Bus smashes into parked Porsche

[Andrew of Ware]

A woman who left her Porsche parked illegally at a bus stop while she visited a nearby cash machine saw a bus crash into it.

Cameras caught the moment when the single-decker mounted the pavement and smashed into both the bus stop and the luxury car.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8275944.stm

It's not been a good day for British drivers, judging by the threads on snopes today. I'm not quite sure why the lady's parking ticket was quashed.

[Richard W]

Nor me, since she was parked illegally (hence the ticket) but the bus crash would clearly have happened whether she was there or not...

[Eddylizard]

I'm not entirely clear what the bus driver was attempting to do. He wasn't intending to reach the bus stop, since it's on the wrong side of the road for passengers to embark and disembark.

My gut feeling it was a panic reaction having passed the blind spot created by the other bus facing us then spotting the silver car that had stopped to let it out - then an OMG there's another car in the way upon spotting the Porsche, what to do I'm out of manouvering room - mount the pavement?

The only thing I can think of that would let her off the parking ticket is it was a single yellow line. That means you can't park in the zone during business hours but can outside of business hours. Business hours are defined pretty free and easy and vary between and within jurisdictions, and perhaps at the time this occurred it was a borderline time.

[Nod(again)]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

The only thing I can think of that would let her off the parking ticket is it was a single yellow line. That means you can't park in the zone during business hours but can outside of business hours. Business hours are defined pretty free and easy and vary between and within jurisdictions, and perhaps at the time this occurred it was a borderline time.

Close. Single yellow lines mean "No waiting between times shown on sign" (to quote from the Highway Code). The times are often business hours but aren't necessarily restricted to them. Bus stops are also no parking or waiting at any time as are pavements unless specifically permitted by the signage.

[Eddylizard]

Thanks Nod(again) that's a much better and more thorough explanation of what I was attempting to say. Welcome to the board.