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Topic : Car Parking on roads - a right or obstruction? |
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| wahiba |
Cars parked on roads: Block view of drivers pulling out. Slow down the bus service. Hide people trying to cross road. Force drivers to pull - some idiot parked on a bend, a driver swerved across road to avoid and nearly hit car coming other way - me. So is there a right to park on the road. Well, if an emergency vehicles clobbers it because it is the way you will find out - NO. solution - no parking on any road unless in a designated area. In other words reverse the yellow lines to places where one can park. No line, no parking! |
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| GrahamC |
I disagree with a no parking policy through the main street. It's a great speed reducing measure which only comes in to force at busy times when its needed, much better than the alternatives of speed bumps. With 3 zebra crossings through the village there is no problem crossing. The only downside to the parking is the one car who seems to regularly park just beyond the permitted zone (opposite the pet shop) where the road narrows, it's this one car that makes the whole streach appear to be a problem. |
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| wahiba |
Actually vehicles speeding up is the one problem my idea does raise. The only real solution to that is external control of vehicle speeds. Highly probable as the technology is certainly available. |
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| grandad |
the problem here is the usual one when it comes to cars and traffic. namely bad drivers if the drivers used and parked their vehicles in a responsible way with regard for other road users we wouldn't have any trouble. but they don't all to many are selfish and only think of themselves. |
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| Malc |
If you stop them parking in one area they will only move somewhere else. Foe example the yellow lines on Howden road have caused parking chaos on Craven Drive. How the buses get up there through the day I don't know. |
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| jonno |
I know some elderly drivers who will not drive down the main street because of the narrowing caused by parked cars. Heaven knows there are enough spaces for free short stay parking by the library (200 meters away if that) and by Paul's Hardware (300 meters away). Why can people park there and use their legs? Rhetorical question really isn't it? Too damn lazy. Get rid of all the parking by the duckpond and put a 20mph speed limit from the kings arms to the petrol station. I should be on the Town Council I should!  |
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| alan |
One of the reasons the Town Council has supported parking on the main street was to slow traffic down! Do you really believe 20mph signs will do the job, I don't! There are vacancies on the Town Council why don't you apply? |
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| poononga1 |
i thought we were getting a speed camera. id make it 20 mph get the speed camera in and get some speed bumps down and do the same all around the school areas,.its a nightmare around there with young idiots flying up and down south view, obviously nothing will happen because all these things will look out of place in historic cobbyland, jesus i can rant. and has anyone every crossed the canal brige after closing time and seen cars hit the bridge and take off,,i have, a nice speed bump would have maybe helped them into the canal. |
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| blob |
Speed cameras don't stop people with unsafe cars, no tax, no insurance, general idiots Enough said! |
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| Lord Sprocket |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) quoteI saw a driver parked just outside the permitted zone. Later a little old women got in it and drove away! |
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| wahiba |
I confess to understanding enough about traffic management to realise the negative aspects of my suggestion. It was one of those extreme ideas i came up with and then put it to people as a discussion starter. The following are the real problems I have noticed in Sislden due to parking: View blocking when pulling out from a side road onto a main road. Solution: no parking restrictions for suitable distance either side of junctions. Buses being obstructed. Solution: restrict parking to one side of road on bus routes - or none at all if insufficient room. Inconsiderate parking, on yellowlines, pavement etc. : law enforcement is the main solution. The increased probability of being caught and a small fine and penalty point is a much greater deterrent thandraconian measures. Maybe the level of fines, and the income after expenditure should be kept by Silsden Town Council. Would make a tidy sum to start with. |
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| Uncle Tom |
How’s this for a suggestion to stop bad parking. If a car is parked where it should not be, next to junctions, yellow or double white lines, bus stops, crossing etc, then the car is confiscated and sold, the proceeds could then go to the council to help improve the village. No more cars for the bad drivers to park, they would be on the buses that other drives delay and the council gets lots of money. No losers, all winners that stay within the law. |
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| Grianan |
If we just consider the parking on the main road: There are really 2 issues here (although they do have an impact on each other) 1. Cars travelling at an inappropriate speed. 2. Cars being parked so as to cause a hazard. Reckless drivers going too fast for the situation are not going to be slowed down by speed humps, traffic cameras or the narrowing of the road caused by parked cars, in fact parked cars may induce them to speed up to seize a gap ahead of oncoming cars without regard for pedestrians and obstructs their view of them. The extra hazards created by cars parked on the main road (not forgetting when they are parking and leaving) and the congestion caused by this is unnecessary and dangerous. Let's make Silsden a safer place and ban parking from the main road between the library and the petrol station. - There are car parks provided close by after all. As for drivers travelling at an inappropriate speed (ie."too fast") the removal of parked cars makes this far less dangerous for everyone. The problem of "speeding" is another issue. The removal of main road parking may make this more obvious but it will make it safer for everyone. My suggestion to control inappropriate speed would be to introduce a 25mph speed limit through the village, and have a speed camera to catch anyone travelling at 35mph or over. |
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| Haych |
How about getting rid of parking on the main st in order to make the place feel a better place. Reduce the speed limit of cars coming through to 20 mph - no problem if there is space for access both ways... people will walk round silsden noticing how nice it is to live in a village that likes itself. |
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