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General => General => Topic started by: BBROWN1664 on 07 February 2018, 03:50:50 pm

Title: really?
Post by: BBROWN1664 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 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-42972197)

Title: Re: really?
Post by: Grahamm 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.

Title: Re: really?
Post by: BBROWN1664 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

Title: Re: really?
Post by: Robbie8666 on 08 February 2018, 09:27:56 am

Quote from: BBROWN1664 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

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!

Title: Re: really?
Post by: Grahamm on 08 February 2018, 12:41:24 pm

Quote from: BBROWN1664 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.

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

Title: Re: really?
Post by: BBROWN1664 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 (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

Title: Re: really?
Post by: Grahamm on 12 February 2018, 12:10:48 am

Quote from: BBROWN1664 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)

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.

Title: Re: really?
Post by: mtread 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
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-43002171 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-43002171)