I'm speechless...

[Spiderman]

Or they'd do him for criminal damage Seems they have it in for this guy. But as said earlier he should wriet to the council asking them to pay rent for use of his topsoil or come and remove their slabs as they had not sought his permission to lay them there.

[ixlr8]

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Stand by for a mass influx!

Pardons if I've posted this before but, in Victoria, we're allowed to park on any footpath unless otherwise specified - several narrow paths in the central business district. Very handy indeed!

[Bri w]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

why not, allthough then they would say he was illegally transporting his bike over the pavement to get to his parking spot/subsoil. lol

Its not just London!

I got ticketed in Leicester for crossing the public pavement to park on a private piece of land in front of the building where I was working.

Originally Posted by Stu

I replied when I read Carty's 1st reply, but for him to keep at it ? ...I'm speechlss too.

Are you addressing anyone there chap, or just generally typing at the forum?

My point was that I have no sympathy with him being fined when he could have taken greater steps to avoid it all.

I hate it when people jump on band-wagons 'oh the injustice', 'oh how terrible this all is', 'oh soon nobody is going to be allowed to park directly outside their house on their own private, gated drive'.

I hate that the BBC has dressed this up as 'poor doctor just wants to be able to serve his patients quickly by parking really close to work and nasty Camden Council have outlawed it via a technicality'. There could be many other sides to this story. Maybe his scooter parked there actually does cause a hazard to pedestrians, maybe the good doctor is a nasty barsteward and he threatens to beat up the traffic warden each time he sees him. Maybe he slept with the Camden mayor's wife. Who knows.

I initially countered in this thread because of Billy's first post that said he was 'speechless' and 'physically sickened' by the article. I can't imagine how you feel when you read something really bad, like war, poverty, etcetera, etcetera...

And Stu, I know of London bike bays, as I said to Spidey earlier, we are talking about a doctor's runaround scooter, not a brand new Desmosedici. He could have bought ten new scooters for the value of his fines....

I think we're (me vs everyone else) going to have to agree to disagree here, I'll sit in this corner on my own

Mmmh interesting. I read this yesterday and I was rather taken back by it too, but I would like to see how it progresses.

[Spiderman]

Carty..... this is a good pic to make my point mate.



As you can see in the foreground, some of the businesses use their glass block area as access to the lower level and others just allow for the glass block to remain and give light. So what i dont get is how its fair or correct to penalise anyone who chooses to park a scooter there.

Iin the interests of fairness i've used a section of Cleveland street which is where the articles says his surgery is but not his exact surgery as i cant find that. However the principle is the same.

If the judge has ruled the guy only owns the subsoil then how come these others are allowed to erect fencing and install stairs, all measures that permanently reduce the width of the pavement, whereas the doc only reduces the width of the pavement when his bike is parked there and he's not of visiting patients or the g*lf course?

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Iin the interests of fairness i've used a section of Cleveland street which is where the articles says his surgery is but not his exact surgery as i cant find that. However the principle is the same.

It's here.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...12,8.01,,0,9.3
Brown door on the right is his office. Motorcycle bay in the article on the left.

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

It's here.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...12,8.01,,0,9.3
Brown door on the right is his office. Motorcycle bay in the article on the left.

Cheers G2D, good find. How did you find the address out of curiosity? I searched loads and got bored you see, lol.

But just goes to prove my point more i think. If he parks between those 2 plants on the pavement then where is the problem?
Personally i'm more fearful of bike bays that have cars bays butting up to them as more than once i have seen an incompetent person parking and reversing into one of the parked bikes. Hey presto, bike dominoes. ANd do they hang about to leave their details? This is london, what do you think?

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Cheers G2D, good find. How did you find the address out of curiosity? I searched loads and got bored you see, lol.

I googled his name and clinic, then used whois on his domain.

Administrative Contact Address1: 132 Cleveland Street

It's the lack of any free parking in town that bugs me. In my village that has no problems with congestion, I have to pay so I can pop to the bank. A few free 30 minute zones would suffice.

I was also in Sidcup the other day and couldn't find a single free parking space - even in residential areas miles from any businesses. I was staying there for a few days and had to pay to park between 1-3pm in the councils car park. Just a lot of ****ing hassle for minimal revenue.

Morons with authority needing their power-fix to make up for the fact their wives are overweight and ugly (I guess )

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by carty

maybe the good doctor is a nasty barsteward and he threatens to beat up the traffic warden each time he sees him. Maybe he slept with the Camden mayor's wife. Who knows.

Given how this lot sounds I wouldn't blame him for battering the odd traffic warden. I reckon it should be allowed like every 3rd Wednesday a month, let the kids blow off some steam!
And if he's shagged the mayors wife, good on him