The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]
Discussion
chrispj said:
Maidencombe beach last weekend. Free parking spaces within 20 yards on the roadside next to where I took the photo, P&D car park 100 yards down the road. Double yellow, blocking a junction, not remotely tucked into the roadside even, but the hazards are going so it's ok to leave the car for 15 minutes to go buy ice creams and then take them down to eat on the beach... 
I'd have parked there. And not gone back for it 
chrispj said:
Maidencombe beach last weekend. Free parking spaces within 20 yards on the roadside next to where I took the photo, P&D car park 100 yards down the road. Double yellow, blocking a junction, not remotely tucked into the roadside even, but the hazards are going so it's ok to leave the car for 15 minutes to go buy ice creams and then take them down to eat on the beach...
It's probably the first time that particular knob chompers indicator bulbs have ever been used.cookmysock said:
jhfozzy said:
cookmysock said:
Liquid Knight said:
Not exactly parked but "KEEP CLEAR" and the use of a handbrake is beyond some people.
highway code section 114 said:
114
You MUST NOT
use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
You MUST NOT
use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
I guess the for 4 years I lived in the UK that I was breaking the law / highway code. Though it was Wales - does that count?
av185 said:
Wonder how this works alongside the increasing number of vehicles with auto stop start being activated by keeping foot on brake......particularly relevant with recent proposals for fining diesel engines left running....
Stage coach watch out, they are notorious for doing that. I am talking about the city to city ones, Aberdeen to London used to stop in Edinburgh for over half a hour, engine running.av185 said:
cookmysock said:
jhfozzy said:
cookmysock said:
Liquid Knight said:
Not exactly parked but "KEEP CLEAR" and the use of a handbrake is beyond some people.
highway code section 114 said:
114
You MUST NOT
use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
You MUST NOT
use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
I guess the for 4 years I lived in the UK that I was breaking the law / highway code. Though it was Wales - does that count?
cookmysock said:
jhfozzy said:
cookmysock said:
Liquid Knight said:
Not exactly parked but "KEEP CLEAR" and the use of a handbrake is beyond some people.
highway code section 114 said:
114
You MUST NOT
use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
You MUST NOT
use any lights in a way which would dazzle or cause discomfort to other road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders
use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves to avoid dazzling other road users (see Rule 226).
In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactivate the vehicle brake lights. This will minimise glare to road users behind until the traffic moves again.
I guess the for 4 years I lived in the UK that I was breaking the law / highway code. Though it was Wales - does that count?
Do they have brakelights on sheep?
dxg said:
Liquid Knight said:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Basically I put my three cars in a blender and bought the best one I could afford.
It's "kind of " parked http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-08-12/...
Shaw Tarse said:
It's "kind of " parked http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-08-12/...
Someone has been watching Austin Powers too many times.If you can't park them, don't drive them, he had quite a wide gap on his offside, looks he just reversed in and abandoned it
I am parked hard up near side to the kerb, at least one side of my car is protected.
Yes I parked after he did, and managed to squeeze out of my door. No problem for me.
I am parked hard up near side to the kerb, at least one side of my car is protected.
Yes I parked after he did, and managed to squeeze out of my door. No problem for me.
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