>Large element of scare mongering...
Call me a cynic, but when did this administration ever make any changes to motoring regulations that did not result in extra revenue?
>Any LA trying to "go it alone" would find itself subject to close scrutiny from all corners.
Only because it would be a good excuse to reduce their grant.
Kevin...
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The scary thing is that PAs don't have to pin a ticket on your windscreen, they merely have to make a note of your number and you get a penalty notice in the post. How can you argue against that if one says he saw you parked illegally? His word against yours, and you know who will be believed.
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I understand that parking attendants have to note your road tax serial number to validate the ticket .
what if you left yours upside down on the dashboard ?
and before all you cynics jump to point out potential fines for no road tax, these days the DVLA is online and the police / attendants can find out you're taxed on the spot .
if DVLA write threatening fines , just say it fell off - can't see a court convicting on this ??
Does this work ??
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The major worry is that up until now the parking attendant has needed to affix the ticket to the car or hand it to the driver (with a few exceptions such as some offences that can be covered by cctv, albeit the pictures redcorded prove the offence).
again up until now, many parking attendant have a digital camera and take pictures to ensure they have sufficient evidence of the offence..after affixing the ticket to the car
this new system is open to abuse because the attendant can say you were parked incorrectly and issue a ticket AFTER you have gone up the road, you not knowing what they're up to.
Many parking attendants are on or near the minimal wage and are mercilessly chased for targets and are often casual staff. How easy will it be for you to lawfully stop for a moment, drive off and then have an unscrupulous attendant book you for an infringement.
Who is going to believe you?........ What defence do you have in reality?... How will you stop the bailiffs who will be instructed by some faceless bureaucrat who couldn't care less if you are guilty or innocent?
What on earth is happening to this country, don't civil liberties count for ANYTHING anymore?
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Look forward to ripping one of those apart as a witness. The one that "spoke" to me yesterday could barely string two words together, I nearly had to moderate her.
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Look forward to ripping one of those apart as a witness. >>
I would like to see that!
Trouble is, even if you're 'in the know' and reckon you're onto a safe bet..the temptation is to pay the ticket to 'make it all go away'.......and the powers that be know this don't they.
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I read about these new rules the other day with a rising sense of alarm and horror. I don't park illegally, but it really worries me that a parking attendant could book me for a parking offence I haven't done, without even putting a ticket on the screen. I hope they have to take photos as evidence, otherwise how on earth can you prove you didn't park illegally?
It's shocking how this government is chipping away at our fundamental rights day by day, using motorists as the guinea pigs.
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Whoever dreamt up these new 'rules' must live on another planet - (Oh, could have been any politician, then!!)
The number of appeals will surely increase astronomically, as corrupt wardens will just right down numbers of passing cars, as has been pointed out. And it will be their word against yours - how on earth can that ever be right?? For any other 'offence' there needs to be proof!!
I have had 2 cases where I have driven off before the warden finished righting the ticket, and yet both times the warden continued to process the case and I had to appeal. I won both times, of course, but each time the wording on the notification letter was something like "You comitted an offence, but due to a processing error, we will not be pursuing the matter" What the heck is that all about??
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> I have had 2 cases where I have driven off before the warden finished righting the ticket and yet both times the warden continued to process the case and I had to appeal. I won both times of course but each time the wording on the notification letter was something like "You comitted an offence but due to a processing error we will not be pursuing the matter" What the heck is that all about??
it's about attempting to pervert the course of justice in my book....and has happened to me. I rang the police headquarters in one constabulary, explained that the warden wasn't entitled to fill the ticket in and submit it after i'd driven off and what were they going to do to about the fraudulent submission of that ticket.....the end result was me complying with the 'nomination of the driver' form and the immediate cancellation of the ticket on the telephone,
with a promise that the warden would be spoken to...yeah right
how many other people would have paid up, not knowing how the system should work
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traffic warden in my area was photographing an out of date tax disc on a car a few weeks ago !!
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