Ian (GPX)
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 Posted: 01:17 - 31 Aug 2003  Post subject: Info on Parking your Motorcycle on the path (A must read)!! |
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This is part II to my other post here.
OK guys and girls, want some info on parking your motorcycle on the pavement..... visit the link below
https://www.parkingticket.co.uk/sh.html
And just to quote a section from this page / site
| Quote: | To avoid being ticketed in London, particularly in Camden and Westminster, bikes need to be parked in an area that is either fenced or has some form of barrier that prevents pedestrians from having casual access.
Where the footway begins and ends is a matter of highway and road law, not parking law. As we have said, each case depends on its own facts. The only safe course is not to park on a given area unless it is quite clear that it is not part of the footway. I would be wary of parking anywhere that the public, using the footway, were not physically prevented from walking over, by a barrier of some kind such as a wall or fence.
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And the following is from this site
https://www.motorcycleparking.com
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In areas where barriers exist or which have not been a right of way for pedestrians, then motorcycles should be outside the long arm of the council parking wardens
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Also take a look at this page if you do get a ticket and think that it's wrong and should not have been issued.
https://www.parkingticket.co.uk/ce.html
Info from here (https://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00038-ap.htm#271)
Stands etc. for bicycles or motor cycles.
271. - (1) The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 63 (power of authorities to provide stands and racks for bicycles), for "and racks for bicycles" substitute "or racks for, or devices for securing, bicycles or motor cycles".
(3) In section 136(4) (meaning of "motor cycle"), for "section 57" substitue "sections 57 and 63".
Also read this PDF file
https://www.mag-uk.org/publications/guides/secure_2002-04.pdf
Info from https://www.mag-uk.org/publications/dtlr_ta_2002-2.pdf
ORDER-MAKING
The powers of authorities in England, Scotland and Wales in
relation to the provision of stands and racks for bicycles is set out in
Section 63 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This was
amended by the Transport Act 2000 (Section 271 [2]) and the
Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 (Section 75 [2]) to “The powers of
any authority under this Act to provide parking shall extend to
providing, in roads or elsewhere, stands or racks for, or devices for
securing, bicycles or motorcycles”.
Raised A horizontal bar is provided at a height of approximately 40-60 cm. This style is generally provided at the edge of the carriageway and again requires the user to use their own lock. This type can represent a trip hazard or impediment if installed along the edge of footways. Preferably, they should be integral with pedestrian railings or protected by other means to safeguard pedestrians, particularly people with impaired vision. Where high density parking is closely associated with pedestrian guard railings, users may need to put their hand through the vertical railings in order to reach the horizontal bar to use their locking cables. In such situations the width between the vertical bars of the railings should be approximately 160mm.
It is often not possible to pass a lock through a motorcycle frame. Hence any anchor point provided needs to be at a suitable height for locking the wheel.
https://www.bmf.co.uk/parking/pages/powered_two_wheelers3.html (picture inclued at this link)
Dedicated parking at transport interchanges, stations and park-and-ride facilities should be available. Greater facility for on and off-street parking should also be provided. These designated areas - taking up far less space than they would for a similar number of cars - should also include equipment to which machines can be secured and storage facilities for helmets and protective clothing. Authorities should consider developing bike parks ahead of the more familiar car parks.
More space in car parks, particularly those operating ACPO Secure Car Parks schemes, should also provide for the security of users.
https://www.bmf.co.uk/parking/pdf/bmf-doc.pdf (large PDF File)
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Zimma
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| Posted: 01:24 - 31 Aug 2003 Post subject: |
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Quote those sites when informing them of your intention not to pay. From what I can tell you were perfectly within your rights to park there. 
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