Any - Parking Ticket - RaineMan

Today I got my first parking ticket for over ten years. I returned to my car a few minutes late because of circumstances outside my control. OK technically I was in the wrong but what annoys me is that we have three “pay and display” car parks. Out local “Civil Enforcement Officers”, as they are now called, lurk around these trying to catch people who like myself or those who have parked incorrectly even if the car park is 90% empty and about to close. However if you walk a hundred yards to the High Street cars can be parked illegally/dangerously, able bodied people parked in disabled bays, etc. and these never seem to be booked. Is it not time we went back to proper “Parking Wardens” and away from this “Revenue Collector” mentality?

Any - Parking Ticket - coopshere
No one will disagree that the whole parking issue is a mess nationwide and it is about time that the government and local authorities sorted it out and agreed that national rules were put in place.

However, you knew , seemingly, the local rules that applied so you have to man up and take penalty for not abiding by them.

Edited by coopshere on 04/04/2013 at 20:37

Any - Parking Ticket - daveyjp
Or post on pepipoo and fight the Council. Many don't know the laws around ticketing and once pushed hard will fold.
Any - Parking Ticket - RaineMan

After further research I suspect that I have no option but to pay. However my research has revealed that the number of tickets issued per warden/officer/”your choice” jumped by 500% when the parking management was outsourced to NCP. Rather obvious where the priorities now are!