Police ticket for "stopping on Clearway"
Discussion
Got a Police ticket for parking (mainly on the kerb) today on an "Urban Clearway). There were lots of cars parked and I didn't think twice about it.
There was a repeater sign about 200 metres back and I from teh side road we came in from there wasn't a ClearWay start sign (and hence no dates/times), but there was one for cars exiting, so looks like the entry one was missing.
Being from the Police it needs a Court Appeal if I want to dispute it, but with the missing entry sign I think I'm in the right. Anyone disputed one of these?
There was a repeater sign about 200 metres back and I from teh side road we came in from there wasn't a ClearWay start sign (and hence no dates/times), but there was one for cars exiting, so looks like the entry one was missing.
Being from the Police it needs a Court Appeal if I want to dispute it, but with the missing entry sign I think I'm in the right. Anyone disputed one of these?
Quinny said:
poing said:
I thought parking on a path, either partially or fully was illegal anyway?
No it isn't 
The term footpath is used where the path is not beside a carriageway.
URBAN CLEARWAY
The urban clearway prohibits stopping during
peak periods, but is effectively a prohibition of
waiting and loading as drivers may stop to pick up
and set down passengers. It applies to both sides
of the carriageway and is indicated by the sign to
diagram 646 (yellow top Urban Clearway, white bottom -times)
erected on each side of the road to
face oncoming traffic. The sign indicates two time
periods representing the morning and evening peak
periods; it cannot be varied to show a single time
period such as 8 am to 6 pm.
As road markings are not used with urban clearways, signs should be
provided in both directions just after each side
road junction. The signs should be sited a sufficient
distance from the junction to enable them to be read
by drivers turning into the clearway, but generally no
more than 45 m measured from the backline of the
side road. Care will need to be taken when siting
signs at a staggered crossroads or where junctions
are very close together. Where junctions are more
than 400 m apart, additional signs should be
provided to maintain a spacing of not more than
400 m
End of restriction marked with plate Diagram 647
(yellow top words URBAN CLEARWAY bottom half white word END)
( ^^^^^^^^ Chapter 3 Traffic Signs Manual - The LA Bible on such matters)
If one is to contest that restriction is not signed in accordance with Traffic Signs and General Directions 2004 then the relevant Traffic Regulation Order needs to be
inspected to see where the restriction starts and if this point is correctly signed
as such.
dvd
The urban clearway prohibits stopping during
peak periods, but is effectively a prohibition of
waiting and loading as drivers may stop to pick up
and set down passengers. It applies to both sides
of the carriageway and is indicated by the sign to
diagram 646 (yellow top Urban Clearway, white bottom -times)
erected on each side of the road to
face oncoming traffic. The sign indicates two time
periods representing the morning and evening peak
periods; it cannot be varied to show a single time
period such as 8 am to 6 pm.
As road markings are not used with urban clearways, signs should be
provided in both directions just after each side
road junction. The signs should be sited a sufficient
distance from the junction to enable them to be read
by drivers turning into the clearway, but generally no
more than 45 m measured from the backline of the
side road. Care will need to be taken when siting
signs at a staggered crossroads or where junctions
are very close together. Where junctions are more
than 400 m apart, additional signs should be
provided to maintain a spacing of not more than
400 m
End of restriction marked with plate Diagram 647
(yellow top words URBAN CLEARWAY bottom half white word END)
( ^^^^^^^^ Chapter 3 Traffic Signs Manual - The LA Bible on such matters)
If one is to contest that restriction is not signed in accordance with Traffic Signs and General Directions 2004 then the relevant Traffic Regulation Order needs to be
inspected to see where the restriction starts and if this point is correctly signed
as such.
dvd
Edited by Dwight VanDriver on Monday 27th June 07:50
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