Unfair parking practices: have your say

Double_V

People parking in-front of my bay and blocking me. :@

HO87

bazster wrote: »

Marvellous. After driving away a long-standing, knowledgeable and helpful poster by deleting his posts about this very consultation, you now start your own thread about it!

I really think someone owes trubster an apology.

Rich is not really the word but its good enough. Others might think that somebody considered they had been trumped and in a fit of pique stamped their feet and took it out on the obvious target - trubster. That of course would be excessively cynical.

Those who are of a more charitable frame of mind would suggest that a mod simply failed both to read the trubster's post and understand and recognise the relevance of the government's consultation process to the work done on this board to which trubster has contributed for some while. That they got things wrong is demonstrated by the existence of this thread.

Its not too late to apologise you know?

jorok

bod1467 wrote: »

Anyone who pays their vehicle excise duty ("road tax") has paid for the privilege of parking anywhere they are legally allowed to. That includes outside your property, if there are no defined parking restrictions there.



When are you going to start this campaign? Or are you sitting there, quietly fuming, waiting for someone else to do it?

Road tax only allows you to travel on the public highway not to park. The roads are there for the free passage of traffic, not parking, except as you say where there are clearly defined permissions to park which may be legally charged to defray the expenses of signage and road markings.

I suggest you read the Highways Act for a clear explanation of your rights to use highways for free passage or block highways by parking.

ColliesCarer

Hi MSE Wendy,

Any signs of the overdue apology to Trubster yet?

HO87

jorok wrote: »

Road tax only allows you to travel on the public highway not to park. The roads are there for the free passage of traffic, not parking, except as you say where there are clearly defined permissions to park which may be legally charged to defray the expenses of signage and road markings.

I suggest you read the Highways Act for a clear explanation of your rights to use highways for free passage or block highways by parking.

Hogwash. The payment of "road tax" permits the "use" of a motor vehicle on the highway. To park on the highway - absent any wilful obstruction or infringement of other restriction (paid for parking for example) - is as much a "use" of it as passing along it. The Highways Act(s) in its various iterations does not restrict the use of the highway to vehicles for which "road tax" has been paid and only then for passing along it. In any event and in the context of the Act(s) traffic includes use by foot passengers.

esmerobbo

jorok wrote: »

I suggest you read the Highways Act for a clear explanation of your rights to use highways for free passage or block highways by parking.

I suggest it may be an idea if you read it!

Nodding_Donkey

HO87 wrote: »

Rich is not really the word but its good enough. Others might think that somebody considered they had been trumped and in a fit of pique stamped their feet and took it out on the obvious target - trubster. That of course would be excessively cynical.

Those who are of a more charitable frame of mind would suggest that a mod simply failed both to read the trubster's post and understand and recognise the relevance of the government's consultation process to the work done on this board to which trubster has contributed for some while. That they got things wrong is demonstrated by the existence of this thread.

Its not too late to apologise you know?

I'm sure there must be a third explanation because either of those would highlight said mods unsuitability for the job.

I can't think what it might be though

The_Deep

One must not be too hard on Internet on message board moderators. Often they are not usually persons at the top of their game, who are far too busy to read the often ill informed and badly written witterings of others, also with too much time on their hands, (amongst whom I include my good self).

As a result, people who volunteer thusly arepersons with moderate literary skills, moderate comprehension skills, moderate ability, and the products of a moderate education.i

ColliesCarer

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

I'm sure there must be a third explanation because either of those would highlight said mods unsuitability for the job.

I can't think what it might be though

Errrrm - inflexible application of, and strict adherence to, a one-dimensional set of rules without any common sense being applied ?

Now who does that remind me of .............. :think:

Coupon-mad

ColliesCarer wrote: »

Hi MSE Wendy,

Any signs of the overdue apology to Trubster yet?

This, this and more 'this'. :mad: