Renton 22493 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Im sure thats true, but i dont reckon the council will accept it as a reason I'm sure you're right KD Hubby says the same, but I've given it a go! Did you add your husband was dying for a piss to your mitigation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Im sure thats true, but i dont reckon the council will accept it as a reason I'm sure you're right KD Hubby says the same, but I've given it a go! Did you add your husband was dying for a piss to your mitigation? I certainly did, in polite words mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22493 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Im sure thats true, but i dont reckon the council will accept it as a reason I'm sure you're right KD Hubby says the same, but I've given it a go! Did you add your husband was dying for a piss to your mitigation? I certainly did, in polite words mind Fancy posting the letter you wrote? I need a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7099 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I got one last week, was in a bay for 10 minutes with no ticket (after 5.30 thought I was okay as just around the corner that's the start of free time, but would the cunts have a standard set of times? No because they like to fuck your day up and steal your money). Anyway on the fucking ticket, the observed from was 17.47 and observed to was 17.48. I was contemplating saying I was in a shop getting some change and 1 minute is rather fucking punitive m'lud, I could have even been at the machine for fuck's sake...are they not supposed to give you a few minutes in case you are sorting out a fucking ticket/money? Benefit of the doubt? Well, anyway I remembered where I live and just paid the fucking £30. Thieving bastards. I was giving blood too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 (edited) Im sure thats true, but i dont reckon the council will accept it as a reason I'm sure you're right KD Hubby says the same, but I've given it a go! Did you add your husband was dying for a piss to your mitigation? I certainly did, in polite words mind Fancy posting the letter you wrote? I need a laugh. I wish I could, but wrote it by hand and didnt copy it I wrote it as if hubby had written it. I think I used the exact words...'I was desperate for the toilet, but unfortunately the toilets were locked so had to run up the hill where there was no one about and embarrassingly had to pass urine behind a bush, so great was my need' Edited May 14, 2009 by Toonraider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 (edited) I got one last week, was in a bay for 10 minutes with no ticket (after 5.30 thought I was okay as just around the corner that's the start of free time, but would the cunts have a standard set of times? No because they like to fuck your day up and steal your money). Anyway on the fucking ticket, the observed from was 17.47 and observed to was 17.48. I was contemplating saying I was in a shop getting some change and 1 minute is rather fucking punitive m'lud, I could have even been at the machine for fuck's sake...are they not supposed to give you a few minutes in case you are sorting out a fucking ticket/money? Benefit of the doubt? Well, anyway I remembered where I live and just paid the fucking £30. Thieving bastards. I was giving blood too. What do you mean, 'where you live?' Harsh though. Ours was observed from 8.06pm to 8.11pm. We got back to the car at 8.12pm The git had just walked off!!! Edited May 14, 2009 by Toonraider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Wooo Hoo!!! I did it!!! Parking fine cancelled :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11080 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 did he make you swallow? (sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Wooo Hoo!!! I did it!!! Parking fine cancelled :lol: Disgraceful. I shall be writing to Torquay council to voice my displeasure at this laxity. Rules are rules and letting felons like you two ne'er-do-wells off for what is a blatant flouting of the regulations is just ridiculous. First MP expenditure scandal, now this! What is the country coming to???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22493 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 did he make you swallow? (sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47212 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Congrats Bumraider! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WubbleUC 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Wooo Hoo!!! I did it!!! Parking fine cancelled :lol: Disgraceful. I shall be writing to Torquay council to voice my displeasure at this laxity. Rules are rules and letting felons like you two ne'er-do-wells off for what is a blatant flouting of the regulations is just ridiculous. First MP expenditure scandal, now this! What is the country coming to???? That'll not get you a bonk mind. Nice one TR. When I was younger I parked my scooter in a car bay in a very quiet multi storey, as the bike bit was full, and it was too dodgy to leave it outside. I bought a parking voucher for it, but as there's nowhere to stick it I took it with me, knowing I'd be ok if I got fined, because I could prove I had paid to park there. When I got back I had been done, so I took the ticket home to send off with the voucher. When I opened the plastic packet, there was a letter in there from tosspot traffic warden telling me the fine was for taking up 'valuable parking spaces in a town centre!' Fucking bastard. Anyway, I appealed and sent the voucher off, and when they replied they said they were willing to cut the fine in half from £60 to £30 but not wipe it off as it would 'teach me a lesson.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15871 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 'teach me a lesson.' Aye, the lesson that it's entirely justified to harbour a lifelong hatred of patronising jobsworths. Worked well, that did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7327 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Funnily enough i got a parking ticket last week. Parked up, went to greggs, came back 6 minutes later and had a ticket on! So I bought a ticket anyway and claimed I had gone for change and they cancelled it as it was such a short space of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6702 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I have to agree with KD on this one. Parking tickets don't allow you to park in a double yellowed area even if if is adjacent to the car park. If it did, it would give people reason to park there when the car park is full and expect to get away with it - kinda would defeat the object of the double yellows in the first place. It is harsh but it is zero tolerance. With regards to appeals it's very worthwhile reading the small print before you do. My Dad got a parking ticket in the centre of Newcastle once simply because when he'd parallel parked on the street, he'd left the wheels turned outwards and part of his offside wheel was crossing the boundary of the parking bay. He appealed which took up to twenty-eight days to be heard. In that time the parking fine passed through two time thresholds (7 days and 14 days) which he was unaware caused the fine to increase. He lost the appeal and instead of the £20 it initially would have cost him, it ended up costing him £100. Had it gone over the 28 days, it'd have been £250. In honesty, I think you've got away extremely lightly with this one Bev. Parking on double yellows is an offence and you were caught - they'd have been within their rights to uphold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47212 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Craig is blatantly a frustrated traffic warden. "In honesty, I think you've got away extremely lightly with this one Bev. Parking on double yellows is an offence and you were caught - they'd have been within their rights to uphold it." :lol: You've got some crumbs on your tache, Mr. Checky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6702 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Craig is blatantly a frustrated traffic warden. "In honesty, I think you've got away extremely lightly with this one Bev. Parking on double yellows is an offence and you were caught - they'd have been within their rights to uphold it." :lol: You've got some crumbs on your tache, Mr. Checky! Frustrated traffic warden? I think not! I can't stand the fuckers... The place where the bairn goes dancing is permit parking only for about a half mile radius. Sure enough whenever you're dropping the kids off the wanker is there with his little notebook pointing out that if he gets his ticket finished before I get the car moved it's a fine for me. Fucking jobsworth - what the hell does he expect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 I have to agree with KD on this one. Parking tickets don't allow you to park in a double yellowed area even if if is adjacent to the car park. If it did, it would give people reason to park there when the car park is full and expect to get away with it - kinda would defeat the object of the double yellows in the first place. It is harsh but it is zero tolerance. With regards to appeals it's very worthwhile reading the small print before you do. My Dad got a parking ticket in the centre of Newcastle once simply because when he'd parallel parked on the street, he'd left the wheels turned outwards and part of his offside wheel was crossing the boundary of the parking bay. He appealed which took up to twenty-eight days to be heard. In that time the parking fine passed through two time thresholds (7 days and 14 days) which he was unaware caused the fine to increase. He lost the appeal and instead of the £20 it initially would have cost him, it ended up costing him £100. Had it gone over the 28 days, it'd have been £250. In honesty, I think you've got away extremely lightly with this one Bev. Parking on double yellows is an offence and you were caught - they'd have been within their rights to uphold it. Craig. I do realise buying a parking ticket for a car park does not give you the right to park on double yellows outside! But the whole point was we bought the ticket in good faith, then couldnt use it to park in the car park. It was not clearly displayed that it was locked at 8pm....which the letter I got back today stated was the reason they had decided to cancel the ticket this time. As regards to the appeal process, it says on the back of the ticket that when you appeal you will normally be given the 14 day half price charge again should your appeal fail. When it got close to the 14 days and I hadnt heard back from them I rang their office just to make sure they'd received my appeal and was assured it was being dealt with and the charge was put on hold and I would definitely be offered the 14 day offer if the charge was upheld. Its definitely well worth checking. But like you say they could have upheld the ticket in the end so I guess someone there had a heart that day! Or (and more likely) my excellent letter writing (grovelling) did the trick! I once got hubby off jury service too! Everyone said it wasnt even worth trying but I did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 47212 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Ahem......[Metro inspector voice]I think you've got away extremely lightly with this one Bev. Parking on double yellows is an offence and you were caught - they'd have been within their rights to uphold it.[/Metro inspector voice] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 did he make you swallow? (sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 did he make you swallow? (sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Congrats Bumraider! Thank you Bianca! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 Ahem......[Metro inspector voice]I think you've got away extremely lightly with this one Bev. Parking on double yellows is an offence and you were caught - they'd have been within their rights to uphold it.[/Metro inspector voice] Yes i consider myself well told off by Craig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7327 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 4 in a row! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 4 in a row! Sorry. I dont know why but one posted twice. And if I try to reply to different comments from people in one post like you lot do, I muddle the quotes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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