They've gone and done it now

[Bendy]

Westminster Parkies again.

This time, they've lifted up my bike cover at the back, in order to give me a parking ticket. Of course, ignoring the strip at the bottom of my numberplate that tells them my permit number and the location of the permit itself (front wheel).

I've had enough of this. Anybody got any links to places that cover the legality/illegality of traffic wardens removing an item that's obscuring your numberplate? I'm going to put together a little case this weekend...

[Demonic69]

Tie a shotgun to your back seat, using pullies to link it to the bottom of your bike cover.
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Back on a Blade. Just feels so right.

[Demonic69]

Or go for harassment. Say they keep targeting you, specifically, even though there are plenty of offending cars on the street. Also say that they're obviously not competent in their jobs or they would have seen the sticker and/or the permit.
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[kevo]

I say an exploding flour bomb is in order, let them try that again. Just don't set it off yourself

Regards,
Kevo.

[Major_Grooves]

For some reason this really infuriates me.

The site that guy posted is quite good

https://www.motorcycleparking.com/

[Major_Grooves]

I've just read this website some more and there are some amazing stories in there. Traffic Wardens must be the most stupid breed of people on the earth!

[kevo]

Traffic wardens are not stupid people they just have an incentive to give out as many tickets as possible.

Regards,
Kevo.

[Zimma]

I have to say, I really feel to rip some of the non-english speaking parking attendants heads off.. One day, I just might do it.
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[Major_Grooves]

[G]

[ricky lake crowd]Go bendy go![/ricky lake crowd]



Unfortunatley the best that will happen will be a parking warden getting a bollocking, when it's the whole system that there's a problem with .

[Danny]

[paulit]

I have been arguing for over a year bout a ticket I got from Westminster, even though I was on private property. Its now gone on to some parking arbitration people in Sutton Surrey.
their guy came down to survey the site . really bloody ridiculous, must have cost Westminster a fortune for the paperwork they produced.

I was also told that covering the plate may not work as the councils are looking for a test case to try in court.
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[Crash it for fun]

Traffic wardens are scum! They should be tied to a rocket and fired at the moon.

[Bendy]

So paulit, I can actually force this issue through to the point where a third party gets involved? Interesting...

I think this weekend I'm going to have a dig around, pull all my letters to/from them together, print some photos (dated) and so on. Then I'm going to get in touch with some websites, and probably write to MCN as well. And I think it might be time to start wandering round with my digital camera gathering evidence - wish I'd taken a photo of the knocked-over SR that they ticketed.

/me schemes

[Major_Grooves]

There is an official arbitration service for parking tickets, but your situation sounds like you could have a case for harrassment.

www.parkingandtrafficappeals.gov.uk


Check out the links I posted above too, the second one is particuarly interesting.

[paulit]

you can only use the parking appeals people if you have refused to pay the ticket and agreement cannot be reached. Westminster will send you a form to fill in and send to the Parking Appeals people.

It takes an absolute age for anything to be done. Got to be honest, If you were illegally parked then you are on a hiding to nothing, but the more of us who argue the more work the councils will have to do and maybe then they will re consider their approach to motorcycling tickets.

Its not really the wardens fault, they are told to ticket and thats what they do, its the idiots at the councils who make decisions that are to blame. meanwhile they are happy getting around in their chauffeur cars or with dedicated parking places.
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[Scooby]

Bendy the amount of times that they do it surely it must be at a particular time? If I were you I would actually wait with your bike in view and when they go to give you a parking ticket go over and rip the guy's head off. Point out that they've been doing it for god knows how long despite the fact you have a parking permit and say if it happens again you will take legal action, get a witness there too. Then if it happens again you will have a rock solid case because you have actually informed them that you have a permit, so they can't just turn round and say 'uhhh, didn't know she had a permit'.
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A big enough hammer fixes anything!

[Bendy]

I've had them at all hours of the day, and looking back through my tickets, it's a completely random selection of wardens, not one in particular who's got it in for me. The last time one actually spoke to me, I was cleaning my bike and she came over and said I had to move it. I said 'no, there's a permit on the front wheel'. She looked, then said 'Where?' so I got up and pointed it out for her, eliciting a vague grunt of approval.

She then came back 10 mins later with another PA who also looked at it, said 'Can't you put it a bit higher?'
I asked her exactly where she would put it on that bike and she said 'On the windscreen'. I pointed out that it would a) probably get stolen, b) probably get wet and ruined, c) that it's a huge great square of paper and I can't exactly see through it and d) that when I bought my permit I was told to put it in a tax disc holder.
She wasn't having any of this and basically started shouting at me and I started shouting back, then the two of them wandered off.


The thing that pisses me off the most is, I don't cover my bike so I can park illegally, I pay £70 a year for the priviledge of parking outside my house (the same price as a small car). I've had so many tickets that I've taken to covering my bike just so I don't get any more - I always cover it at night for security but during the day if I was coming and going, I wouldn't bother. Now I do. This will be my main argument if they say I wasn't displaying it... when I do display my permit, I get a ticket anyway!


Calm blue ocean. I shall rationalise at the weekend

[Racer X]

Give those coppers a damn molotov cocktail for a change!!
Looks like they are just out to give as much fines as possible just to collect some extra pounds, but fining people for shit that isn't worth fining that sounds ridiculous!!
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[G]

Might be worth contacting you local MP to ascertain their thoughts on the situation, why not send a copy to ken livingstone while you're at it

[JimboJ]

/me suggests web cam setting up, sting operation Wonder what 30 bikers would do I think he'd dump himself
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[zaknafien]

Just put your helmet on, grab a baseball bat and have some fun with his head.
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02 Firestorm.

[Mrs_Hippy]

If they KEEP doing this to you then talk to them about harassment and maladministration. If you have proof of how many times you have been booked despite having a permit then you can usually go through the official complaints procedure.
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[Scooby]

Can't you get some printing done to your bike cover that says something like 'I have a fucking permit'...
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A big enough hammer fixes anything!

[JimboJ]