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> "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?
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>> Not in itself.
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>>> He muttered something about obstructing the police but drove off when
>>> the van climbed the other pavement and carried on.
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>> 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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> Driving on the pavement is an offence
You expect the Police car to stop and book you for it?
Colin Bignell
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