![]() ![]() Hanging out in the middle of a road while intoxicated is not clever. There’s also the potential danger posed to students themselves. Prosecutions under this offence, which carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison, include DPP v D, where two people placed a large road sign on a dual carriageway without authorisation. ![]() The threshold for liability is made far lower because injury or damage need not actually occur for the offence to be satisfied. Section 22A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 makes it illegal to interfere with traffic equipment, traffic cones included, where it’d be obvious to a reasonable person that to do so would be dangerous (think cones alerting drivers to pot holes and other potential dangers). If you're in second year and still stealing traffic cones on a night out you're a fucking pillock ”īut, in many ways the seriousness of the theft doesn’t hinge on the property’s monetary value but on the impact the crime could cause. Perhaps the cases just aren’t cost effective each cone is worth less than £10 and as one law student points out: “Lots of traffic cones will go missing anyway… There are a lot worse things that people could be doing. The latest comments from across Legal Cheek But the real question is: Can the police really be bothered to enforce it? Foundry Chambers’ Daniel Sternberg tells Legal Cheek he’s never been involved in any sort of traffic cone theft case a scan of Google drums up little by way of precedent. Taking a piece of traffic equipment off the street does fit the basic property offence model (though Dan Bunting, a barrister at 2 Dr Johnson’s Buildings, points out to Legal Cheek that there may be an issue over “intention to permanently deprive”, given most make their stealing traffic cone debut while under the influence). The offence carries with it a maximum custodial penalty of seven years. The section makes someone guilty of theft if they dishonestly appropriate property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. Nabbing a traffic cone off the street falls under section 1 of the Theft Act 1968, a provision law students will likely know all too well from their criminal law studies. That doesn’t mean stealing one won’t get you in hot water. I knew one guy who managed to bring a full stop sign home with him following a particularly big night out.” Completely pointless I know, but lots of people were doing it. “I pinched a few traffic cones while drunk during my undergraduate degree. “When living in halls during first year it was more unusual for me to go into someone’s flat who wasn’t in possession of a road sign!” one law student muses. Some are used as Christmas trees and washing racks, or just sit as mementos of good nights out. Licensed by Magic Light Pictures Ltd.Drunken night out prize could leave you without a training contract Image credit: Instagram cones and other road signs have become a staple of university halls’ kitchens. Zog © 2010 & TM Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler. Share your Zog fun using the #ZogTrail hashtag. Grab the Zog trail activity pack for £4 from the Visitor Centre.Ĭollect golden stars as your little dragons learn how they can help care for the forest, and how the forests can care for them. Get it on Google Play Get it on the App Store 2. Get your claws on a Zog trail activity pack Thanks to amazing augmented reality technology, you’ll be able to collect golden stars, just like Zog and have the chance to take a photo with everyone’s favourite dragon at the end of the trail!Ĭapture the fun by saving videos and photos as you complete the bonus activities! Point the brand new app at special markers along the trail and access all sorts of exciting challenges as you go. Download the new ‘Zog: A Forest Adventure’ app before you visit ![]() Get ready to join Zog on his latest forest adventure with a brand-new family activity trail and free app! How does it work? 1. ![]()
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