Stupid question....

[ummmm]

I don't know the answer though..

Can you get a parking ticket if you park facing the wrong way in a one way street?

This has just been asked by a friend on FB....I would presume the answer is Yes.

(when asked how she managed it she said she drove up the street the wrong way to get a parking space)

[bednobs]

wouldn't have thought so - you may just have done a 3 point turn to park, for instance if parking was only on 1 side of the street - i always find it easier the reverse in if the drivers side is closest to the parking

[ummmm]

Didn't think of that...

[McMouse]

Was she on a yellow line?

[ummmm]

No...normal street...normal parking. She just went up the wrong way to get the space and is now facing the wrong way. With traffic wardens as they are she is now worried she might get a ticket.

I don't think anyone seen her go the wrong way.

[redcrx]

is there room for her to turn it around again to get out?

Thats if a 3 point turn is allowed as, at some point, she would be facing and moving in wrong direction.

[Davethedog]

I would think so - I don't know, but if the street only allows one way traffic say South to North along its entire length and you are parked North to South at one point you must have been going the wrong way down the street, not only that when you pull away you will immediatly be going the wrong way and therefore be a hazard.

[ummmm]

I think it's just a side street.

[jackthehat]

She may have had an elderly relative as a passenger who needed dropping off at the kerb-side..............so had to do a 3-point turn...........or something ;o)

[Old_Geezer]

I don't claim to know, but I'd have thought they could claim the wrong park direction as evidence that you had moved in the wrong direction down the one way street. Don't think I'd play games and give them the opportunity.

[weecalf]

emit siht og ti tel lliw eh nedraw eht ot skaeps ehs fi ebyam

[ummmm]

Huh?

[mccfluff]

maybe if she speaks to the warden he will let it go this time

(translation for you)

i would blag it

[ummmm]

She's at work...she works in town so free parking places are few and far between. I'll tell her to turn it round on her lunch break.

[tastymorsel]

LOL !!!weecalf

[ummmm]

So that's what we'll have to find out. Is it illegal to do a 3 point turn in a one way street.

[weecalf]

Can she reverse in a one way street ? I dont know either

[TWR]

One way street mean exactly what the sign says " One Way" & you can get done.

[ummmm]

It would appear (another friend has been checking) that she can get a ticket and 3 points on her license. This is due to the fact that at some point she was going in the wrong direction.

Now she thinks we're winding her up...