driving to somewhere like Handforth Dean. Apologies for the rant.

Yeah, Julia, how dare you? It could easily have been a Range Rover. Or a Porsche Cayenne. Or a large Audi (like I care what model no. that is...), etc...

What, Michael - there's a car park very near by? Gosh, etc...