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From: MrBitsy on 28 Apr 2010 10:47 On 28/04/2010 12:44, Mr. Benn wrote: > 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. > > 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. Why could he not wait for a break in traffic off the zigzag markings? Is the danger to pedestrians somehow reduced, because the car would be going onto a drive? -- MrBitsy
From: MrBitsy on 28 Apr 2010 10:49 On 28/04/2010 13:08, JNugent wrote: > 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. Waited before the zigzags and then move forward. By waiting on the zigzags, he was creating a danger to other road users. -- MrBitsy
From: MrBitsy on 28 Apr 2010 10:51 On 28/04/2010 14:33, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On 28 Apr 2010 11:45:12 GMT, Adrian<toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> So he wasn't fined for "reversing into his driveway". He was fined for >> waiting on pedestrian crossing markings. >> > "Mr Cannon was told by the police officer that he could have driven > forward into the driveway but he argued that reversing out onto a main > road was against the Highway Code and would have put himself and > others in danger" > "The judge, Recorder Ahmed Nadim, said: �We accept that he has > intended to conduct his driving in a manner designed to mitigate the > inconvenience to other traffic but that does not afford him an > exemption under the regulations.� > > so if he drove in forwards, how does he get out? > Reverse - doh! -- MrBitsy
From: MrBitsy on 28 Apr 2010 10:53 On 28/04/2010 14:39, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > 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 > No, they booked him for placing his car in a position that created danger for other road users - would you be happy for a car to be parked on zigzags while the driver nipped in a shop? -- MrBitsy
From: JNugent on 28 Apr 2010 10:54
MrBitsy wrote: > On 28/04/2010 13:08, JNugent wrote: >> 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. > > Waited before the zigzags and then move forward. By waiting on the > zigzags, he was creating a danger to other road users. You're in pole position for Answering A Different Question From The One Asked. |