srobrien Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Yesterday my GF got a parking ticket when she parked on double yellows outside our flat. We have a private car park but it fills up quickly and if you don't get a space your pretty much screwed and parking on them overnight is the only option. Anyway the parking ticket was given at 7AM!!!!!!!!!!! Apparently the traffic wardens are now working 24hours a day!!! What a bloody disgrace! R Quote
ab350z Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 I've had the same mate, sometimes double yellows are the only option round my way and i've had tickets at ridiculous hours. I've disputed them and they just read you the t&c's. Quote
dawnc Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 theres a car been parked in our private car park at work for nearly two weeks with no road tax disc ( taking up a much needed space!!! ) and no one can do anything about it as its in a private car park!!! the owner has been written to and asked to move it and thats as much as the authorities can do Can you get parking permits for parking outside your house?? Quote
srobrien Posted May 12, 2009 Author Posted May 12, 2009 I know it wouldn't bother me if there were double yellow lines there for a reason but they only painted them last year and from what I can see only exist to generate revenue which they have....lots of! R Quote
Chris`I Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Im glad of my driveway! +1! Nightmare trying to get parked in some places and agree that they are only there to generate revenue in a lot of cases Dawn: You need to find yourself some friendly pikies. Tell them there is a car for the taking and they can make a few hundred quid in scrap metal and they'll be round quick sharp! Quote
dawnc Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Im glad of my driveway! +1! Nightmare trying to get parked in some places and agree that they are only there to generate revenue in a lot of cases Dawn: You need to find yourself some friendly pikies. Tell them there is a car for the taking and they can make a few hundred quid in scrap metal and they'll be round quick sharp! Quote
srobrien Posted May 13, 2009 Author Posted May 13, 2009 Lol, im the same the situation gets so bad your left with no option. My neighbour currently has 3 cars! one of which is a clapped out rover with a blown head so its been sat there for the past 3 months taking up a space. Im biding my time for the tax to run out so I can grass him up I'd like to see him get an MOT on THAT! Currently looking at moving house anyway, hopefully sooner than later, the city is begining to P me off big time. R Quote
Toon Chris Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 theres a car been parked in our private car park at work for nearly two weeks with no road tax disc ( taking up a much needed space!!! ) and no one can do anything about it as its in a private car park!!! the owner has been written to and asked to move it and thats as much as the authorities can do Can you get parking permits for parking outside your house?? Push it out on to the public roads then call the police. Deny all knowledge of how it got there. Quote
JT1703 Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 +1 on the driveway. Bought my house 2 years ago and what a difference having my own driveway & garage. It's not only the lack of parking spaces / yellow lines I was worried about but more the numpties who decide to run over the top of your car on the way home from a night out Quote
ab350z Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 +1 on the driveway. Bought my house 2 years ago and what a difference having my own driveway & garage. It's not only the lack of parking spaces / yellow lines I was worried about but more the numpties who decide to run over the top of your car on the way home from a night out Too true, Albyn Lane is a wing mirror graveyard on a Sunday morning. Quote
Ebized Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 theres a car been parked in our private car park at work for nearly two weeks with no road tax disc ( taking up a much needed space!!! ) and no one can do anything about it as its in a private car park!!! the owner has been written to and asked to move it and thats as much as the authorities can do Can you get parking permits for parking outside your house?? Push it out on to the public roads then call the police. Deny all knowledge of how it got there. +1 and done that on the moving an unauthorized parker - use a trolly jack if its locked - discreetly of course And no you can't get a parking permit for outside your house (on the public highway), although if you are registered disabled most Councils will consider applications for a dedicated space as near to your property as possible but if then its taken by another disabled badge holder you are stuffed Quote
JT1703 Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 +1 on the driveway. Bought my house 2 years ago and what a difference having my own driveway & garage. It's not only the lack of parking spaces / yellow lines I was worried about but more the numpties who decide to run over the top of your car on the way home from a night out Too true, Albyn Lane is a wing mirror graveyard on a Sunday morning. I still own a flat in Whitehall Road so not far from there. Nice area of town but that doesn't seem to make any difference. Quote
Cara Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 We used to own a flat near the University.... luckily it had a garage, but I used to see some sights walking to work (wing mirrors, scratches, abandoned trolleys full of empties... ) I'm sure you all can imagine - not just drunks, but STUDENT drunks, ten times worse Bought current house just over two years ago and extended the loc-bloc driveway so that it can now hold about 6 cars at a push and also built a double garage Parking issues are by far the biggest contentious issue between neighbours! Quote
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