Man fined after driving into his own driveway
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From: loopy livernose on 28 Apr 2010 09:36 "PhilO" <goo18731(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:2ae46be5-0783-4e95-967e-5d914f3ae73e(a)u31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... 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#ixzz0mOiRh9bVPhilOI disagree with the police view, reversing out onto a carriageway (as 99.9%of people round here seem to,) with no spotter and just keep reversing tillsomeone stops or hits.. is more dangerous...esp. as again, local to me, so many do it from blind drives on bends..I don't know if the crossing is new, or has been there ages..but I think reversing from a minor road into a more major is illegal, andyou cant get more minor then a drive?LL
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 28 Apr 2010 09:37 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:34:44 -0700 (PDT), PhilO <goo18731(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >But when they >returned >after driving a mile up the road he was still there, waiting for his >chance to >reverse into the house" Ahhhh, he got nicked for not going along with the police, he could have avoided that easily, as often with the torygraph, they omit the bit that makes it seem reasonable, funny the Mail missed the trick. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 28 Apr 2010 09:39 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:31:23 +0100, "loopy livernose" <ifyouwanttoemailme(a)askfor.my.address> wrote: >rather than "book another one".. he only booked him because he ignored the authority of the police -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Adrian on 28 Apr 2010 09:39 ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > so if he drove in forwards, how does he get out? He won't be obstructing traffic flow whilst he waits for a gap...
From: Brimstone on 28 Apr 2010 09:49
"Derek Geldard" <dgg(a)miniac.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:9ncgt55je2pjor6hu1r3lm42895s6or9lm(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:53:03 +0100, "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> 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? > > Find somewhere else to park his car. > >>Not tried to park in his driveway at a time > > That's a good answer. IOW park somewhere safe. > >>when there was heavy traffic which prevented him completing the manoeuvre >>without having to wait? Sounds like the case fails a "reasonableness" >>test. > > He should have thought about parking his car when he bought the house. > That's not unreasonable. > Supposing he, or his parents, moved in before zig-zags were painted? |