Sunday, April 18, 2021

What is a tautology?

 There are two things wrong with this sign.


It should either say "24-hour" or "at all times". To say both is otiose.

The other is a legal problem which has several answers.

Can random members of the public put up "NO PARKING" signs?

One argument is that if some are allowed then all are allowed so nobody can park anywhere except outside their own house.

Another is that nobody has a legal right to the parking space outside their own home unless the council has designated it as a reserved parking area.

The third, favoured by the makers of signs, is that anyone can put up a "NO PARKING" sign but nobody has to pay the slightest attention to it.

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