Driving car from driveway into zebra crossing legal?

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

unforeseen wrote: »

Would it not be reasonable for a council, once a safety risk to pedestrians has been identified to mitigate that risk by excluding the cause of the risk?

This could also extend to ensuring that pedestrians had a clear sight line along the road for at least the area of the zig zags and not have that view blocked by a vehicle stopped on the footpath waiting to exit a drive.

The council's problem is that it also has a duty to the amenity of the residents so it obliged to come up with a balanced resolution. But yes, although they cannot take away established rights, they could readily stop new entrances with reasonable grounds.

paddycharlie

IanMSpencer wrote: »

The council's problem is that it also has a duty to the amenity of the residents so it obliged to come up with a balanced resolution. But yes, although they cannot take away established rights, they could readily stop new entrances with reasonable grounds.

It may depend on what the councils definition is of established rights. If the OP had bought the house 1 year ago and decided to remove a pedestrian gate in the garden to use for parking then the council may block this off also in the interest of safety.


Having a front garden even with a dropped kerb in front of it won't automatically give you any rights to use it as a driveway. And public safety will be more important than someone's desire to park in their drive/garden.


OP if you were to widen the opening to the drive as closer to the post in the right of the picture it might make parking easier without alerting the council.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

paddycharlie wrote: »

It may depend on what the councils definition is of established rights. If the OP had bought the house 1 year ago and decided to remove a pedestrian gate in the garden to use for parking then the council may block this off also in the interest of safety.


Having a front garden even with a dropped kerb in front of it won't automatically give you any rights to use it as a driveway. And public safety will be more important than someone's desire to park in their drive/garden.


OP if you were to widen the opening to the drive as closer to the post in the right of the picture it might make parking easier without alerting the council.

Yes, very much a case of it depends.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

Kenilworth - spotted last night

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BMEZQqgwRlgBs2bv1

Johno100

IanMSpencer wrote: »

Kenilworth - spotted last night

https://photos.app.goo.gl/BMEZQqgwRlgBs2bv1

Of course it is quite possible that that drive pre-dates the crossing and the council came to an arrangement at some time in the past with the property owner re its use.

TooManyPoints

I don’t think you need to get too bogged down with this.

To drive out of your front lot as you intend you will be driving across the footway where no vehicle-friendly dropped kerb has been provided. The Local Authority won’t have that because unreinforced footways are not intended to take the weight of vehicles. There is no way the LA will allow a vehicle friendly dropped kerb to be installed leading immediately on to a zebra crossing. If you think about it, somebody with his back to your house waiting to cross the road would also have to worry about vehicles emerging from your extended drive. More than that, pedestrians crossing from the other side of the road will have to watch out not only to their left and right but also for vehicles emerging from your drive. No, you won’t mow them down, but the LA will not give you the chance to.