This is why we hate traffic wombles

[Punkstig]

Parked up to find this bike has been ticketed, free parking bay (Camden) but as he has parked slightly on the yellow line he got a ticket, painful!

[Exupnut]

Harsh but the norm unfortunately. Btw lovin those bingo wings

[richfzs]

That's foccing ludicrous - I'd be appealing that immediately.... Well not quite immediately, I'd have to come down from the ceiling first....

[nick crisp]

The only time I ever parked a bike in London, somewhere near Shaftesbury Ave., another guy just parking up warned me to make sure I wasn't even touching the yellow - some of Hitler's SS are alive and well and working in London.... :grumble

[BBROWN1664]

A real traffic warden who works for the police only issues tickets as a last resort and has actually failed in their primary task which is to keep traffic moving if they do. As such, they don't like issuing tickets as it's an admission of failure.

Parking Wardens that work for the councils however are a bunch of wankers who should be shot.

[locksmith]

Whilst common sense would say he's parked ok, the bike is actually outside the bay's white line and sitting on a yellow

[Punkstig]

The thing is the council removed 2 motorbike bays around the corner due to building works that are going on, thus reducing parking spaces by about 15, this guys obviously parked with the common sense to give others as much space as possible, I'd happily take it to the adjudicators even though by the letter of the law its wrong, and I'd be getting in touch with MCN (this time of year they got hardly any stories in there so this would help fill it out!

[dazza]

Traffic wardens get a bad press I think. I'm actually grateful for them.....I mean, I didn't even know I had Tourette's until  I came across one a few years ago.

[caretaker]

:lol

[richfzs]

:rollin

[fazersharp]

The poor chap cant get it within the lines because theres a bike with some masive planks on the sides 

[nick crisp]

I mean, jeez, you could understand it if the bike was causing some sort of obstruction or safety issue by being outside of the box, but ffs, don't these people have any common sense?! They, more than anyone except bike riders themselves, must realise how limited bike parking is in London. So much for promoting anti-traffic congestion policies.

[midden]

The poor chap cant get it within the lines because theres a bike with some masive planks on the sides

and remnants of Bet lynches bed clothes on the seat and mudguard........who could blame anyone for taking a wide berth..


I reckon filling out a complaint form would get him off anyway

[locksmith]

don't these people have any common sense?!

Obviously not, bearing in mind what Punkstig said about a m/c parking closure around the corner, the warden must be a complete heartless bastard of a retard with no active brain cells.

[richfzs]

And targets / performance bonuses to meet...

[fazersharp]

The road marking says "solo motorcycles" ----how do they know when a bike is parked if it had a pillion on when you parked.

[locksmith]

The road marking says "solo motorcycles" ----how do they know when a bike is parked if it had a pillion on when you parked.

Maybe that's why he got a ticket :lol

[Chillum]

Who's to say that the retard with the decked out Fazer didn't move his bike a bit so he could get his fat arse on his bike?

After all, the rear tyre looks inside the yellows!

[Dead Eye]

Apologies if any of the comments are sarcasm and I couldn't tell, however...

Mr. Punkstig said in his original post that he parked up to find the bike like this. That means that the ticketed bike was parked that way before he arrived and was not the cause

[nick crisp]

Who's to say that the retard with the decked out Fazer didn't move his bike a bit so he could get his fat arse on his bike?

After all, the rear tyre looks inside the yellows!

:lurk

But can you hold off half hour til I've had me dinner?  :lol