> On 12 Sep, 10:56, Paul Weaver isorox.co.uk> wrote:

>> On 11 Sep, 07:30, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> On 11 Sep, 07:18, Paul Weaver isorox.co.uk> wrote:

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>>>> On 11 Sep, 07:10, Doug riseup.net> wrote:

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>>>>> 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.

>>
>> But it was the incompetent council who put the driveway there in the
>> first place, they're the villains of the story, one might argue it's
>> entrapment.

>
> More likely the house was built before mass car use became the
> widespread blight that it is now.