On street Loading Bay ok for Private Cars ?

[RoyT]

Hi

 

Is it ok for private vehicles to use on street loading bays when loading large boxes in & out of a shop approx 25 feet away ? ...there is no other parking available within a sensible distance.

 

I just got a terrible load of verbal from a taxi driver who said its only for commercial vehicles.

 

If it was ok for me to load/unload from a private vehicle ..his abuse was so intense I would like to complain to the local taxi licensing officer about his behaviour.

 

Thanks

 

Roy

[dx100uk]

if you are unloading/loading matters not what type of vehicle you are

obv don't park there for longer than you should mind to do the job.

 

dx

[Michael Browne]

Unless there is a sign which says 'Goods Vehicle Loading Only', the bay can be used by any class of vehicle.

[renegadeimp]

Sounds like the taxi driver wanted to use it himself.

[citizenkain]

taxi drivers think they own the roads,

 

I had a load of abuse off one today for telling him not to park in a pedestrian crossing at asdas in Clydebank

 

,everyone was having to dodge cars as no one could see because of this moron,

 

I took a few pictures of him parked on the crossing with my mobile phone,

 

theyre licensed by the council so Ill see what they say monday when I go down there!

[renegadeimp]

They Wont do anything. ITs a private car park and any lines on the road are purely graffiti

[Jamberson]

It was a pedestrian crossing, wasn't it?

 

Back to the first query though - you can unload there unless it is restricted further (see post 3). Anything saying it's for "commercial vehicles" only?

 

I suspect the taxi driver wanted to use it as a parking space, making him in the wrong, not you! Remember these guys are at work - it's unlikely he'll do anything other than shout from the safety of his car.

[MaisyMouse]

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I suspect the taxi driver wanted to use it as a parking space, making him in the wrong, not you! Remember these guys are at work - it's unlikely he'll do anything other than shout from the safety of his car.

 

I think not

 

I had one cut me up yesterday when picking up a quick fare, levaing me stranded within a yellow box junction. When I got him out of his cage of safety a few seconds later with some continuous use of the horn, he played the 'stay away !' card with his hands a few cms from my face, for any camera in the vicinity to see, believing that I might be seen as somehow in the wrong should it go to court.

 

I'm just over 1.6m high and weigh 54kgs, but I would have loved to have taken out a finger or two with my previous self-defence backing, but I backed off and took the plate number and number plate detail, the helmet camera taking the rest of the incident from start to finish.

 

What an utter idiot. Problem is, they are growing in number, is there a website that allows downloads of such incidents ?

[renegadeimp]

Could always throw it up on youtube.

 

There are accounts there dedicated to things like you experienced.