£400 an Hour

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.

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?

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 ) £200, MOT £50
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That's 34 'spot fines'. I wonder why I bother.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

Location - Residential street in KENT, not frickin' London. 'The ****ing garden of ****ing england' - KENT.

That'll be the 'London Borough' of Bromley, Kent.
Same deal as the 'London Borough' of Croydon, Surrey; the 'London Borough' of Redbridge, Essex etc.

Originally Posted by CoolGirl

That'll be the 'London Borough' of Bromley, Kent.
Same deal as the 'London Borough' of Croydon, Surrey; the 'London Borough' of Redbridge, Essex etc.

That's what I don't understand. How come I live in Kent, yet can receive the £100 maximum parking fine specifically for London. Where am I?!

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.

[G]

Just park and drive where your actually allowed to! It's not really that hard surely.

Originally Posted by G

Just park and drive where your actually allowed to! It's not really that hard surely.

I know what you mean. I've lived in Newcastle, Manchester and Cardiff and never had a ticket. How difficult can it be surely?!

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.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

I know what you mean. I've lived in Newcastle, Manchester and Cardiff and never had a ticket. How difficult can it be surely?!



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?

you could try paying for a resident's parking permit? certainly works out cheaper than the fines!