I was caught on CCTV in Camden at 8.35pm. Ironically I'd pulled over as I didn't want to be driving whilst on the phone. No buses arrived in that period and I didn't cause any kind of traffic jam. There weren't even double yellow lines in the bus stop....
Okay, so I was in the wrong, but I still think this is tax by stealth.
:-(
2007-11-13 05:37:54 · 22 answers · asked by Snowth 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Ha! Absolutely not! you'll think twice before you do that again won't you?
2007-11-13 07:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by Rabid Dog Pie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a bus user adn it's extremely annoying when people block bus stop as I cannot always flag teh bus down and have missed my buss and been late due to people doing jsut what you have.
now I do think you did teh right thing as you were using the phone also at 8.35 teh buses are reduced plus teh number of people using it.
Given I don't know teh location of your stop but the stops I use are surround by plenty of parking area (free areas) and I think it should have a fine but maybe not that large and shoudl take circumstances into account but I don't think you should just be told Yes go ahead it's fine.
I was thikig last night but isn't£120 fine more than the fine for talking on the phone where you could potentially crash and kill/injure?? I hope I'm wrong with that because that's stupid encourage to drive adn talk instead of pulling over as it's a lesser fine
2007-11-13 05:50:49 · answer #2 · answered by vorash 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you boke the law face the consequences.
If a bus came along - How long would it have taken you to move than you would have caused a traffic jam.
You broke the law pay the fine.
If I could I would make you pay the fine and go back to driving school for courses and you would pay for the courses.
Rember a license is a privilege.
You should know right from wrong.
2007-11-13 06:13:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Clearly the law was needed due to the fact that buses were unable to access their stops due to illegally parked vehicles. How is the CCTV expected to know that you're just stopping to make a phone call? Why is that excusable? What if motorists regularly utilized bus stops to make their calls? I'd bet there is a bus driver out there who would like the fine to be higher!
2007-11-13 06:10:24 · answer #4 · answered by kevin n 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You cannot park or stop in bus stop area boxes for any reason in the areas controlled by Transport for London. This is a law. I have no sympathy. If you stop in a loading area for more than twenty minutes then yes I can see your anger but as I have been victim to the new law whereby a ticket has been issued in the seventeenth or eighteenth minute and has been maintained then one can argue the case once it gets to court. Do not park on bus stops is my advice.
2007-11-13 05:46:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There you go if you break the rules you pay the penalty, we can't have a society where you can pick and choise which rules you want to obey. Why have your phone when your driving anyway it is a distraction and could cause you to divert your attention and possibly an accident, in truth phones should switch off in cars I think...
2007-11-13 05:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't drive but I know the fine for parking/using bus lanes and stops is £120, you should know you're not meant to stop at a bus stop anyway, whether there is a bus there or not!
2007-11-13 05:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by Gavin T 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
NO, laws are there for a reason! If you chose to ignore it, well tough!
You could have ignored the phone, until you got somewhere you could legally stop, or are you so important that answering the phone is a priority?
Suck up and pay up.
2007-11-13 06:16:07 · answer #8 · answered by Petero 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's a tax by stealth by the scum who run this country. My guess is if a nuclear bomb exploded in London and moved your car a few streets away some half-dead parking attendant would still slap a ticket on it and you can be sure that some of the answerers here (who are still alive anyway) would still claim that the law is the law and you were technically parked where you shouldn't be, so pay up. It's a bizarre mindset to you and me, but to the bureaucratic mind it's completely logical.
You can bet that most of the answers here who are unsympathetic to you will be from those who consider themselves Christian.
2007-11-13 06:14:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Not if you're not a bus.
Was it the Queen calling? A surgeon with news on a serious matter of life or death?
Then returning the call could've waited.
Simple as that.
2007-11-13 22:12:05 · answer #10 · answered by Bob J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excessive for some but its the law. I dont agree with some of the laws in this country but its the same law for everyone.
2007-11-14 02:32:35 · answer #11 · answered by Mr Abba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋