Masked bikers denying council parking fines

[fatpies]

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9764693.Masked_bikers_warn_drivers_about_spy_cars/



How long till its made a crime or they too get tickets?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9324722/Police-fine-motorists-who-flashed-headlights-near-speed-traps.html
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[Rogerborg]

The $camera car footpads cried foul at first - some of them drove up to coppers and squealed "HALP! They're watching us! It's our job to watch them!" but it's come to nothing, since there's no offence being committed. As the schunters note, they're following the car, not the occupants. The footpads have since got used to it too - it gives them a handy excuse for not hitting their (alleged ) ticketing targets while they abandon their cars on double yellows and sod off to do their shopping.

Personally I think this is a brilliant wheeze bit of voluntary civil service, and fair play to those with the time and inclination to do it. To re-iterate: they're helping to ensure full compliance with the local parking and traffic restrictions, and they're doing so a lot more effectively than deploying teeny stealth cars with periscopes, a filthy Hunnish trick if ever I saw one.

It's popular with locals and goes a long way to mitigate the damage done by the Trafalgar Square lockdowns by the bike parking tax group that the No To Mob splintered off from.
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[mysterious_rider]

So pretty much everyone on this forum would get fined then. Because we own bikes we park on pavements if we're quickly nipping into a shop.

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[RhynoCZ]

[mysterious_rider]

[Rogerborg]

[RhynoCZ]

[TamaJosh]

Council quote with the fat cut out:

"unfortunately...they were not breaking the law"

So now you want people to break the law just for the thrill of punishing them?

Sadistic bastard. Bet he wears crotchless leather pants on a thursday night.
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Just doing my bit

[mistergixer]

[soforene]

Bikerdom at it's best.
Bikers generally get lumped with an "Outlaw" tag so it's nice to see some using their biker powers for good.
However, officialdom is (as usual) trying to sling some mud at our heroic comrades even though they are doing a civic duty.

Gawd bless ya Lads !!

[soforene]

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[pendulum]

Fair do's to them, the council is killing trade in southend. I saw the spy car near the kursaal yesterday with no bikers in sight but I hope I see them, they're doing a good job IMO. Yesterday the car was booking people who'd just parked opposite Tesco to nip in for a minute (they weren't causing any harm). I no longer visit southend in the car because of car parking charges, I'd rather spend £2 extra on fuel and drive to lakeside than visit southend and pay £3.50 to park, I feel for the traders, the council does what it can to drive trade away. Before I might have stopped on a double yellow directly outside a shop (causing no obstruction) to pick up fish & chips, or nip in and buy something etc, as long as the car was in sight it was fine, but now I just don't bother any more. The council would call that a victory but it won't be when even more shops close down. I'm against any more anti-motorist crap whilst there are much more important things to be dealing with that the police/council are incapable of focussing on. </rant>
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[Seb]

I'm almost disappointed that these cars are not getting vandalised on a regular basis frankly, the Plymouth ones are confirmed to routinely fine people for simply pulling over and offloading passengers on the main shopping street. The whole 'keeping the roads safe' is so far from the truth it's insulting.

And yeah, Plymouth council are doing a similar job here too, both with parking fees and outrageous business rates and fees. I can rent a house for less than what it costs to use a stall in our pannier market
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[pinkyfloyd]

What a bunch of cnuts.

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