Beware of Smart cars in London.

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Thu 11 Jan 2007 15:28
Beware of Smart cars in London. - henry k
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6252499.stm

You have to believe it
Westminster & Tottenham especially.

tinyurl.com/tbg2q

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Thu 11 Jan 2007 15:42
Beware of Smart cars in London. - Wales Forester
Well shoot me but I applaude this kind of enforcement.
I don't agree with the CCTV vehicle parking illegally to carry out its business though.
I have to laugh at the shopkeepers being up in arms, what they're actually saying is they don't agree with the yellow lines being enforced as it means their customers can't stop right outside the shop - tough luck.
It's the old 'well I've parked there illegally every day for years and never got a ticket' mentality!
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Thu 11 Jan 2007 15:43
Beware of Smart cars in London. - SjB {P}
Admittedly "buried", but posted at www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=48151&...e
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Thu 11 Jan 2007 15:45
Beware of Smart cars in London. - boxsterboy
Oh crikey! I drive a black Smart in London. I do hope I don't get mistaken for a warden and lynched by the baying mob!
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Thu 11 Jan 2007 21:15
Beware of Smart cars in London. - Jonathan {p}
Oh crikey! I drive a black Smart in London. I do
hope I don't get mistaken for a warden and lynched by
the baying mob!


Just don't have 3' of drainpipe sticking out of your sunroof and you should be ok
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Thu 11 Jan 2007 16:33
Beware of Smart cars in London. - henry k
Admittedly "buried", but posted.....

Ack.
It was given air time on BBC1 at 1330 today.
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Thu 11 Jan 2007 21:44
Beware of Smart cars in London. - v0n
I see one of those smarts parked since mid last year in a small street right next to our office in Old Street area. They hunt for courier vans that stop next to the office complex. There are only two places to park at the end of that street - one is roadside bay which council restricted with double yellow lines for no logical reason. The other one is metered bay where the smart is permanently parked. For couriers it's pretty much down to either stopping and paying fine or not delivering mail at all.
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Fri 12 Jan 2007 08:08
Beware of Smart cars in London. - IanJohnson
>>There are only two places to park at
the end of that street - one is roadside bay which
council restricted with double yellow lines for no logical reason. The
other one is metered bay where the smart is permanently parked.
For couriers it's pretty much down to either stopping and paying
fine or not delivering mail at all.


So why arn't the building owners/occupiers lobbying the council for some short stay parking /waiting to allow the couriers to deliver legally!

What happens if the couriers refuse to deliver because there is nowhere legal to stop and tell the occupiers to collect their mail!
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Fri 12 Jan 2007 08:28
Beware of Smart cars in London. - Cliff Pope
What happens if the couriers refuse to deliver because there is
nowhere legal to stop and tell the occupiers to collect their
mail!


Are Royal Mail vans similarly not allowed to deliver parcels and letters to premises situated on yellow lines? I thought they had a legal obligation to deliver anywhere. Does Postman Pat often get booked?
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