FJR Parking

[Erik]

Until I read this post, I had no idea anyone would even consider parking on a sidewalk, let alone actually do it. If I did park on a sidewalk, I would expect someone to make a phone call to have the bike towed within minutes.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

Until I read this post, I had no idea anyone would even consider parking on a sidewalk, let alone actually do it. If I did park on a sidewalk, I would expect someone to make a phone call to have the bike towed within minutes.

You've never seen motorcycles parked up by buildings in say a shopping center or mall parking lot on or near sidewalks?

They're not always "on" the cement walkway or sidewalk but they arn't in the "parking lot" either.

 

[Graham Downunder]

IN Australia they allow parking along footpaths outside building it in some cities after much lobbying from motorcycle groups . As for parking outside Walmart etc , if the law is the same as in Australia, the car park is generally regarded as private property, not a public road so even road rules do not apply .

 

[DELETE-PLEASE]

At a store, it's not public jurisdiction so you wouldn't automatically get a ticket for it. The store owner owns the property that the store is on. That being said, if he/she doesn't want a motorcycle next to their wall, they have every right to call a tow truck and get your bike removed. But in general, if the store owner/manager is ok with it, you will not get anything from a cop.

This is not the sidewalk in front of a store, but rather the cement area a store is built on (think those large cement areas before you hit the wall of walmart or something like that)

Clarification - I consider the sidewalk a public walk way right of way for pedestrians, such as what's in front of many peoples front yard or downtown a city street. I would not consider a store sidewalk the same, and I do sometimes park there out of the way against the building. Why; so no one messes with the scoot, it stays cool under a cover, gets me closer, keeps me from hogging up a parking spot. If they have MC parking I use it.

 

[majicmaker]

I park on sidewalk in front of my local supermarket. Got my butt chewed many times by the Leo but, never ticketed.

 

[Greg 03]

Did it at a "quick chat stop" at a girls house I was fancying (lol) back when I was about 20 (for those keeping score, that was almost 25 years ago!). I had a Deep Red w Gold trim Yami 400, remember that day like yesterday.
Anywhoo, a cop walking the beat came up and whipped out his ticket book as I blitzed of her parents porch to stop the tard from writing the tic. He scolded me, told me never to do it again. The end.

Interesting choice of a word to describe someone who puts the value of someone else's life above their own on a regular basis.

 

[Top_Speed1]

Did it at a "quick chat stop" at a girls house I was fancying (lol) back when I was about 20 (for those keeping score, that was almost 25 years ago!). I had a Deep Red w Gold trim Yami 400, remember that day like yesterday.
Anywhoo, a cop walking the beat came up and whipped out his ticket book as I blitzed of her parents porch to stop the tard from writing the tic. He scolded me, told me never to do it again. The end.

Interesting choice of a word to describe someone who puts the value of someone else's life above their own on a regular basis.

Well reality speaks, good cops-bad cops. Most I would say really do "serve and protect" while some 'it's just a job'. It's funny how coming out of high school, some of the biggest juvenile delinquents in my school became cops. Actually... thinking back, a couple were actually brats that could never get respect and went on the power-trip binge by having the badge. I do have a friendship (he dates my g/f's sister) with a Sheriff. He's a really good guy but he breaks the law all the time; [eg] last weekend driving heavily on alcohol from a carnival/fireworks (basically **** faced) he said if he gets pulled over "he just whips out his get-out-of-jail-free card" ...(meaning his badge) and he's all good.

Not sure why he can break the law but we can't -AND- I see it all the time in cop cars as well. If it is unsafe for us to make/take cell calls (handheld) why can they do it on a regular basis?. Why can they fly down the Thruway (no lights on, probably their shift is near end) going 100, again unsafe for us to speed, same for them right? Are they not human? better than anybody else? I SAY HELL NO!

Okay, I vented I don't dislike cops, I just dislike the misuse of authority they're given in certain circumstances.

Sorry my word offended you!, I probably have just a lil animosity steered their way

 

[huron52]

I don't believe on parkig on sidwalks. There is a guy (grey hair so he might be retired well that and he is always siting in the same corner seat) that parks his bike on the sidewalk in front of a Coffee Time.

The coffe shop is on the corner of main street and a one way street. The side walk doesn't have a raised curb it just changes from paving stones on the road to concrete on the sidewalk. I don't think he sees anything wrong with it because he does it all the time.

Oh did I mention that it is a harley?

 

[bwv]

I think that anyone, regardless of profession, who decides to give a kid, riding a cute little bike like that, a ticket or a scolding, while that kid is just tryin' to get a little smoochin' off a pretty girl on a porch (every boys dream... no?) ... deserves at least a small amount of ridcule and name calling.(Especially while the story is being shared among friends)

 

[Chuck35]

I don't believe on parkig on sidwalks. There is a guy (grey hair so he might be retired well that and he is always siting in the same corner seat) that parks his bike on the sidewalk in front of a Coffee Time.The coffe shop is on the corner of main street and a one way street. The side walk doesn't have a raised curb it just changes from paving stones on the road to concrete on the sidewalk. I don't think he sees anything wrong with it because he does it all the time.

Oh did I mention that it is a harley?

Don't say anything that may cause him to park elsewhere. Someone could slip in the oil slick and get injured.

 

[SoCalFJR1300]

HEY ALL.....spoke with a cop about this yesterday, he said shopping malls are PRIVATE property and you can't be sighted at all. (at least in Ca.)

He did say the PROPERTY owner can call to have your bike towed if they wanted to.

 

[Bounce]

Same in TX and OK.

 

[BigOgre]

HEY ALL.....spoke with a cop about this yesterday, he said shopping malls are PRIVATE property and you can't be sighted at all. (at least in Ca.)
He did say the PROPERTY owner can call to have your bike towed if they wanted to.

Pretty much how it works by me. Same goes for much of the other 'violations' such as all those stop signs and other traffic control signage. What is allowed though (standard set by each jurisdiction) is for the property owner to file an affidavit allowing the police department to patrol the property and take certain actions. This gets a little hazy if fought in court (e.g. was the stop sign of the approved type and maintained in a proper position?) but helps to solve the big issue. Think youths ("what's a yout?") hanging out or constant blocking of loading zones. Real world though is that you'll mostly see this used to address a specific problem viewed from either side and not as an everyday patrol thing. Unfortunately with the economy and all the cut backs, patrol has become much more reactive than proactive.

One other thing to keep in mind, cops aren't the only ones with enforcement powers. Parking up against a Home Depot or such, no matter how far away from the front door, probably means you're in a Fire Zone. A summons from a Fire Marshall or a Town Code officer usually isn't as easy to fight and can be costly.

 

[Ed Sidders]

What's a sidewalk? We don't have those up here in Cow Hampshire.

Or my part of TEXAS

 

[Pepperell]

In New England the police have the ability to enforce traffic laws on private property that provides public access (parking lots). They can, and do, enforce handicap parking and fire zone violations for example.