Member of public photographed cars on white zigzag lines!

AdrianC

Car_54 wrote: »

Full marks for optimism. So, can I stop to allow pedestrians to cross? Or if the car in front stops?

Did you read the first page of the thread?

AdrianC wrote: »

Direct link to the relevant legislation is http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2400/regulation/18/made

In fact, I'll even save you clicking the link...

The_actual_law wrote:

Prohibition against the stopping of vehicles on crossings
18. The driver of a vehicle shall not cause the vehicle or any part of it to stop within the limits of a crossing unless he is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his control or it is necessary for him to stop to avoid injury or damage to persons or property.

Car_54

AdrianC wrote: »

Did you read the first page of the thread?

In fact, I'll even save you clicking the link...

It was (as I'm sure you know) a rhetorical question. The previous poster had said '"The law doesn't need explaining further than "you aren't allowed to park on the zig zags"'.
Thereby illustrating the difficulty (and possibly danger) of simple explanations of the law.

PasturesNew

It's not just what you do, it's what it causes others to do.

A chap parked on zig zags to move his belongings into a new flat - and a lorry driver subsequently killed a 3 year old boy on the crossing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-46153228

AdrianC

Car_54 wrote: »

It was (as I'm sure you know) a rhetorical question. The previous poster had said '"The law doesn't need explaining further than "you aren't allowed to park on the zig zags"'.
Thereby illustrating the difficulty (and possibly danger) of simple explanations of the law.

Not really. Are you suggesting he's wrong to say that? He isn't. You aren't.

Scrapit

Car_54 wrote: »

It wouldn't have helped the poster to whom I was responding: he suggested that the police wouldn't be interested in a parking offence. I was merely pointing out why they would be interested.



I'd suggest it's not enough to know that something isn't allowed - it's better to understand the possible consequences.

Don't be so foolish, of course it helps the OP. The OP believed that the stopping on the lines was ok due to the short duration. They have since learned that this is not the case. Your insistance on carping on about the intricacies of law help no one except those interested, which is almost no one barring your self and your sparring partner. The fact that there is an argument amongst your selves means at least one, possibly both of you are spouting nonsense. Not helpful, not interesting and not what was being asked.

Scrapit

Car_54 wrote: »

It was (as I'm sure you know) a rhetorical question. The previous poster had said '"The law doesn't need explaining further than "you aren't allowed to park on the zig zags"'.
Thereby illustrating the difficulty (and possibly danger) of simple explanations of the law.

Simple explanations are sometimes required, they allow adherence and learning as shown by the OP in this thread. Your post detailing the law are almost never required and not to be taken as advice.

caprikid1

Of all the motoring laws I could every break, Zig Zags is one I have never broken.


1. They are there to prevent serious pedestrian injury.
2. They are a clear 3 points !

photome

caprikid1 wrote: »

Of all the motoring laws I could every break, Zig Zags is one I have never broken.


1. They are there to prevent serious pedestrian injury.
2. They are a clear 3 points !

Rightly so

Not sure the OP isn’t winding us up tho

prowla

How do you know that kids weren't about to come out of an after-school club or something?

P933alilli

photome wrote: »

Rightly so

Not sure the OP isn’t winding us up tho

Why would i be winding anyone up?

Just a couple of points 1. Do the white zigzag lines always cover the same distance? I paced out 30 paces, so approximately 30 yards of which my car took up approximately 5 yards. So, a clear 25 yards free in front until the pedestrian crossing. (i'm not trying to absolve blame bytheway!)
2. My local one stop shop is a different situation than the high street one in the Dorset tragedy above. Just one shop and then a row of 5 terraced houses to its right. Houses in the lead up to the delivery entrance to the shops left. It is a main road though!! The crossing starts after the drive of the final terrace.

This morning i walked down to the shop for my paper again. There was a white van parked on the white lines and also with its wheels on the pavement. More or less in the same place i was but taking up a greater area. Before i went into the shop i told the lad of the van's illegally parked situation and that i'd been snapped a few days previously. He said he'd tell his boss who was inside the first terraced house. I think it was a removals van. I went into the shop , bought my paper, came out and the van was still there and was for a further 2-3 minutes before i walked back home.
After getting home i decided to drive down to see if the van was still there and it wasnt. But there was a postal van parked on the white lines , nearer to the pedestrian crossing, and the postman was just coming back to it. The postbox is situated quite near to the crossing .
So, are these also prosecutable offences?