"nightjar .me.uk>" wrote in message
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> "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
Driving on the pavement is an offence
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