Cold, heartless parking tickets from hell

[Queasy]

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The pit-stop ambush

Lorry driver Michael Collins was on his way to collect a skip in London's Belsize Park when the road beneath him collapsed. A burst water main had created a deep hole where the front wheels of his 17-tonne lorry were now stuck.

While he was waiting for roadside assistance, a parking attendant appeared. To the astonishment of nearby residents - and despite Mr Collins' protests, she stood on tiptoe and plastered a parking ticket on his windscreen - while helpfully telling him: "You can appeal".

The trunk road swoop

If a tree fell on your car and you escaped death by inches, you might expect some sympathy from your local council. But there was no sign of compassion from Wychavon District Council for Nicky Clegg of Stoulton, Worcs, after when a tree crashed down on her car as she drove her 82-year-old mother and 11-year-old son.

Police dragged the wrecked car - with crushed bonnet, smashed windscreen and broken wing mirrors - to the roadside and told Mrs Clegg she could leave it there and pick it up the following day. When she came back, a parking ticket was stuck on the window.

The knock-down surprise

Think that being badly injured is an excuse to park illegally? Think again. When Nadhim Zahawi of South London was thrown from his scooter and left lying in the road with a broken leg, a heartless warden from Lambeth Council slapped a £100 ticket on his bike.

The cavalry attack

You leave your horse in the street and what do you expect to find when you get back? A small pile of manure perhaps, but not a parking ticket.

Yet this is exactly what happened to Robert McFarland, a retired blacksmith from Yorkshire, when he left his horse Charlie Boy for a few moments.

Under the vehicle description on the ticket, the over-zealous warden had written "brown horse".

The daylight robbery

It was a terrifying ordeal for Fred Holt, 77, when he went to the bank and two masked men burst in brandishing an axe and a machete.

The robbers held the axe to a young cashier's throat while money was handed over, and the customers were forced to lie on the floor. Later, they had to give statements to police.

It seems traffic wardens had not listened when officers told them about the raid and asked them not to issue tickets. Mr Holt found a £30 parking ticket pinned to his windscreen for staying 20 minutes longer than allowed.

The donor kebab

"Do something amazing today" runs the slogan of the National Blood Service. In Sutton, a traffic warden did just that - by ticketing a blood donor lorry.

The mobile National Blood Service truck had parked at the same spot in Sutton, Surrey, for four years when the zealous parking attendant issued a ticket while donors gave blood inside.

Sutton council eventually waived the fine, saying the parking attendant had made a simple error of judgment. Or to put it more aptly, a rush of blood to the head.

The bus stop gambit

Manchester bus driver Chris O'Mahony pulled up at a bus stop in his No 77 to let passengers on. While he was handing them their tickets, a Manchester City Council parking attendant handed him one.

Passengers looked on in disbelief as the warden joined the queue to prepare the parking ticket, deposited the £40 notice and walked off.

The driver, apparently, had parked in a restricted area. The attendant said he'd been told to issue tickets to buses that park.

Council bosses cancelled the ticket and the warden was sent for retraining - hopefully as something other than a warden.

The heart attack attack

David Holmes felt chest pains as he was driving and headed for hospital, where he was forced to park on the roadside and was treated for a heart attack.

A nurse thoughtfully left a note on the windscreen explaining the emergency and saying Mr Holmes's daughter would pick the car up later.

It proved futile. A parking attendant slapped a parking ticket on the car and despite an appeal to the local council the £40 fine was not cancelled.

The random posting

Krister Nylander was dismayed to receive a parking ticket in the post for parking in Warwick.

But he knew the ticket had to be wrong - he lives in Sweden and had not visited England since he was 16.

The offending vehicle was his 20-ton snowmobile, which had barely ever left his barn, let alone Sweden.

How did it get the ticket? Absolutely no Ikea.

Driving home the lesson

A driving instructor was issued with a CCTV parking ticket when his pupil stalled while attempting a three-point turn and could not restart the car.

The offence? Parking more than 50 centimetres from the kerb.

Apparently, parking meter attendants in the UK don't have souls!

 

[Maximus96]

those crazy brits...

 

[QurazyQuisp]

My mom is the head of one of the few government owned and profitable parking departments in the US. It is rather funny hearing some of the stories that occur in her department. Most of them don't come from citizen's actions, but more from the employees. (It's a government job and the parking lot attendants will work 20+ years in hopes for one of the few full time attendant positions.)

 

[CPA]

CCTV in Britian - nothing like Big Brother keeping an eye on things.

 

[Baked]

LOL epic wins. Horse got a ticket! LULZ

 

[jagec]

I've gotten some bad tickets, but nothing like that...and they usually go away on appeal. (I actually had them zone an area as No Parking while I was parked there, and ticket me).

 

[Anubis]

kerb?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Queasy
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<snipped vile Lovely Rita meter maid tales>

Apparently, parking meter attendants in the UK don't have souls!

They must be related to the ones in DC. I once parked at a meter in DC but didn't have any quarters. There was a convenience store across the street from where I was parked and there was a GW student sitting on a wall studying right by where I parked. I asked her if she would mind telling any whitehats that might appear that I was over getting change to put in the meter. In the 2 minutes it took me to cross the street and get change and return there was actually a guy standing there writing me a ticket. The girl was standing there next to him looking dumbfounded and she told me she tried to tell him that I was getting change and he ignored her. When I asked him why he was writing the ticket his response was I was in violation when he walked up. When I told him I had dimes, and nickels but no quarters his response was "Next time you'll know to come to Washington DC with quarters".

 

[E equals MC2]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: Queasy
Link

The pit-stop ambush

Lorry driver Michael Collins was on his way to collect a skip in London's Belsize Park when the road beneath him collapsed. A burst water main had created a deep hole where the front wheels of his 17-tonne lorry were now stuck.

While he was waiting for roadside assistance, a parking attendant appeared. To the astonishment of nearby residents - and despite Mr Collins' protests, she stood on tiptoe and plastered a parking ticket on his windscreen - while helpfully telling him: "You can appeal".

The trunk road swoop

If a tree fell on your car and you escaped death by inches, you might expect some sympathy from your local council. But there was no sign of compassion from Wychavon District Council for Nicky Clegg of Stoulton, Worcs, after when a tree crashed down on her car as she drove her 82-year-old mother and 11-year-old son.

Police dragged the wrecked car - with crushed bonnet, smashed windscreen and broken wing mirrors - to the roadside and told Mrs Clegg she could leave it there and pick it up the following day. When she came back, a parking ticket was stuck on the window.

The knock-down surprise

Think that being badly injured is an excuse to park illegally? Think again. When Nadhim Zahawi of South London was thrown from his scooter and left lying in the road with a broken leg, a heartless warden from Lambeth Council slapped a £100 ticket on his bike.

The cavalry attack

You leave your horse in the street and what do you expect to find when you get back? A small pile of manure perhaps, but not a parking ticket.

Yet this is exactly what happened to Robert McFarland, a retired blacksmith from Yorkshire, when he left his horse Charlie Boy for a few moments.

Under the vehicle description on the ticket, the over-zealous warden had written "brown horse".

The daylight robbery

It was a terrifying ordeal for Fred Holt, 77, when he went to the bank and two masked men burst in brandishing an axe and a machete.

The robbers held the axe to a young cashier's throat while money was handed over, and the customers were forced to lie on the floor. Later, they had to give statements to police.

It seems traffic wardens had not listened when officers told them about the raid and asked them not to issue tickets. Mr Holt found a £30 parking ticket pinned to his windscreen for staying 20 minutes longer than allowed.

The donor kebab

"Do something amazing today" runs the slogan of the National Blood Service. In Sutton, a traffic warden did just that - by ticketing a blood donor lorry.

The mobile National Blood Service truck had parked at the same spot in Sutton, Surrey, for four years when the zealous parking attendant issued a ticket while donors gave blood inside.

Sutton council eventually waived the fine, saying the parking attendant had made a simple error of judgment. Or to put it more aptly, a rush of blood to the head.

The bus stop gambit

Manchester bus driver Chris O'Mahony pulled up at a bus stop in his No 77 to let passengers on. While he was handing them their tickets, a Manchester City Council parking attendant handed him one.

Passengers looked on in disbelief as the warden joined the queue to prepare the parking ticket, deposited the £40 notice and walked off.

The driver, apparently, had parked in a restricted area. The attendant said he'd been told to issue tickets to buses that park.

Council bosses cancelled the ticket and the warden was sent for retraining - hopefully as something other than a warden.

The heart attack attack

David Holmes felt chest pains as he was driving and headed for hospital, where he was forced to park on the roadside and was treated for a heart attack.

A nurse thoughtfully left a note on the windscreen explaining the emergency and saying Mr Holmes's daughter would pick the car up later.

It proved futile. A parking attendant slapped a parking ticket on the car and despite an appeal to the local council the £40 fine was not cancelled.

The random posting

Krister Nylander was dismayed to receive a parking ticket in the post for parking in Warwick.

But he knew the ticket had to be wrong - he lives in Sweden and had not visited England since he was 16.

The offending vehicle was his 20-ton snowmobile, which had barely ever left his barn, let alone Sweden.

How did it get the ticket? Absolutely no Ikea.

Driving home the lesson

A driving instructor was issued with a CCTV parking ticket when his pupil stalled while attempting a three-point turn and could not restart the car.

The offence? Parking more than 50 centimetres from the kerb.

Apparently, parking meter attendants in the UK don't have souls!

They must be related to the ones in DC. I once parked at a meter in DC but didn't have any quarters. There was a convenience store across the street from where I was parked and there was a GW student sitting on a wall studying right by where I parked. I asked her if she would mind telling any whitehats that might appear that I was over getting change to put in the meter. In the 2 minutes it took me to cross the street and get change and return there was actually a guy standing there writing me a ticket. The girl was standing there next to him looking dumbfounded and she told me she tried to tell him that I was getting change and he ignored her. When I asked him why he was writing the ticket his response was I was in violation when he walked up. When I told him I had dimes, and nickels but no quarters his response was "Next time you'll know to come to Washington DC with quarters".

What a miserable low-income bitch. Don't worry she'll die as a meter maid and nothing more.

 

[foghorn67]

My gosh.
Linflas, did you have to quote that whole thing?

I thought American meter maids were bad.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
My gosh.
Linflas, did you have to quote that whole thing?

I thought American meter maids were bad.

Probably not, fixed.

 

[Gooberlx2]

£30, £40, £100!?! Goddamn those tickets are expensive. I've never had a parking ticket over $20!

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: foghorn67
My gosh.
Linflas, did you have to quote that whole thing?

I thought American meter maids were bad.

Probably not, fixed.

It's kind of retarded to quote an OP anyways. We know what the fuck you're talking about.

 

[sswingle]

I was expecting a post about Parking Wars.

 

[gsethi]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: Queasy
Link

<snipped vile Lovely Rita meter maid tales>

Apparently, parking meter attendants in the UK don't have souls!

They must be related to the ones in DC. I once parked at a meter in DC but didn't have any quarters. There was a convenience store across the street from where I was parked and there was a GW student sitting on a wall studying right by where I parked. I asked her if she would mind telling any whitehats that might appear that I was over getting change to put in the meter. In the 2 minutes it took me to cross the street and get change and return there was actually a guy standing there writing me a ticket. The girl was standing there next to him looking dumbfounded and she told me she tried to tell him that I was getting change and he ignored her. When I asked him why he was writing the ticket his response was I was in violation when he walked up. When I told him I had dimes, and nickels but no quarters his response was "Next time you'll know to come to Washington DC with quarters".

Same thing happened to me in Berkeley, CA. Parked at a metered curb and found out that I had no coins. Went inside a store to get change and by the time I came back, an IDIOT was writing up a ticket (took me less than 2 min to come back). Tried to explain him but he wouldn't listen. He told me to appeal the ticket if I wished.

The city of Berkeley is known for handing out horrendous Parking tickets in the SF Bay Area.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Anubis
kerb?

glad i wasn't the only one to notice.