The Ultimate Parking Ticket?

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Wed 30 Mar 2005 18:22
The Ultimate Parking Ticket? - Duchess
Did anybody else in the East Midlands see the item on last night's news about a hearse being given a parking ticket?

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/439203...m

Okay the vehicle wasn't occupied but how could they do it.....?

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Wed 30 Mar 2005 18:27
The Ultimate Parking Ticket? - John R @ Work {P}
Honestly Your Honour,
I was just loading and unloading...


Regards,
John R @ Work :¬)
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Wed 30 Mar 2005 18:52
The Ultimate Parking Ticket? - smokie
As per so many of these kinds of stories, he had one warning and chose to ignore it.

They MUST have left the car unattended for a while, otherwise the warden wouldn't have had time to slap the ticket on.
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Wed 30 Mar 2005 19:11
The Ultimate Parking Ticket? - Civic8
>>They MUST have left the car unattended for a while, otherwise the warden wouldn't have had time to slap the ticket on.

I am going back a while.But I was sitting in the car whilst ticket was stuck to rear end of roof..Not a warden in sight. though someone said same thing the other day.(must have been plain clothed):(
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Steve
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Wed 30 Mar 2005 19:13
The Ultimate Parking Ticket? - Ex-Moderator
"Mr Moir said the hearse was spotted while it was parked outside the business to be washed. "

Oh, well that's ok then. Why should he have to obey any laws when he's washing his vehicle ?

Why is it at all relevant that it ws a hearse ? It didn't have a body in it.

Another bit of reporting reliant on emotional sensationalism rather than the *whole* truth.
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Wed 30 Mar 2005 19:36
The Ultimate Parking Ticket? - Welliesorter
Another bit of reporting reliant on emotional sensationalism rather than the
*whole* truth.


Indeed. I particularly liked the quote 'We are not blatantly parking illegally all day long, it's only as and when is necessary.'

As it's a couple of days to pay day I'm feeling a bit skint so I'm off out to rob a bank. When I'm caught and the case goes to trial, I'll base my defence on the fact that I don't rob banks all the time, only when I feel it's really necessary.

Silly analogy I know, but I don't see why the undertaker thinks he has a case at all.

I would have had some sympathy if a funeral had been in progress, or the hearse had been collecting a body. Or does saying that undermine my argument?

I'm amazed to hear a case of parking regulations being enforced in Leicestershire. Leicester city centre is awash with parking attendants, but they're only there to make sure drivers have paid and displayed. They don't bother with (and for all I know have no jurisdiction over) double yellow lines or obstructing pavements.
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