Pedestrian advocacy group Living Streets says some drivers are using pavements out of convenience rather than necessity, and it wants the law clarified.
Guernsey has many narrow roads where two vehicles cannot pass without one mounting the pavement.
A 1929 law allows this, but says it should only happen briefly when absolutely necessary, with “due care and regard for the safety of pedestrians and other users of the public highway”.
Living Streets wants the law to be updated and made clearer.
Group member Danielle Bennett says some drivers are mounting pavements for convenience rather than necessity, putting pedestrians at risk.
"We've got to appreciate that pavement is a pedestrian space, and so you're sort of out of your territory.
"It shouldn't be treated as just an extension of the road.
"Sometimes vehicles will mount the pavement, perhaps initially to avoid an oncoming car, but once there they sort of carry on for a period and, while it's narrow, just in case another car comes.
"So we're just trying to get people to think about that, and perhaps do the manoeuvre they need to do to get around the vehicle and then go back onto the road. Although sometimes, if the two cars slow down sufficiently, often they can pass without mounting the pavement at all."
Living Streets is also pushing for a 5 mph speed limit when a vehicle enters pedestrian space.
Danielle says it may be difficult to enforce, but that's not a good enough reason to leave things as they are.
Living Streets recently launched the Community Road Watch, an online form where islanders can report unsafe behaviour on the roads.
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