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I've just had a visit from the Police about a similar matter.

I'm a cyclist and a driver so I do appreciate both sides. I found this post because we have recently been having problems with indirect threats (made by a cyclist via the nearby lollipop man) to damage our car. Prior to that, we returned from dropping our youngest at school twice to find spit down the drivers side window which we then had to clear up. We park well away from the island in the middle of the road, and the road concerned is wide. As a cyclist myself, I would consider this acceptable and think the behaviour of this particular cyclist is disgraceful.

The Police who visited us intends to speak to the cyclist concerned. Whilst he has not committed an offence (yet), it is clearly unacceptable behaviour.

The advice that we have been given is that if a cycle lane is a separate track or has a solid line, a driver can not cross the line or park across it. If it is a broken line, you can park on it if unavoidable. So, in our case, when the nearby layby is full, and the narrow road close to the school poses a threat to the children, we can park on the road which has cycle lanes down both sides as long as we do so in a safe manner. Unfortunately for the cyclist, they just have to accept that they will have to pull out to pass the car in this case.