Waiting in a bus stop

[oldagepensioner]

A few days ago i was picking up my son from work in my usual spot,the bus stop outside the train station in Sittingbourne in Kent.There was an ambulance in the bus stop so i made sure there was plenty of room behind the ambulance for the ramp to come down when a police officer approached me and told me to move on to avoid getting 3 points and a £100 fine.Anybody else ever had this as in 50 years of driving i have never come across it.

[TheDrownedApe]

Gonna need maps images of the site please. Road markings etc?

[selwonk]

If it is this bus stop, then no double yellows or other obvious restrictions:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3418614,0.734524,3...

[Disco You]

Rule 243
DO NOT stop or park:

near a school entrance
anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank

[DavePanda]

Police officer was wrong, you could get a council parking fine but not points but even then the bus stop has to have correct markings and signage for any fine to be enforcable

[mcdjl]

I always right a bus stop was a restriction anytime else stopping there?

[DavePanda]

selwonk said:

If it is this bus stop, then no double yellows or other obvious restrictions:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3418614,0.734524,3...

Other than the bus stop box on the road and the no stopping sign on the pole?

[loskie]

was your vehicle idling too?

[markymarkthree]

Worthey of a fine & points if you park like a selfish dhead here.

[Rough101]

oldagepensioner said:

A few days ago i was picking up my son from work in my usual spot,the bus stop outside the train station in Sittingbourne in Kent.There was an ambulance in the bus stop so i made sure there was plenty of room behind the ambulance for the ramp to come down when a police officer approached me and told me to move on to avoid getting 3 points and a £100 fine.Anybody else ever had this as in 50 years of driving i have never come across it.

You’ve been driving for 50 years and thought it was OK to wait in a bus stop?

[Super Sonic]

Does the railway station have a pick up point?

[oldagepensioner]

selwonk said:

If it is this bus stop, then no double yellows or other obvious restrictions:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3418614,0.734524,3...

Thats the one.

[martinbiz]

oldagepensioner said:

A few days ago i was picking up my son from work in my usual spot,the bus stop outside the train station in Sittingbourne in Kent.There was an ambulance in the bus stop so i made sure there was plenty of room behind the ambulance for the ramp to come down when a police officer approached me and told me to move on to avoid getting 3 points and a £100 fine.Anybody else ever had this as in 50 years of driving i have never come across it.

The ociffer is just putting the frightners on you for parking like a tw*t. Unless of course you were parked dangerously or near a crossing on zig zags, but simply in a bus stop is not going to get you a FP and 3 points

[gazza285]

That is obviously a clearway, and has a sign that tells you that it is for local busses only.

You can receive points for blocking a clearway.

[oldagepensioner]

DavePanda said:

selwonk said:

If it is this bus stop, then no double yellows or other obvious restrictions:

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3418614,0.734524,3...

Other than the bus stop box on the road and the no stopping sign on the pole?

Could be going mad in my old age but whilst i can see plenty of no entry signs and even some double yellow lines which i had never noticed(it is usually dark when i pick him up) but can't see any no stopping signs.We usally manage to time it so that i don't have to wait so maybe i have just been lucky so far.

[oldagepensioner]

Rough101 said:

oldagepensioner said:

A few days ago i was picking up my son from work in my usual spot,the bus stop outside the train station in Sittingbourne in Kent.There was an ambulance in the bus stop so i made sure there was plenty of room behind the ambulance for the ramp to come down when a police officer approached me and told me to move on to avoid getting 3 points and a £100 fine.Anybody else ever had this as in 50 years of driving i have never come across it.

You’ve been driving for 50 years and thought it was OK to wait in a bus stop?

Not normally waiting because he is normally waiting for me.

[DIW35]

Super Sonic said:

Does the railway station have a pick up point?

Yes it does.

[oldagepensioner]

markymarkthree said:

Worthey of a fine & points if you park like a selfish dhead here.

That's the taxi rank outside the station which is its own road separate from the road that the bus stop is on but i will hold my hands up to this one as i usually try not to stop at the bus shelter so have never noticed the no stopping sign and it is a long time since i have read the highway code so perhaps a bit of revision is needed.

[Richard-D]

Just to clarify...Is your question relating to the nature of the penalty or to whether you are allowed to wait there?

[Pica-Pica]

It pisses bus drivers off, and when I am a bus passenger it pisses me off too.