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Tue 24 Sep 2002 17:28
meter maids... - Ian (Cape Town)
Was wandering around town yesterday, and saw a UK plated R-reg Range Rover parked at a meter, which had been ticketed.
For the R60 fine (4 quid to you!) is it going to be worth the hassle for the Traffic Department to trace said driver if he doesn't pay?
On the next corner, parked across a pedestrian crossing, was an old Durban-registered Golf, with a ticket stuck to the window. There were the pink remnants of at least 15 other tickets on the glass - obviously a serial offender.
I wonder why they bother just slapping a ticket on - it seems matey doesn't give a monkeys...
Surely in a case like this the solution is to tow the vehicle away (as I wrote, was parked on a ped. crossing) and only release it when the fines were paid... or is that just too logical?
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Tue 24 Sep 2002 17:36
meter maids... - Toad, of Toad Hall.
There's a van on brighton seafront.

Mattress in the back dozens [1] of tickets on it.

Police interest? 'Course not.

You can do anything in this country except legally drive a car...


[1] Over 100.

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Wed 25 Sep 2002 06:46
meter maids... - THe Growler
I don't even need a ticket to get towed. A bogus towing company can come along and take my car away then demand ransom for its release...
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