@*%@* traffic wardens!

[wotnowarninglight]

Basically, its like if everybody stopped smoking tomorrow the NHS would have severe cashflow problems... they keep on collecting extra revnue by means of parking charges/traffic wardens/congestion charging to put us off driving into town... and boy do we supply some revnue, suppose it is a sort of indirect tax! Sometimes its dressed up / presented as a green issue...

 

[ben]

I thought it was illegal to block someones driveway denying them access (not to exit but only entering premises) as you can call police to remove obstruction(wether that means car or other?) to your driveway.

It's the other way around - if someone is blocking you *in* you can call the council to have them moved, but you can park over someone's drive if they are not there.

Of course, you can expect your car to get keyed or something if you do, but it is perfectly legal.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

I got a ticket for being parked too long in a 30 minute bay (by about 5 minutes). the warden was still there and thinking fairs fair, went up to him and asked politely where i could pay it as im not from preston, only to have abuse hurled at me in the form of- 'your a bloody uni student, arent you meant to be clever?' so feeling his attitude, i said ' Look you tell me, I asked a polite question' to get a response of 'look read the bloody ticket like everyone else'. He then turned to the colleague with him and said 'f$@%ing students' which I heard him say and so did four of my uni mates.

'parden mr warden?'

'what'

'I heard what you said'

he then walks off to my mate shouting Nazi at him, he turns round to come back so I said leave it, I will be complaining to whoever but at least this ticket pays your- and his wage for the week.

He was an utter tit that warden

 

[chaos]

I got a ticket for being parked too long in a 30 minute bay (by about 5 minutes). the warden was still there and thinking fairs fair, went up to him and asked politely where i could pay it as im not from preston, only to have abuse hurled at me in the form of- 'your a bloody uni student, arent you meant to be clever?' so feeling his attitude, i said ' Look you tell me, I asked a polite question' to get a response of 'look read the bloody ticket like everyone else'. He then turned to the colleague with him and said 'f$@%ing students' which I heard him say and so did four of my uni mates.

'parden mr warden?'

'what'

'I heard what you said'

he then walks off to my mate shouting Nazi at him, he turns round to come back so I said leave it, I will be complaining to whoever but at least this ticket pays your- and his wage for the week.

He was an utter tit that warden

:shakehead What a prat

 

[Hellcat]

There is a lot of anamosity towards students. I used to get it. Just tell them where to go and laugh it off knowing you'll be earning in a hour what they earn in a day

 

[Big Black Stilo]

I am no longer a student as graduated back in 2003, but yesterday I was in manchester and there was the 3 skin head scallies in tracksuits, running up to people who were young and/or looked like students, shouting in the faces go gerra job, lazy student bum, you smell, my tax... etc

as I was walking down the street- dressed as I do (quite student chic esque!) I wanted them to do it to me so I could shout back at them.

Also considered doin it to them anyways shouting either addict, dole scum, chav, etc at them, but I didnt as a like a quite life!

Didnt think they did it to me as im 6ft ish and hovering between around 17 stone- they were a lot smaller and about 10stone!

either that or my student chic is not quite right!

 

[chr1s]

Had a parking ticket in Port Talbot last autumn. I bought a ticket, but it wasn't sticky enough to stay on the windscreen, and dropped down to the dashboard.
I complained to the council and Vinci Parking, and sent a copy of the ticket and told them I saw the warden ticketing a silver Merc as I was buying my ticket.
They cancelled the fine, with no apology, but blamed me for their ticket not being sticky enough.
I was quite looking forward to the case going further, as the half-blind traffic warden had described the Ulysse as a Citroen on the ticket !
Needless to say I won't be going back there in a hurry. (Only went because the wife wanted to go to a "wonderful" wool shop there)

 

[Helz]

I got a fine recently for my permit falling out of my windscreen and with my car being debadged they just put it down as:
Make/ model: Car
Colour: Silver
Reg: W692 SDS

 

[dave]

have you paid it yet? could send it back n say narr my cars pinkish

 

[The Negotiator]

Ok, i have always wondered this and I bet somebody knows:

if you have a ticket and somebody (illegally) removes the sticker "as a joke" - where would you stand?

 

[Helz]

They send you a letter through the post with a copy of the details in Paulie. Dave - I appealed it at the time as the wind had blown my permit off when I shut the door but I had to pay up

 

[dave]

Ok, i have always wondered this and I bet somebody knows:

if you have a ticket and somebody (illegally) removes the sticker "as a joke" - where would you stand?

out of pocket, i would advise against removing ticket even for a joke, its theft

 

[The Negotiator]

Well that's boring, I always expected students finding it hilarious and poor people not having a clue thay have had a ticket for months!

And Dave, do you think I would EVER touch a parking ticket other than my own?! Once in Manc I saw a car with two parking tickets on, however, the "bag" they were in was slightly different, one looking like the normal type and the other being slightly smaller and being of a lighter shade. I always wondered whether one was a fake he had put on to try and confuse the warden?

 

[dave]

And Dave, do you think I would EVER touch a parking ticket other than my own?!

yeah i reckon you go out nicking them so bad parkers have to pay double

 

[The Negotiator]

I like it But...I already key their cars in order to do that

 

[ian stilo 1.6]

i thought paul would collect them and pay them lmao

 

[Chas Uno]

It's the other way around - if someone is blocking you *in* you can call the council to have them moved, but you can park over someone's drive if they are not there.

Of course, you can expect your car to get keyed or something if you do, but it is perfectly legal.

I'm no legal specialist, but I don't think that is the case Ben.

From what I understand, if the kerb has been lowered, then the space HAS to be kept clear whether someone is parked in their driveway or not. A lowered kerb gives the owner of the property right of access, and blocking that access is an infringement of that right. I'm fairly sure as well it's to do with fire regulations, as fire crews need to have access to where a motor vehicle is kept.

However, if someone has their front garden converted to a drive/ hardstanding for car parking but the kerb has NOT been lowered onto the street, then this doesn't apply. Daft I know, but you can't lower the kerb yourself. It has to be done by the councils road planning department and it's damn expensive, so a lot of people don't bother if the kerb isn't that high.

Trans was unlucky in that maintenance work blocked access to his off road parking space. However, anyone could park where he did and put a note in the windscreen saying that they have to park there because they couldn't get into the blocked space. How does the Traffic Warden know this is genuine?

And that is the problem. Too many people take advantage of the law for their own gain, so when someone genuinely has a reason to park on the single yellow they get penalised because the traffic warden has no idea whether it is true or not.

But then again, the law is the law whether we like it or not. Don't commit the crime and you won't have to pay the fine is the simple solution. Of course, I do wish traffic wardens didn't have these stupid targets to meet. That way they could use a little jurisdiction rather making sure they meet their quota so they can get a pay bonus...

 

[The Negotiator]

The pavement at the bottom of our drive is up (or was when I left) due to new gas systems being put in (and NTL even put some stuff in whilst the hole were in, companies working together *shocked*!) and we have no access to the drive other than by walking. It's not a problem since we live on a street with no parking issues (drives and garages for every house and plent of space on the road anyway + it's a sort of crescent that nobody goes down). However, I guess they need to do the work, the kerb is lowered (properly) so what are they supposed to do other than block our drive?

 

[Chas Uno]

I'm not sure on this one Paul, but don't they have to give advance warning before they do this? Did your parents receive a notification that the drive would be blocked and for how long for?

 

[The Negotiator]

Not sure the first time (I was at uni) but they filled them in for xmas and wrote:

INTRIM (which I took as INTERIM lol) and OUT on the holes infront of the drives. Hence we kind of knew what was happening. However, on the day it happened I got about 30 seconds notice "could you move the car" - the digger was there waiting to dig up the hole they filled in a week before.

It wasn't a problem (except when loading my uni stuff into the car) but still curious They did it once to to my grandpa's without any notice but it was emergency work so I guess they used that. However, it WAS a problem to him since his car was in his garage for 3+ days.

I usually let people like that get on with their job without questioning what they are doing.