Parking : Driver vows to never return to Cornwall

David9694 wrote:

Can't find this location on a map

Found it! https://goo.gl/maps/WUBwpV3A7rN4neeN8

I have to agree that, as a frequent visitor, it's unlikely she was unaware that this was a disabled space. However, the marking is inadequate and could be missed. It looks a bit like those parking space occupancy sensors. So I think the parking company is being a bit cheeky here.

But this is why I think inconsiderate driving should be de-criminalised and enforcement handed over to a civil organisation. The ferocity with which parking management companies hound drivers and the zero-tolerance approach that their CCTV cameras enable is admirable. Imagine what they could do with close-pass camera footage from cyclists!

HoarseMann wrote:

But this is why I think inconsiderate driving should be de-criminalised and enforcement handed over to a civil organisation. The ferocity with which parking management companies hound drivers and the zero-tolerance approach that their CCTV cameras enable is admirable. Imagine what they could do with close-pass camera footage from cyclists!

If it was taken out of the hands of the authorities/police and handed over to private companies it would become a subscription service, like those private security teams on American residential estates ("Close pass, you say?  Please can I have confirmation of your Road Safety Inc insurance number... You haven't got one?  Well, I'm sorry, sir, but there's nothing we can do").

Now I like that idea!

I'd be quite happy to pay for that service, as I'm sure many cyclists would. Even if there were some cyclists who were unable/unwilling to pay for it, they would likely benefit overall from improved driving standards; as the probability of bad drivers being stung for a hefty fine would increase massively.

Possibly my sarcasm was too subtle.  I'm a hard no on it, too.

Ideally it would be a civil organisation, maybe the council, maybe a new national government body, enforcing certain moving traffic violations from public video submissions. Paid for by the fines collected and freeing up the police.

But that alongside a paid option (a bit like private healthcare alongside the NHS) where you let private companies also issue fines, could be interesting.

BMW on BMW  - genuinely surprised that the police swung into action here

They certainly wouldn't have done in Lancashire- police won't touch BMW's here, no matter what they've done (or Mercedes, Audi or JLR). AF11 XVU was reported when detected on 18th July and is still driving around now

Another one where my reasonable and necessary use of the highway to park something in is impeded by selfish people just dumping stuff on the road in everybody's way!

Also his idea that by parking on the pavement rather than the road he is avoiding a parking violation of not parking on a double yellow line is false. I recently spoke to a traffic warden on this very subject, as there is someone near me who reguarly parks on the pavement where there is a double yellow line. The traffic warden told me that the parking restriction goes from the centre of the road to far edge of the pavement. 

". It is minutes they are there dropping off, people understand and would rather children get in school safely."

Ah the old - can only be done by car ploy.

Nimby (n): a person who selfishly objects to you using their back yard for temporary parking.  Which you obviously have to do because you choose to have to live somewhere where you aren't inconvenienced and the kids aren't threatened by people using your back yard for temporary parking.

David9694 wrote:

Pretty sure I remember Lesley Judd making one of these from a cardboard box and lashed together with sticky-back plastic. (Younger viewers have their own programmes.)

I don't recall Lesley Judd being lashed but perhaps you were watching the continental version.

Pasties, please. Although not good for blood pressure.

Couldn't get back up the hill with 46m of ascent.

All good points. Perhaps he is being a bit dramatic and maybe only needs to never set foot in Polzeath again. If he really wants to drive, there's a nice Spar with ample off-road parking just down the road in Rock!

https://goo.gl/maps/Q2chtNdaLu7AmvST9

Alternatively, he could just buy a bag of frozen croissants (cheaper and nicer than shop baked), get an iPad and download the Daily Mail app, then he wouldn't need to visit the shop at all (pretty sure it's the DM!).