Council that fined girl, 5, for running lemonade stand slaps bikeshop owners with penalty for offering a free pump

On 02/08/17 11:22, JNugent wrote:
On 01/08/2017 18:07, TMS320 wrote:
On 01/08/17 14:38, JNugent wrote:
On 01/08/2017 10:32, TMS320 wrote:
On 01/08/17 00:23, JNugent wrote:
On 31/07/2017 21:55, TMS320 wrote:
On 31/07/17 15:34, Bod wrote:

Such pettiness!

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3600461.html


I wonder whether the driver stopped on the double yellows caught
in Streetview was fined.

It isn't necessary to go far to find bollards (reducing the
pavement width) that are necessary to dissuade drivers from
thinking that the pavement is somewhere for them to park.

It is lawful to stop on double yellow lines in some circumstances.
Do you have any evidence that this "stop" was unlawful?

The sentence in my post was not a question but since you decided to
answer your response should have been yes or no. We can follow on
from that if the answer is no: either the driver took a chance that
it wouldn't be noticed (making officialdom look incompetent) or
officialdom must have had good reason.

It is even lawful to stop on double reds at certain times.

According to the story, the shop owner could legally place the pump
on the pavement if a payment was made.

The story does not say that. And that is probably because it would
not be correct. Space on the footway (which many people term "the
pavement") is not for sale. The £100 is a penalty for breaking the
law on obstruction.

The previous business had chairs and tables outside. Precedent exists.
£100 would be for getting an official out of bed to put a mark on a
piece of paper.

A lot of supposition (not to say asserted and untested history) there.

The view of the previous business is still on Streetview, if you
bothered to look. You have a very strange imagination if you think a
pump takes up more space.

Obviously nothing is going to shake you out of your position.

Oh, I accept that the bureacratic mind has nothing to do with rocket
science. Rocket science is considerably less complicated.