Doug wrote:
> On 11 Sep, 08:43, "nightjar" .me.uk>
> wrote:
>>> 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!
>>
>>>> Of course the non-motorists that criticise cyclists for law
>>>> breaking?
>>
>>>>> "But the council was defiant, saying it was illegal to drive over
>>>>> a kerbed footway or verge and action was necessary."
>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
> That still doesn't answer the question, is it illegal? Also, cars left
> on pavements are a public nuisance, especially to the blind and people
> in wheelchairs..
Not illegal to drive over a non-dropped kerb to get to a garage or private
parking space. I can't quote a source, but I'll find one. I know this from
experience as my mum's garage has no dropped kerb, and she queried it at the
time it was built. The council wanted
