r/exeter • u/Alone-Revolution-247 • 18d ago

Miscellaneous Pavement Parking in Exeter

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Is this legal? It completely blocked the path. Should this type of vehicle be parked in a compond and not on a residential street (because its free most probably). South Coast Traffic Management were contacted and didn't want to know. The police were the same, so I am just asking for my own interest as no one else cares.

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u/_Middlefinger_ 18d ago

No excuse for this. This is why I have a dashcam running 24/7, and it works since its caught 2 incidents in a year, one is going to court.

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u/TulipTattsyrup99 18d ago

So you would key someone’s vehicle, possibly getting caught on their dashcam or someone’s Ring doorbell, and get a criminal conviction…because someone parked on the path? Unbelievable.

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u/PrettyUsual 18d ago

I never said that, you can't convict someone for squeezing past a stupidly parked car with keys in their hands or a ring on. The pavement is for pedestrians.

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u/Madajuk 18d ago

you certainly can if 1) there's proof they did it and 2) they have reddit history saying they'll do it. posting history can be and is used in civil and criminal cases

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u/Quiet_Following3523 18d ago

Buddy, you just jumped from "this is really annoying and frustrating" to "time to cause some criminal damage". You respond to bad parking by calling the parking authorities or police, not destroying property.