"Alasdair" wrote in message
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> Not to pull off the road to let a police car with blues and twos
> through?
Not in itself.
> I remember getting a tongue-lashing from a policeman because I
> wouldn't go on to the footpath to allow a prison van he was escorting
> past. I asked him if the police would pay for new tyres if they got
> damaged and pay the cost of tracking the steering on my car.
Only a muppet would damage their tyres or upset their tracking when mounting
a pavement. You simply do it slowly and carefully, at as great an angle as
possible.
> He muttered something about obstructing the police but drove off when
> the van climbed the other pavement and carried on.
That is why I said that failing to mount a pavement is not an offence in
itself. However, if it amounts to obstructing a Police Officer then it can
be.
Colin Bignell
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