Parking rules for motorbikes?

You could always try Pegasus's trick----buy one ticket and photograph it on all the bikes-----------SORRY ,IT MUST HAVE BLOWN OFF BUT HERE IS THE PROOF.

Interesting thread MYC, I don't have much to add other than you can't just assume it's OK to park anywhere, ie: on the pavement, etc as you used to be able to. What you can do however, is park sideways between the cars, anywhere where you have free kerbside parking for cars, but there are no spaces left. Just park with your rear wheel into the kerb. You do risk some blind muppet knocking your bike over when parking their car though.

In smaller towns you are generally still OK so long as nobody could claim you were causing an obstruction. Solihull has an "unofficial" bike parking area in the main shopping square, where bikes ride onto the pedestrianised square and park up, but as the square is so big the bikes don't cause any inconvenience to anybody, and make an interesting exhibit for young children to go look at and break the boredom of being dragged round M&S. If you tried the same on a 6ft wide pavement you'd almost certainly get a ticket nowadays.

Id like to add, if you speak to a local council traffic warden they can be helpful, mine told me i could use a bicycle park in the centre of town.There are no dropped kerbs or anything and no signs saying motorcycles are actually allowed. Its a great little spot that no one knows about, no one wants to risk a ticket lol. So its mine all miiiiiiiiiiine hahahahahaaaa, cough; Sorry.

These links are useful, particularly the online map

http://www.motorcycleparking.com/

http://www.parkingforbikes.com/map/onlinemap/

There are different rules for different spaces. Private and council. Even things that are legally un-enforcable create hag. Personally I assess the situation and risk it - or not! Always read the rules near the pay and display machines. Asking wardens is a bit hit and miss as they all seem to have different rules. The more out of the way it is, the the safer I feel about leaving it in a non bike designated area.

Where I work at the moment they provide staff parking, for a monthly charge, in a large carpark for the car but no spaces for the bike. I park the bike where there is limited opportunity for Patients (Clue to where I am working there) to knock it over or for it to get in the way.

Hmm, interesting extract from the above website which basically says that a council or contracted traffic warden can't ticket you for being on the pavement outside of London, unless there is a TRO in place (off roaders will know exactly how these work, but if this is a new term for you google it, and see your local authority website for a full list), but the police can if you are causing an obstruction

"Pavement (Footway) parking is different in London than in the rest of the country. In London under the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 it is prohibited for any motor vehicle to park on the footway (unless it is specifically exempted and signs indicate that you may park partially or wholly on the footway). Outside of London local authorities may only regulate pavement parking through the implementation of specific Traffic Regulation Orders and the police are only able to regulate pavement parking when a vehicle is deemed to be causing an obstruction."

I'd urge caution before whooping yippee and parking where you want, as this website COULD have it wrong, or legislation may be interpreted differently by the authorities to the way you or I would read it.

"One point to be aware of is that under the Highways Act 1885 and the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to drive a vehicle over a footway (unless the action is permissible - normally a drop-curb will have been put in place), so even if you do find a section of land which is not part of the footway, you may still find a ticket on your motorcycle when you return (not a parking ticket but one reflecting your driving over the footway contravention). One current loophole is that it seems to be that you have not contravened either Act if you push your motorcycle!);"

most cars park on the road with two wheels on the pavement with the intention not to block the road, illegal or not they do it. we only have two wheels so should be left alone wherever we decide to park.
probably got that wrong though.

I've always been tempted to think well the bike's registered on the V5 as a Bicycle and i tax it as a Bicycle sooooo...... i'm sure you get the picture

New to the forum btw, so hi all!!

Isnt Parking something that has palgued motorcyclists for years?
The Government should actually create a standard guideline/law to actually set the record straight.

I belive that as long as the bike is secure and not creating an obstruction then it's safe to park.
Last time i took the bike into town i parked infront of the shop window to where i was going, pavement was wide so no obstruction and a little further up was a drop kerb (for the crossing but it's still a drop kerb)