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ba2721de46bf@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, foggytown@aol.com says...
> In a village near me there is an office building with a large car park
> behind it. Running alongside the building is a paved, two-laned
> access way to the car park. People not associated with the offices
> are always parking on the access way. The suspicion is that the
> office building does not own the access - only uses it. One night
> double yellow lines suddenly appeared running down each side of the
> access. And these signs appeared
>
> http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l317/foggytown/sign.jpg
>
> My reaction is . . . yeah, who do you think you're fooling? They have
> said everything possible to deter someone from parking on that road
> without actually saying "This is private property/our road and we
> don't want you parking on it." This tends to confirm that the
> building doesn't have any control over or legal claim to the access
> way and they are using scare tactics to keep people off.
>
> Leaving the question of ownership aside, would there be any way of
> enforcing any penalty that was levied per the terms of this sign?
>
> FoggyTown
>
Unenforcable contract :) I.e. they'd have to prove who parked the
vehicle there which they cannot in court as they will sue the person who
owned the vehicle, not the person who parked it :)
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Alex Threlfall
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