sheffborn&bred Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 10/03/2024 at 16:43, GabrielC said: Before committing to renting a boat make sure you have worked out running costs. On YouTube their is a channel called ' Sort of Interesting ' Dan has lived on boats for years he goes into costs involved and the pro's and cons of boat living. 11 hours ago, Irene Swaine said: It's to control flows of traffic to make the city centre more user friendly for pedestrians. Abusive and personal insulting remarks are not tolerated on this forum. Not for disabled to get into city centre either is it....disgusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 minutes ago, sheffborn&bred said: Not for disabled to get into city centre either is it....disgusting How did they get in before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) 36 minutes ago, RollingJ said: How did they get in before? 44 minutes ago, sheffborn&bred said: Not for disabled to get into city centre either is it....disgusting Nothing stopping them doing so now, this bus gate changes nothing. Most disabled people I know would be horrified that you are looking for an exemption for a thing like this. Edited March 12 by HeHasRisen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Why quote me, @HeHasRisen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planner1 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 28 minutes ago, sheffborn&bred said: Not for disabled to get into city centre either is it....disgusting As others have said, bus gates are for giving priority to public transport. Disabled drivers are not exempt, but the bus gates do not prevent them from accessing anywhere, they just need to use a different route. In practical terms, disabled drivers could not be exempted from bus gate restrictions. It can only be categories of vehicle which are exempted, like bus, taxi etc. Some vehicles are classed as “Authorised Vehicles” within the legal orders and are also exempt, but these are vehicles which are normally liveried ( ie have badges / stickers on them which can be easily identified on the recorded images) like NHS patient transport etc. A few have permits and the registrations vehicles using them are stored in the database of the automatic enforcement systems. People with blue badges do not always travel in the same vehicles, so in practical terms, the authorised vehicle category wouldn't work fir them. There are also quite a lot of blue badge holders, so exempting them from restrictions might compromise the reason for the restriction ie to speed up public transport. The legislative framework for bus gates / lanes is set up by the government. I don’t know of anywhere that exempts blue badge holders. The council have in the past been asked to exempt quite a few different types of vehicle / road user, but most times it is impractical. There have also been cases such as in York, where the council exempted too many types of vehicle from restrictions which has led to the restriction being classed as unenforceable by the independent adjudicators who decide on appeals against fines issued. That is a significant risk that councils have to bear in mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 43 minutes ago, RollingJ said: Why quote me, @HeHasRisen? The forum quoted you as post 41 was a double quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Not that I'm bothered, but #41 doesn't mention me.😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I've got absolutely no idea then. It wasn't intentional. Chill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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