Speed camera van dangerous parking |
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Speed camera van dangerous parking |
 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 14:22
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,271 Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Member No.: 78,384  |
Surely this is a dangerous parking. £100 penalty and 3 penalty points should be imposed for this van. It is dangerous blocking the junction and this road is 60mph.
https://imgur.com/gallery/pbVMbIo This post has been edited by Gerfc1: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 14:22 |
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 14:22
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 14:29
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Member Group: Members Posts: 25,726 Joined: 28 Jun 2010 From: Area 51 Member No.: 38,559 |
Not convinced.... not even blocking sight lines for anyone joining the main and giving way as they really ought to.
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 14:36
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Can't see much wrong with the position.
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 15:52
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Member Group: Members Posts: 38,007 Joined: 3 Dec 2010 Member No.: 42,618 |
There is no law against this at all. A private citizen could not park there due to section 72 of the Highways Act 1835, but that Act doesn't apply to the Crown so there's really nothing you can complaint about.
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 15:55
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 28 Mar 2014 From: Corby Member No.: 69,758 |
Got a link to this location?
QUOTE (cp8759 @ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 15:52)  There is no law against this at all. A private citizen could not park there due to section 72 of the Highways Act 1835, but that Act doesn't apply to the Crown so there's really nothing you can complaint about. Couldn't this be caught under legislation that is relevant to leaving vehicles in dangerous positions, etc? |
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 16:14
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Report it to the police then.
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 16:22
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,318 Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Member No.: 47,602 |
QUOTE (typefish @ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 15:55) Got a link to this location? QUOTE (cp8759 @ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 15:52) There is no law against this at all. A private citizen could not park there due to section 72 of the Highways Act 1835, but that Act doesn't apply to the Crown so there's really nothing you can complaint about. Couldn't this be caught under legislation that is relevant to leaving vehicles in dangerous positions, etc? Rather irrelevant as no-one except you seems to think it dangerous. In your OP you said it was "blocking the junction". It wasn't. It may have been impairing vision (a bit), but no worse than at thousands of other junctions with walls, hedges, buildings ... |
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 16:29
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Member Group: Members Posts: 601 Joined: 7 May 2019 Member No.: 103,734 |
In the lower image you can clearly see down the road past the van. What's the problem?
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 16:39
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,271 Joined: 16 Jul 2015 Member No.: 78,384 |
QUOTE (typefish @ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 15:55) Got a link to this location? QUOTE (cp8759 @ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 15:52) There is no law against this at all. A private citizen could not park there due to section 72 of the Highways Act 1835, but that Act doesn't apply to the Crown so there's really nothing you can complaint about. Couldn't this be caught under legislation that is relevant to leaving vehicles in dangerous positions, etc? This is the location. https://www.google.com/maps/@57.449618,-2.3...33;8i6656?hl=en |
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 17:13
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Member Group: Members Posts: 25,726 Joined: 28 Jun 2010 From: Area 51 Member No.: 38,559 |
The junction it is "blocking" the view on is not even a marked road..... not sure what it is, a driveway?
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 19:12
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 26 Jan 2005 From: West Midlands, UK Member No.: 2,258 |
The van did have some "dangerous defects" that caused it to fail its MOT last summer though
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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 20:38
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Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 26 May 2012 Member No.: 55,128 |
QUOTE (DancingDad @ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 - 17:13) The junction it is "blocking" the view on is not even a marked road..... not sure what it is, a driveway? It is the drive that leads to the back gate of Fyvie Castle. |
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Fri, 26 Mar 2021 - 00:56
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 3,306 Joined: 4 Mar 2017 Member No.: 90,659 |
Very unlikely to be "dangerous" if effectively blocking a private driveway, where sightlines are often limited including due to parked cars.
Growing up I lived on an A-road where, because of the design, you couldn't see the road at all in a modern car - the driveway was presumably designed many decades ago. The only way to get out was to wind down your window, listen for a gap in traffic, then put the nose of the car out into the carriageway. You got surprisingly good at judging gaps eventually but as a new driver it was a bit challenging. With new electric cars you'd probably lose your front bumper eventually.  (on left) 
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