Lorrys are parking right outside my front window

Flyboy152

Hammyman wrote: »

Not if their company is based 100 miles away....

AS I SAID, if they don't have sufficient hours to drive back to base, there's nothing stopping them.

Then it is their responsibility to make alternative arrangements and park in a more appropriate place. However, this is not the case, seeing as it happens regularly.

Flyboy152

Hammyman wrote: »

Another !!!!!. Haulage companies make little as it is without pricks like you wiping out their entire profit for a week with idiot stunts like that.

Its really interesting reading the comments by knobs who would starve and die if it weren't for the goods delivered by lorries.

The haulage industry should go on general strike to wake up !!!!!! like you. You panicked like hell when the fuel strikes were on and that was just a few days.

Although I would strongly recommend against taking this type of action, using the cost/profit argument is pointless. If the operator was responsible enough the issue would not have arisen. Why should should others suffer because of someones need for profit.

Flyboy152

pelirocco wrote: »

depends on the size of the vehicle , might not need an operators licence

As it seems to have been described, it sounds as though the vehicles are over three and a half tonnes and therefore needs a an OL.

.............not that is a rule about overnight parking anyway

I presume you meant "not that [there] is a rule about overnight."

Are you sure about that?

Gordon_Hose

6 posts to reply to one person, and another to someone else for good measure.?? Leran how to multi quote !!!!!!.

Flyboy152

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

6 posts to reply to one person, and another to someone else for good measure.?? Leran how to multi quote !!!!!!.

I think you misunderstand the use of the multiquote function.

Tilt

Flyboy152 wrote: »

If that was the only thing wrong, all that would happen is they would be told to turn their lights on; the operator turns his lights on and no change to the OP's problem.

So they wouldn't get a ticket then... there's me thining it was an offence.

Tilt

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Nothing to do with VOSA, it is a local authority issue.

Just noticed this one.

Wrong! O licence issues are VOSA's department. This could include where the vehicle is kept overnight (if it's on a regular basis).

Flyboy152

Tilt wrote: »

So they wouldn't get a ticket then... there's me thining it was an offence.

Still doesn't solve the OP's problem.

It would not be guaranteed that the driver would get a ticket anyway. It is most likely that a police officer would find it more appropriate to just give advice. For such a relatively minor infraction, the police officer might weigh up the benefits of incurring a potential costly penalty on someone who needs his licence and vehicle to earn a living, against the need to punish him.

Now, that does not mean that the police turn a blind eye to discourteous or dangerous driving, or recklessly ignoring the rules of the road, but that they take a sensible view of people's lives.

Of course, he maybe unlucky and get a git of an officer, who is having bad day.

Flyboy152

Tilt wrote: »

Just noticed this one.

Wrong! O licence issues are VOSA's department. This could include where the vehicle is kept overnight (if it's on a regular basis).

But parking issues (even vehicles subject to OL) are local authority concerns.

Tilt

Flyboy152 wrote: »

But parking issues (even vehicles subject to OL) are local authority concerns.

Very true, but in a previous post you said 'Nothing to do with VOSA' which is wrong because it may be the case that the O licence conditions in respect of where the vehicle is being regularly kept over night are being breached. To obtain an O licence in the first place, you have to have a depot, yard or similar to keep your vehicle(s) in.