What legislation covers this? No signs
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Morning. Not me but there is an argument raging locally about the legalities of parking on the grass verge outside the hospital. Cars are being ticketed by the council. I can’t find anything in the Highway Code that mentions central reservations other than for motorways ?
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/hospital...
https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/hospital...
As someone who works with traffic/parking/Traffic Orders all the time, I can't see any specific reason - no clearway signing, no yellow lines, it's not a footway. It's a dick move because accessing/exiting the central reserve will be somewhat hazardous to other motorists, but I can't see anything that would specifically tell me "park there and you'll get a ticket". (Assuming it is highway and not a private road, as it is the Council giving out tickets)
As von says, what's the reason on the ticket?
As von says, what's the reason on the ticket?
Vron said:
I haven’t had a ticket. I’ve been told people are being ticketed by the Council. I wondered what law was broken
We would need to know what offence is being alleged on the tickets, because that's the alleged transgression.There's could be, but without more information can't say much more.
Galveston said:
Parking restrictions marked on the carriageway apply to the full width of the highway, including the verge and central reservation, unless specifically excluded in the relevant traffic regulation order (which they won’t be).
There are no parking restrictions marked on the carriageway (except for DYLs at junctions), just hourly limits. Again, unless there is a byelaw, then there is nothing showing on Google Streetview that says you would be breaking a law. It's not sensible to park there, but it does not look illegal/ticketable to me.
It appears to be a specific offence under the 1988 Road Traffic Act
Subject to the provisions of this section, a person who parks a vehicle, other than a heavy commercial vehicle (as defined in section 20 of this Act) wholly or partly—
(a)on the verge of an urban road, or
(b)on any land which is situated between two carriageways of an urban road and which is not a footway, or
(c)on a footway comprised in an urban road,is guilty of an offence.
Subject to the provisions of this section, a person who parks a vehicle, other than a heavy commercial vehicle (as defined in section 20 of this Act) wholly or partly—
(a)on the verge of an urban road, or
(b)on any land which is situated between two carriageways of an urban road and which is not a footway, or
(c)on a footway comprised in an urban road,is guilty of an offence.
edthefed said:
It appears to be a specific offence under the 1988 Road Traffic Act
Subject to the provisions of this section, a person who parks a vehicle, other than a heavy commercial vehicle (as defined in section 20 of this Act) wholly or partly—
(a)on the verge of an urban road, or
(b)on any land which is situated between two carriageways of an urban road and which is not a footway, or
(c)on a footway comprised in an urban road,is guilty of an offence.
Looking at this, it does not appear to say that? Subject to the provisions of this section, a person who parks a vehicle, other than a heavy commercial vehicle (as defined in section 20 of this Act) wholly or partly—
(a)on the verge of an urban road, or
(b)on any land which is situated between two carriageways of an urban road and which is not a footway, or
(c)on a footway comprised in an urban road,is guilty of an offence.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/part/...
From my days of on street parking, we had a blitz on one particular street where they were parking on a central reservation, I recall that we used the one that relates to being more than 50cm from the kerb (contravention 26?) I can't remember the numbers, I only do off street ones now!
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