Vehicles Parked On The Roadside Just For Advertising Purposes.

[crosspatch65]

A vehicle belonging to "Door Doctor" has been parked continually on our road for almost 6 months now. It never moves,, it's just for advertising purposes. It is taxed. It is a residential road . Has anyone else experienced the same situation and been able to have it moved? The company also has another of the vans parked around Bingley purely for the same purpose. Is there a limit to the length of time a vehicle can be parked in the same place on a public highway. Any advice would be welcome please.

[bhg481]

danny, you're absolutely right. I'm just trying to point out how awkward/difficult it is for one vehicle to be declared an obstruction whilst others in a similar situation aren't.

[dannyk13]

bhg, as I said it is a matter of how long the vehicle has been parked.

[ToraToraTora]

if it's legally parked, taxed, insured and MOTd there is nowt you can do.

[bhg481]

What could be relevant is the state of the tyres after 6 months; if they are flat the vehicle could be declared unroadworthy.

[dannyk13]

TTT, it is not legally parked.

[Baldric]

Danny

https://ownvehicle.askmid.com/

[dannyk13]

Balders, I am not sure how your link is relevant?

[TonyV]

Balders the link you gave is for your own vehicle, otherwise theres a £4.50 charge.

[Baldric]

@ 15:36, . . . Nonsense!

[alavahalf]

How would you know it was taxed ? .. it is some time since tax disks were issued.

[hc4361]

I use this to check if a vehicle is taxed and MOT'd, free of charge

https://www.getvehiclesmart.com/vehicle-smart-check.jsp


Baldric, you can't use askMID willy nilly. On the link you provided:
I am entitled to the insurance information about the vehicle detailed above for one or more of the following reasons: It is either registered/ owned/ insured by me or my employer; I am permitted to drive it; I am an Insurance Broker or agent and acting on behalf of my client.
I understand it is an offence to wrongfully obtain information of this nature without any of the above reasonable causes. If I fail to provide true reasons for acquiring this information I may be committing an offence of unlawfully obtaining data contrary to section 170 of the Data Protection Act 2018. I declare that the information provided will not be used for any purposes unrelated to this enquiry.

[Baldric]

TonyV, just tick the box and get on with it, they won't know.

[ToraToraTora]

danny, 16:06, how have you established that? The OP simply says it is parked, no where has anyone said it's illegally parked.
all:
for askmid I use this link free all the time for any car/bike
http://www.askmid.com/
VED and MOT here: https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/

[Baldric]

HC, i have just checked my neighbours cars, no problem,
so what is your point?

[dannyk13]

TTT, see my post at 15.31.

[hc4361]

Why have you done that, Baldric?

[ToraToraTora]

also there is an APP called "Know Your Car" that has all mot data, VED etc

[hc4361]

"If the car is fully taxed, insured, isn't causing an obstruction and is not in breach of any parking restrictions, the police can't take any action. A car can park on any road (restrictions permitting) for any length of time."

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q439.htm

This applies to any vehicle, not just cars

[TonyV]

Ok Balders just thought your link may ask for more details than just reg, but worked fine for me with my vehicle so accept my apologies plus gives vehicle details as well.

[ToraToraTora]

Danny, that's not enough, on that basis any car parked is an obstruction technically. It would have to actually be obstructing something. If it is declared an obstruction based on elapsed time alone then that would set a dangerous precedent and would probably then apply to everyone else in the road. Plod would not be interested in that.