Police say camera van is allowed to park on double-yellow lines

“The Police should park legally.
We would ,hopefully, accept an emergency vehicle parking wherever it needed to be in an emergency but, speed camera vans and Police vehicle on non urgent duties should obey the same laws as we have too.
For me its a credibility issue and the Police must avoid the 'one rule of one one rule for others'”

“My daughter goes to the school opposite where the van was parked and I am really glad to see them there - and i know that all the other parents are too. Firstly they were not parked in the bus bay - this is just a pull in with some bollards. The bus bay is further on. It was not causing any obstruction and my friend actually asked the police officer why he was there and was told that the static camera was having some work done that day and the van was there to cover it. Anyone can see that the traffic is slower since the camera was put there - what's the problem? The 'Herald's eagle eyed photographer' is obviously desperate for a story - and this isn't one. I'm very disappointed that the Herald is now choosing to put out stories just for the lack of anything newsworthy to print and not, for one minute, considering the road safety aspect of all this.”

“****Traffic Light camera at junction of Peverall Park road*****
****Traffic Light camera of catdown round about heading to town *****
(yes the ones less than 10 meters from the speed cameras we all know) are now speed cameras, take note of the 3 lines on the road.

And in the name of safety, never was a problem when it was a 40 limited!”

“And thats apart from the fact that persecution of the motorists and the greed involved is one of the reasons our town and city center shops are struggling to survive. Vultures .
And anyone noticed the recent 3 lane reduced to one bus lane and one lane outside the busiest place in town ... Drakes circus car park entrance outside starbucks ? In the name of what ? How many accidents had happened ? None ?
But now ,even on a quiet day there are tailbacks in exeter st .... at peak times these will be back to marsh mills .
Getting ready for a congestion charge on "motorists " ?”

“@stevestrange... totaly agree with you . The onus is always on the vehicle driver . It really is about time that pedestrians are filmed walking and running in front of cars or jumping over railings in the middle of a busy high st etc. The same with cyclists .... but its always aimed at car drivers ..... and guess who the mug is that pays thousands a year in different taxes ? Yep the motorist .
I think I will start filming my trips around the city and start showing just how bad pedestrians really are . This thing with "jaywalking" ( and I dont care for the pedandicts on here who say it is only a crime in the USA ) is totaly out of control.”

“The City of Plymouth Traffic Regulations and Parking Places Order 2004 states that: "Nothing in this order shall apply to any vehicle on an occasion when it is being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes."...................I don't see the council's camera car mentioned in this list of exemptions. They are quite often spotted parked where they shouldn't be.”

“And the motorbike left on double yellows outside Plymstock police station? You know, the one which never opens to the public? What goes on in there I wonder?”

“Probably parked while they get some pies.”

“The way this vehicle is positioned tells me that the fixed speed camera 30m away doesn't work and is there for show. I have suspected this for a while now, every morning I go past at the correct speed only to be over taken by cars clearly doing more than 30mph.”

“Get sick to death of these so called SAFETY - piggy banks on wheels being allowed to break the laws that bind the rest of us just inorder to make money. I was following the so called safety camera car long Durnford street kept up with it on purpose after it pulled out on me as I came into the road, I chased it on purpose, I stopped keeping up with it when we reached 40 and slowed down, it carried on pulling away must have been doing 45+. It is behaviour like this that gives me nothing but contempt for all the tacitics the police and the council are employing to catch people who by and large obey the law. When this van parks on Weston Mill hill it forces traffic onto the chevrons in the middle of the road - in effect putting drivers at risk having to drive around it, where is the safety in that?”