What would happen if.............
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I hope this is going to make sense.
What would happen in this situation.
If you can picture the scene. Our house is about 100 yards from a T junction. We have 3 vehicles parked out on the road with the drive already full. Any visitors therefore have to park some distance from our house. Occasionally my girlfriend will park her car blocking the driveway to save walking miles. In doing this she also cannot be bothered to turn it round so as to park with the passenger door opening onto the pavement. Instead she has the drivers door onto the pavement thus she is parked the wrong way round.
Now I understand if anyone was to hit her from the front while parked like this at night it would be her fault and she would have to pay the other guys costs. Is this right? I've heard of cars being ticketed for facing the wrong way.
My point is what if her car was hit from the rear from someone coming round the corner? I know she is on the wrong side of the road but the front of her car is close up to the previously mentioned car already there pointing the right way. The back of her car of course has reflectors so can easily be seen. Would she still have to pay for damage to anyone elses car who hit her because she is facing the wrong direction?
I don't think she would but I was in a heated debate about this a few nights ago and would like other peoples opinions.
Sorry for waffling and I hope it makes sense.
Cheers guys
Slash
What would happen in this situation.
If you can picture the scene. Our house is about 100 yards from a T junction. We have 3 vehicles parked out on the road with the drive already full. Any visitors therefore have to park some distance from our house. Occasionally my girlfriend will park her car blocking the driveway to save walking miles. In doing this she also cannot be bothered to turn it round so as to park with the passenger door opening onto the pavement. Instead she has the drivers door onto the pavement thus she is parked the wrong way round.
Now I understand if anyone was to hit her from the front while parked like this at night it would be her fault and she would have to pay the other guys costs. Is this right? I've heard of cars being ticketed for facing the wrong way.
My point is what if her car was hit from the rear from someone coming round the corner? I know she is on the wrong side of the road but the front of her car is close up to the previously mentioned car already there pointing the right way. The back of her car of course has reflectors so can easily be seen. Would she still have to pay for damage to anyone elses car who hit her because she is facing the wrong direction?
I don't think she would but I was in a heated debate about this a few nights ago and would like other peoples opinions.
Sorry for waffling and I hope it makes sense.
Cheers guys
Slash
I believe it is still an offence to paark on the wrong side of the road. My FIL got a ticket (years ago mind) from am overzealous neighbour. (He got his own back a few months later when the copper did it and he reported him to the Chief Constable)
Why not just park on the correct side from the start, then she won't need to worry about it?
Why not just park on the correct side from the start, then she won't need to worry about it?
To hit her from the front? Must mean she parks with her rear to the rear of normally parked motors. No reflectors visible.
Presume bua with 30mph and street lighting and not within 10m of junction so front/rear position lights need not be displayed at night on cars properly parked.
Nearside to nearside of carriageway.
Reg 101 MV Con and Use Regs 86 - no person, except with the permission of a PC in uniform and certain exemptions other than normal parking, shall cause/permit a motor vehicle to stand on a road at night (sunset to sunrise)unless the nearside of the vehicle is as close as maybe to the edge of the carriageway. Offence to do so.
In addition from what you describe, despite the exemption from lights mention above - under Reg 24 (8) RV Lighting Regs 1989 if GF parks without lights - OFFENCE
By parking across your drive offence of obstruction committed in relation to any car that wants to get onto the road but not into the drive.
Re the other cars:
A motorist parked his car in a line of cars in a street and left it 5 hours. High Court held - unecessary obstruction (Solomon v Durbridge 1956).
So technically the three other cars of yours left on the road??????
Going back to the question raised anybody coming down the street and clouting GF would be the blameworthy driver but because GF committing offence then Insurance Co may use this to downgrade from a 100% blameworthy (other driver)to a 80 -20(GF).
You must have some understanding neighbours to have all your cars around them.
DVD
Presume bua with 30mph and street lighting and not within 10m of junction so front/rear position lights need not be displayed at night on cars properly parked.
Nearside to nearside of carriageway.
Reg 101 MV Con and Use Regs 86 - no person, except with the permission of a PC in uniform and certain exemptions other than normal parking, shall cause/permit a motor vehicle to stand on a road at night (sunset to sunrise)unless the nearside of the vehicle is as close as maybe to the edge of the carriageway. Offence to do so.
In addition from what you describe, despite the exemption from lights mention above - under Reg 24 (8) RV Lighting Regs 1989 if GF parks without lights - OFFENCE
By parking across your drive offence of obstruction committed in relation to any car that wants to get onto the road but not into the drive.
Re the other cars:
A motorist parked his car in a line of cars in a street and left it 5 hours. High Court held - unecessary obstruction (Solomon v Durbridge 1956).
So technically the three other cars of yours left on the road??????
Going back to the question raised anybody coming down the street and clouting GF would be the blameworthy driver but because GF committing offence then Insurance Co may use this to downgrade from a 100% blameworthy (other driver)to a 80 -20(GF).
You must have some understanding neighbours to have all your cars around them.
DVD
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