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Our Flyer
What is it?
It's just a leaflet advertising the Pedal Pushers Sheffield Cycle Campaign, which you can download, print off, give to friends or place on bikes left in your local cycle parking space. What do you do with it?
Download it - save it somewhere on your local drive, and open it with Word or a Word - compatible software package. The download will be available here soon.
Now it's time to print a few copies. It's intended to be printed two sided - if you have a duplex printer that would be ideal. If not, print page 1 first. Then put that sheet back in the printer the other way up. and print the second side which is the membership application form. (you might have to try it a few different ways before you get it right - I did!) Note that page 1 is landscape (long side on top) and has three columns, and page 2 is portrait (short side on top). If you have any coloured paper that would make it look prettier - green is the corporate colour for Pedal Pushers (we are very green) but it doesn't really matter. Recycled paper is always good of course.
Carefully fold into three along the column lines, ensuring that the first column is visible as the front. When you've done a few copies, get out there and spread them about! Leave a few in common rooms in your workplace or any place where people gather and it's OK to leave a few leaflets. Restaurants, Cafés, Pubs, etc are all good, and bike stands have got to be a winner.
Note that the web version does not have our bank account details on, to prevent fraud.
The more members we have, the more money we have to do stuff with, and the more influence we have with the powers that be. So - Get out there and spread the word!
The Pedal Pushers Parking Ticket
How to Use it and Notes For Guidance 1) When to Issue the Ticket.
Do you find your way blocked by inconsiderate motorists who disregard the rules of the road? Are you annoyed by motorists who park in bus lanes, causing congestion and possibly dangerous situations for cyclists? As a pedestrian, does it make you cross that people park on the pavement, making it difficult for parents with pushchairs, the elderly and others to walk on the pavement, to the extent that sometimes you have to walk on the road? Does this situation sometimes make you so angry that you have restrain yourself from doing some damage to the vehicle in question? Then the Pedalpushers Parking Ticket is for you.
We know that the police and traffic wardens can't be everywhere, so we have made it possible to issue a gentle, slightly humorous and extremely cathartic reminder to irresponsible motorists that what they are doing is antisocial, illegal and just plain wrong.
2) The Technical Stuff
The Parking Ticket File is downloadable as a Word File - Media:pedalpushers_parking_ticket.pdf . If you have trouble with the download or these formats, email pedalpushers@lineone.net. Having downloaded it, print as many copies as you wish, or photocopy it. There are two tickets per sheet, so you should cut it down the middle, and there is some explanatory text on the second page to go on the back of the ticket - if you have a double-sided printer you're laughing, otherwise put the sheet back in the printer the other way round to print the back. If you want to keep a copy of tickets you have issued, fill in the details on the second copy.
If you want the ticket to look authentic and protect it from the weather, get some plastic bags to put the ticket in - those bags you get from the bank to put coinage in will do, or you can get some suitable bags from office supplies stores.
3) Report the offence
City Centre Parking has now been decriminalised and control has been taken over by local authorities, who are proving somewhat more diligent in enforcing the law. To report an offence call Parking Enforcement on 2736255. Outside the city centre and in non parking-restricted zones, the Police are still responsible - 2202020.
4) Issuing the ticket.
If you have reported the offence and are still not satisfied with the response, it is time to issue a ticket. But...
Be sure of your facts. There may be occasions when a vehicle is parked perfectly legally on a cycle route, for example on Clarkehouse/Glossop Roads out of peak times.
It's really up to you whether you fill in all the boxes or not - the message should get across in any case.
Check the legal position before you act - use the Highway Code - available at good news and bookshops and at http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/. If in doubt, leave the scene and check your facts - it might be that the same person will be parked in the same place tomorrow, so you can always ticket them then if you're in the right.
CAREFULLY place the ticket under the windscreen wiper of the offending vehicle. Do not damage the vehicle in any way, or stick the ticket to the vehicle with any kind of adhesive - if you do you could be liable for criminal damage.
Make your departure from the scene with dignity. If approached by an aggressive motorist, remain calm. If you have a mobile phone, make it obvious that you do - if threatened with the police offer to phone them yourself. (The number for Sheffield is 0114 2202020). Calmly explain the situation, and the fact that by blocking a cycle route or pavement they are making life difficult and potentially dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists and/or bus drivers and passengers. Most people once they realize they are clearly in the wrong will back down, especially if they realize no harm has been done and if they read the ticket might see the funny side of the situation.
You might notice the email address at the bottom of the ticket, pedalpushers@lineone.net. This is a genuine and completely open email address. To check for messages, you firstly need to obtain the password which you can do by emailing ppmail@shu.ac.uk - any Pedal Pushers member can ask for it. Then go to http://www.tiscali.co.uk and log on as pedalpushers with the given password. This gives any pedalpushers member who can be bothered the opportunity to respond to messages sent to this address.
4. What the police say.
We showed the ticket to the police informally, and they said that issuing the ticket isn't illegal. However, they would prefer us not to do it and would not support it because they feel the danger is that the driver may return to the car whilst you are issuing the ticket, and an incident might ensue, or they could claim you have damaged the car. Be very careful!. n.b. This was not an official police view.
5. Legal Situation with regard to parking on cycle tracks
Traffic Management Act 2004 2004 Chapter 18 - continued Parking contraventions outside Greater London
4 (1) Outside Greater London there is a parking contravention in relation to a vehicle if it is stationary in circumstances in which any of the offences listed below is committed.
(2) The offences are-
(a) an offence under section 64(3) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57) of causing a vehicle to stop on part of a road appointed, or deemed to have been appointed, as a hackney carriage stand;
(b) an offence under section 5, 11, 16(1) or 16C of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (contravention of certain traffic orders) of contravening a prohibition or restriction on waiting, or loading or unloading, of vehicles;
(c) an offence under section 25(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 of contravening regulation 18 or 20 of the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997 (S.I. 1997/2400) (prohibition on stopping vehicles on or near pedestrian crossings);
(d) an offence under section 35A(1), 47(1) or 53(5) or (6) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (offences in connection with parking places);
(e) an offence under section 61(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (parking in loading areas);
(f) an offence under section 6(6) of the Essex Act 1987 (c. xx) of leaving a vehicle on any land in contravention of a prohibition under that section (prohibitions relating to verges and certain other land adjoining or accessible from highway);
(g) an offence under section 19 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (parking of HGVs on verges, central reservations or footways);
(h) an offence under section 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (offences relating to cycle tracks) of parking a vehicle wholly or partly on a cycle track;
(i) an offence under section 36(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (failure to comply with traffic sign) of failing to comply with a sign of a type referred to in- (i) regulation 10(1)(b) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 (S.I. 2002/3113) (zig-zag lines relating to certain crossings), or (ii) regulation 29(1) of those regulations (bus stop or bus stand markings).
Feedback & Update
Our general impression is that since we started issuing the Parking Ticket, the situation regarding parking on cycle routes has improved. Whether this is because of our actions or other factors is hard to say. The culture of parking on pavements in Sheffield, regrettably, continues.
