For Sale Sign In Car

anewman

Surely those cars that you see driving around with big decals across them that say buy this car for £x a week are against any laws then?

Wig

I have done some digging,

Traffic authorities (councils) outside Greater London can make "traffic regulation orders" under Section 1 of The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as ammended) And may only be applied to specific roads and the roads adjoining it.

Section 1 says for these purposes
(a) for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising, or


(b) for preventing damage to the road or to any building on or near the road, or


(c) for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians), or


(d) for preventing the use of the road by vehicular traffic of a kind which, or its use by vehicular traffic in a manner which, is unsuitable having regard to the existing character of the road or adjoining property, or


(e) (without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (d) above) for preserving the character of the road in a case where it is specially suitable for use by persons on horseback or on foot, or


(f) for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs

None of which seem to me to allow for stopping the advertising of goods on vehicles on ANY road, certain roads, yes, possibly, but not all roads. I don't know how they manage to do it for their own carparks, perhaps some other method, perhaps just a contract sign at the carpark entrance.


Traffic authorities in Greater London can make orders under Sect 6 of The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as ammended) And the orders can be applied to the whole area of a local authority. They can be for any of the above reasons PLUS the reasons below...

Matters as to which Orders can be made under Section 6

1. For prescribing the routes to be followed by all classes of traffic, or by any class or classes of traffic, from one specified point to another, either generally or between any specified times.

2. For prescribing streets which are not to be used for traffic by vehicles, or by vehicles of any specified class or classes, either generally or at specified times.

3. For regulating the relative position in the roadway of traffic of differing speeds or types.

4. For prescribing the places where vehicles, or vehicles of any class, may not turn so as to face in the opposite direction to that in which they were proceeding, or where they may only so turn under conditions prescribed by the order.

5. For prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, articles of exceptionally heavy weight or exceptionally large dimensions may be carried by road.

6. For prescribing the number and maximum size and weight of trailers which may be drawn on streets by vehicles, or by vehicles of any class, either generally or on streets of any class or description, and for prescribing that a man should be carried on the trailer or, where more than one trailer is drawn, on the rear trailer for signalling to the driver.

7. For prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, articles may be loaded on to or unloaded from vehicles, or vehicles of any class, on streets.

8. For prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, vehicles, or vehicles of any class, delivering or collecting goods or merchandise, or delivering goods or merchandise of any particular class, may stand in streets, or in streets of any class or description, or in specified streets.

9. For prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, vehicles, or vehicles of any class, may be used on streets for collecting refuse.

10. For prescribing rules as to precedence to be observed as between vehicles proceeding in the same direction, in opposite directions, or when crossing.

11. For prescribing the conditions subject to which, and the times at which, horses, cattle, sheep and other animals may be led or driven on streets within Greater London.

12. For requiring the erection, exhibition or removal of traffic notices, and as to the form, plan and character of such notices.

13. Broken down vehicles.

14. Vehicles, or vehicles of any class, when unattended.

15. Places in streets where vehicles, or vehicles of any class, may, or may not, wait, either generally or at particular times.

16. Cabs and hackney carriages not hired and being in a street elsewhere than on a cab rank.

17. For restricting the use of vehicles and animals, and sandwichmen and other persons, in streets for the purposes of advertisement of such a nature or in such a manner as is to be likely to be a source of danger or to cause obstruction to traffic.

18. The lighting and guarding of street works.

19. The erection or placing or the removal of any works or objects likely to hinder the free circulation of traffic in any street or likely to cause danger to passengers or vehicles.

20. Queues of persons waiting in streets.

21. Priority of entry to public vehicles.

22. For enabling any police, local or other public authority to do anything which under the order a person ought to have done and has failed to do, and to recover from the person so in default, summarily as a civil debt, the expenses of doing it.


Now the only one I can see that is relevant is No.17 but I would argue that the placing of signs inside the vehicle windows would not be a source of danger or an obstruction to traffic, nor would they likely be.

As it stands, I don't think they can do this either inside or outside Greater London in a 'blanket ban' manner, though Greater London has more scope to possibly do it, by way of No.17. Unless there is some other legislation I have missed.

Altarf

The legislation that is being applied is the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 Sch 4. This allows the council to define a street as “consent street” where street trading (which includes car sales) is prohibited without the consent of the district council.

Wig

I found it, they are using The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 enabling councils to enforce certain parking acts. Aswell as The Road Traffic Act 1991 which decriminalised the parking offences and brought restricted (yellow line) offences within the enforcement of the council (as opposed to the police prior to this Act).

They use for this purpose, certain civil PCN offence codes, as found here
http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=+%09+++%09+The+Civil+Enforcement+of+Parking+Contraventions&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=3440284&ActiveTextDocId=3440284&filesize=6570

But there must be an order made to ban trading (except by licence or peddlar) from vehicles in parking places on the specific street/off street parking area. If an authority wishes it to be the whole local authority area, then, I don't know if they have to name every street individually, or they can make it simply applicable to the whole authority area.

This could be linked to the provisions given in the LGA (as mentioned by Altarf) but I think they can do this independantly of that Act.

So to conclude, this only happens where parking enforcement has been taken on by the LA, and where they have made an order specifying no trading from vehicles and which streets it applies to. Also the special parking area order issued by government will exclude certain roads from being within "the parking area".

It used to apply only to designated parking places, I think it may now apply to any area of the road (or off street area as specified) as long as the car is stationary - parked.