| Re: use of traffic cones - what is the law / what is permitted |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Mark GoodgeMark Goodge Date: Jan 23, 2008 12:05
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:09:54 -0000, "nightjar"
here>.me.uk> put finger to keyboard and typed:
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>"Mark Goodge" listmail.good-stuff.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:tojcp3hrjk01rhfagipb2stc9oim4h97d5@news.markshouse.net...
>....>> The law is all available online. I'll wait while you go and look it
>> up, if you want to continue to maintain that parking is not permitted
>> except in a marked parking bay.
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>If you had not selectively cropped my post to take the phrase out of
>context, it would be much clearer what I meant.
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>> But if you're not obstructing the highway then you're not forbidden to
>> park.
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>You seem to be confusing not being forbidden with being permitted, when they
>are not the same thing.
It is a general principle in English law that if something is not
forbidden then it is permitted. If you claim that the law relating to
parking on the road is different in this respect, then it's up to you
to cite the statute which makes that difference.
Mark
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