https://uk.news.yahoo.com/speeding-motorcyclist-knocked-off-bike-by-police-after-pulling-wheelies-during-chase-hucknall-nottinghamshire-125205522.html
QUOTE: Guided by the crew of the aircraft, officers finally caught up with him in Kelham where he attempted a U-turn and mounted a pavement. ENDS
Impossible - they never ride on the pavement.
QUOTE: Guided by the crew of the aircraft, officers finally caught up
with him in Kelham where he attempted a U-turn and mounted a pavement. ENDS
Impossible - they never ride on the pavement.
On Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 6:02:12 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
QUOTE: Guided by the crew of the aircraft, officers finally caught up
with him in Kelham where he attempted a U-turn and mounted a pavement. ENDS >>
Impossible - they never ride on the pavement.
Pushing a motorcycle across the pavement to park in your own garden is illegal, police in Bristol have claimed.
They say MCN reader Nick Morris, 42, is committing an offence of “driving on the pavement to park” by “pushing his motorcycle across the pavement to the garden of his premises”.
Neighbourhood inspector Colin Salmon has warned that Morris risks
prosecution unless he parks his Suzuki SV1000 in the road instead.
Salmon told MCN: “We shouldn’t have anyone pushing a motorcycle on the pavement. Nobody should push a motor vehicle on a footpath to gain access
to private property.
“That is the law. That is not what the pavements are for. If a person wishes to have access to their private property there is a due process of doing that, which includes applying to the local authority and getting planning permission to have a driveway and dropped kerb like most people do.”
Morris branded Salmon a “complete moron”.
In the meantime, tell us below if you push your bike up a kerb to park in your garden, and what you think of the police claim it’s illegal.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2009/october/oct1309-pushing-a-motorcycle-across-the-pavement-is-illegal/
QUOTE: Salmon told MCN: “We shouldn’t have anyone pushing a motorcycle on the pavement. Nobody should push a motor vehicle on a footpath to gain
access to private property. ENDS
In Hull, we had some bozo driving over the pavement to access his front garden and his electric socket - KHCC put up bollards to stop his doing this dangerous act.
QUOTE: Salmon told MCN: “We shouldn’t have anyone pushing a motorcycle on the pavement. Nobody should push a motor vehicle on a footpath to gain access to private property. ENDS
In Hull, we had some bozo driving over the pavement to access his front garden and his electric socket - KHCC put up bollards to stop his doing this dangerous act.
QUOTE: Salmon told MCN: “We shouldn’t have anyone pushing a motorcycle on the pavement. Nobody should push a motor vehicle on a footpath to gain access to private property. ENDS
In Hull, we had some bozo driving over the pavement to access his front garden and his electric socket - KHCC put up bollards to stop his doing this dangerous act.
On 16/07/2023 11:41 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
QUOTE: Salmon told MCN: “We shouldn’t have anyone pushing a motorcycle >> on the pavement. Nobody should push a motor vehicle on a footpath to
gain access to private property. ENDS
In Hull, we had some bozo driving over the pavement to access his front
garden and his electric socket - KHCC put up bollards to stop his doing
this dangerous act.
What a load of tripe.
It is not illegal to cross a footway (with a motor vehicle) to gain
access to land within forty-five feet of the highway (which would
include the entrance to a private driveway) for the purposes of parking
the vehicle.
<https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/34>
Road Traffic Act 1988
S.34
QUOTE:
34. Prohibition of driving mechanically propelled vehicles elsewhere
than on roads. E+W
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, if without lawful
authority a person drives a mechanically propelled vehicle—
(a) on to or upon any common land, moorland or land of any other
description, not being land forming part of a road, or
(b) on any road being a footpath, bridleway or restricted byway,he is
guilty of an offence.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above, a way shown in a
definitive map and statement as a footpath, bridleway or restricted
byway is, without prejudice to section 56(1) of the Wildlife and
Countryside Act 1981, to be taken to be a way of the kind shown, unless
the contrary is proved.
(2A) It is not an offence under this section for a person with an
interest in land, or a visitor to any land, to drive a mechanically
propelled vehicle on a road if, immediately before the commencement of section 47(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, the road was —
(a) shown in a definitive map and statement as a road used as a public
path, and
(b) in use for obtaining access to the land by the driving of
mechanically propelled vehicles by a person with an interest in the land
or by visitors to the land.
(3) It is not an offence under this section to drive a mechanically
propelled vehicle on any land within fifteen yards of a road, being a
road on which a motor vehicle may lawfully be driven, for the purpose
only of parking the vehicle on that land.
(4) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section
with respect to a vehicle if he proves to the satisfaction of the court
that it was driven in contravention of this section for the purpose of
saving life or extinguishing fire or meeting any other like emergency.
(5) It is hereby declared that nothing in this section prejudices the operation of—
(a) section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (rights of the public
over commons and waste lands), or
(b) any byelaws applying to any land,or affects the law of trespass to
land or any right or remedy to which a person may by law be entitled in respect of any such trespass or in particular confers a right to park a vehicle on any land.
ENDQUOTE
JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
On 16/07/2023 11:41 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
QUOTE: Salmon told MCN: “We shouldn’t have anyone pushing a motorcycle >>> on the pavement. Nobody should push a motor vehicle on a footpath to
gain access to private property. ENDS
In Hull, we had some bozo driving over the pavement to access his front
garden and his electric socket - KHCC put up bollards to stop his doing
this dangerous act.
What a load of tripe.
It is not illegal to cross a footway (with a motor vehicle) to gain
access to land within forty-five feet of the highway (which would
include the entrance to a private driveway) for the purposes of parking
the vehicle.
<https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/34>
Road Traffic Act 1988
S.34
QUOTE:
34. Prohibition of driving mechanically propelled vehicles elsewhere
than on roads. E+W
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, if without lawful
authority a person drives a mechanically propelled vehicle—
(a) on to or upon any common land, moorland or land of any other
description, not being land forming part of a road, or
(b) on any road being a footpath, bridleway or restricted byway,he is
guilty of an offence.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above, a way shown in a
definitive map and statement as a footpath, bridleway or restricted
byway is, without prejudice to section 56(1) of the Wildlife and
Countryside Act 1981, to be taken to be a way of the kind shown, unless
the contrary is proved.
(2A) It is not an offence under this section for a person with an
interest in land, or a visitor to any land, to drive a mechanically
propelled vehicle on a road if, immediately before the commencement of
section 47(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, the road was —
(a) shown in a definitive map and statement as a road used as a public
path, and
(b) in use for obtaining access to the land by the driving of
mechanically propelled vehicles by a person with an interest in the land
or by visitors to the land.
(3) It is not an offence under this section to drive a mechanically
propelled vehicle on any land within fifteen yards of a road, being a
road on which a motor vehicle may lawfully be driven, for the purpose
only of parking the vehicle on that land.
(4) A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section
with respect to a vehicle if he proves to the satisfaction of the court
that it was driven in contravention of this section for the purpose of
saving life or extinguishing fire or meeting any other like emergency.
(5) It is hereby declared that nothing in this section prejudices the
operation of—
(a) section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (rights of the public
over commons and waste lands), or
(b) any byelaws applying to any land,or affects the law of trespass to
land or any right or remedy to which a person may by law be entitled in
respect of any such trespass or in particular confers a right to park a
vehicle on any land.
ENDQUOTE
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“A person who for any purpose places any rope, wire or other apparatus across a highway in such a manner as to be likely to cause danger to persons using the highway is, unless he proves that he had taken all necessary means to give adequatewarning of the danger, guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding Level 3 (£1,000).
To cut a long story short, trailing a cable/wire across a path to charge your electric car could see you fined up to £1,000 for the privilege when a location is not suitable...
However, the legislation also states a possible exemption if you have “taken all necessary means to give adequate warning of the danger”. This is a grey area because the legislation does not define what “adequate warning” means.
If needs must, use a cable protector
We don’t endorse trailing a cable across a public footpath to charge your electric car, but you can reduce the risk to pedestrians with a cable protector...
Cable protectors fit flush to the ground with a small ramp, enveloping the cable to reduce the tripping hazard. Here’s what one looks like:
Using a cable protector is a simple, affordable way to highlight that you have trailed a wire/cable across the path. However, it’s important to remember it is not a perfect solution, with visually impaired people and children at risk.
The cable protector should cover the full area to be walked on, including the full width of any footway and verge between the property and the vehicle.
Under the Highways Act 1980, if you take all necessary means to give adequate warning of the danger, then trailing a cable is not usually illegal, however, the mechanism for it to be illegal still exists.
It should also be said that some councils do not allow cables across pavements, full stop, and they are within their rights to tell you to stop...
For this reason, policies vary from council to council.
Remember – cable protectors reduce risks to pedestrians, but don’t eliminate them. By trailing a cable, you always run the risk of injuring someone. If a passer-by injures themselves due to your cable, then you can be held responsible.
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