Ticketing of Bikes - Footpath and Wof/Rego tickets

[Squiggles]

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/libra...6&softpage=DOC

6.14Parking on footpaths or cycle paths



(1)A driver or person in charge of a vehicle must not stop, stand, or park the vehicle on a footpath or on a cycle path.




(2)Subclause (1) does not apply to cycles if a road controlling authority indicates otherwise by means of signs or markings or if it installs facilities for the parking, standing, or storage of cycles on a footpath or cycle path.




(3)Nothing in subclause (1) prevents a person from stopping, standing, or parking a cycle, mobility device, or wheeled recreational device on a footpath if doing so does not unreasonably obstruct any other user of the footpath.


Compare: SR 1976/227 r 35(2)(k)

So if i put a 38cc bicycle engine on my pushbike wont i be allowed to lean it up against the tree next to motorbyclists bike without being ticketed?
lol @ wheeled recreational device... does the tl count as that?

that $12 one is an interesting one... you aren't parked on the footpath, or in a place a car could park...

hmm, why cant the traffic wardens show up outside my place @ 8am???? i barely manage to leave the driveway somedays with all the crazy dio parents parking (and often leaving their cars parked) on double yellows over the blind hill and coming tearing into my driveway, despite several calls last term all my olds got was a piece of paper to write down the traffic offenses on... but thats a winge, although i shall ask the next parking guy i see

[Disco Dan]

ive parked in that exact same spot many a time before.. never had a problem.

[PirateJafa]

(3)Nothing in subclause (1) prevents a person from stopping, standing, or parking a cycle, mobility device, or wheeled recreational device on a footpath if doing so does not unreasonably obstruct any other user of the footpath.

Doesn't specify bicycle... anyone want to argue that a motorcycle could legally park there?

[motorbyclist]

the tickets dont state the offense do they? if they dont, ring and find out what exactly they did it for.. would like to know

it says i parked for not more than 30 minutes in excess of maximum authorised time, which is interesting, cause i was there atleast 40 minutes and i was right next to the pole saying 5 minutes one way and 90 (pay and display) minutes the other

point being the whole point in ticketing is to enforce parking restrictions, which are in turn meant to aid traffic flow and ensure fair turnover of parking spots. by bringing my bike i allow someone else to park in a car space, yet if i brought my car and paid and kept paying every hour i could occupy a space for the whole day without incident. so really the whole system is pointless and only serves to fill auckland city's coffers.

Was it the same parking warden?

nope, unless they change numbers...

[motorbyclist]

as for the law, even if it isn't the exact word of the law i still adhere to the spirit of the law, fucking wardens just seem out to gather revenue off poor bloody students

[xwhatsit]

the tickets dont state the offense do they? if they dont, ring and find out what exactly they did it for.. would like to know

Yep, they do say the offence. Check out my ticket (with the cocked up number plate, saved me some money that did ).

[motorbyclist]

it'd help if they used plain english though


for my wof, "NO EVIDENCE OF INSPECTION - NOT BEING A HEAVY MOTOR VEHICLE USED IN A TRANSPORT SERVICE"

i called them up, and yes, that basically means i either didn't have a current wof displayed, or it was expired

it seems auckland city now calls a warrant of fitness an "evidence of vehicle inspection"

[motorbyclist]

Yep, they do say the offence. Check out my ticket (with the cocked up number plate, saved me some money that did ).

lol, every friday i park on the footpath (or on the grass) by the clocktower for a lecture in LLT

no trouble, yet

[motorbyclist]

it's not just bikes they're picking on!

just got an email from a cager mate who drove to uni today cause the bus/train is so shit lately.

got a $40 ticket for parking on a footpath despite being in a paid car park

[bomma]

6.14Parking on footpaths or cycle paths

(3)Nothing in subclause (1) prevents a person from stopping, standing, or parking a cycle, mobility device, or wheeled recreational device on a footpath if doing so does not unreasonably obstruct any other user of the footpath.


Compare: SR 1976/227 r 35(2)(k)

my bike is a mobility device, i use it to get from point A to point B....and by parking it against a wall near the lockers it does not "unreasonably obstruct any other users of the footpath"....does this mean that they are fulla shit when they say that we cant park by the lockers??

[motorbyclist]

uni property and public footpaths are two different things

[bomma]

uni property and public footpaths are two different things

on the warning slips they issued, it clearly stated the offence as parking on the footpath

and the clause does not distinguish between private and public property

[motorbyclist]

auckland city cannot ticket you for parking on uni property, nor does auckland city give warnings - they have rules that govern the public spaces they provide

the uni, however, is decent enough to give you a warning, but it's their property so we really can't rely on the law to help us here. i know i got a warning last semester for parking on the grass outside the engineering building, warning said i was on a footpath, auckland city had nothing to do with it - it's their land, their rules, but they need to realise we're the ones paying for most of it so we should have a fair say, which i believe is the whole point behind AUSA

[bomma]

auckland city cannot ticket you for parking on uni property, nor does auckland city give warnings - they have rules that govern the public spaces they provide

the uni, however, is decent enough to give you a warning, but it's their property so we really can't rely on the law to help us here. i know i got a warning last semester for parking on the grass outside the engineering building, warning said i was on a footpath, auckland city had nothing to do with it - it's their land, their rules, but they need to realise we're the ones paying for most of it so we should have a fair say, which i believe is the whole point behind AUSA

yea i guess you're right......you make two good points

1) their land their rules - they are cunts so we cant rely on auck city legislation to help in the other parking issues we're having. This is helpful for your dilemma though

2) AUSA - they have a meeting every wed at 1 right?? we could just put forth a motion and get the randoms that sit around to vote on it and hope we get enough people to raise their hands

good stuff andrew, you're a thinker aye

[motorbyclist]

so today i parked where nish parked yesterday by the bank at uni, and he parked outside the bank sign. both of us out of the way, and in the dry.

sure enough when i went to leave today (right after talking to isaac cause i couldn't decide what i wanted for lunch) there was a note from the uni notifying me that i shouldn't be parked there, and nish had one too - then as soon as i went to leave the rain started too

i
hate
wardens

are they stupid, or just dickheads? the whole point of their job it to ensure no-one parks in the way of anyone or where they will become a hazard, yet they insist on ticketing everyone and everything they bloody see that could be considered ticketable in any way.

atleast they didn't fine me, just threatened to tow, so in that sense i'm not too worried, unlike the bloody auckland city tickets. speaking of which, i only had 40c stamps to post with, so i stuck two on the envelope with my disputes of the tickets. sure enough today, i found that one of said stamps was in the bottom of my bag, so either my job application for scooter riding or those tickets' disputes will not get where they're going, and either way i'm screwed.
teach me for not putting a sender address on them