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A northern mate of mine once remarked, 'there are two kinds of people in London; c**ts, and c**ts in suits'.
He may have pulled the quote from elsewhere, and its not necessarily my opinion, but it made beer come out of my nose when he said it. |
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Just to follow this thread up; I got a £60 bus lane fine on the same day too.
Bleedin Lewisham council. |
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What the bloody hell is the point of having numberplate fitted? Surely there's less chance of being caught with that and it's £30 for that ain't it?
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Just received ANOTHER through the post today, jesus christ!
![]() PCN is for parking in a residential area at 14.23pm, during the 1-3pm 'permit holder only' time. Now for some background: Location - Residential street in KENT, not frickin' London. 'The ****ing garden of ****ing england' - KENT. Road - Very quiet, no through traffic, no congestion, loads of empty spaces all day Parking restrictions - 1-3pm permit holders only Fine - £100. No 'discount' Other options - There is NO FREE PARKING anywhere around here at all. None. Zip. What ****ing choice have I got? I think I'm just going to sell the ****ing car. I'm not paying £100 / month to these ********s (last time I checked, I pay their wages) I've never had a fine in way over 100,000 miles, then 3 in 6 weeks! I'm not a numpty; they're just ****ing nazis down here. My life involves having to leave my car on the odd occasion, you know to work, eat, ****. Is this asking too much?! Also the '28 days' to appeal system is simply extortion. I have no idea how a council can operate such a racket. Insurance £700, Tax £180, Fines (so far ![]() ... That's 34 'spot fines'. I wonder why I bother. Last edited by gettin2dizzy; 14-08-10 at 03:08 PM. |
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Has anyone contested them?
I've been to look at the space, and I can't find any glaring errors. I just don't want to land myself with an even bigger fine, I'm skint as it is. |
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Just park and drive where your actually allowed to! It's not really that hard surely.
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Well in 3 months I've only parked there once, and it's only between 1-3pm that the parking restrictions apply. Needless to say I got a ticket for that 2 hour window... I'm living in Kent, and need to use my car for work. I have no drive, and there is no free parking AT ALL around here. The only place I can 'get away' with it is where the parking restriction signs are damaged, so I know I can't get ticketed. When these three(!) spaces are full, how can I park my car legally when there are no other options around? Park it up the road in the NCP for £20 a day? ![]() I don't live in Westminster, so don't expect every single residential area in a suburban Kentish town to have blanket zones enforced. My main issue is that the appeal process is just extortion. You normally have 14 days to pay a reduced fine (50%), but by contesting the fine you will lose that discount. Both of my last fines I would have contested, but I can't afford to gamble with an extra £100 of fines and loads of my time. Pay the fine and the case is closed, and can't be appealed. |
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