Is this a funster?

[Jimbohorlicks]

Is this a funster parking up on double yellow lines?

Bus gets stuck trying to squeeze past camper van parked in narrow street

The road was blocked as a bus became stuck trying to squeeze past a parked campervan.

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk

 

[Gellyneck]

Is this a funster parking up on double yellow lines?

Bus gets stuck trying to squeeze past camper van parked in narrow street

The road was blocked as a bus became stuck trying to squeeze past a parked campervan.

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk

Doubtful. There's no table with wine bottle / glasses and chairs out next to it!

 

[Mousy]

Blue badge in the window and the police say motorhome was legally parked.
Apparently the bus “snagged the campervan” as it tried to pass.

Not a good day for anyone.

 

[Janine]

That is an awfully narrow road but there are always vehicles parked along it.

When I catch the bus from Carnon Downs campsite to Falmouth, I always breath in when we go down there.

 

[Jev88]

Blue badge or not I wouldn't park there. I always imagine a large bus or truck coming down the road - Can they get by?

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[rb62]

If you look they are legally but stupidly parked beyond the yellow lines

 

[Phill D]

Is this a funster parking up on double yellow lines?

Bus gets stuck trying to squeeze past camper van parked in narrow street

The road was blocked as a bus became stuck trying to squeeze past a parked campervan.

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk

It’s not on double yellow and while it’s an inconsiderate place to park it’s not illegal as far as I read.

 

[olley]

Bus should have mounted the kerb to get past

 

[offagen]

It seems like a case where common sense didn't prevail. Parking the MH there didn't take account of the restriction it caused on other large vehicles passing. Now they have a damaged van due to lack of foresight.

I lived in Penryn for a few years and saw MHs parked in all sorts of inappropriate places there because Falmouth is not easy to access and park.

 

[Janine]

Bus should have mounted the kerb to get past

Not always possible along that road due to high kerbs and overhanging buildings.

The buses pass so close to some houses, you can look in the bedroom windows

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[Jimbohorlicks]

If you look they are legally parked beyond the yellow lines

It’s not on double yellow and while it’s an inconsiderate place to park it’s not illegal as far as I read.

Yes , agreed not on double yellows. My error in the opening post. But still a silly place to park up legal or not.

 

[Miggs]

My take is if you park anywhere preventing emergency vehicles from passing that is not legally parked. Might just as easily have been a fire engine on call.

 

[rb62]

Not always possible along that road due to high kerbs and overhanging buildings.

The buses pass so close to some houses, you can look in the bedroom windows

There was a tale of a young buxom country girl who went to stay with her friend in town.Used to living in the country so slept naked,jumped out of bed in the morning and flung back the curtains,only to find a double decker outside

 

[Puddleduck]

Blue badge or not I wouldn't park there.

Nor me, not even in a car. I might ask to be dropped off if absolutely necessary but wouldn't park there. I don't know the area but if being dropped off would have to weigh up the chances of delaying emergency vehicles. Any chance of causing a delay = move on, don't stop.

Most people are understanding when they see the wheelchair lifted out but some are in too much of a hurry to be considerate and won't even give me the 3 minutes I need.

 

[Bessy765]

If we were at all concern we leave a note in the window with phone number and a message text move van. Only had a call once when a wide load could not pass. But allways try not to park where it may cause a problem.

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[TerryL]

Correct me if I'm wrong but on the public highway there is no such thing as "legal" parking. If a vehicle is causing an obstruction then it is parked illegally even if there are no other restriction signs.
Having been a coach driver and suffered similar problems (solved in one case by my passengers, a rugby team!) I'd never park in such a thoughtless manner.

 

[dabhand]

Just because you have a blue badge it doesn’t mean to say you get to park like a prick, I think Terry L is right as well, they should be done for causing an obstruction, just saying like

 

[Derbyshire wanderer]

I would have thought that the motorhome driver would have been more aware but any professional driver of a bus (or lorry) should never have gotten into being snagged on a straight road.
The standard of driving these days is certainly not as good as it was.

 

[pappajohn]

Not always possible along that road due to high kerbs and overhanging buildings.

The buses pass so close to some houses, you can look in the bedroom windows

Only reason not to mount the kerb at that point is the two open windows would be on the ground.
The kerb is quite low at that point

 

[Pete D.]

Is this a funster parking up on double yellow lines?

Bus gets stuck trying to squeeze past camper van parked in narrow street

The road was blocked as a bus became stuck trying to squeeze past a parked campervan.

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk

The report makes it clear that the moho was not parked illegally and the photo shows that it is not on yellow lines. However, it is a really bad choice to park up on such a narrow road.

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[Lumpy]

Looks like if the bus had mounted the curb it would have hit the open windows on the house.

 

[Lenny HB]

Only reason not to mount the kerb at that point is the two open windows would be on the ground.
The kerb is quite low at that point

Always dodgy mounting kerbs as the vehicle tilts and it would be a lot on a double decker.

Remember when I was new to Motorhoming I met a Double decker coming the other way in Lydd High St, I went up the kerb to give the bus room, nearly had to get the brown trousers out when I saw how close my awning was to the bus, missed it by a couple of inches.

 

[B-JandBella]

I can remember a time I was driving a coach through Paris after dropping off students, and I was on my way to park up, when the road narrowed slightly, with cars parked on both sides of the road. It only takes a few odd french drivers to park, shall we say, not straight and tidy, that the road became impassable.
With all the cars tooting their horns behind me and people on the pathways looking at me, I switched off my engine and just sat there, waiting for the police.
After about 10 minutes, they turned up, asked what thee problem was and within minutes, there were about 20 coppers on the spot all going down the road bumping in the cars that were stuck out. Problem solved! And they all seem to look quite happy doing it.
Oh, those were the days!

What you have to consider, if a large vehicle can't get through, how the hell is a fire engine going to pass if they are called to a fire?

 

[jess12]

Is this a funster parking up on double yellow lines?

Bus gets stuck trying to squeeze past camper van parked in narrow street

The road was blocked as a bus became stuck trying to squeeze past a parked campervan.

www.falmouthpacket.co.uk

Inconsiderate parking but not illegal and bad driving by the bus driver hope the bus company foot the bill for damage to van

 

[EuroTrotters]

Blue badge in the window and the police say motorhome was legally parked.
Apparently the bus “snagged the campervan” as it tried to pass.

Not a good day for anyone.

We had an incident some 20 years ago.

We took my elderly step father to Blackpool for the day in our motorhome .

Along the Promenade, we clipped wing mirrors with a bus. Typical, anti motorhome bus driver.

We stopped to exchange details, bus driver suggested I should await his supervisor to attend. I informed him I wasn't gong to be waiting and gave our details.

A few weeks later, a Police officer from Greater Manchester Police attended our house in Stockport. It was part of the then Lancashire Police "Zero Tolerance Policy". The GMP officer had been informed by the bus driver that he felt I was under the Influence of "mind altering drugs" All was explained by me to the GMP officer who agreed it was a ridiculous situation and off he went.

I have to add that in-between the bus/motorhome mirror clip. We were robbed at home in Stockport and we never received any response from GMP

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[Steve and Denise]

Common sense comes to mind obviously lacking

 

[Wildbill]

Some blue badge holders at morons and don’t take account of there actions
Wb

 

[Puddleduck]

Some blue badge holders at morons and don’t take account of there actions
Wb

It's an attitude of "I'm disabled, I can do what I want and two fingers to the rest of you".

I do have a blue badge but hope I use it now, and will continue to use it, with consideration to others.

 

[jess12]

Common sense comes to mind obviously lacking

The one thing common sense is not and that is common

 

[Puddleduck]

The one thing common sense is not and that is common

And if tackled the response would probably be along the lines of disabled and entitled.

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