Height Barriers. Let's get together on them.

Can't understand why this is not a bigger issue with motorhome owners. I accept that limits on overnight parking can be reasonable but I object to being unable to stop in safe and legal parking areas in whole council areas because of these height barriers. Traveling 20 or 30 miles on a coast road looking for somewhere to stop to make lunch in not uncommon. I have found that the only places that seem to accept motothome access are supermarkets, which certainly lacks something in ambiance.  

Over-height barriers stop caravans and motorhomes. That is often one of the main reasons for their usage I suspect. It is not, in general, targetted against motorhomes parking as such I suspect although many car parks are not laid out as to make parking of many motorhomes practical. It is often utilised to stop misuse of car parks by travellers and those wild camping. If it was easy to prevent or resolve such abuse by other means I doubt that they would be employed. 

This is an ancient thread. I thought it rang bells!

Another one resurrected somehow.

By heck not only has it grown a beard it needs a hedge trimmer rather than my beard trimmer!

Interesting topic however

If everyone respected parking areas for what they are intended, then height barriers or any other parking restrictions would not be needed, but rather than any chance of a reducing the a amount of height barriers,the increase in inconsiderate "Parking/Camping?"will only see an increase, no matter what is hoped for

I think this subject died a death long ago. I could be wrong, in which case I apologise, but I have a feeling the OP got a bit carried away in his posting.

I think you are right TW.....

The "page" the OP refers to does not seem to exist.....

Having seen the lengths my local council and business parks have gone to to prevent unwanted "invasions" , and the entrance to the local leisure centre has been fortified with anti tank (or caravan) barriers and looks like a D day beach, I would say there is zero chance of councils removing many height barriers, quite the opposite sadly....

yes, its a shame (but the way of things here, im afraid) as i (and many other MHers, im sure) would happily pay to park in a decent car park, with decent marked MH spaces, in order to visit towns.

however, we dont seem to be able to 'shift' those that abuse parking charges/regulations without some lengthy court/legal process, total madness.....just get plod to move them (anyone, not just travellers) on.

really not that difficult.

perhaps now we are untangling ourselves from the morass of ridiculous EU HR laws, we might finally come to our senses.

 I think this is the page the OP refers to http://kspeat.wixsite.com/driversunion/height-barriers-lincolnshire

David

.just get plod to move them.... on.

I agree with your scentiments BB, but moving them on only means transferring the problem to someone else.

The UK needs a fundamentally different approach to these invasions.

I don't know what the answer is and neither I suspect does the government......