In message , Cynic
writes
>On Sun, 11 May 2008 19:59:08 +0100, Graham Murray
> wrote:
>
>>>> Driving on the pavement is an offence
>
>>> Not if a police officer is asking you to clear the road
>
>>Surely you only have to obey *lawful* instructions from a police
>>officer, and an instruction to do something illegal is not a lawful
>>instruction. Though there are cases (such as passing a red traffic
>>light) where the law explicitly states instructions from a police
>>officer override the 'normal' rules. Is driving onto the pavement (which
>>can cause damage to the pavement and services beneath it) one of those
>>cases?
>
>Except that a police car behind you with blues & twos is *not*
>explicitly instructing you to do anything that would otherwise be an
>offence.
>
>I would not cross a red light or drive in a bus lane that was
>protected by cameras in order to get out of the way of an emergency
>vehicle. I'd mount a pavement, as that has an extremely low
>probability of resulting in a FPN arriving in the post.
>
What happens at a crossroads if the traffic lights fail, and are all on
red? A policeman, stands in the centre of the crossroads doing 'point
duty', and directs alternate streams of traffic to proceed (despite what
the lights say). In the meantime, the cameras are flashing away merrily.
Would any automatic FPN notice stand up in court?
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Ian |