[David9694]

Let’s cheer up our heatwave conditions, impending power cuts, fuel bills and big freeze with a couple of silly season stories about drivers on holiday and their problems. 

Family vows never to return to Cornwall after racking up £760 in parking tickets over 12 days
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/family-vows-never-return-cornwall-7426072

Unapologetic Cornwall parking firm says tourist who racked up £760 in fines over 12 days must pay
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/unapologetic-cornwall-parking-firm-says-7445322

I love the “push off then, emmet” comments on these stories, e.g.

CornishBornCornishBred4 DAYS AGO 

You’re not coming back to Cornwall ??? these are HAPPY tears!!!! Now how do we get rid of the rest you and stop you from coming down! Because I can assure you…. WE DONT WANT YOU HERE ANYWAY!

 

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[David9694]

TheBillder wrote:

TheBillder wrote:

In the old days when car parks were patrolled by people, you’d never have been ticketed while you waited to exit. With ANPR, the click is ticking until you leave the site entirely.

Yes, I remember parking attendants:

Outrage as parking attendants ‘stand and watch’ people park before handing out tickets

 “What is even worse is parking attendants stood and watched people park, get out and head off and then fined them when it was clear they didn’t know.”

Cheshire East Council says it is looking into complaints

https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/outrage-parking-attendants-stand-watch-24886928

[TheBillder]

As anyone who has ever been
As anyone who has ever been punishment-passed for causing a motorist a delay of 30 seconds will know, it’s entirely possible that his delay of 23 minutes for a call of nature and waiting for someone else to manoeuvre was not accompanied by an attack of biblical rage.

However… I have a modicum of sympathy. In the old days when car parks were patrolled by people, you’d never have been ticketed while you waited to exit. With ANPR, the click is ticking until you leave the site entirely.

[David9694]

Cornish tin miner blasts

Cornish tin miner blasts ‘excessive’ charge for ‘unavoidable’ parking blunder on Lizard peninsula

The former Geevor tin miner has used the car park plenty of times through his life without trouble

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornish-tin-miner-blasts-excessive-7545107

 

[The _Kaner]

Was it “Jelly”, “Blancmange”

Was it “Jelly”, “Blancmange” or “Terrine”….and why was he doing it in Cornwall?

[David9694]

Not everyone can use buses.

Not everyone can use buses. Now go and copy out 100 pages of the Mavic Tech manual. 

[ktache]

Edgbaston is on many bus

Edgbaston is on many bus routes, and as I remember the No1.

Just opposite is an entrance to Canon Hill park, where I used to join the NCN5.

[AlsoSomniloquism]

I wouldn’t take the yellows

I wouldn’t take the yellows into account in this instance as they did have lots of temp restrictions in place during the CWG, especially around packed venues like Edgbaston Ground and the main stadium.

They mention a sign that was not there when they went back. I wonder why being as they watched the final and then the games were finished.

Maybe they should have looked here instead. (page 5)

Edit: Just wanted to mention that any ticket for any event at the games meant free public transport in the Midlands area AND venues like Edgbaston had specific shuttle buses from various park and ride venues. So they didn’t need to try and park so close. 
 

[David9694]

Cancer patient slapped with

Cancer patient slapped with ‘unfair’ parking fine ‘spoiling’ Commonwealth Games T20 Cricket experience

Several drivers were hit with fines but claimed signage was inadequate near Edgbaston Stadium

There’s some missing information here.  Starting to get a bit Conan Doyle here, but “Watson, look up 7 August 2022 on that calendar. What day was it?” 

“Upon my soul, Holmes, it was a Sunday” 

“And what do we already know from Google Maps About the single yellows on the west side of Amesbury Road?” 

“They only operate Monday to Friday, you can see it on every lamp post”

“And the eastern side?”

“The article doesn’t say anything about which side of the road.”

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/cancer-patient-slapped-unfair-parking-24859748

 

 

[David9694]

Would prefer some kind of

Would prefer some kind of intelligence/fitness test at the pumps. 

[HoarseMann]

Maybe all parking meters

Maybe all parking meters could be designed to be so challenging to operate correctly, that they require a level of mental agility similar to driving a car.

Fail the observation test on the parking meter?
Didn’t react in time when asked to press a button within 3 seconds?
Can’t read the 4 digit code printed on the lamppost 20 metres up the street?

I’ll swap you a PCN for your driving licence!

[David9694]

non-story/ much ado about

non-story/ much ado about nothing klaxon, but always curious how anything car-related escalates so very quickly…

Lincolnshire pensioner ‘ready to risk criminal record’ in parking row over minor typo

She said she was fined for typing ‘0’ instead of ‘O’

council are passing ’round the pipe of peace here: “Once the individual contacts the council, we will be able to cancel the penalty charge notice and apologise for failure to carry out our usual process on this occasion.”

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/lincolnshire-pensioner-ready-risk-criminal-7499532

[David9694]

Cornish ANPR strikes another

Cornish ANPR strikes another “it was only for a minute” driver

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/driver-81-gets-100-charge-7499482

[David9694]

It must to be even less legal

It must to be even less legal to park inside of double yellows than on the outise.
 

Yet outside London there seems to be some confusion. On the legal position and who enforces. 

[iandusud]

Also his idea that by parking

Also his idea that by parking on the pavement rather than the road he is avoiding a parking violation of not parking on a double yellow line is false. I recently spoke to a traffic warden on this very subject, as there is someone near me who reguarly parks on the pavement where there is a double yellow line. The traffic warden told me that the parking restriction goes from the centre of the road to far edge of the pavement. 

[David9694]

I prescribe Karen a chill

I prescribe Karen a chill pill here: 

Driver has ‘legs like jelly’ due to anger over parking fine despite paying

Karen Wilson says her “legs were like jelly” due her anger.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/driver-legs-like-jelly-due-24818101

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