Dropping off on Zig Zags

Lastonestanding

Just seen two video clips on TV of high profile celebs being dropped off at court, on a zebra crossings zig zags.
Do the police prosecute these offences?

peter_the_piper

Saw that myself, but I can't see a copper argueing with the chap that seemed to be the bodyguard.

facade

What are "Police"?

If there were any, they should as it is a 3 point offence.

But remember-

One rule for the elites, another for the peasants

No doubt if enough peasants make enough fuss they might reluctantly look at it, like they eventually did with Boris and his parties.

elsien

Lastonestanding said:

Just seen two video clips on TV of high profile celebs being dropped off at court, on a zebra crossings zig zags.
Do the police prosecute these offences?

They might if enough people bring it to their attention…

Lastonestanding

elsien said:

They might if enough people bring it to their attention…

It is a rarity, but some do park too close. I recall seeing someone pick up an elderly lady on the crossing itself. Totally the wrong thing to do, but a better reason than being a celeb.
I am assuming the Vardy court case was in London.

Grey_Critic

Police do not hand out tickets these days

Car_54

Grey_Critic said:

Police do not hand out tickets these days

No, they simply advise that action may follow.
If you’re thinking about council PCNs, I don’t believe they apply to ped crossing offences.

Grey_Critic

CCTV and ANPR

Aretnap

Car_54 said:

Grey_Critic said:

Police do not hand out tickets these days

No, they simply advise that action may follow.
If you’re thinking about council PCNs, I don’t believe they apply to ped crossing offences.

Parking / stopping on pedestrian crossing zig zags is unusual in that it can be dealt with either by a CEO as a non-endorseable PCN, or by the police as a 3 point/£100 fixed penalty (or prosecution).

If you were unlucky enough to get both the police ticket trumps the council one - one of the grounds for appealing the PCN is "the police are already taking action".

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Seen an ambulance parked on zig zags the other day. No one about and ambulance appeared locked up so not sure on how urgent the emergency was but surely it can't be that hard to stop before or after the crossing instead of making it dangerous for pedestrians and other road users alike. There was ample room on the road considering there was nothing else parked on it. 

forgotmyname

facade said:

What are "Police"?

But remember-

One rule for the elites, another for the peasants

In Cornwall a few years back (Newquay) and 2 pimped Range Rovers park up on the Lifeboat slipway/access road. Assume the one guy

was someone famous (Football) as a fair few guys were all looking and pointing him out to the kids.

I would have send a lorry with a crane/grabber to pick them up and remove them.