4 October (Part 3) - The lack of parking logic
Thanks to selfish Elizabeth line commuters local roads have gone from never
seeing a Civic Enforcement Officer to getting two visits a day. I caught the
CEO lady this morning with the intention of asking exactly why she didn’t ticket
the
drive blocking Micra. I know it is an awkward bit of road design courtesy of an
incompetent Bexley Council but I was keen to know the official reason.
As I approached she was putting PCNs on two vehicles each of which had one wheel
resting on the kerb. I know it is against the law but it actually obstructs the
footpath less than a large vehicle with its wheels in the gutter and parked
end-on. (Photo 3.) Never expect logic from any public body.
With tongue in cheek I suggested the blue van owner, a neighbour, should park
lengthways against the kerb opposite because he would be parked legally and the
police would never find the time to attend for obstruction because they are
too
busy arresting political party leaders. Not Sunak unfortunately.
I don’t think the CEO, nice lady that she always is, saw the point I was trying
to make so I moved on to the intended question.
What is the technicality which protects Micra WG10 TKX? She floundered while I agreed that it
was a tricky judgment but having put what comments she did make together, I think I have an inkling of it. She didn’t
actually say what follows so it is wholly my own deduction.
You have to forget about the right angle bend. Imagine a dropped kerb like every
other one you might see extending in a straight line past the house it serves, If the bent kerb was straight the Micra would be in the clear. On the other hand
if the bend wasn’t there a car in the Micra’s position would block my
neighbour’s drive to exactly the same extent as the Micra has done for four days out of the last six and it would likely get a PCN.
The CEO said she would need a ruling from on high to know what should be done, so my neighbour is formulating a suitable question.
Fortunately he owns a car even smaller than the Micra and by using the pavement
and umpteen short distance shuffles he managed get it off the road and out of the clutches of the CEO.
Photos 1, 2 and 4 taken today.