Ticket review?
 

Is this a review of ticket fairness or simply goverment embarassment?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...324589,00.html


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I dont know whats more shocking, you reading the Times or the article :P ;)

Martin (Akula)

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"Wardens will be given digital cameras and ordered to take three photographs to prove both that a driver had parked illegally and that the restrictions were clearly signposted."

no-one ever heard of Photoshop then? :roll:

Maybe I'm being unfair, but I can't see the average traffic warden using a computer, let alone PhotoShop.

I really don't think you're being unfair. :lol:


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Hopefully these new rules will stop this kind of nonsense:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2808771.stm

Giving bonuses for the number of tickets issued was always going to cause problems and local authorities were being swamped with complaints.

complaints they got, but still we had to pay, I have also been had by a warden that could have easily used common sense and not gave me the ticket. I was parked on the pavement but right up along side a brick wall and right in front of a tree. The only thing that I was causing an obstruction too was a squirrel if it wanted to climb the damn tree. I was there for a total of 15 mins and was ticket after just 5 mins of being there. When I returned to my bike the ticket was just propped on the handlebars and not even stuck to the bike. A slight gust of wind and the ticket would have been gone, I wouldn't have known about it and I would have had to pay double for not paying it within two weeks. £80 :shock: :shock: :shock: I appealed against the ticket but still had to pay it.

On the other hand, today I was trying to get parked in the town centre, saw a warden so asked if she knew where there was a bike space. She didn't, but pointed out a bit of pavement set back and recommended I park there. Top notch...

and thats the difference between London and elsewhere I guess :roll:

I am confused about this. I thought the law had only just been recently changed to make parking a council issue instead of plod.

Around here it is getting a real pain. My younger brother made the local papers with his parking probs. He runs a domestic appliance shop/repairs. for years the local traffic wardens turn a blind eye to him parking outside his shop to load/unload washing machines etc.

The parking bays outside the shop have a 30 minute limute with no return for 2 hours.

The other week the new council guy told him he was illegally parked and became abusive when he refused to move it as he was in the process of loading. Can you imagine carrying a washing machine 200yds to the next available bay. So my brother phones the council to complain about this guys attitude and whilst he is on the phone the ******* tickets him.

Businesses are threating to quit town centre sites as staff can no longer park etc.