Hi Colin, The reason why I included 'implicit' was because *without* a valid excise license I *can't* park my car on the roadside - at least, not without risking the council towing it away and scrapping it :-(
DVLA have even recently visited the off-road car park, right outside my house [I live on the edge of a pedestrianised area] and clamped and ticketed cars without a valid disc. There are cobbles within the car park, which I now learn delineate the edge of the 'road', and both cars was parked on the 'road' side; my old Volvo - with a SORN - was on the 'private land' side and was ignored. The Law *is* daft though, less than half a mile away is a car which has been completely shrouded with an opaque plastic car cover, tied below the bumpers, that they cannot touch because, according to my daughter, they are not allowed to lift the covers and check the number plates - it has been there for several months now! Trevor -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Shepherd Sent: 29 November 2008 19:56 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [canals-list] Licence fees- a different view? >Implicit within this agreement is my right to stop by the roadside, where >permitted, when I am not actually travelling. Trevor I might be wrong, and often am but I believe that having a road find licence only permits you to drive on the road, not to park when you are not driving. Colin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
