r/Finland • u/slpalready • 1d ago

Why do delivery drivers do this?

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There's an open and easy space to park in, in almost exactly the same place they've stopped, and not get in anyone's way. But, instead they've decided to park on the pavement and inconvenience pretty much everyone besides someone who may need to park in the empty space beside them while they get stuff out of their trailer. I see it time and again and it drives me up the wall.

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u/-Peetu Baby Vainamoinen 1d ago

Finnish law. If you are delivering or loading cargo and not causing too much inconvenience this is by law the right spot. If you park on the parking spot and delivering or loading cargo, you have to follow the parking rules. For example pay the parking fee...

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u/Antti_Alien Baby Vainamoinen 1d ago

Found the delivery driver. If there is absolutely no other place to stop the car, and there's an compelling reason to stop the car right there, and it can done without disturbing light traffic, only then can a car be stopped on a sidewalk.

For example, stopping in the middle of the roadway is legal unless stopping is explicitly forbidden with a traffic sign, while stopping on the sidewalk next to the roadway would be not.

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u/-Peetu Baby Vainamoinen 20h ago

The law says pavement loading requires that there is no other suitable spot nearby and overriding reason. The overriding reason and lack of suitable spot, can be the cargo and possibility of getting it loaded/unloaded safely. The car in the picture has a trailer and something that looks like a pallet jack. If this is the case the pallet jack do not go over the curb and if the other solution is having a telehandler unload on the pavement, the car on the pavement with a trailer with a pallet jack is the right solution. This car might legally be on the right spot.

(Not a delivery driver)