d87francis
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Oxford
Hi all,
on part of my commute there is a section with a green coloured cycle lane with a solid white line along the edge of it and double yellows next to the pavement. Now it is my understanding that you cannot drive or park in solid line cycle lanes, as opposed to dashed line lanes where it's suggested that you don't, see section 140 on this link:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070308
Yet everyday on my commute I will encounter 3 or 4 cars completely blocking this 1km stretch of lane. Given that the police no longer deal with parking since they de-criminalised it, is there a way of reporting people parked in these lanes. I have given up saying anything to drivers as on Monday I had an 'incident'.
I was held up by a car parked in this cycle lane with stationary traffic to the right, I did not want to filter down the right as I was approaching a junction where I needed to be on the left if I did not reach the ASL by the time the lights went green. Instead I decided to try and fit between the parked car and the stationary traffic, with their wing mirrors being the same height I had to stop and waddle with the bike to get past. As I did I noticed the parked car's driver was sat in it with the window slightly open so my exact words said to the driver were "that's a good place to park isn't it?" with a sarky tone. Somehow this prompted the driver to get out of his car and start shouting at me, I haven't reported it as I didn't get any of his number plate or witnesses as I felt it best to cycle away as his shouting led his friends to come out of the shop they were in.
Does anyone know of a way that currently exists to report people parked in cycle lanes, and whilst I probably annoy other cyclists by being extra careful when filtering between these parked cars and stationary traffic, if I were more brazen and happened to accidentally clip the parked cars wing mirror could I ever be in the wrong as they are never supposed to be in a solid line cycle lane in the first place? (this isn't the reason the driver started shouting at me!)
on part of my commute there is a section with a green coloured cycle lane with a solid white line along the edge of it and double yellows next to the pavement. Now it is my understanding that you cannot drive or park in solid line cycle lanes, as opposed to dashed line lanes where it's suggested that you don't, see section 140 on this link:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070308
Yet everyday on my commute I will encounter 3 or 4 cars completely blocking this 1km stretch of lane. Given that the police no longer deal with parking since they de-criminalised it, is there a way of reporting people parked in these lanes. I have given up saying anything to drivers as on Monday I had an 'incident'.
I was held up by a car parked in this cycle lane with stationary traffic to the right, I did not want to filter down the right as I was approaching a junction where I needed to be on the left if I did not reach the ASL by the time the lights went green. Instead I decided to try and fit between the parked car and the stationary traffic, with their wing mirrors being the same height I had to stop and waddle with the bike to get past. As I did I noticed the parked car's driver was sat in it with the window slightly open so my exact words said to the driver were "that's a good place to park isn't it?" with a sarky tone. Somehow this prompted the driver to get out of his car and start shouting at me, I haven't reported it as I didn't get any of his number plate or witnesses as I felt it best to cycle away as his shouting led his friends to come out of the shop they were in.
Does anyone know of a way that currently exists to report people parked in cycle lanes, and whilst I probably annoy other cyclists by being extra careful when filtering between these parked cars and stationary traffic, if I were more brazen and happened to accidentally clip the parked cars wing mirror could I ever be in the wrong as they are never supposed to be in a solid line cycle lane in the first place? (this isn't the reason the driver started shouting at me!)