Is it legal to double park when picking up/dropping off?
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Are there any rules against dropping off or picking up someone by stopping in the road next to parked cars i.e. as if you were double parked but without really parking? It seems like there might be, but black cabs, Ubers and mothers at the school gate do it as a matter of course so I assume there are no rules against it.
If it is allowed, what about when the space they've double parked alongside wouldn't be usable by them e.g. a resident's parking space?
If it is allowed, what about when the space they've double parked alongside wouldn't be usable by them e.g. a resident's parking space?
If they are causing an obstruction then the police can deal with them. If it's a regular thing such as outside a school then I'd ask the police to attend at the appropriate time.
Obviously dropping off and picking up are not the same thing as waiting/parking since it takes only a few seconds for someone to get in or out. Hanging around for 5 or 10 mins for someone to come out of school is not picking up it's waiting.
Obviously dropping off and picking up are not the same thing as waiting/parking since it takes only a few seconds for someone to get in or out. Hanging around for 5 or 10 mins for someone to come out of school is not picking up it's waiting.
Drumroll said:
jamei303 said:
Stoppng to pick up or set down passengers is not parking, and is treated differently in law. There is no law preventing drivers from doing the former in a place immediately adjacent to parked vehicles.
Please quote the law that says it is OK to do this?Meoricin said:
Drumroll said:
jamei303 said:
Stoppng to pick up or set down passengers is not parking, and is treated differently in law. There is no law preventing drivers from doing the former in a place immediately adjacent to parked vehicles.
Please quote the law that says it is OK to do this?the tribester said:
I would have thought that in alot of circumstances Reg 103 The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 would do it.
Has anyone picking up or setting down passengers ever been convicted of unreasonable obstruction, let alone through that particular clause of that act?This is one where simple decent, basic manners would end it. If someone stops me and everyone to let someone out but does so very quickly and then immediately drives off, adding a thank you flash of lights. I am not bothered at all.
When they stop, talk to the passenger who then (finally) gets out and carries on talking to the driver from the pavement - it is time for a fight.
When they stop, talk to the passenger who then (finally) gets out and carries on talking to the driver from the pavement - it is time for a fight.
Years ago, somebody was sitting in a double parked car - didn't seem to be any particular reason. It was just possible to get past - although tight - and I admit I used my horn to communicate my opinion of their parking.
Cue being followed by an angry bloke in a car - repeatedly waving a tennis racquet at me as he followed me. On the plus side, I suppose it would be a knife these days......
Cue being followed by an angry bloke in a car - repeatedly waving a tennis racquet at me as he followed me. On the plus side, I suppose it would be a knife these days......
Derek Smith said:
Meoricin said:
Laws don't say when it is acceptable to do a thing, they say when it is unacceptable.
On the other hand, just because there's no law against something does not mean it is legal.I'm struggling to get my head around that.
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