Re: Dan's picture. I think the point of that kind of behaviour on the part of the police is to be as obtrusive as possible, frankly, so there's nothing to be done about it. The message it sends is that their work- all of it, it doesn't matter which- is more important than whatever mere citizens may be doing. That is the message it is supposed to send.
No one should be driving their vehicles onto sidewalks except in the rarest occasion.
No one should be driving their vehicles onto sidewalks except in the rarest occasion.