A mother with a three-month-old baby has begged drivers not to park on the pavements around her home - by leaving "polite notes" on their cars.
Louise Brown, 33, often has to walk with her baby, Louie, in the road to avoid the cars that are blocking the footpath. She started, two weeks ago, to take a pad and pen with her when she goes out with her son in Ingatestone, Essex so she can air her frustrations.
One of her notes read: "Please do not block footpath. You are forcing me into the road with a young baby. Thank you." The recruitment consultant said: "Every single day I am facing these problems - I think drivers have become lazy and want to park right outside their houses.
"There's only pavement on one side of the road outside my home while the other is a grass verge - if cars are on the pavement, I have to step out into the road.
"The majority of the cars are coming through in excess of 40mph and right beside a country rod bend. You've just got to have that one car coming round at excess speed, glancing at the radio or checking their mobile and something could happen to us."
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A car blocks a pavement in Louise Brown's village of Ingatestone, Essex (Louise Brown / SWNS)
Louise, who is a mum of two, feels motorists could be more considerate (Louise Brown / SWNS)The mum to Bonnie, 22 months, and Louie, three months, walks every day with the pram and also heads out along the village roads with her three dogs. Louise said: "I said to myself 'I wish I had a notepad with me because there's so many cars I could leave messages on'.
"The bad words come to my head but being polite is more likely to get something done. A smile gets you so far, manners cost you nothing.
"Sometimes it does make a difference - the taxi driver that used to park at the top of the road has shuffled over a bit, but they're still on the pavement."
Louise added that she believed pavement parking should be banned more widely as London is currently the only place in England where it is illegal.
She said: "If people have to park on the pavement, just please be considerate and leave enough room. The people that are there for the whole day and weekends, it's just really inconvenient. I don't want to put my baby in road."
The mum-of-two said she one day hopes she won't have to leave any more notes. She said: "I'd like to be able to put a smiley face and say thank you for being considerate - and then the notepad will be locked away safely in the cupboard."
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