It's a fine day in Caermarthen

How's this for having a 'fine' day out?

The driver objects to receiving a ticket and tries to hand it back to the Parking Attendant. The ticket drops to the floor and the driver drives off. After tracking the "registered keeper" from the DVLA database, the council are also now sticking "the unnamed driver" with a littering fine as well.

Here is where this Judge Dredd form of justice starts to fall to bits.

The driver may or may not be the registered keeper, so who dropped the ticket? Under the 1991 Road Traffic Act the Registered Keeper is responsible for the parking ticket. However, it will be the driver who is being made responsible for the littering fine. Good job he didn't sit down and have a fag in a public place to calm his nerves.

Read the BBC Report here.

However, back in November 2006 after pressure from ourselves and local taxi driver Steve Dunn the council were forced to admit that they had been issuing illegal Penalty Charge Notices.

Read the press report here... and it appears as though their tickets may still be illegal. We are awaiting a response from the council to a Freedom of Information request. More on Parking Appeals.