Van parked blocking my car in

Retrogamer

From a retired police officer on the Pepipoo forums when someone pointed out the kerb isn't dropped

"You are missing the point. It matters not whether there is a dropped kerb. If a cop believes a stationary vehicle on a road is causing an obstruction then he can issue a ticket."

colino

Give the van a shake, when the alarm goes off, you can let the driver know what you think about his careless parking. Remember to phone his boss tomorrow too, decent companies dislike their vans being the source of negative publicity.

matttye

colino wrote: »

Give the van a shake, when the alarm goes off, you can let the driver know what you think about his careless parking. Remember to phone his boss tomorrow too, decent companies dislike their vans being the source of negative publicity.

He said it's a plain white van, so how will he find out who the rogue parker's boss is?

[Deleted User]

It's gone now. If it had a number on I would have phoned it and asked them to move it so I could get my car out. If police wouldn't move it then I would have got someone with a tow bar to move it. Plenty people will do anything for a quick tenner.

philbostavros

Hi

I live in Kent and have recently had a new driveway installed and dropped kerb.

Once completed, I rang the county council highways and asked what the "rules" were if someone parked across this access.

To my amazement, they said that only if someone obstructed you from getting your car out IN AN EMERGENCY", would they do anything about it! If, for instance, you returned home to find the driveway obstructed, there's sod all you can do!

I did ask why I had bothered to spend £300 for the KCC dropped kerb approval plus another £200 on planning permission for the driveway?

I will probably have to get a bit creative, if the need ever occurs.

Car_54

philbostavros wrote: »

Hi

I live in Kent and have recently had a new driveway installed and dropped kerb.

Once completed, I rang the county council highways and asked what the "rules" were if someone parked across this access.

To my amazement, they said that only if someone obstructed you from getting your car out IN AN EMERGENCY", would they do anything about it! If, for instance, you returned home to find the driveway obstructed, there's sod all you can do!

I did ask why I had bothered to spend £300 for the KCC dropped kerb approval plus another £200 on planning permission for the driveway?

I will probably have to get a bit creative, if the need ever occurs.

Why would you expect the Highways Dept. to do something? Dealing with criminal offences is the job of the police.

Anyone preventing you accessing your driveway is causing an unnecessary obstruction, which is an offence under regulation 103 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.

clayton16749

Retrogamer wrote: »

Driving over a kerb that isn't dropped is sometimes an offense. Some councils will allow it in areas with limited street width and / or parking.

Regardless if the kerb is dropped or not though, it's an offense to block a cars route to the road. I can tell you from first hand experience i've seen the police have cars moved in these scenarios where the kerb isn't dropped and there's a few dozen threads on Pistonheads Speed, Plod, Law forums section as well as the Pepipoo forums

Spot on there.

Barny1979

[quote=[Deleted User];66344978]Why would you expect the Highways Dept. to do something? Dealing with criminal offences is the job of the police.

Anyone preventing you accessing your driveway is causing an unnecessary obstruction, which is an offence under regulation 103 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.[/QUOTE]

Local Authorities can apply for powers to enforce moving violations, so some authorities can enforce, but usually it is the police's responsibility.

With regards dropping a kerb for access, it means that you can legally cross the highway to access a property and the footway is also reconstructed to be load-bearing for the weight of a vehicle repeatedly driving over it.