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Whats this sign?

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Anyonw know the meaning for except for access sorry if i sound stupid 😂
Original post by Joeey009
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Anyonw know the meaning for except for access sorry if i sound stupid 😂


Beware of low-flying motorbikes :tongue: or

No motor vehicles allowed except for access to premises served by the road in question.
Reply 2
How are they going to know if i visited someone on that estate or not?
I really did go to visit a friend but just in general im asking..?
Original post by Joeey009
How are they going to know if i visited someone on that estate or not?
I really did go to visit a friend but just in general im asking..?


In general these are roads on which you do not expect to see motor vehicles, so most vehicles travelling over them would be specialised ones; delivery vehicles, rubbish lorries, removal vans etc. In the case are cars, you would expect them to be moving slowly expecting to pull into driveways, park etc. In real terms, you would be stopped by a policeman if you were driving like you didn't belong there.
Reply 4
Original post by nulli tertius
In general these are roads on which you do not expect to see motor vehicles, so most vehicles travelling over them would be specialised ones; delivery vehicles, rubbish lorries, removal vans etc. In the case are cars, you would expect them to be moving slowly expecting to pull into driveways, park etc. In real terms, you would be stopped by a policeman if you were driving like you didn't belong there.


Well in this place it was full of parked cars and cars travelling.
But im fine yeah? ☺️
Original post by Joeey009
Well in this place it was full of parked cars and cars travelling.
But im fine yeah? ☺️


afaik that depends whether you stopped to access something on that road or used the road as a short cut?

something could be a house a school or a business that you couldn't otherwise reach by car .

--edit--
occasionally the cops or concerned residents with walkie talikes may start taking the registration number of cars they don't think are using the road for access.

I don't think it's much of a priority and the chances of getting caught are probably rather low - but if you do get caught while breaking the law you haven't got anything to complain about
(edited 8 years ago)
Reply 6
Original post by Joinedup
afaik that depends whether you stopped to access something on that road or used the road as a short cut?

something could be a house a school or a business that you couldn't otherwise reach by car .

--edit--
occasionally the cops or concerned residents with walkie talikes may start taking the registration number of cars they don't think are using the road for access.

I don't think it's much of a priority and the chances of getting caught are probably rather low - but if you do get caught while breaking the law you haven't got anything to complain about



Well we did park and go visit a family friend i stayed in the car though it was like 10 minutes and then we just left on the other side i wasnt bothered to do a uturn so just went straight (i think it was a oneway street anyway)
Reply 7
Original post by nulli tertius
In general these are roads on which you do not expect to see motor vehicles, so most vehicles travelling over them would be specialised ones; delivery vehicles, rubbish lorries, removal vans etc. In the case are cars, you would expect them to be moving slowly expecting to pull into driveways, park etc. In real terms, you would be stopped by a policeman if you were driving like you didn't belong there.


nonsense, it simply means you're meant to have some form of 'business' to be travelling down that road, you live there, you're visiting someone, you're working down there etc etc pretty much impossible to police, a good rebuttal if you're stopped by police is that you're thinking of buying a property along there.

its to stop people using certain roads as a 'rat run' to bypass traffic lights, busier roads, new road layouts that cause tailbacks etc etc etc
(edited 8 years ago)
Reply 8
These signs are pretty meaningless in realistic terms, they're almost impossible to enforce. Only if you had a police car behind you and he followed you from one end to the other without stopping.
Reply 9
There was a public information film about this in the 70s:

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Original post by kernow24
its to stop people using certain roads as a 'rat run' to bypass traffic lights, busier roads, new road layouts that cause tailbacks etc etc etc
That's pretty much how an enforcement officer will look at it. If they see someone tearing down the road to exit the other side quickly to dodge a traffic light or jump ahead of a line of traffic, that's when they're likely to stop and report. If they see someone drive into the road, then stop for a while, they can see that no time benefit is being gained by cutting down the road, so they're unlikely to be asking any further questions. They aren't interested in whether anyone you know lives there or whether you're "thinking of buying a property". As long as it's clear that you're not using the road as a short-cut in one swift movement, you'll get the benefit of the doubt.
(edited 8 years ago)

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