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Height Barriers

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  • 17-03-2010 11:28pm
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    niloc1951
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    In January of this year Le Comité de Liaison du Camping-car (CLC), who represent the interests of 'campingcarists' in France won legal action against the cities of La Baule, Nice and Cannes whereby the actions of the city councils in erecting height barriers to prevent free access to motor-caravans to car parks and other areas for parking was deemed illegal. The court directed the town councils to remove the barriers and also fined them for their actions.
    We can only dream of having such clout here :(


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    Bessa
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭Bessa


    Yippee


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    time lord
    Registered Users Posts: 606 ✭✭✭time lord


    If you can invent a barrier that lets campers in under and keeps convoys of caravans out youre minted.


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    niloc1951
    Registered Users Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭niloc1951


    time lord wrote: »
    If you can invent a barrier that lets campers in under and keeps convoys of caravans out youre minted.
    The key to the issue is implementation of laws regarding unofficial 'camping'. There is a fundamental difference between 'parking' and 'camping'. With reference to 'motor caravans' the internationally accepted definition of 'parking is 'When a motor caravan occupies the same space stationary as when it is driven, it is considered to be parked and not camped. That is to say, awnings, tables, chairs etc. have not been set up'.
    In detail, the following three points cover all the peramiters which must be met to qualify as being 'parked' and not 'camped'
    1 Only the wheels are making contact with the road (stabilising legs or other equipment have not been lowered). In certain cases, such as when the parking space is situated on a hill, the use of wheel chocks may be justified for safety reasons.
    2 They do not occupy more space than the motor caravan when it is closed, meaning that there are no windows open (windows that open outwards and which occupy space beyond the perimeter of the vehicle), chairs, tables, open awnings, etc.
    3 There are no fluid emissions of any type, whether polluting or not, except for exhaust emissions caused by combustion in the engine, and there is no uncivil and/or unhygienic behaviour, such as the emptying of wastewater onto the street. No objectionable noise is produced, such as, for example, running an electricity generator at unsociable hours, or for long periods during the day.
    All is needed for our legislators (local and/or national) to encompass the above in parking regulations, with draconian penalties for infringement, AND implement them with vigour.


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