Strike One!
Look who parked in front of our house today: apparently a zero tolerance for crime doesn't include traffic regulations.
Strike One!
Comments
Sideswipe it.
That'd was my thought too. Unfortunately, I'm lazy.
I think Emma's going to.
Unfortunately the law wasn't technically broken. From the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004:
6.10 Parking near fire hydrants
(1) A driver or person in charge of a vehicle must not stop, stand, or park the vehicle—
(a) within 500 mm of a fire hydrant; or
(b) if the fire hydrant is situated below the surface of the road, within 500 mm of the centre of the cover of the hydrant.
(2) A driver or person in charge of a vehicle must not stop, stand, or park the vehicle between the nearer edge of the roadway and any portion of a marking on the roadway indicating the presence of a fire hydrant, the centre of which marking is not more than 6 m from a fire hydrant situated outside the roadway.
(3) However, a driver is not in breach of subclause (1) or subclause (2) if the driver proves that he or she remained in the vehicle or left in charge of the vehicle a person licensed and capable of moving it if necessary.
We measured it; between the marking on the road and the hydrant itself there are a little more than seven metres. Damn.
6.10 Parking near fire hydrants
(1) A driver or person in charge of a vehicle must not stop, stand, or park the vehicle—
(a) within 500 mm of a fire hydrant; or
(b) if the fire hydrant is situated below the surface of the road, within 500 mm of the centre of the cover of the hydrant.
(2) A driver or person in charge of a vehicle must not stop, stand, or park the vehicle between the nearer edge of the roadway and any portion of a marking on the roadway indicating the presence of a fire hydrant, the centre of which marking is not more than 6 m from a fire hydrant situated outside the roadway.
(3) However, a driver is not in breach of subclause (1) or subclause (2) if the driver proves that he or she remained in the vehicle or left in charge of the vehicle a person licensed and capable of moving it if necessary.
We measured it; between the marking on the road and the hydrant itself there are a little more than seven metres. Damn.
Of course, yesterday he had his smart car parked down in the village sideways in a row of parallel parking, which meant his front wheels were on the sidewalk; it's not _that_ small.
the Law: http://legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2004/0427/latest/link.aspx?search=ts_regulation_road&id=DLM303610#DLM303610
And the Greens are pissed at him for using a photograph from their campaign without permission, so there are plenty of opportunities for prosecution.
the Law: http://legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2004/0427/latest/link.aspx?search=ts_regulation_road&id=DLM303610#DLM303610
And the Greens are pissed at him for using a photograph from their campaign without permission, so there are plenty of opportunities for prosecution.