Van with trailer and digger parked on road!

Gordon_Hose

The only neighbour with a problem is the dude who's drive he's parking over. Let him sort it out directly with Mr Van Driver.

The rest of you just think it's an eyesore.

benham3160

I hope Mr. Van Driver gets to see this thread one day!

I can imagine a whole street of Hyacinth Buckets, having sleepless nights over this van...... I find it so petty, yet so funny.

Perhaps they need to get a grip and live in the real world, I should think they'd be quite happy of a man with a digger being parked outside when they're having an extention.......

Regards,
Andy

skiddlydiddly

bear1969 wrote: »

and what about the space he could fit in that the neighbours use ? seems like they are showing a lot more contempt for him

I don't know about contempt but to me it would be commons sense to approach those that use these spaces and ask them to use the other available ones.Its an amicable solution to what shouldn't really be much of a problem if neighbours actually talked to each other rather than about each other.That's not aimed at you btw Janine.

hethmar

johnfarquhar74 wrote: »

Fair enough, I'm no expert on road law, far from it, but I can't see how a vehicle parked legally on a road is deemed to be illegal by the police but this is not so when a lantern is suspended from the rear?

Nope nor could we. Luckily it was only there for a week as it was just when one of my husbands then colleagues was on hols.


I just read through the last couple of pages on this thread and once again it amazes me how many people seem to just want to come on a board to argue without any reason.

derrick

bear1969 wrote: »

why lights? as long as there is reflectors at the back and sides it is perfectly legal to park it at the roadside

johnfarquhar74 wrote: »

As for trailers, as long as they have a legal tail plate comprising registration mark, lights, reflectors, then these too don't need extra lights for night or other times.

the_big_fact_hunt wrote: »

AFAIK that only applies if you park facing the wrong way as vehicles do not have reflectors fitted to the front, and therefore should have a marker light. This is why many vehicles have the lights on on only one side if you leave the indicator switched on when you remove the keys

Rule 250 from the Highway Code,(and this is backed by the words "MUST NOT" and the RVLR Law);-

"250
Cars, goods vehicles not exceeding 1525 kg unladen weight, invalid carriages, motorcycles and pedal cycles may be parked without lights on a road (or lay-by) with a speed limit of 30 mph (48 km/h) or less if they are

• at least 10 metres (32 feet) away from any junction, close to the kerb and facing in the direction of the traffic flow
• in a recognised parking place or lay-by

Other vehicles and trailers, and all vehicles with projecting loads, MUST NOT be left on a road at night without lights.

[Laws RVLR reg 24 & CUR reg 82(7)]"




From the HC Introduction;-


"Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be sent to prison. Such rules are identified by the use of the words ‘MUST/MUST NOT’. In addition, the rule includes an abbreviated reference to the legislation which creates the offence. An explanation of the abbreviations can be found in 'The road user and the law'."



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almillar

People seem to be jumping in and commenting and missing a few details -
The van & trailer are being parked in the street, and blocking a neighbour's driveway.
The van driver has said that he has special permission from the developer allowing him to park them, no-one has seen evidence of this yet. He has also stated that he will move the van when asked if it's in the way.
He's breaking 2 rules - the developer's rule that no vans (of whatever specification) should be parked in the development (and hasn't proven that he has permission)
and the highway code rule (and law) that you shouldn't block a driveway.
Have any of the neighbours tried contacting the developer to see if he has this permission?
You say you don't want to get involved OP, but it definitely looks like you are! Maybe you can help in making the solution an amicable one without getting too serious, the van driver should be given the right to reply and offer solutions, but it's in no way acceptable to be blocking others' access to their homes.

derrick

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almillar wrote: »

and the highway code rule (and law) that you shouldn't block a driveway.

The rule,(not law), you refer to is RULE 243 ,(DO NOT stop or park in front of an entrance to a property), and uses the words "DO NOT", (advisory as against the ones that relate to the law, "MUST NOT"), and come under obstruction for which the police can and should get involved.

From my link in above post to Introduction;- "This includes rules which use advisory wording such as ‘should/should not’ or ‘do/do not’."


.Although I agree with you that blocking someones driveway is unacceptable and should be under the MUST NOT rule/law.



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rsvtoddy

Thank you for pointing that out for me Derrick (knew I was correct all along!)

So to the OP - get your neighbours to complain to the police every night it is parked without lights, until they actually come and do something. Just remember that all the others cars should be parked correctly (not on the pavement, facing correct way, far enough from a junction etc.).

HTH

skiddlydiddly

That's a nice way of wasting police time.Would you report someone who drove past your house at 35mph every day too?

There's no reason to involve the developer, solicitors, the police, Ghandi at this stage.They haven't even had a reasonable chat with the van driver yet.That's the 1st course of action.What happened to chatting to your neighbours?

Gordon_Hose