Vette_76

Perhaps he wanted some opinions on the question he asked!?

Or is that not allowed anymore?

suprabeast

by the way, we are not talking some major town centre... we are talking about a village type parade of shops... there is no car park

davegtt

*** sake. course its allowed. if its not allowed I wouldnt be giving him my opinion either all Im saying is he isnt interested in the opinions that differ to his....

Vette_76

your use of profanity dipleases me greatly!!

suprabeast

i'm not pissed off with you davegtt, didnt mean to come back at ya sounding so rude... it was more imlach.

you're right, it was wrong to have stopped, but whatever happened to traffic wardens just telling you to move on. now its just ticket, money, thanks

davegtt

I know where it was originally aimed, could see why, not questioning that, I also agree where your coming from but thats life now Im afraid, nowt we can do about it. unfortunately she'd have to pay IMO

Vette, so bite me

Redkop

Let me get this right, it took 2 minutes for your mother to get out of the car, go into the shop, get served and get back to the car. Very efficient service by the shop I would say.

Vette_76

Like *** I will

imlach

Does it matter? A yellow line is a yellow line. Period.
Again, why is your sister exempt from rules? She can't just make them up as she goes along to suit her.

As I said, lazy scum with no legs. Can she not walk?

suprabeast

yeah no seriously, that is the case, like i said, its not in a busy town centre. just a small row of shops, not that it matters... i was just curious because i have a profuse dislike for traffic wardens cos they are all mouthy f*CKERS round my way

suprabeast

no

ajm

It really is incredible how people can get animated to the point of calling each other's relatives "scum" over the fact that someone stopped on a yellow line for two minutes.

1) Yes she was technically in the wrong - the SN self righteous are correct
2) Yes many parking attendents are officious, petty jobsworths who havn't grasped the concept of using discretion on a case-by-case basis - suprabeast is also correct

ajm has spoken.

imlach

If she genuinely can't walk, presumably she has a disabled badge then? Does that not make her exempt?

imlach

I call them 'scum' because they think they are entitled to flout the laws, yet moan like f**k when they get caught. Same goes for those who park in disabled spaces yet aren't disabled.

Ignorant peasants.

...and you have the cheek to criticise parking wardens just doing their job?

unclebuck

I blame Blair

tiggers

FFS it was Maggie I tell you

Bubba po

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Jerome

Regardless of the rights or wrongs, this traffic warden was over zealous. It (wardens don't qualify as people) should have asked your sister to move on, rather than sneakily take a photo etc.

I parked on a single yellow while unloading a few years ago in Westminster (the worst district in the UK for parking restrictions/fines etc) and a warden let me continue to unload "as long as you are gone in 5 minutes".

davegtt

yeah but its not the traffic wardens fault, Im sure he feels like hes being nasty etc but alot of them are forced to use these ways now since the councils have been saying if you dont catch x amount of people you aint hitting targets and theyre fired....

its a job and someone has to do it

Mice_Elf

Think the key phrase there is "continue to unload". Suprabeast's sister was sat in a car. No loading going on. I guess that's why the warden issued the ticket.

You don't know how long the warden had spent walking up to the car in the first place, watching to see if there was any loading / unloading.

warrenm2

Yep - shes toast

warrenm2

Oh dear! it sound like a case of Chronic Heating and Ventilation (CHAV)

suprabeast

errr deffo not a chav, guarentee you that much. don't look like one, dress like one, sound like one or could even be confused to slightly being one. no chance

Jerome

You're right, but in the good old days, wardens were there to enforce parking restrictions rather than revenue generation for the local authority. In those days, the warden would have (albeit firmly) asked suprabeast's sister to move on. Parking restrictions used to be about ensuring the roads were clear for traffic. Not any more. I wonder how much business this rural shop gets from customers who park outside?

Furthermore, they have developed a way, using digital cameras etc, to ensure they get people before they have a chance to move on. Revenue generation from the motorist - this is the way forward!

dpb

I Think your allowed 2 minutes even on a double yellow - but youve got to be loading ( notice in the shop window and someone with the car )..........but once the guys put you into the machine ..and pressed the tit ..............thats it done!...

Jap2Scrap

No they don't. It's not like we have national service for traffic wardens. It's a job that takes a special mentality and unfortunately Britain is full of people with that mentality

skiddus_markus

I park on double yellows all the time when I'm working(delivery driver)as there are some roads where there is literally nowhere to park but on them.I am actually loading though and have never had a ticket for it in nearly 8 years.

I did get one for parking in a pedestrianised town centre though.I was delivering to one of the shops and didn't see the timed exclusions and wrongly assumed that because a P.O.van was parked it was ok for me to.That got me a summons resulting in a £50 fine and £35 costs.They didn't give a toss that I'd not seen the sign and P.O. vans can park pretty much where they like apparently.