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A driver who saw police handing out speeding tickets had the perfect response – he had the cops booked for dangerous parking.

On behalf of drivers everywhere, thank you Jamie Britton.

When Jamie saw the police van on the side of the road marked up with the dreaded high-vis yellow as he travelled through Longlevens in Gloucestershire, he realised people would be getting zapped.

But he also noticed the van was parked half on a pavement and half in the road, blocking the cycle lane. It seems the coppers were out to nab motorists going against the rules of the road… But didn’t think the same rules applied to them.




His passenger took a photo of the van as they drove past – and now the driver has been fined and given ‘management advice’ by Gloucestershire Police.

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It’s the law

Jamie said he was ‘stunned’ to see how poorly the Mercedes van had been parked, forcing pedestrians including mums with children on the school run to step into the busy road at rush hour.

‘I couldn’t believe it, there was no way you could get past it,’ he said. ‘They are there to improve road safety, not to make it worse.’

Adding to the irony, he spotted a police poster not far away warning drivers ‘Pavements are for people. It is an offence to obstruct a footpath so please do not park on a pavement – even for a moment.’

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The speed van crew were out to catch motorists at 9am in Cheltenham Road. Booked drivers would usually get a £60 fine and three points on their licence.

Robert Vestey, team manager of Gloucestershire Police’s camera enforcement unit, said:

‘We have been made aware of the photograph showing a van parked across a pavement and cycle lane. “We do not condone such actions and we hope that the fixed penalty notice and management advice shows that this has been taken seriously. “A member of the police workforce is not exempt from following road and parking rules, which is why the individual has been treated as any member of the public would be.”