Parking in front of driveway - no dropped curb

[Drxyster]

Southwark Council Penalty charge codes

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Parking adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge lowered to meet the level of the carriageway

Parking in front of a dropped kerb at a junction or in front of driveway access to a private property from carriageway is not permitted at anytime including evenings and weekends

[Penguin68]

I stand corrected regarding wardens in Southwark ticketing those on white lines. This is not in the Highway Code (I've just checked, there are rules regarding red routes and also on the use and meaning of yellow lines) and would not be tested for learner drivers. London boroughs are allowed to make up their own local rules and impose fines of their own devising - others I think are not.

[the-e-dealer]

HOw can you "DRIVE CAREFULLY" to avoid a cracked pavement? its the WEIGHT OF THE CAR that cracks them.

ponderwoman Wrote:

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> It would be nice to not have cracked and uneven

> pavements(I was careful how I drove so as not to

> crack the pavement myself)Especially as I had a

> very unpleasant night in Kings with concussion

> from a head injury after tripping on a broken

> pavement.

>

> As a response to KidKruger-I wouldn't personally

> ever block anyones access, but there is a risk

> that not everyone has the same viewpoint,

> especially in an area under parking pressure.

[AbDabs]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> I stand corrected regarding wardens in Southwark

> ticketing those on white lines.

I'm not clear why you're standing corrected. The ticketing of a vehicle on a white line is not because of the white line, which as you said, is entirely advisory. I suspect the wardens just woke up to the fact that there was a dropped kerb when the white lines appeared and it reminded them of a ticketing opportunity*.

The law now makes it illegal to park in front of a dropped kerb but, like all illegalities, the policing of such is a matter of priority. If you're been blocked in then you can get police assistance to remove an illegally parked vehicle but if you not then it's not at the top of their in-tray.

*Southwark allows residents to designate their drop kerb as unenforceable, thereby allowing other members of the family to park there, although this then means that regular traffic wardens won't ticket any other vehicle parked there, whoever they are.

You're not allowed to drive across a pavement without a drop kerb (the construction of which will have included rebuilding the pavement to provide suitable protection to any underlying pipes/cables - including a reinforced concrete raft in some cases), and there are plenty of vehicles that sit rotting on driveways with a SORN notice so will never need access onto the highway, so it's only reasonable to assume that a normal kerb is an available parking space.

[edhistory]

Why use the legislation when you can invent things?

John K

Traffic Management Act 2004:

86 Prohibition of parking at dropped footways etc.

(1) In a special enforcement area a vehicle must not be parked on the carriageway

adjacent to a footway, cycle track or verge where?

(a) the footway, cycle track or verge has been lowered to meet the level of

the carriageway for the purpose of?

(i) assisting pedestrians crossing the carriageway,

(ii) assisting cyclists entering or leaving the carriageway, or

(iii) assisting vehicles entering or leaving the carriageway across the

footway, cycle track or verge; or

(b) the carriageway has, for a purpose within paragraph (a)(i) to (iii), been

raised to meet the level of the footway, cycle track or verge.

This is subject to the following exceptions.

(2) The first exception is where the vehicle is parked wholly within a designated

parking place or any other part of the carriageway where parking is specifically

authorised.

A ?designated parking place? means a parking place designated by order

under section 6, 9, 32(1)(b) or 45 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27).

(3) The second exception is where the vehicle is parked outside residential

premises by or with the consent (but not consent given for reward) of the

occupier of the premises.

This exception does not apply in the case of a shared driveway.

(4) The third exception is where the vehicle is being used for fire brigade,

ambulance or police purposes.

(5) The fourth exception is where?

(a) the vehicle is being used for the purposes of delivering goods to, or

collecting goods from, any premises, or is being loaded from or

unloaded to any premises,

(b) the delivery, collection, loading or unloading cannot reasonably be

carried out in relation to those premises without the vehicle being

parked as mentioned in subsection (1), and

(

c) the vehicle is so parked for no longer than is necessary and for no more

than 20 minutes.

(6) The fifth exception is where?

(a) the vehicle is being used in connection with any of the following?

(i) undertaking any building operation, demolition or excavation,

(ii) the collection of waste by a local authority,

(iii) removing an obstruction to traffic,

(iv) undertaking works in relation to a road, a traffic sign or road

lighting, or

(v) undertaking works in relation to a sewer or water main or in

relation to the supply of gas, electricity, water or

communications services,

(

b) it cannot be so used without being parked as mentioned in subsection

(1), and

© it is so parked for no longer than is necessary.

(7) In this section ?carriageway?, ?cycle track? and ?footway? have the meanings

given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66).

(8) References in this section to parking include waiting, but do not include

stopping where?

(a) the driver is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his

control or it is necessary for him to stop to avoid an accident, or

(b) the vehicle is stopped, for no longer than is necessary, for the purpose

of allowing people to board or alight from it.

(9) The prohibition in this section is enforceable as if imposed?

(

a) in Greater London, by an order under section 6 of the Road Traffic

Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27),

(b) elsewhere in England and Wales, by an order under section 1 of that

Act.

[sfmrs]

Thank you for your messages.