The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]

[Hol]

Vipers said:

Today's egit, a parked abandoned beema, the car on the left of the pic is legally waiting in a Taxi bay. Quite a busy road as well, but it's probably one of the "I won't be a minute" brigade. And a fully paid up member of the "I can't park for st" club.

Id really like for people like that to get a fine or a section enforcement, purely on the basis of CCTV footage.

If they feel its ok to park like that, when clearly others do not - what other unwanted traits do they have?

[Hol]

andy118run said:

Parked in the road where I live.
It's starting to annoy me a little now as you pretty much have to exit the junction on the wrong side of the road.
Admittedly it's a quiet cul de sac of a dozen or so houses but when you are back and forth from your house a few times a day it's a nuisance.
Been parked in same spot for best part of a week now.

We have similar at the entrance to our estate of 300+ houses.

You often meet somebody coming out on the wrong side of the road when you are trying to turn in. And vice-versa, obviously.

Not a lot of fun when people on the adjacent busy road have expected you to be long gone into the turning, before they have to anchor up.

Some will argue, that people following you should be so close anyway - but although that IS true, it simply serves to excuse the morons who are incapable of thinking past their immediate action.

[herewego]

Mike_Mac said:

herewego said:

marshalla said:

herewego said:

It's not parked illegally is it?

Not sure if serious.

Rule 243: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/waiti...

OK I guess that's rule 250, parking at night. Strangely I'm often mildly irritated by cars parked at night against the traffic flow but never by people parked near a junction. I've never heard of anyone being prosecuted for it either.

Now I'm not sure if serious:

Rule 243: DO NOT stop or park: •opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space

DO NOT is advice not law. MUST is law.

[Stickyfinger]

Sure you are lads, I could tell by how quickly you skipped into the hairdressers !....oh yes, you forgot to place that Blue Badge in your screen

[Impasse]

[LanceRS]

Impasse said:

Now there is someone beaten with he stupid stick from birth!

[V8 TVR]

[V8 TVR]

[Oldandslow]

herewego said:

DO NOT is advice not law. MUST is law.

Should/should not is advisory, DO NOT and MUST are definite instructions. It's all the basis of the law as an official code of practice anyway. The police can and do give out tickets for parking too close to junctions if you can attract their interest.

[herewego]

Oldandslow said:

herewego said:

DO NOT is advice not law. MUST is law.

Should/should not is advisory, DO NOT and MUST are definite instructions. It's all the basis of the law as an official code of practice anyway. The police can and do give out tickets for parking too close to junctions if you can attract their interest.

Whenever you see MUST or MUST NOT you will find a reference to the relevant law. There are no legal references for DO NOTs because they are advice not law. I'm not saying it's bad advice just that it isn't backed up with law.

[thetapeworm]

[Trevatanus]

Seen on Facebook this morning.

[Hoofy]

Trevatanus said:

Seen on Facebook this morning.

Nice car but I'd definitely park in the space on the left and leave him to do a bit of off-roading.

[WD39]

V8 TVR said:

From the look of the adornments on both cars the drivers are probably 'Besties.'

[boobles]

thetapeworm said:

Isn't the red car equally to blame?

[jhfozzy]

herewego said:

Oldandslow said:

herewego said:

DO NOT is advice not law. MUST is law.

Should/should not is advisory, DO NOT and MUST are definite instructions. It's all the basis of the law as an official code of practice anyway. The police can and do give out tickets for parking too close to junctions if you can attract their interest.

Whenever you see MUST or MUST NOT you will find a reference to the relevant law. There are no legal references for DO NOTs because they are advice not law. I'm not saying it's bad advice just that it isn't backed up with law.

^This.

Highway code said:

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’.

[thetapeworm]

boobles said:

thetapeworm said:

Isn't the red car equally to blame?

Absolutely, I just wanted to get the car on the driveway in shot too

[Vipers]

OK OK OK, only a teeny weeny rats hair over the line but I thought "It's a very very nice car so I will post it to bring some joy into the evening.

Its a very nice 1971 Ferrari 365 GTC V12 4390cc.

[Hol]

This almost needs a caption competition.

But, it explains where they left VOSA's one and only wheel clamp.

[_dobbo_]

This guy often parks here, blocking the view out of the junction on a busy road.



But it's OK - he puts his hazard lights on.