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really?
« on: 07 February 2018, 03:50:50 pm »

Was it the warden couldn't see his permit or because he parked like a tw@t?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42972197
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Re: really?
« Reply #1 on: 08 February 2018, 12:49:42 am »
As he says, ""I thought it was odd because if I wasn't displaying it I would have got a parking ticket every day because I had left my car there while I was in London"

Basically it's just a Warden being a Jobsworth.

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« Reply #2 on: 08 February 2018, 08:43:57 am »
Look at the picture again and see how it is parked against the kerb!

It appears to be parked on a junction. Maybe they issued the ticket for that rather than the non-display. The person receiving the ticket probably didn't even read it :pokefun
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Re: really?
« Reply #3 on: 08 February 2018, 09:27:56 am »
Look at the picture again and see how it is parked against the kerb!

It appears to be parked on a junction. Maybe they issued the ticket for that rather than the non-display. The person receiving the ticket probably didn't even read it :pokefun

true but if the car hadn't moved in a few days then surely he would've had a ticket on the previous days too?
but as you point out there isn't a copy of the ticket to say exactly why he got this ticket!
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« Reply #4 on: 08 February 2018, 12:41:24 pm »
Look at the picture again and see how it is parked against the kerb!

It appears to be parked on a junction.

There's no double yellow lines etc, so unless it's causing an obstruction, it's legally parked.

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« Reply #5 on: 08 February 2018, 01:43:05 pm »
I will refer you to rule 243 of the highway code. This is something you can get a parking ticket for (though most plod and wardens don't bother)

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/waiting-and-parking-238-to-252

DO NOT stop or park:
- opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
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« Reply #6 on: 12 February 2018, 12:10:48 am »
I will refer you to rule 243 of the highway code. This is something you can get a parking ticket for (though most plod and wardens don't bother)

Ok, good point. It's not something I normally worry about, being on a bike :)

So, yes, it's possible that that was what the ticket was for, but it's still an odd co-incidence that it happened on the day when the permit wasn't visible due to snow.

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« Reply #7 on: 12 February 2018, 12:37:34 am »
Well there you go. Nothing to do with parking badly. All to do with poor quality software and a over zealous enforcement
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