Block the Pavement, Complain About a Ticket..

"JNugent" wrote
On 17/03/2016 17:15, Alycidon wrote:
On Thursday, 17 March 2016 17:10:03 UTC, John Smith wrote:
Never in the field of human transportation, has so much
self-entitlement,
been expressed by so many, with such little justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html


And apparently they can park on the pavement without ever driving
on/along it - a miracle.

What pavement (I assume you mean footway, since "pavement" is a
meaningless term in traffic legislation)?

....just like the non-existent "road tax".

On 17/03/2016 17:08, John Smith wrote:
Never in the field of human transportation, has so much self-entitlement,
been expressed by so many, with such little justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html

They appear to be parked so tight the car is touching the wall of the
house, even then they appear to be over hanging the double yellow. I
wonder if they always park so tight to the house.

On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 6:45:19 PM UTC, JNugent wrote:

What pavement (I assume you mean footway, since "pavement" is a
meaningless term in traffic legislation)?

You seem happy to accuse cyclists of riding on the pavement.
I assume you will be posting an apology to all cyclists for your defamation.

On 18/03/2016 00:40, Nick wrote:

On 17/03/2016 17:08, John Smith wrote:

Never in the field of human transportation, has so much self-entitlement,
been expressed by so many, with such little justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html

They appear to be parked so tight the car is touching the wall of the
house, even then they appear to be over hanging the double yellow. I
wonder if they always park so tight to the house.

I have seen plenty of examples of both phenomena and combinations of both.

On 18/03/2016 00:49, Simon Jester wrote:
On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 6:45:19 PM UTC, JNugent wrote:

What pavement (I assume you mean footway, since "pavement" is a
meaningless term in traffic legislation)?

You seem happy to accuse cyclists of riding on the pavement.

You are completely wrong (yet again)!

I never use the word "pavement" and always use the correct term: "footway".

I assume you will be posting an apology to all cyclists for your defamation.

Whereas I assume you will not be gracious enough to apologise for your
ill-considered (and totally inaccurate) accusation.

In fact, "assume" isn't quite the right word.

You are NOT gracious enough to apologise for your error, as you will
demonstrate.

BTW: Cycling along the footway is a very common offence committed by
cyclists.

On 18/03/2016 01:53, Phil W Lee wrote:
MrCheerful considered Thu, 17 Mar 2016
18:48:10 +0000 the perfect time to write:

On 17/03/2016 18:24, Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:08:34 +0000
John Smith wrote:

Never in the field of human transportation, has so much
self-entitlement, been expressed by so many, with such little
justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html

They seem to be ignoring the fact that the pavement is part of the
highway. If they got a Smart car they could park on their yard without
blocking the 18 inches of pavement adjacent to it.


They were not booked for obstructing the 'pavement'

Yellow lines (and most other restrictions) apply to the edge of the
highway, not just the part of the highway that is carriageway.


They have been charged with parking in a restricted street, not
obstruction (or blocking anything, which is in the thread title)

MrCheerful wrote:
On 18/03/2016 01:53, Phil W Lee wrote:
MrCheerful considered Thu, 17 Mar 2016
18:48:10 +0000 the perfect time to write:
On 17/03/2016 18:24, Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:08:34 +0000
John Smith wrote:

Never in the field of human transportation, has so much
self-entitlement, been expressed by so many, with such little
justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html

They seem to be ignoring the fact that the pavement is part of the
highway. If they got a Smart car they could park on their yard
without blocking the 18 inches of pavement adjacent to it.


They were not booked for obstructing the 'pavement'

Yellow lines (and most other restrictions) apply to the edge of the
highway, not just the part of the highway that is carriageway.


They have been charged with parking in a restricted street, not
obstruction (or blocking anything, which is in the thread title)

They have not been 'charged' with anything, you dumb ****.
--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

Alycidon wrote:
On Thursday, 17 March 2016 17:24:02 UTC, John Smith wrote:
Alycidon wrote:
On Thursday, 17 March 2016 17:10:03 UTC, John Smith wrote:

Never in the field of human transportation, has so much
self-entitlement, been expressed by so many, with such little
justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html

And apparently they can park on the pavement without ever driving
on/along it - a miracle.

Of course. Haven't you seen 'Back to the Future V'? The cars elevate and
then come back down on the pavement, without actually having driven on
them.

Didn't that slobbering spastic David Lang try to claim that they don't
drive on the pavement?

Has someone gutted that stupid **** with a lock knife yet?

Apparently he is drinking 9% chavtastic lager and smoking himself to death with what little cash he has left.

I do wish someone would off him.

--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

JNugent wrote:
On 17/03/2016 17:23, John Smith wrote:
Alycidon wrote:
On Thursday, 17 March 2016 17:10:03 UTC, John Smith wrote:

Never in the field of human transportation, has so much
self-entitlement, been expressed by so many, with such little
justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html

And apparently they can park on the pavement without ever driving
on/along it - a miracle.

Of course. Haven't you seen 'Back to the Future V'? The cars elevate and
then come back down on the pavement, without actually having driven on
them.

Didn't that slobbering spastic David Lang try to claim that they don't
drive on the pavement?

Has someone gutted that stupid **** with a lock knife yet?

See?

You're feeling better already.

Try a triple Drambuie next if you can afford it.

Yes, I've been on just that since 9 PM your time last night.
--
john smith |MA (Hons)|MPhil (Hons)|CAPES (mention très bien)|LLB (Hons)
'It never gets any easier. You just get faster'
(Greg LeMond (1961 - ))

On 18/03/2016 08:32, MrCheerful wrote:

On 18/03/2016 01:53, Phil W Lee wrote:
MrCheerful :
On 17/03/2016 18:24, Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:08:34 +0000
John Smith wrote:

Never in the field of human transportation, has so much
self-entitlement, been expressed by so many, with such little
justification.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12196891/Couple-shocked-to-receive-ticket-for-parking-on-their-driveway.html

They seem to be ignoring the fact that the pavement is part of the
highway. If they got a Smart car they could park on their yard without
blocking the 18 inches of pavement adjacent to it.

They were not booked for obstructing the 'pavement'

Yellow lines (and most other restrictions) apply to the edge of the
highway, not just the part of the highway that is carriageway.

They have been charged with parking in a restricted street, not
obstruction (or blocking anything, which is in the thread title)

"Parking in a restricted street" only means "on the highway in a
restricted street". If you can park off the road on private land, that's
fine.

Mind you, on the subject of Glug's mention of "self-entitlement", he
must also be referring to the arrogant habit of many London cyclists who
apparently see nothing wrong with leaving their bikes on the footway,
chained to street furniture or even to (as well as often on) private
property in the form of railings, etc.

Some occupants have had to resort to displaying signs asking cyclists
not to leave their machines on private property and not to attach them
to the building - when no-one in their right mind could possibly imagine
that it *is* permissible or acceptable to thus abandon a bike.

It's nice to see that Glug appreciates the arrogance of those cyclists.