Hywel wrote:
In article , Bob Eager
says...

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 22:59:04 UTC, Hywel wrote:


In article , Ben says...

Hywel wrote:

In article , Ben says...


Hi

Can anyone recommend an online supplier of signs. I've tried the local
hardware store and B&Q and a couple of local sign shops, but none of
them have what I'm looking for. Basically I'm having trouble with kids
on motorbikes messing about on my parking area, so I need a sign that
says private parking, no motorcycles (or 2 separate signs would do).


http://www.uk-safety-signs.co.uk/parking-signs.htm

Thanks, that's the best site I've seen yet, but it only has the private
car park sign - I didn't see one about motorcycles.


How do you plan to enforce it?

At the moment it works like a 3-stage filter system
(1) One of us goes out and tells them to stop
(2) The police come round and tell them to stop
(3) The police take them away in the back of a van

Why would the police get involved - what's the crime?

He says 'parking area' - some kind of private off-street area? The sort
that is good to zoom around on? Trespass?


Trespass isn't a crime, though, is it?


No, it starts off as criminal damage and when someone goes out and talks
to them in a minority of cases it becomes abusive/threatening behaviour.
Amazingly, the majority of them don't seem to realise they're doing
anything wrong and actually respond quite well when its pointed out to
them, although some of them need a police officer rather than a resident
to tell them.

I've found a sign that says "private - no public right of way" which I
think is the most appropriate one. After all, parking is not the issue
here. There's another one that warns that legal action may be taken
against unauthorized persons found on this property, but I think that
might upset legitimate visitors and make the place look like a trouble
spot (although, frankly, it couldn't look much worse at the moment)