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Topic: Re:Sorry - not sure why that posted twice (n/m)
Posted by: Bernadette Paul
Date/Time: 09/03/10 13:58:00

I know exactly where you mean and I have seen cars being ticketed there once before on a football Saturday.  I saw a car parked close to there at the weekend which had a clamp and a big notice but I couldn't work out why.  Just saw it quick as I drove past.

Anyway, I received a ticket last October in L.B. Ealing for exactly the same offence except I was parked adjacent to a dropped kerb which is the entrance to a derelict garage.  I appealed the ticket.  By the time Ealing had refused the appeal the offence had changed from a dropped kerb to a "pram ramp".  It is currentl awaiting the appeal to be heard by the independent whatnots so who knows.  I admit I was obstructing a disused garage but I was not obstructing a pram ramp (whatever that may be) because the dropped kerb was constructed by whoever owned the garage.

This is a new law which was introduced in June last year and I found and printed off the government's guidlines re: dropped kerb parking which pretty much states that you should not receive a ticket unless you are obstructing a driveway/forecourt etc,. and are asked to do so by the owner of the driveway/forecourt etc,.

Clearly government guidlines cut no ice with parking attendants.  Where I received my ticket also had no signs, lines or anything else to prohibit parking it was not in a CPZ and caused no obstruction to anyone but the owner of the garage.  I specifically requested Ealing to confirm whether the owner of the garage had specifically requested that may car was ticketed but this was conveniently ignored.  So everyone be warned, parking attendants are running out of really legitimate targets and are now moving on to even more spurious offences.  Pretty soon we will all be fined for getting up in the morning and going to bed at night.

Appeal your ticket - even if you lose it gives you about 6 months grace before paying it!


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road09/03/10 12:17:00 Holly Hodges
   Sorry - not sure why that posted twice (n/m)09/03/10 12:18:00 Holly Hodges
      Re:Sorry - not sure why that posted twice (n/m)09/03/10 13:58:00 Bernadette Paul
         Re:Re:Sorry - not sure why that posted twice (n/m)09/03/10 14:22:00 Holly Hodges
   Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road09/03/10 14:19:00 Ian Fillingham
      Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road09/03/10 14:33:00 Bernadette Paul
         Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road10/03/10 01:28:00 Richard Jennings
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road10/03/10 11:16:00 Holly Hodges
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road10/03/10 14:41:00 Richard Jennings
   Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road11/03/10 18:02:00 Gordan Green
      Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road11/03/10 18:57:00 Paul Fisher
         Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road11/03/10 19:18:00 Nick Jenkins
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road11/03/10 22:04:00 Adam Beamish
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road12/03/10 08:01:00 Bernadette Paul
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road12/03/10 09:06:00 Nick Jenkins
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road12/03/10 10:31:00 Richard Jennings
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road12/03/10 11:29:00 Adam Beamish
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road12/03/10 13:59:00 Nick Jenkins
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road27/03/10 13:50:00 Bernadette Paul
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road27/03/10 20:29:00 Holly Hodges
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road28/03/10 13:33:00 Bernadette Paul
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Dropped kerbs, Clifden Road28/03/10 23:31:00 Holly Hodges

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