Town and city parking tip
Discussion
I’ve also posted this on another forum:
I’m not sure if this is common knowledge or not but here goes:
I went to park my bike in my usual cycle space spot in Chester and was stopped by a traffic warden who told me that the council had removed motorcycle privileges for that cycle bays. No idea why but there we go.
He was very nice chap and told me that I can park in any resident’s parking space without restriction, the reason being that the council had determined that it was impractical to issue parking permits to motorcycles as they could be easily removed.
It’s certainly a handy tip for Chester and I’m not sure what the local bylaws would be elsewhere. It makes parking easier as there are far more residents spaces than cycle spaces.
Happy days.
I’m not sure if this is common knowledge or not but here goes:
I went to park my bike in my usual cycle space spot in Chester and was stopped by a traffic warden who told me that the council had removed motorcycle privileges for that cycle bays. No idea why but there we go.
He was very nice chap and told me that I can park in any resident’s parking space without restriction, the reason being that the council had determined that it was impractical to issue parking permits to motorcycles as they could be easily removed.
It’s certainly a handy tip for Chester and I’m not sure what the local bylaws would be elsewhere. It makes parking easier as there are far more residents spaces than cycle spaces.
Happy days.
In Cambridge it depends on what dick Traffic warden you get!
I have parked before in a resident bay ( there was a 3 ft space at the end of space so i parked there for 10 mins) Go back to my bike and i notice a cock head warden over the road on his device, think nothing of it as i wasn't aware i was in the wrong, he does not approach me.
4 weeks later i get a late payment notification through the post and it transpires he had written me a ticket but not given it me. w
ker.
I got off the late payment fine but had to pay for parking in resident bay.
Parking in NON resident seems to be ok in Cambridge, but i have heard conflicting stories on this.
I have parked before in a resident bay ( there was a 3 ft space at the end of space so i parked there for 10 mins) Go back to my bike and i notice a cock head warden over the road on his device, think nothing of it as i wasn't aware i was in the wrong, he does not approach me.
4 weeks later i get a late payment notification through the post and it transpires he had written me a ticket but not given it me. w
ker.I got off the late payment fine but had to pay for parking in resident bay.
Parking in NON resident seems to be ok in Cambridge, but i have heard conflicting stories on this.
trickywoo said:
How does parking right up against a building work?
I seem to recall that in normal circumstances the building owns the 1m space around it even if this is pavement.
May of course be rubbish
The highway extends right up to the building line so if there are double yellows, you're still illegally parked, even on the wrong side.I seem to recall that in normal circumstances the building owns the 1m space around it even if this is pavement.
May of course be rubbish
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