Vehicles Parked On The Roadside Just For Advertising Purposes.

[crosspatch65]

A vehicle belonging to "Door Doctor" has been parked continually on our road for almost 6 months now. It never moves,, it's just for advertising purposes. It is taxed. It is a residential road . Has anyone else experienced the same situation and been able to have it moved? The company also has another of the vans parked around Bingley purely for the same purpose. Is there a limit to the length of time a vehicle can be parked in the same place on a public highway. Any advice would be welcome please.

[Baldric]

@ 16:51, . . because I can ;o)

[hc4361]

You need a hobby, Baldric

[ToraToraTora]

danny, see HCs link.

[Mamyalynne]

Come now hc, rules are for other people.

It's only when other people break rules does it bother some. :-)

[dannyk13]

TTT. when you can show that you have served as a police officer as long as I have I will debate further with you otherwise take my word for it that the vehicle is causing an obstruction.The highway is not a car park.Incidentally I have lost count of the number of motorists who have been successfully prosecuted for obstruction in similar circumstances

[ToraToraTora]

... not what it says on the "ask the police" site in Hc's link.

[dannyk13]

//and is not in breach of any parking restrictions,//
from the. link

[ToraToraTora]

it says: "If the car is fully taxed, insured, isn't causing an obstruction and is not in breach of any parking restrictions, the police can't take any action. A car can park on any road (restrictions permitting) for any length of time." - seems pretty clear to me.

[hc4361]

Prosecuted for being legally parked, with all required tax, MOT and insurance in force? Not a chance, dannyk. These days the police pass problems with parked cars on to the council, the DVLA or anyone else they can think of.

[ToraToraTora]

....what parking restrictions is it in breach of? It says it can stay any length of time so elapsed time alone cannot possibly constitute a breach. So what is the time limit then?

[TonyV]

oh Lynne the voice of reason lol. Just normal Sunday afternoon spat on AB for those who dont like F1 or golf, but hopefully OP will get all the info she needs whilst sorting "the wheat from the chaff"?

[dannyk13]

TTT, there is a restriction on a vehicle parking on a road so as to cause an obstruction.AS I said I will debate with you further when you reveal your experience as a police officer.

[Mamyalynne]

Hopefully.

[hc4361]

A high sided truck was parked outside my parents' terraced house for months, blocking the light in to their living room. Neither the police nor the council would do anything because no offences were being committed. Their house has no frontage and the pavement is only 3ft wide so you can imagine what it was like.

[dannyk13]

hc I cannot account for the negligence of your local police force.These day there seem to be many things that the police tend to disregard, even burglaries in some forces.

[ToraToraTora]

it's not causing an obstruction, are you saying every car parked is causing an obstruction after some elapsed time? How long? So why can anyone park in the street? Yes I get it that basically every vehicl parked on the road is technically an obstruction but by precedent they are not actually dealt with unless they are an actual obstruction, eg parking over someones drive way. Can you imagine the chaos?

[hc4361]

I'm with TTT on this. Section 137 of the Highways Act 1980 says that “if a person, without lawful authority or excuse, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence”.

'Obstructs the free passage' is the requirement to prosecute for obstruction and simply parking at the side of the road is not enough.

[bhg481]

If 3 cars A, B and C parked in a row on a residential road, I think it would be an interesting situation if car B was prosecuted for obstruction and cars A and C were not.

[dannyk13]

TTT, I wil now leave this as you , with your great experience of the law,know best (not).

[ToraToraTora]

her's another link: https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/off_belay/car_parked_outside_house_for_nearly_4_months-513582
"... I called the local police station who told me that it is not reported stolen and as it is taxed, it is legally parked and there is nothing I can do about it. "