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From: Brimstone on 9 Jun 2010 03:11 "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message news:512460a30edave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > In article <8776taFi80U23(a)mid.individual.net>, > Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > It entirely depends on the local regs whether loading and unloading is >> > allowed at a particular time. > >> Very true. > >> > Or perhaps you think delivery drivers never get parking tickets? > >> Plus, of course, red routes. > > The local high street is a red route - but has loads of parking bays for > short term parking outside rush hour. Plenty of similar single yellow line > roads don't. > >> And taxi drivers making unattended parcel >> rather than human deliveries - acting as a courier, in effect. > > Yup. > >> But - speaking as a generality - if a taxi and a transit were both >> parked next to each other, unattended, for a similar amount of time, >> the driver of the taxi is massively less likely to be "unloading" >> legitimately than the driver of the transit. > > Yup again. > > However, the more I think about it, I'd have no real trouble parking up > legally to go to the loo anywhere I can think of. Would likely cost, > though. What cab drivers appear to want is to park free outside any loo > regardless of any congestion it might cause. > Would the prospect of being fined reduce the need for a driver to relieve him/her self, and. how does payment of a fine reduce congestion?
From: NM on 9 Jun 2010 06:02 On 8 June, 14:27, bod <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Adrian wrote: > > "GT" <a...(a)b.c> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > > >>>> Doesn't a single yellow line allow a set period of time (5 minutes?) > >>>> to load and unload goods or passengers. I don't have time to confirm > >>>> this, but the rule would make it legal for taxis, vans or even > >>>> cyclists to stop on a single yellow for a short time. > > >>> Yep. For the van driver to unload and deliver the goods, and for the > >>> taxi driver to let the self-unloading cargo unload itself. > > >>> The van driver needs to disembark and leave the vehicle to deliver. The > >>> taxi driver does not. > > >> Hmm - I see the argument, but not convinced either way about the > >> technicalities. It might well be that the difference between 'stopped' > >> and 'parked' is determined by whether the driver gets out of the drivers > >> seat or not, but I think the law allows drivers to 'park' on single > >> yellow lines for the a given time period for the purposes of > >> loading/unloading cargo, passengers or perhaps bowels, if we deem their > >> contents to be cargo!! > > > Cardboard boxes cannot unload themselves, unlike taxi passengers. > > "Unloading" your bladder or bowels doesn't count as unloading, just as > > stopping to buy a sandwich or a coffee does not count as loading. > > > > > > > Many moons ago, when I worked in Bloomsbury and unloading tools etc, > the traffic warden told me, that as long as I had the tailgate up or > the rear van doors open, he'd leave me alone, as long as I didn't take > the mickey with the lenght of time, no more than 10 minutes ish. > > Bod I used to do that and leave my dog, a very ugly large mongrel, guarding the open doors of the van, a duty he took very seriously, I never once got asked to move on by a warden but that was nearly forty years ago things are a bit different now.
From: NM on 9 Jun 2010 06:03 On 8 June, 16:38, Dave Plowman <d...(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote: > *If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap? What else should she use?
From: Dave Plowman on 9 Jun 2010 06:15 In article <8782mgF56iU2(a)mid.individual.net>, JNugent <JN(a)nonexistentaddress.com> wrote: > > However, the more I think about it, I'd have no real trouble parking > > up legally to go to the loo anywhere I can think of. Would likely > > cost, though. What cab drivers appear to want is to park free outside > > any loo regardless of any congestion it might cause. > Would the payment of a couple of quid reduce the congestion? Would you care to explain that comment? If the couple of quid involves paying for a car park or other parking area, yes. -- *Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites? Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Dave Plowman on 9 Jun 2010 06:13
In article <8782kvF56iU1(a)mid.individual.net>, JNugent <JN(a)nonexistentaddress.com> wrote: > > As I thought. You seem to think parking restrictions should only apply > > to some. > Here's some news: they *do* only apply to some. > Do you ever see bus being given a ticket? Or a police car? Or an > ambulance? Or a council refuse lorry? Police cars, yes. Happens more often than you'd think. However, those vehicles going about their business is a very different matter from allowing a taxi driver to park up anywhere just when he wants to. And that would be the end result of what you seem to want. -- *A boiled egg is hard to beat* Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12 |