Simon
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 08:20 PM |
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Hmm, dvla has it on its website (well done it):
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860
242
You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.
[Laws RTA 1988, sect 22 & CUR reg 103]
243
DO NOT stop or park
•near a school entrance
•anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
•at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank
•on the approach to a level crossing or tramway crossing
•opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
•near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
•opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
•where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
•where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
•in front of an entrance to a property
•on a bend
•where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities
except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.
So it's covered by law in 242.
ATB
Simon
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Simon
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 08:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
quote:
Originally posted by Simon
It's been a very long time since I read the highway code, but iirc you aren't allowed (therefore illegal) to park within 15 yards of a
junction with a main road (which I'm guessing that is, given the giveway lines/road condition etc.
Perhaps someone with a copy could have a read then we'll know for sure.
ATB
Simon
...and maybe pop a laminated A4 photocopy of the relevant page under their wiper 
Seems a bit risky, it might blow away. Best knock out a window and leave it on the seat, under the brick
ATB
Simon
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blakep82
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| posted on 30/4/12 at 08:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Simon
It's been a very long time since I read the highway code, but iirc you aren't allowed (therefore illegal) to park within 15 yards of a
junction with a main road (which I'm guessing that is, given the giveway lines/road condition etc.
Perhaps someone with a copy could have a read then we'll know for sure.
ATB
Simon
from the highway code
"Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules
you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on
your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be
sent to prison. Such rules are identified by the use of the words ‘MUST/MUST
NOT’. In addition, the rule includes an abbreviated reference to the legislation which
creates the offence. An explanation of the abbreviations can be found in 'The road
user and the law'.
Although failure to comply with the other rules of the Code will not, in itself, cause a
person to be prosecuted, The Highway Code may be used in evidence in any court
proceedings under the Traffic Acts (see 'The road user and the law' to establish
liability. This includes rules which use advisory wording such as ‘should/should not’
or ‘do/do not’."
can't find the bit about parking near junctions, if thats a must not or should not
[Edited on 30/4/12 by blakep82]
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morcus
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| posted on 1/5/12 at 12:53 AM |
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Could be worse, where I live it's all illegally parked lorries and coaches which are usually dumped there for a few days at a time.
The biggest problem is that there seem to be far too many people who don't even consider parking when they buy or rent a house. What some of
those shows about house moving and you'll see loads of people that want to buy 'Character properties' where there's clearly
not enough parking for the three or four cars they had outside their current house.
Then you have the worst kind of a'holes. People who have somewhere to park and either don't use it or use it in a stupid way so
they're obstructing other parking. These include people that park on the traffic calmin they put through new estates where all the houses are
off the road, people like the mx5 described above that when there isn't parking available just park next to it and my Neighbours who park all
there cars on the street leaving their own parking space that noone else can use empty so anyone who visits me has to park afew streets away, even
though theres actually parking available for about 20 cars most of the time. Honorably mention again to my nieghbours who when forced to park in there
own parking spaces feel the need to park over the line into my space and in the non existant space behind my car so there isn't room to get
out.
The police are rarely intrested in illegal parking, and when they do actually do anything you get some winey cluff moaning in the paper about how
they're being picked on and the police not sorting real crime. Crashing into them is the only way they'll learn. Even better if you know a
decent lawyer so you can actually tell them you crashed into them and charge it to there insurance.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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