| Re: Is it illegal to drive over kerbs? |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Date: Sep 11, 2008 00:43
> On 11 Sep, 07:18, Paul Weaver isorox.co.uk> wrote:>> On 11 Sep, 07:10, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>> If so millions of motorists must be breaking this law too. And they
>>> have the barefaced cheek to criticise cyclists for lawbreaking!
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>> Of course the non-motorists that criticise cyclists for law breaking?
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>>> "But the council was defiant, saying it was illegal to drive over a
>>> kerbed footway or verge and action was necessary."
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>> The council installed the driveway without getting the correct
>> planning permission, or the planning office didn't do their job
>> properly -- it's not illegal to drive over a dropped kerb.
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> You are missing the point. This is about non-dropped kerbs, over which
> many motorists drive on a daily basis and seem to be allowed to get
> away with it.
Not if, as in this case, they get spotted doing it by someone with the power
to take action, just like cyclists on the pavement. The main difference is
that the cyclists will be travelling along the pavement for extended
periods, often placing pedestrians in danger by doing so, while these car
drivers are driving across the pavement in a quiet street, reducing the
exposure to pedestrians to a minimum.
Colin Bignell
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