09-16-2016, 07:49 AM
(09-16-2016, 07:38 AM)Coke6pk Wrote:(09-15-2016, 09:51 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: You will be in good company if grumbling about this here. But you're also welcome to "grumble" to bylaw about it. Any car I see parked in a bike lane that looks like it'll be there long enough for bylaw to respond, I call in.
Canada Post (like most Federal Government vehicles) is exempt from most city by-laws. But feel free to grumble!
So, two things.
First, citation needed. I've heard this before, frequently from drivers parking in bike lanes, I don't believe it to be true. It's possible it's true for government vehicles, it is definitely not true for all the private companies which represent the vast majority of illegally parked vehicles.
Second, it isn't exactly a city by-law, while the "no parking in bike lanes" bylaw is a city bylaw (in all municipalities in the region), bylaw enforcement doesn't enforce that bylaw under any circumstances (as I have been told), they ONLY enforce no parking zones, as marked by no parking signs, which are in theory supposed to always coincide with bike lanes. I have been told that they will not enforce no parking in bike lanes until signage is added. And the no parking sign, is a provincial regulatory sign, appearing in the HTA. And last time I checked, Canada Post does have to follow the HTA.