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Dropped Kerb

My father in law has been fined for parking on his drive without having a dropped kerb. The Council said he was passing over a public thoroughfare but you have to do that even if you have a dropped kerb.

Anyone know if this is correct???

Adele01 Thurs 08/05/08 23:43

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kempie
Fri 09/05/08
00:45

It is correct but inasmuch as he is passing over a footway not a "public thoroughfare".

S.184 The Highways Act 1980 makes it an offence to drive a vehicle across a footway or verge where there is no proper vehicle crossover (dropped kerb).

http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegT ype=All+Legislation&title=highways&Year=1980&T YPE=QS&PageNumber=1&parentActiveTextDocId=2198 137&ActiveTextDocId=2198433

buildersmate
Fri 09/05/08
08:56

By paying to have the dropped kerb done, the local authority are in effect granting you the right to pass over the footpath. And the benefit is that it then becomes an offence for someone else to park across the driveway - some councils mark the roads across such driveways with single white lines to remind drivers of this.
Time to get the chequebook out, perhaps.

Twenty20
Fri 09/05/08
09:08

Just out of interest on this topic, and I suppose it would be better asked in the Law section, where there's a dropped kerb with access to a private drive, who has priority on the pavement, the pedestrian or the motorist crossing the pavement?

hammerman
Fri 09/05/08
16:17

Would this apply to motorcycles too...i know loads of people who park their m/c's in their front gardens

Adele01
Sun 18/05/08
10:58

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Thank you for all of your replies this has been very helpful, he is in the process of getting a dropped kerb built through the Council.

Thanks again

Adele

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