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[zippo]

the car parked next to mine had a front flat tyre which was just touching the white line (but still inside the confines of the bay) as the old chap was getting in his car i pointed the flat out to him, as we were stood talking about it a traffic warden gave him a parking fine for being improperly parked
  what are Bolton council thinking employing dopes like that  it didn't matter how much the chap tried to reason with the dope he said he couldn't change anything now that the ticket had been issued.The old chap has now got to appeal the ticket that shouldn't have been issued in the first place  

[psl]

an all too comon story these days

[Dazzler]

They work on commision these days

[CaptainZok]

the car parked next to mine had a front flat tyre which was just touching the white line (but still inside the confines of the bay) as the old chap was getting in his car i pointed the flat out to him, as we were stood talking about it a traffic warden gave him a parking fine for being improperly parked
  what are Bolton council thinking employing dopes like that  it didn't matter how much the chap tried to reason with the dope he said he couldn't change anything now that the ticket had been issued.The old chap has now got to appeal the ticket that shouldn't have been issued in the first place  

Tell me about it mate. Took me over two years to get a parking ticket quashed including them sending baliffs letters in the mean time.
Absolute a**eholes the lot of em.

[MaxV6]

and now for the good/bad news (depending on perspective)

Bolton does NOT have a monopoly on them....  mores the pity....   I almost never have to go to Bolton....    so I'd be quite happy for them to have the monopoly, but sadly, such is not the case.....

[CaptainZok]

and now for the good/bad news (depending on perspective)

Bolton does NOT have a monopoly on them....  mores the pity....   I almost never have to go to Bolton....    so I'd be quite happy for them to have the monopoly, but sadly, such is not the case.....

You ain't missing much Max.

[zippo]

the warden said he had walked past 10 minuets before (i didn't see him tho) and said that it was time enough for the old chap to have
moved/repair the car ( i did ask how the old chap could have done that
when he didn't know about the flat) answer not my problem

[Danny]

not in the slightest bit shocked these days

they dont believe in actually enforcing parking rules, just making money off those who park slightly off the mark!

[Kevin Wood]

said he couldn't change anything now that the ticket had been issued.

.. and then traffic wardens have the gaul to complain when they get their ticket machine rammed up....

 

Kevin

[zippo]

 i really really wanted to do that
BUT the old chaps a retired solicitor so he said hes going to have the last laugh

[waspy]

the car parked next to mine had a front flat tyre which was just touching the white line (but still inside the confines of the bay) as the old chap was getting in his car i pointed the flat out to him, as we were stood talking about it a traffic warden gave him a parking fine for being improperly parked
  what are Bolton council thinking employing dopes like that  it didn't matter how much the chap tried to reason with the dope he said he couldn't change anything now that the ticket had been issued.The old chap has now got to appeal the ticket that shouldn't have been issued in the first place  

Just a another reason why every ones council tax is so high, because the warden just wanted to get his qouter up.
This'll now cost a bit to get sorted.

[MaxV6]

I was driving an Outside broadcast vehicle just before Xmas....   let's just say it's about the size of a Chrysler Grand voyager... (in fact it IS one...  but somewhat modified)

had a stand up row with a parking operative about it overhanging the marked space.......... at both ends....  

he wanted to give us a ticket, despite us having paid , fair and square of the space..  


At which point, we waved the paid ticket in front of him, and pointed out that in implied a contract to provide parking for said vehicle...  by his employers...    and that nowhere was there any sign or indicated T&C's that limited the length, or indeed width , of the vehicle..


My final line was along the lines of..

you can persist of you like, but I'll be invoicing you personally for my time in sorting this out, and our lawyers have some VERY fancy offices, which rather implies when you lose in court, you AND your employers may be landed with a very significant costs claim....  

carry on writing the ticket if you like son.....    it's your job isn't it??.....  

he went away........

came back 45 minutes later with an "inspector" , who took one look at us, what we were doing , and our permits to do so....  and promptly told him not to be so bloody stupid.....  

and apologised to us....   , how I kept a straight face, I'll never know...  




I've never enjoyed Carols from St James's Picadilly quite so much !

[zippo]

I was driving an Outside broadcast vehicle just before Xmas....   let's just say it's about the size of a Chrysler Grand voyager... (in fact it IS one...  but somewhat modified)

had a stand up row with a parking operative about it overhanging the marked space.......... at both ends....  

he wanted to give us a ticket, despite us having paid , fair and square of the space..  


At which point, we waved the paid ticket in front of him, and pointed out that in implied a contract to provide parking for said vehicle...  by his employers...    and that nowhere was there any sign or indicated T&C's that limited the length, or indeed width , of the vehicle..


My final line was along the lines of..

you can persist of you like, but I'll be invoicing you personally for my time in sorting this out, and our lawyers have some VERY fancy offices, which rather implies when you lose in court, you AND your employers may be landed with a very significant costs claim....  

carry on writing the ticket if you like son.....    it's your job isn't it??.....  

he went away........

came back 45 minutes later with an "inspector" , who took one look at us, what we were doing , and our permits to do so....  and promptly told him not to be so bloody stupid.....  

and apologised to us....   , how I kept a straight face, I'll never know...  




I've never enjoyed Carols from St James's Picadilly quite so much !

love it lmao

[Crazydad]

Now that is a story i like  

[Tony H]

Did the old guy or anyone get photos of the parking incident? IMO it would be well worth an appeal and if that was not successful I bet the press would have a field day. I could imagine the headline "Oap F.1 pit stop challenge" traffic warden expects F.1 speed,  to change a wheel by an oap etc, etc.