RC86405 - Causing Unnecessary Obstruction

RC86405 - Causing Unnecessary Obstruction

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giblet

Original Poster:

8,824 posts

176 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Greetings chaps, are the pics of the parking below indicative of causing unnecessary obstruction? I know the back end isn't as close to the kerb as it could be, but does it really warrant a £30 fine?










10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

216 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Yes. That close to a junction especially yes.

Does it warrant a £30 fine? No.

It should be £100.

Vaud

50,288 posts

154 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Hyde Park by any chance?

gshughes

1,277 posts

254 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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It is partially blocking the dropped kerb, designed to allow those with buggies and wheelchairs to cross, as well as being too close to the junction. Either of these could be the reason the ticket was issued rather than being too far out from the kerb.

Eclassy

1,201 posts

121 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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gshughes said:
It is partially blocking the dropped kerb, designed to allow those with buggies and wheelchairs to cross, as well as being too close to the junction. Either of these could be the reason the ticket was issued rather than being too far out from the kerb.
It isnt blocking the dropped kerb. The first picture does make it seem so. £30 for that is ridiculous and I personally would contest it.

Clipper22

22 posts

143 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Can't really tell from the photos, but is that dropped kerb there for a driveway? Looks a bit like wooden gates.

giblet

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8,824 posts

176 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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The Audi on the right hand side is closer to the junction surely? The wooden panels are for a fence, not a driveway. Yes it's Hyde Park aka Student Central.

mgtony

4,013 posts

189 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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gshughes said:
It is partially blocking the dropped kerb, designed to allow those with buggies and wheelchairs to cross, as well as being too close to the junction. Either of these could be the reason the ticket was issued rather than being too far out from the kerb.
Are those gates in the wooden fence behind the bin?
Every other car in those pics are closer to the junction than the Micra, so I presume it's the distance from the kerb. In London I'm sure it's 500mm before it's classed as double parking.
If an emergency vehicle/dustcart/HGV had been unable to get passed, perhaps that's whwt caused the ticket to be issued.
I can quite understand not wanting to kerb a Micra alloy though. wobble


Edited by mgtony on Monday 31st March 10:47

fatjon

2,143 posts

212 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Yup, it does deserve it. Lousy and inconsiderate parking.

Zoon

6,654 posts

120 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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I don't suppose it helps being miles away from the kerb and not as close to the car in front as possible.

TPS

1,860 posts

212 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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That is a rubbish parking and I am surprised you even need to ask.
Learn to park properly.

V8forweekends

2,481 posts

123 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Whoever parked that there like that shouldn't be driving at all if that's the best they can do.

standardman

424 posts

167 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Parked ?? Dumped or Dropped but not parked.


Oooops its so easy to get sucked into the Pistonheads way of life.

dxg

8,121 posts

259 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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standardman said:
Oooops its so easy to get sucked into the Pistonheads way of life.
You've got the triple posting down to a tee.

SmoothCriminal

5,047 posts

198 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Is it bin day?
Wagon have trouble getting in the road cos of that muppet half in the road. Need to start dishing out a few more of these then hopefully people just wouldn't dump their cars.

Vaud

50,288 posts

154 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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To add some balance...

It's pretty poor parking, but then a lot of it is in that area. Look at the cars at the back of shot. It's an endemic problem in that area - many students per house, increasing number of cars, all street parking, big houses, etc.

It's not the worse I have seen in Hyde Park by far, the corners of junctions are the worse, sometimes so tight that you struggle to turn in to the road, heaven knows how a fire engine would cope.

OP - were many others ticketed?

Collectingbrass

2,198 posts

194 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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mgtony said:
gshughes said:
It is partially blocking the dropped kerb, designed to allow those with buggies and wheelchairs to cross, as well as being too close to the junction. Either of these could be the reason the ticket was issued rather than being too far out from the kerb.
Are those gates in the wooden fence behind the bin?
Every other car in those pics are closer to the junction than the Micra, so I presume it's the distance from the kerb. In London I'm sure it's 500mm before it's classed as double parking.
If an emergency vehicle/dustcart/HGV had been unable to get passed, perhaps that's whwt caused the ticket to be issued.
I can quite understand not wanting to kerb a Micra alloy though. wobble


Edited by mgtony on Monday 31st March 10:47
I'd say plod (pcso?) have been called because it is blocking the gateway & have issued the ticket as a result of that plus the prximity to the junction. If it's a parking ticket it might be worth a go as the drop kerb does not have a single white line in front of it but that is (a) a debateable requirement and (b) would only draw attention to the proximity with the junction. Pay up & learn to park OP

Aretnap

1,643 posts

150 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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There's an element of subjectivity to it, but that far out from the pavement and that close to the junction it's at least arguable that yes it's unnecessary obstruction.

As this is presumably a police ticket rather than a council one, challenging it would mean a day out at the magistrates court, and if you lost you'd potentially end up with a larger fine (maximum £1000 IIRC) and prosecution costs to pay on top - so for the sake of £30 I'd pay it and move on. (Thought it was £50 these days anyway?)

AnimalMkIV

685 posts

143 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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giblet said:
I know the back end isn't as close to the kerb as it could be...
Neither is the front.

rambo19

2,737 posts

136 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Crap parking, wished it was enforced more.