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From: Bod on 15 Apr 2010 06:17 On 15/04/2010 11:11, JNugent wrote: > Bod wrote: >> On 15/04/2010 10:44, mileburner wrote: >>> <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message >>> news:hq6ml5$s0o$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:12 +0100 >>>> "mileburner"<mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >>>>> Err, they do, you can see it almost daily. >>>> >>>> People drving across the pavement to park in their driveways doesn't >>>> count. >>> >>> It does to the people they hit. > >> I've never seen this happen. >> Assuming that they have a proper 'dropped kerb crossing', >> They are 'legally' allowed to drive across the pavement. > > I'm not so sure that they even need the kerb-drop to be lawful (in the > sense of the offence of driving along the footway). It is lawful to > drive across a footway to reach lnd within a certain short distance of > the carriageway. It need not involve a constructed driveway. > > I think you'll find that it is technically illegal to drive across a raised kerb to enter a property, without prior permission. Bod
From: bugbear on 15 Apr 2010 06:47 Bod wrote: > > Yes, but 'laws apart', I think they are parked sensibly (given the > situation)...agree? I like this new legal system! BugBear
From: Bod on 15 Apr 2010 06:49 On 15/04/2010 11:47, bugbear wrote: > Bod wrote: > >> >> Yes, but 'laws apart', I think they are parked sensibly (given the >> situation)...agree? > > I like this new legal system! > > BugBear > > Yup, it's called 'The law of common sense'. Bod
From: NM on 15 Apr 2010 07:06 On 15 Apr, 10:44, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > <boltar2...(a)boltar.world> wrote in message > > news:hq6ml5$s0o$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > > > On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:12 +0100 > > "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >>Err, they do, you can see it almost daily. > > > People drving across the pavement to park in their driveways doesn't > > count. > > It does to the people they hit. It does not count, we paid for the right to cross the pavement to enter our garden.
From: NM on 15 Apr 2010 07:08
On 15 Apr, 10:50, Bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > On 15/04/2010 10:44, mileburner wrote:> <boltar2...(a)boltar.world> wrote in message > >news:hq6ml5$s0o$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:12 +0100 > >> "mileburner"<milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >>> Err, they do, you can see it almost daily. > > >> People drving across the pavement to park in their driveways doesn't > >> count. > > > It does to the people they hit. > > I've never seen this happen. > Assuming that they have a proper 'dropped kerb crossing', > They are 'legally' allowed to drive across the pavement. > > How often does this occur? > > Bod every time I park there |