Are police no waiting cones legal?

blossomhill_2

Try Pepipoo website - I think the key will be how many days they had been there and what were the exceptional circumstances

madjay

They are there for a reason, If you park in an area that has no waiting cones then you should expect to get a ticket. You will find once the school markings go down people will still park on them. Some people think the law only relates to other people not them

Norman_Castle

Welcome to the world of living near a school entrance. It's vital that the parents park as close to the school as possible, otherwise their children, or, even worse, the parents, may have to walk a short distance:eek:. The children who apparently cannot manage this will have spent all day being told to sit down by their teacher.
It is also apparently acceptable to park across driveways and pavements if you are a parent and sitting in or standing near your car. If you then see your child while sitting in your car, remember to sound your horn repeatedly. This will help your child develop a sense of laziness.
If you ever ask a parent to move you will discover the meaning of "mob rule"
I expect the police cones are enforceable. Remember to ask the police if they will be helping residents with poorly driven and poorly parked parents cars in the future.

colino

Round my way, due to the unbelieveably poor driving skills and sheer naked incompetence of mothers/au pairs/cleaners not being able to cope with their self-made traffic jams at school times in vehicles they could not apparently handle (not just the Chelsea tractors, the convertible Minis too), they got together and tried to enforce their own, self-declared one-way system around the school!
Unfortunately, being in a semi-rural location it took a number of angry exchanges over a couple of weeks before the Police actually attended, laughed at the home-made signs and started booking the dear hearts.

verityboo

An alternative view is that most of the locals around where my daughters school is moved in after the school was built (the houses were built after the school), and yet are surprised when parents want to drop their children off. What did they think would happen morning and afternoon? (perhaps people moving to live near a school should take an IQ test?). It doesn't help that they put double yellow lines down the only safe straight section of road with no joining driveways.

Combined with that is the councils policy of allocating schools to the people living furthest away. Its a 5 mile trip to drop my daughter off, and there is no public transport alternative, but according to the locals nimby's we should walk? (Its a further 5 miles for me to get to work)

mikey72

verityboo wrote: »

An alternative view is that most of the locals around where my daughters school is moved in after the school was built (the houses were built after the school), and yet are surprised when parents want to drop their children off. What did they think would happen morning and afternoon? (perhaps people moving to live near a school should take an IQ test?). It doesn't help that they put double yellow lines down the only safe straight section of road with no joining driveways.

Combined with that is the councils policy of allocating schools to the people living furthest away. Its a 5 mile trip to drop my daughter off, and there is no public transport alternative, but according to the locals nimby's we should walk? (Its a further 5 miles for me to get to work)

Our village is fairly sensible. The school was here first, it's on a short single track road, with a smallish housing estate and a truck depot just past it. The redisents use common sense, and just try to avoid the school run, and the trucks don't try to leave or enter. It didn't come as a surprise that it gets congested. Funniest bit was the local pub changed hands and tried to stop the nearby car park being used. We boycotted it, it soon changed hands again.

paddedjohn

cajef wrote: »

POLICE ‘NO WAITING‘ SIGNS

The Traffic Management Act 2004 makes provision for any person under the instructions of the police or highway authority to place ‘no waiting’ cones on highway indicating prohibitions or restrictions relating to vehicular traffic in order to prevent congestion or obstruction – power to maintain such a sign for a maximum period of 7 days or less from the time it was placed out. Section 67 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1974 grants this power but only in extraordinary circumstances. Only police officers can deal with drivers/riders who fail to comply with these cones – the offence is failing to conform to a traffic sign and is non-endorsable.

Right, we've established that these cones are legal but according to the above it's only for a maximum of 7 days, this is the 3rd week the cones have been here and the school has been closed since last Friday.

photome

paddedjohn wrote: »

Right, we've established that these cones are legal but according to the above it's only for a maximum of 7 days, this is the 3rd week the cones have been here and the school has been closed since last Friday.

Have they been there constantly or are they removed on a weekend

paddedjohn

Constantly, even though the only people needing to use this part of the road are the residents while the school is closed

photome

paddedjohn wrote: »

Constantly, even though the only people needing to use this part of the road are the residents while the school is closed

In that case according to the traffic act posted it looks like grounds for an appeal...good luck