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Driving Licence Points???
my vile next door neighbour repeatedly parks on a single yellow line on the wrong of the road for parking and occasionally blocks the pavement. he frequently gets tickets on his windscreen. my question is, do you also get points on your licence and how long will it be before he gets banned from driving.? thanks.
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No you don't get points for that, What islay says is true but 'leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position' IS a driving / criminal offence. Bad parking is not a driving / criminal offence it is a civil offence only.
The only hope is that if the tickets are actual fines issued by the police or council and he does not pay them the court can confiscate his car and sell it to pay off the fines. Take comfort from the fact that he will be getting charged £30 to £50 for every ticket he gets!
The only hope is that if the tickets are actual fines issued by the police or council and he does not pay them the court can confiscate his car and sell it to pay off the fines. Take comfort from the fact that he will be getting charged £30 to £50 for every ticket he gets!
It's in the street ( single yellow line) which is a pubic road so it will be a traffic warden or the police who have issued it so it will be a fine.
Very many people do not realize there is a major difference between a fine or 'Penalty Charge Notice' that can only be issued by a parking / traffic warden and a 'Parking Charge Notice' that is issued by a private parking company. The private companies make their invoices look as much like a Penalty Charge Notice as possible to try to scare people into paying.
Very many people do not realize there is a major difference between a fine or 'Penalty Charge Notice' that can only be issued by a parking / traffic warden and a 'Parking Charge Notice' that is issued by a private parking company. The private companies make their invoices look as much like a Penalty Charge Notice as possible to try to scare people into paying.
Let’s cut to the chase.
The only “parking” offence that attracts an endorsement and penalty points (as far as I can recall) is, as has been mentioned, under Section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, “Leaving vehicles in dangerous positions”. It says this:
“If a person in charge of a vehicle causes or permits the vehicle or a trailer drawn by it to remain at rest on a road in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to involve a danger of injury to other persons using the road, he is guilty of an offence.”
So the bad parking has to involve a “danger of injury” to other road users. A prosecution is certainly most unlikely to succeed for simply parking on a yellow line or on the wrong side of the road. Parking so as to block the pavement might see a success (depending on the circumstances). We need not go into the details, though, because we don’t know enough about them to form a view as to what a court might think (and when issuing a Fixed Penalty Notice, that is what must be considered). I should think this person is simply being issued with standard “parking tickets” which are now decriminalised offences.
The only “parking” offence that attracts an endorsement and penalty points (as far as I can recall) is, as has been mentioned, under Section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, “Leaving vehicles in dangerous positions”. It says this:
“If a person in charge of a vehicle causes or permits the vehicle or a trailer drawn by it to remain at rest on a road in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to involve a danger of injury to other persons using the road, he is guilty of an offence.”
So the bad parking has to involve a “danger of injury” to other road users. A prosecution is certainly most unlikely to succeed for simply parking on a yellow line or on the wrong side of the road. Parking so as to block the pavement might see a success (depending on the circumstances). We need not go into the details, though, because we don’t know enough about them to form a view as to what a court might think (and when issuing a Fixed Penalty Notice, that is what must be considered). I should think this person is simply being issued with standard “parking tickets” which are now decriminalised offences.
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