Whenever cars obstruct sidewalks, I think about how it affects disabled people.

How does it affect a person in a wheelchair? A sight-impaired person? A person who has difficulty walking but is forced to park further away?

You're right, it's never nitpicking to complain about a person who parks on a sidewalk, or even about a person who partially obstructs a sidewalk, for example, with a massive trailer hitch on their massive eyesore of a pickup truck.

These people might be making somebody else's day much more difficult and stressful, in exchange for saving themselves a few seconds of walking. It's pathetic and it's the actions of a sociopath.

I've done this. It's fun.

Be careful not to crack the windshield while walking over it, because that'd be a real bummer for the car brain.
More importantly: don't get caught ;)

A ticket would be better than potentially getting into trouble for damaging somebody's car. Call the police or whoever is responsible for things like this in Your country.

It's a different colour and raised. It's clearly not a parking spot.

Edit. Proof below if anybody else doubts that this is clearly a sidewalk.