Is this legal?

[Damon]

ok, set the scene...

At the front of the gym i work at there are some of those black metal "posts" that are ment for tying your pushbike up to. Inbetween is a rather large gap where people tend to park their motorbikes so they are in full view through the window. All is fine until one day a traffic warden comes along and starts giving these bikes tickets. He was saying that as it is classed at the pavement, these bikes are parked illegally. Load of shite really.

So anyway, a bloke was saying that you can put a plastic bag around your numberplate and they cannot give you a ticket at all? A few bikes have started to do this and i have seen some traffic wankers walk past without batting an eyelid.

Can i do this legally? can i effectely remove my plate from the bike so the traffic bastards cant give me a ticket? Also, if my road tax is on show, can they just give a ticket using the information from that?

Thanks all

[scootabk]

I'm no expert but as far as I know if it's in a position to be ticketed then covering the plate/tax will mean they have the power to tow it away.

I'd be trying to find out (from the council etc) if you're allowed to park there, if not why not etc as pushbikes are allowed

[MattHirst]

[Damon]

[Ariel Badger]

No idea on the legality but top marks for the paint drawing.
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[bob a]

It is illegal to park a motor bike on the pavement however the guy would beed to be a real shite to do you for that.

If you cover or remove your plate he can get the details off your road tax, number plate is on that.

He also has the powers to remove and potentially crush the bike.

He is being really petty but he is not wrong.

[iooi]

Are you sure the posts are not there to attempt to stop ram raiders... Is there a sign to say cycle parking?

In many place it is not legal to park a M/Bike in cycle bays, York is certainly one place where you will get a ticket for doing so.
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[Finglonga]

If its a public footpath you can't park on it. If the property is private and the strip of path is on the property then you can park on it.

Not 100% sure but I think that the wardens have the power to remove bags now if you were to put one over the number plate.
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[Kal]

Depends entirely on where you are.

However I would argue that it is bicycle parking and that I have an offical govt document stating that the vehicle in question is a bicycle.

I'll parking the Trike in Motorcycle Bays in Leicester becauase the V5c states it is a MOTOR triCYCLE, however I won't park it in the one marked MotorBicycle parking
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[Damon]

[Kal]

erm, yes you will

because the Bike will be untaxed and unlicened to be on the highway - straight to the crusher, do not pass go, do not get compensation...
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[iooi]

[Damon]

[krebsy]

The big Tescoes near here (MK, Kingston) has a "Motorcycle parking area" which is a pooly lined off area right next to the taxi pickup point, the stop and wait point and right next to the exit/cash machines. There is nothing to secure the bikes to and nothing to prevent mr "too lazy to find a space whilst getting cash" from parking across them or broadsiding the bikes and knocking them all over. I park over at the other side of the main doors (By the travel shop for those who know it) where there is a cycle rack and space off to one side where I can back the bike up to the windows and is safe behind the anti-ram raiding posts. Only once had an issue where the trolley monkey had parked the "Electric trolley pushing cart thing (TM)" too close. That soon shifted after I bumped it out of the way.

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[T.C]

It is quite legal for anyone with designated authority (Police, Traffic Warden, parking Attendant) to take reasonable steps to secure the identity (registration number) of any vehicle believed to be commiting an offence, and this would include removing a plastic bag covering up the registration plate.

If you remove the plate from your bike, then you risk further problems, not least of which is that of attempting to pervert the course of justice which is a criminal offence, and this would resultn in the Police being involved rather than the local warden.

As far as the parking is concerned, then you could have been done for driving elsewhere than on a road, obstruction or under a local bylaw (so clarification is required to determine exactly what offence you have been done for) but if it is in contravention of a specific parking offence, then the lines, signs and traffic order must all be in place and correct.
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[ms51ves3]

My tax disc says bicycle on it so would that mean I am legally aloud to park in a bicycle park area.
I don't know if it is any different for over 50cc
Does that also mean I can ride in bicycle lanes?

Mark

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[Jamie.]

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this drives me mad. It's not illegal to park on the pavement,other than in london, the restrictions which apply to the road apply to the pavement. There's a warden round here keeps threatening to give
me a ticket for obstructing the pavement despite the fact that said pavement is six metres wide. What planet are these guys from.
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