Sunday morning, about 10:40. I park my bike on a double yellow line, parallel to the road, to get a coffee before a ride out. I then get a ticket from the only parking warden who actually works on a Sunday. :Wideyed: I'm bang to rights, but I'm going to appeal, just so the very worst, the council has to spend the £55 fine on admin :Angelic:
I guess you didn't know that when you put weight on the yellow lines it sends a message to the nearest traffic warden to come get ya
You must have been in Matlock Bath then, because the traffic warden there works every Sunday and loves it!
Tell 'em you were queuing in traffic when Adolf booked you, then took the photo after you'd got off the bike to kick him.
While I was running a few jobs in and around London, we've had Council wardens booking lads doing maintenance on lighting columns, the kicker is that they crews were 5-10 mtrs up in the air in cherry pickers when the tickets were issued. We've even had tickets put on cars and vans whilst in coned off closures; the tickets were all overturned on appeal, however it's the time and aggravation in having to do it is what grieves me. I did notice that these Council wardens all had one thing in common, the classic Hitler toothbrush moustache, and that was just the women.
A mate of mine had a good one the other day. He was driving around Kent in an utterly ridiculous VIP style pimped up Lexus so low it was scraping on the ground with shiny wheels and even curtains inside. He parked it on double yellows whilst getting a hair cut. A traffic warden started writing a ticket and he ran out and "ooooh mate, do you know the drug dealer who owns this car?.... I really wouldn't do that if you want to keep your knee caps!" The warden kept the ticket and walked off!!
I'm bang to rights, but I'm going to appeal, just so the very worst, the council has to spend the £55 fine on admin :Angelic:[/QUOTE] You mean the tax payer has to spend the £55... the council dont print it....
You mean the tax payer has to spend the £55... the council dont print it....[/QUOTE] Well this taxpayer certainly has to pay it
fines suck... wardens suck.. but parkin on a double yellow is a bit daft! they kinda have to ticket you. you'd be better off parking on the foot path right out side the place ( some boroughs its legal as long as you leave 3 feet between you and any fixed object) but at the least you can keep an eye out and argue the toss with the nazi....
