I'd like to raise a point here in the hope that someone with good knowledge of parking law can provide some answers. From time to time one of those nasty little vans with "Safety Partnership" or some similar twaddle written on its side takes up its position on a road at the entrance of a town near to where I live. Yes, I admit it got me, but that was nearly a year ago, and I no longer harbour any particular grudge. However, this van always parks with two wheels on the pavement, and the offside wheels on the road in an area which is marked with diagonal white stripes bordered with a dotted line, the purpose of which is to advise drivers that two lanes are about to merge into one, so they should move over. My questions:
1. is it legal for anyone to park with wheels on the pavement? I seem to remember that it is not, in terms of the 1947 Act.
2. is it legal to park in this striped area of the carriageway?
3. if the answer to either of the above is No, then what can I, as a public-spirited (hem hem) citizen, do about it?
4. if the van is illegally parked, are the tickets it is responsible for valid?
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Whilst I am not at all a fan of speed cameras, I can think of better ways to spend my spare time.
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That's irresponsible, imagine if you were to walk along the pavement and walk into it, and ring a accident claim company, they'd have to pay you compensation instead of it going towards more scameras.
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There is no better way to spend one's time than to ensure that those whose duty is to enforce the law also obey it!
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Cut and pasted from another motoring site
Has been a spate of local press coverage here in Avon and Somerset, of illegally parked camera vans photographed by locals while in use, parked on double yellow lines, on pavements and grass verges accessed by driving across pavements........ one operator is being reported for blocking a pavement, his reg number enlarged for all to see, another is under investigation for destroying council property when his van got stuck on a wet grass bank and had to be towed off by police 4x4.....leaving great muddy ruts in the grass.
The law should be the same for all - but it isn't!
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no police chief or area police commander likes adverse publicity, particularly in these days of performance enhanced pay deals
write a letter to your local MP and local councillors, they all have some sway... especially the MP... and most MPs automatically write a letter on your behalf........keep it pertinent and polite..
then a similar contact with the local rag......look it up on line and find a reporter to talk to ....
and then see what happens
if enough moan...i.e your neighbours, wife, mates etc........... you'd be surprised what you can achieve
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Photograph it in situ - Found out they don't like this. Quite a jolly little sport around here is for locals to park up in the laybys that these vans use thus making it difficult for them to find a good spot. The situation you mention insn't necessairily illegal but could be deemd dangerous (as in causing an obstruction or parking in a dangerous position).
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