[Closed] Speed camera van fined for parking in cycle lane

That's how 90% of people park around here and it boils my p**s.

Even when parked on the pavement there's not enough room rot two cars to pass each other, so it has achieved nothing except to damage the footpath and cause an inconvenience to pedestrians.

Well, it's an advisory cycle lane, not a mandatory one and there don't appear to be any parking restrictions unless it's in a controlled zone. I can only assume, if he's received a penalty, it was issued by the police for obstruction. However, certainly when I worked in this field in Nottingham, the police would only entertain the idea of obstruction if some was actually being obstructed at that moment in time.

Unless he's got a crane, then
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/5-6/50/section/72

at least I hope that's what he got done for - a law which needs to be used a lot more frequently

Agreed.
Maybe the issuer was a cyclist?

Probably fined for parking on the pavement moreso than the cycle lane.

I'm glad that they've got spare police officers to sit in a van

[rant]Is there a reason why camera operators can't be less well-paid civilian staff so that police officers can patrol and deal with the horrendous driving that a camera van doesn't see?[/rant]

Timba +1

Or use hd video in the van alongside the speed camera and the officer puts down their sandwiches and uses that to capture and log mobile phone use, crap overtaking and similar inattentiveness from the passing traffic.

Edit. It is possible that the existing cameras themselves do need to be attended to by someone trained while in use. If so the tech needs improvement, if we can leave a yellow box on a stick at the roadside then surely the same can be done with a van.

Almost certainly what FM says, will be because wheelchair users, pram pushers, children, all forced out onto the road to get passed.

In Scotland they are civilian staff not police officers.

^^^^+1 as I think they are in Cumbria too. They're also very unwilling to engage in a conversation about the locations they use being accident free low pedestrian areas but great for catching those slightly above the limit if my experience is anything to go by (and no I wasn't speeding at the time).