Booked a last minute deal to Mauritius a couple of weeks ago and really needed a holiday after suffering Heathrow Airport pandemonium, delays, chaos and security shambles.
I am still not sure why 101ml of fluid in one container could be confiscated but two containers with 99ml can be taken onto a plane ... as long as it is in a clear bag!
Perhaps it is beyond the wit of Al Qaeda to work out that you can add the two (or more) amounts together.
Mauritius is a beautiful place and despite its independence still has a great deal of British influence ... ie. driving on the left and identical road signs. The island is also covered with double and single yellow lines in the towns and villages yet in all the time we were there there was not one Parking Attendant or Traffic Warden.
However, one taxi driver did say that the Police often stopped vehicles for speeding ... to top up their meagre wage, and 5 euros usually did the trick.
I called to the office to pick up the post and no sooner than the engine had been turned off a Parking Attendant appeared.
Welcome home.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
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Welcome home to the land of the free...
Are NCP at fault, or me?
I recently received a yellow PCN and was wondering if there was grounds for appeal after parking on a single yellow for the following reasons:
1) Due to the wording of the PCN not detailing that a fine was enclosed in the PCN as per the Road Traffic Act 1991 (Sect. 66, 76, 77)
2) As the traffic attendant did not seem to have a clue what she was talking about.
I initially thought that I had a maximum of 5 mins parking on a single yellow line. Up on reading the parking-guide.pdf on the Sunderlnad Councils web site, it appears not. It mentions the words A single yellow is "Usualy" no waiting between 8:00am and 6:00 pm.
After explaining to the attandant that I was less than 5 mins and should therefore not receive a ticket, she kindly told me that the machine counted down the time not her.
Upon asking her when she started the timer she mentioned "from the corner of the street and then walked to the car".
The car was parked 20 feet in from the corner. I think she issued the ticket straight away!
So fair enough, i was on a single yellow line but if the rules may state that I was in a no parking zone. Why did she say that she started the timer if there is no stopping at any time between 8 and 6pm?
Can any body help?
If you e-mail me at enquiries@parkingappeals.co.uk I will give you some pointers.
first of all it is against company rules to issue a pcn before you arrive at the vehicle that includes putting it into your handheld computer. If this parking attendnt told you that then she should of wrote it in her pocket book as conversation with driver bet you 10-1 she didnt.
Also if this is the case ther ticket should be cancelled as unsatisfactory.
Also on a single yellow line it is no waiting restrictions but Sunderland Council ALLOW five minutes (how nice of them) the five minutes count down as soon as the ticket is put into the handheld computer so if the computer says 1101 the ticket can be issued at 1106. Disable Bays, Bus Stops and Taxi Ranks have no waiting at all and a ticket can be issued as soon as the attendant arrives at your car. HOWEVER the ticket must be a) attached to windscreen or b) handed to driver not to a passenger if none of these are done then the ticket should be cancelled. However please remember that if you return to your car and take the pcn off the windscreen and say you never received it the parking attendants all have cameras and remember the CAMERA NEVER LIES ! so if you say you never received a ticket but the council has the photo you will 99% lose the appeal. the same can be done if any attendant is verbally or physically abused photos of that person can be taken.
Some people refuse to have a picture taken of there car due to privacy rules, however as traffic wardens are (ahem) a public service they are allowed to do this
"I initially thought that I had a maximum of 5 mins parking on a single yellow line" did you ever pass a driving test? stupid
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