Leaving a trailer "parked" on the street?

[aclivity]

quick question, is there any regulation over leaving a trailer, unhitched, on a street?

I'm not being a nimby here, it's just something I haven't seen happening very often, but in a street near where I live there is a trailer left out most nights. It does constrict the road a little bit, but there looks like room to get a car past (a truck might struggle, a fire engine would probably wonder about the speed bump ).

[GreigM]

answer here:
https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q629.htm

basically it can be left on the road, but must have lights on at night....so practically speaking its illegal as no-one will have the lights lit...

[geeteeaye]

They're probably hoping a pikey will nick it.

[aclivity]

Thanks for the quick answers!

It's not got a standard tow-hitch connection, it looks like it hooks on to a bar rather than a towball (I'm not describing this very well, am I!). I think it may have been had away by now if it had a normal towball connector, as it's a decent sized trailer with a ramp at the back for loading it up, and it is usually occupied by a set of temporary traffic lights!

[geeteeaye]

Ah, so it does have lights on at night therefore legal...

[aclivity]

geeteeaye said:

Ah, so it does have lights on at night therefore legal...