These are extracts from the relevant traffic order made in 1988:
"No person shall cause or permit any commercial vehicle to wait during the prescribed hours in any restricted street."
- any vehicle which exceeds 5 tonnes cannot park overnight
"No person shall cause or permit any commercial vehicle to wait during the prescribed hours in any restricted street."
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| That is 99% of the borough - exemptions below |
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| Read this as from 6.30pm to 8am i.e. Overnight |
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| the vehicles which cannot be parked (wait) overnight |
This is what the council have just written in their response which rejects a challenge that a 3.5 tonne 15 seater mini-bus, used by a large family to transport the numerous off-spring and their stuff:
but Mr Mustard reads the effect of the traffic order, in so far as which vehicles are caught by it, like this:
- any vehicle which exceeds 5 tonnes cannot park overnight
- but a mini-bus that has up to 13 seats and weighs over 5 tonnes can park overnight
- a mini-bus that weighs over 5 tonnes and has 14 seats cannot park overnight
- a mini-bus that weighs less than 5 tonnes can park overnight no matter how many seats it has, just 2 or 20.
Is he right or are the council?
Yours frugally
Mr Mustard
The exempted streets. Please do not park on the M1 overnight!
Hi Mr Mustard - i have a question for you regarding a parking ticket that my son received and i was wondering what the best way is to contact you
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Lesley
send an email to mrmustard@zoho.com
ReplyDeleteWhat does the council do about 'Hackney Carriages'? Might be worth asking a taxi driver. Or a traffic warden. If they get tickets overnight, then a minibus will too. If not, then a minibus won't. Regardless of the practicalities, this is badly worded.
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