The photograph (left) shows Poole Council's Mayor's car parked 'illegally' and the story is reported in the Dorset Daily Echo under the headline "Mayor's Car Parked Illegally."However, closer scrutiny shows that the Mayor's car was NOT parked illegally and this makes matters even more embarrassing for the council.
It appears from the photograph (and the estimated width of the car) that the loading bay which the car is parked in (marked to diagram 1028 series of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002) ... appears only to be 2m wide.
The minimum width of a loading bay is 2.7m for obvious reasons. You cannot have a bay that a van won't fit in and it can be seen that the Mayor's limo overhangs as does the red van. Furthermore, the bay must be marked with the legend 'Loading Only' not 'Loading Bay.'
Therefore, anybody issued with fines at this location must be refunded ... and until the council change it to comply with the law it is free parking.
For more info that the councils don't want you to know to help you get that unfair parking ticket cancelled visit www.parkingappeals.co.uk
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