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[cleggy]

My neighbour has just popped round spitting feathers, waving a parking ticket in his hand. He got a PCN for not parking within the white lines of a designating parking bay. He was just over them at one side.
He had nipped to our local shops (if you google ' Wollaton, Bramcote Lane shops' on satellite view, and street view it will give you an idea of the layout).
The STARZI was on a moped ticketing every car that was just over, or on the lines deliniating the bays.
Has anyone else heard of this restriction? The ticket stated that his car was under observation for 1 minute.
I have emailed the council to contest this ticket on the grounds that no signs exist in the area to indicate that one must park within the parking bay. So we'll have to see what happens.
However in my opinion it is absolutely bloody stupid, and just another revenue making game at motorist expense

[mantahatch]

My neighbour has just popped round spitting feathers, waving a parking ticket in his hand. He got a PCN for not parking within the white lines of a designating parking bay. He was just over them at one side.
He had nipped to our local shops (if you google ' Wollaton, Bramcote Lane shops' on satellite view, and street view it will give you an idea of the layout).
The STARZI was on a moped ticketing every car that was just over, or on the lines deliniating the bays.
Has anyone else heard of this restriction? The ticket stated that his car was under observation for 1 minute.
I have emailed the council to contest this ticket on the grounds that no signs exist in the area to indicate that one must park with the parking bay. So we'll have to see what happens.
However in my opinion it is absolutely bloody stupid, and just another revenue making game at motorist expense

Think you found the nail with the hammer there.   

[Varche]

This is the sort of thing that drove me away from Britain. Life is tough enough as it is. I dare say the parking warden is on bonus for bookings!


Spain is just as bad now. I parked in the last spot on a road in an unfamiliar town. When I came back my car (and all the others) was gone and there was just a sticker on the kerb saying "been towed". Cost me 140 euros to get it back when the pound opened again at 8 p.m.! The signs were obscured by overgrown orange trees.

 Magically they were pruned the next day!

[andyc]

Same sort of thing happen a few years back as we were leaving the Scooter Rally in Gt Yarmouth.

We had a car, van and a scooter, 3 vehicles, taking up three spaces. We got a ticket saying we were not paked within the white lines, this was at 8:30pm and we were the only ones on the car park.

Okwe were parked in at an angle with the van over one line and the scooter inbetween the two vehicles and locked to the van

When we phoned them we also told them that we also had three valid car park tickets that we paid for by mistake, no charge after 6:00pm.

They did agree in the end to void the tickets and never heard from them again

Andy

[Mysteryman]

My neighbour has just popped round spitting feathers, waving a parking ticket in his hand. He got a PCN for not parking within the white lines of a designating parking bay. He was just over them at one side.
He had nipped to our local shops (if you google ' Wollaton, Bramcote Lane shops' on satellite view, and street view it will give you an idea of the layout).
The STARZI was on a moped ticketing every car that was just over, or on the lines deliniating the bays.
Has anyone else heard of this restriction? The ticket stated that his car was under observation for 1 minute.
I have emailed the council to contest this ticket on the grounds that no signs exist in the area to indicate that one must park within the parking bay. So we'll have to see what happens.
However in my opinion it is absolutely bloody stupid, and just another revenue making game at motorist expense
 

Was he thirsty then?

[cleggy]

I think that's why he came round in the first place

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yes it is common in these parts.  Park just outside the white lines of a parking bay and you will be done!

[Banjax]

so he's learned to park the car properly now? 

[BigAl]

He's lucky he didn't get arrested:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1324211/Three-traffic-cops-called-parking-dispute-police-superintendent-constable-neighbour.html

[mrgreen]

that's highway robbery but unfortunately it's also the law, we had a residential parking permit for a weekend which we didn't put the number plate on and got done for it being not valid surely when you pay 10 quid for the weekend it's for a parking place regardless od the car, unfortunately they didn't see it this way, i still miss that 40 quid plus the tenner for the permit!!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

He's lucky he didn't get arrested:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1324211/Three-traffic-cops-called-parking-dispute-police-superintendent-constable-neighbour.html

Oh dear!   (noting the news item is in the Online Mail, but.......)  This situation obviously should never have been taken so far, costing no doubt a lot of money, whilst tying up precious resource.  The CPS will no doubt review this case and reach the obvious conclusions that it was badly handled.

A prime case of an ex-senior copper thinking, and maybe having, undue power over serving police officers!

[albitz]

Sorry but I have no sympathy. There arent many things more annoying than finally finding a parking space, only to realise that the person who is supposed to be parked in the next bay has partially parked in the one that you were about to park in, so you have to keep driving around wasting time and fuel looking for a bay that isnt blocked by someone who needs two parking bays for one car.
Its either an inability to drive - in which case they shouldnt be allowed to. or just pure selfishness - couldnt give a toss about anyone else, , cant be arsed to take the time and trouble tp park properly.
Cant imagine why anyone would need a sign which tells them that the purpose of the white lines on each side of the parking bay mean that they are supposed to park within the lines. :-/

[Mysteryman]

Off topic, a bit.
I went to asda at about eight o'clock this morning...massive car park, hardly any cars. Parked up, came out,  and some stupid rather bird had parked her car so close I could hardly open the drivers door. She was sitting in her car putting her make up on. The rest of the car park was clear! I gave her one of my looks, no reaction. I tapped on her window, she ignored me. I banged my car door into the side of her mini, she went mental. I told her to eff off, grinned and drove off.
I felt quite bad afterwards but the ignorant cow got right up my nose.
I'm half expecting a letter from her insurance as she had every opportunity to get my reg number.

[cleggy]

Sorry but I have no sympathy. There arent many things more annoying than finally finding a parking space, only to realise that the person who is supposed to be parked in the next bay has partially parked in the one that you were about to park in, so you have to keep driving around wasting time and fuel looking for a bay that isnt blocked by someone who needs two parking bays for one car.
Its either an inability to drive - in which case they shouldnt be allowed to. or just pure selfishness - couldnt give a toss about anyone else, , cant be arsed to take the time and trouble tp park properly.
Cant imagine why anyone would need a sign which tells them that the purpose of the white lines on each side of the parking bay mean that they are supposed to park within the lines. :-/

Whilst I agree with you, my neighbour in this instance was parked in the outside bay nearest the road, and was slightly over the line marking the bay because
the person in the next bay was encroaching  into the bay he was parking in.
The point surely is that the wardens look for any minor infrigement to dish out penalty notices.

[albitz]

If the person in the next bay had parked badly and therefore prevented him from parking properly, he should appeal imo.
Hope he took some pics for evidence ? :-/