Man fined after driving into his own driveway
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From: JNugent on 28 Apr 2010 08:08 Mortimer wrote: > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:83qle8Fm8uU9(a)mid.individual.net... >> "Mr. Benn" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding much like >> they were saying: >> >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7640563/Man- >> fined-for-reversing-into-his-own-driveway.html >>> >>> Maxwell Cannon was issued with a £60 fixed penalty notice and informed >>> that he was committing a traffic offence for waiting on the zigzag >>> markings of a pedestrian crossing outside his home in Harrington, near >>> Workington in Cumbria. >> >> So he wasn't fined for "reversing into his driveway". He was fined for >> waiting on pedestrian crossing markings. > > Given that there may be a good reason for him *reversing* into the > driveway (eg so he doesn't have to reverse out into busy traffic) I > wonder what he should have done differently? Not tried to park in his > driveway at a time when there was heavy traffic which prevented him > completing the manoeuvre without having to wait? Where should he have parked the car, then? I agree that he could have driven in forwards.
From: Ian Jackson on 28 Apr 2010 08:29 In message <83qle8Fm8uU9(a)mid.individual.net>, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> writes >"Mr. Benn" <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> gurgled happily, sounding much like >they were saying: > >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7640563/Man- >fined-for-reversing-into-his-own-driveway.html >> >> Maxwell Cannon was issued with a �60 fixed penalty notice and informed >> that he was committing a traffic offence for waiting on the zigzag >> markings of a pedestrian crossing outside his home in Harrington, near >> Workington in Cumbria. > >So he wasn't fined for "reversing into his driveway". He was fined for >waiting on pedestrian crossing markings. Will the next step be to fine drivers for waiting on pedestrian crossing markings, even when they are simply allowing people to walk across the crossing? BTW, I haven't checked, but I don't think that reversing out onto a main road is a 'must not' against the Highway Code (even though it's obviously dangerous). I've always understood it was that you weren't supposed to reverse out of a side-road. -- Ian
From: PhilO on 28 Apr 2010 08:34 On 28 Apr, 12:44, "Mr. Benn" <inva...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7640563/Man-f... > > Maxwell Cannon was issued with a £60 fixed penalty notice and informed that > he was committing a traffic offence for waiting on the zigzag markings of a > pedestrian crossing outside his home in Harrington, near Workington in > Cumbria. > > Mr Cannon, 25, said he was waiting for a break in the heavy traffic to > reverse onto his property on August 10 last year and appealed the ticket at > West Allerdale Magistrate's Court. How long was he waiting? "The 25-year-old, who lives with his mother, a Labour Parliamentary candidate, was spotted by police waiting for a break in heavy traffic so he could back up the drive of the family's terraced home in Harrington, Cumbria. They told him he was committing an offence because he was stationary on the zigzag markings of the crossing and told him to move on. But when they returned after driving a mile up the road he was still there, waiting for his chance to reverse into the house" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269100/Student-faces-60-fine-time-tries-park-driveway.html?ito=feeds-newsxml But the police have given him some advice for the future: "In evidence to the court, Cumbria Police said that would have been a better option because reversing on to a main road was 'a lesser sin' than stopping on the pedestrian crossing. The officer suggested parking elsewhere until the traffic eased or going in forwards and getting someone to keep a look- out when he wanted to reverse out again. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269100/Student-faces-60-fine-time-tries-park-driveway.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0mOiRh9bV PhilO
From: Adrian on 28 Apr 2010 08:41 PhilO <goo18731(a)yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > They told him he was committing an offence because he was stationary on > the zigzag markings of the crossing and told him to move on. But when > they returned after driving a mile up the road he was still there, > waiting for his chance to reverse into the house" He was warned. He ignored the warning. He got nicked. Any sympathy just evaporated.
From: Jethro on 28 Apr 2010 09:14
On 28 Apr, 13:41, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > PhilO <goo18...(a)yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were > saying: > > > They told him he was committing an offence because he was stationary on > > the zigzag markings of the crossing and told him to move on. But when > > they returned after driving a mile up the road he was still there, > > waiting for his chance to reverse into the house" > > He was warned. > He ignored the warning. > He got nicked. > > Any sympathy just evaporated. indeed. It's amazing how many of these "POLICE HARASS INNOCENT BRITS" Daily- Heil type headlines turn out on deeper inspection to be down to the "inncoent brit" rather than police malice. |